Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

member her, yet. for the life Of me.
could not recall the circumstances OF
our meeting.
An hour later, on returning to the
hotel, saw her speaking with the con-
cierge.
She was evidently staying there,
hence few minutes afterwards, when
she had assembled the lift, l questioned
the man. and learned that she was
Madame ROsales, from Malaga, in
Spain. She had arrived with her hus-
band three days ago, but monsieur had
left the same morning for Paris, and
she was now awaiting his return.
The motive of the emperor, usually
so restless and pOmpOus, in remaining
virtually a prisoner in the hotel, and
posing as merchant, was certainly
most mysterious. and even chat with
Herman. his majesty's chief valet, ell
cited no information.
That night. as sat alone eating my
dinner-for Herr Zeller took his meals
in his private sitting roOm-the dark
haired woman sat at a table near me.
With her was a pretty girl I'm pale
pink dinner gown, evidently a friend
who lived In the town.
The pair chatted together and laugh
ed merrily over their meal, while l
watched them cOvertly.
Why. cannot even now tell, but l
held Madame R0sales in distinct sus-
picion. Yet could not recOllect where
We had met before. Now. however, as
/ sat there in the corner eating my
meal / felt convinced that. on her
part. she had recognized me, and
further. that she had pointed me out
to her companion.
Later in the evening l made other in
quiries in the hotel, and learned that
Madame had several friends. The eve
ming that her husband left for Paris
a tall. thin. pale-faced young man had
called upon her after dinner, and had
long chat with fler i'm a corner In
the lounge. Afterwards they went out
together for q short walk. and. return
ing. he smoked cigar before he left
rather unkempt appearance. called and
lunched with her.
Needless to say, / watched madame
carefully. and managed during that
t evening to catch several glances Of her
, After the pair had dined they spent a
short time i'm the lounge. where they
, both smoked cigarettes. Then, ii being
a beautiful mOonlit night, they put on
their coats and went for stroll.
The Emperor Peeps In.
Z So interested had ! become in the
: woman that / followed, and. unsus
, pected, logged their footsteps fol
nearly half a mile, until they entered d
y dark. fOrbidding-lOOking house which
: faced a weedy canal.
g When the door opened man greet
. ed them, and slipping In quickly, they
p disappeared.
They were there for over an hour
- yet l remained keeping constant vigil
until at last madame emerged alone
retraclng her steps hurriedly to the
/, hotel.
v Next morning l met her in the lif
!. at about eleven O'Clock, and we de
scended together. She was dressed Il
go out, but in the hall the porter hand
= ed her telegram. This she opened
!. afterwards writing reply. and tax
B. ing it herself to the post office.
l was much irritated because my
: memory was so at fault. There were
@ l felt, some peculiar circumstances con
4 nected with the woman at the time
had known her, but what they were
!. could not recall. l saw, however, tina
her memory was better than my own
. and that she knew me- and because O.
= that fact had already grown apprehen
4 @ive.
II was not I'm Berlin society that
o had met her. OF that felt assured
@ just as certain, indeed, that her rea
!. name was not Rosales.
i. While 1 had been out watching tn,
r woman Op the previous night the EN-
peror had also taken a stroll through
d the city. What. wondered, would tn
J. Berlin police have thought il the.
s knew that William was walking abou
i at night unguafded and unattended a
= The Hague.
e As / sat with him attending to som
e correspondence and taking down
I, number of instructions regarding i'm
8 pOrtant matters at the Wilhelmstrasse
e he suddenly broke of and told In
IS how he hads on the previous night
a spent an hour drinking Dutch beer q
il that popular resort of tradesmen an
their wives, the Royal Brasserie.
Nobody recognized me-" he laugh
I ed. Il found out that they sold tn
If best beer one can get outside Germany
3 and / really enjoyed 1t. sent for yor
J. but you had already gone out. Di
D. you go to the theater?"
W "No." was my reply. and then toll
him practically what have related 1
e, the foregoing lines.
D. How curious!" exclaimed Ills ms
d jesty. Il would much like to see thi
E mysterious Spanish lady. She must b
E. interesting"