News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-09-05
AND CROWN PRINCE AS
I Won F4ELT-ENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEOlE(X

wants me to write to Julie de Rouvillt
at the Post Restante at Marseilles, Ell
Hm-I'll think it over"
Late in the afternoon, two days la
ter, his highness, who had been walk
ing alone, returned to the villa with
a stranger, a tall, rather thin, fair
haired man, undoubtedly a German
and the pair were closeted together
holding counsel evidently for consid-
cradle time. Where his highness met
him L knew not, but when later on
entered the room saw that the pair
were on quite friendly terms
His highness addressed him as Herr
Schafer, and when he had left he told
me that he was from the Wilhelm
strasse and had been attached to the
embassy at Washington, and after
wards in London, "for affairs of the
press"
Whatever was in progress was a
strict secret between the pair The
more l saw of Hans Schafer the more
disliked him. He had cruel eyes
and l could see that he was a very
clever and cunning person.
For full fortnight the crown prince
and the man Schafer were almost in
separable. Was it for the purpose of
meeting Schafer that he had gone to
| Nice? The man had been back from
London about two months and had,
learnt, been lately living in Paris.
One evening while strolling along
| the tree-lined Promenade DIES AngIais
1 suddenly encountered Julie de Rou-
vile, dressed in mourning, a quiet pa
thetic figure, just as we had last met.
/ instantly recollected that since the
evening when l had given her photo
graph to the crown prince he had
never mentioned her.
"Ah, count !" she cried. "Tkis is
indeed, welcome meeting l have
been looking out for you for the past
two days"
'Ive been staying over at Cannes"
was my reply. "Well?"
81 have to thank you for giving my
photograph and message to his high
ness" she said.
II trust that the crown prince has
written you-eh"
"Well, no" was her rather vague
reply.
''Then how are you aware that
gave your message?
She shook her head and smiled.
81 had my own means of discovery.
BY certain signs knew you had car
ried out your promise" she said. "But
as have heard nothing, wish you to
deliver another message-a very urgent
one. Tell him l must see him, for l
dread daily lest the truth of the
kaiser's real intentions be known at
the Quai d'Orsay."
Certainly" was my reply. 81 will
deliver your message this evening"
'Tell him that my sole desire is to
act in the interests of the emperor and
himself" she urged.
"But, forgive me-" said, 81 cannot
see why you should interest yourself
in the crown prince if he declines to
communicate with you"
Il have my reasons, Count Won Helt- !
zendorff," was her rather naughty re- !
ply. "Please tell him that the matter
will not brook further delay"
/ had seen in the London newspa-
pers during the past week how eagerly
the English journalists, with the dust
cast into their eyes, were blindly advo-
eating that the British public should
welcome the great German national
headed by Baron Won Cess
Ter, supported by BALM, Delbruck
and Won Wedel, with the hearty COOP
Grafton of the emperor and the imperi-
al chancellOr-the movement to estab-
fish better relations with Great Bri-
tain.
knew that the secret should at all
hazards be kept, and that night 1 told
the crown prince of my second meet
Ing with the pretty woman in black
and her urgent request.
He laughed, but made no remark.
Yet knew by his tone that he was not
so easy in his mind as he desired me to
believe.
1t also seemed strange why, if the
Toung Frenchwoman was so DESTROYS
If meeting him, she did not call at the
lila.
About week later it suddenly &C.
'urred to me to endeavor to discover
he real identity of the lady in black,
'ut as l was not certain whether she
ctually lived in Nice it was rather
ifficult. Nevertheless, by invoking
he aid of my friend Belabre, inspector {
f the Surete of Nice, and after wait 4
ng a few days made an astounding [
iscovery, namely, that the lady who {
allied herself De Rouville was an TIA g
an cafe concert singer named Irene g
peroni-the woman who had aroused v
he jealousy of the crown princessl q
nd she knew that important state Sc y
ret of Germany d
The situation was a most serious a
ne. felt it my duty to mention my h
iscOvery to his highness, when, to my S
lrprise, he was not in the least angry. "
.e merely said: r
at is true, HeltzendOrff-true what "
lie crown princess declared-that L \
emf TO WieShadPn and that I gave