The Glenwood post., 1917-09-29
INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS.
Won FELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEJX

"Ah! You have perhaps devised
something-eh7 l hope so," said the
emperor. you are usually ingenious
in crisis. Good! Here is the Or
der; act just as you think flt."
Il was summoned. your majesty"
said, in order to remind him of my
presence there.
"Ah! Yes. You know this Miss
King, do you not7"
II received her in Plymouth" was
my reply.
"Ah. then you will recognize her.
Probably your services may be very
urgently required within the next few
hours. You may 60" and his majesty
curtly dismissed me.
waited in the corridor until his i'm
perial highness came forth. When he
did so he looked Rushed and seemed
agitated. There had, knew, occurred
violent scene between father and
son, for to me it seemed as though
willie" had again fallen beneath the
influence Of pretty face.
He drove me in a big Mercedes
over to Potsdam where had a guam.
uty Of military documents awaiting at.
tention, and after a change of clothes
tackled them.
Yet my mind kept constantly revert.
Ing to the mystery surrounding the
golden butterfly.
A Note From Miss Kinu.
After dinner that night I returned to
my workroom, when, upon my blotting.
pad, l found note addressed to me
in the crown princes sprawling hand
Opening it, I found that he had scrib
bled' this message:
Il have left. Tell Eekhardt not to
trouble. Come alone, and meet me
tomorrow night at the Palast hotel
In Hamburg. I shall call at seven
O'Clock and ask for Herr Richter.
shall also use that name Tell no
body Of my journey, not even the
crown princess Wilhelm, Kronprlnz.'
l read the note through a second
time, and then burned 1t.
Next day I arrived at the Palast
hotel, facing the Binnenalster, in Ham.
burg, giving my name as Herr Rich.
ter.
At seven O'Clock I awaited his high.
ness. Eight o'clock came-nine-te
even eleven-midnigfit, but, though
sat In the private room !, had en-.
gagged, no visitor arrived.
/ Just after twelve, however, a waite.
brought up note addressed to Herr
Richter.
Believing it to be meant for me, /
opened 1t. To my great surprise, ]
found that 1t was from the mysterious
Miss King, and evidently intended fol-
the crown prince. 1t read; II
any brother was released from the
Altoona prison this evening" pre.
sumo, owing, to your intervention
and we are now both safely on our
way across to Harwich. You have evi.
IDENTIFY discovered ut last that am not
the helpless girl you believed me to be
When your German police arrested my
| brother Walter in Bremen as spy
| of Britain I think you viii admit thar
| they acted very injudiciously, in face
| OF all that my brother and myself know
| today. At Plymouth you demanded,
as the price of Walters liberty, that ]
should become attached to your secret
service in America and betray the man
who adopted me and brought me up as
his own daughter. But you never
dreamed the extent of my knowledge
of your country's intrigues; you did
not know that, through my brother
and the man who adopted me as his
| daughter, / know the full extent of
your subtle propaganda. You were, !
admit, extremely clever, Herr Richter,
and confess that was quite charmed
when you sent me, as souvenir, that
golden butterfly which returned to
you US mark of my refusal and def
ance of the conditions you imposed
upon me for the release of my brother
from the sentence Of fifteen years in
fortress. This time, Herr Richter, a
woman wins. Further, I warn you
that If you attempt any reprisal my
brother will ut once expose Germany's
Vaccinations abroad. He has, I as
sure you, many good friends, both in
Britain and America. Therefore If you
desire silence you will make no effort
to trace me further. Adieu!'
Twelve hours later handed that let
ter to the crown prince in Potsdam.
Where he had been In the meantime I
did not know. He read 1t through ;
then he crushed it In his hands and
tossed 1t into the fire.
| Copyright. 1917. William LeoueuE)
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