American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

$500 E $3.50 49,
hand!
She took It, examined It well and
then, with an artificial laugh. declared
1T certainly IS not mine. l once
had a bag very similar, but mine was
not Of such good quality
Are you really quite certain, count
essl" l demanded.
Quite" she declared. But why
trouble about that bag while there Is a
point much more important-the safety
and whereabouts Of his imperial high
nessf" she went on in a great state Of
agitation. "Tell me, count, exactly
what Occurred-as far as you know"
]. recounted to her the facts just as
they have already been written down,
and as l did so l watched her face, 10
ticlng upon It an expression full Of sus-
picion Of myself. She was, It seemed
to me, undecided as to the exact extent
Of my knowledge.
"How did you know that the young
mans name was KrahlY' she asked,
eagerly. you had perhaps met him
before-ehf"
The Search.
To this leading question I maintained
a sphinxlike silence. That the little
old who had so Unexpectedly
become a lady-in-waiting was playing
some desperate double game 1 felt
sure, but its exact import vas still an
enigma.
IN any case" she said, "would 1t
not be as well to return to the Neue
Schenke and make searchT
1 smiled. Then, in order to let her
know that I was acquainted with TIA
Ian, the language she had spoken on
that well-remembered night in her own
conservatory, I exclaimed:
"Ahel ale vote 0 gil occhi apertl
81 far del sogni." (Sometimes n can
dream with ones eyes open.)
Her thin eyebrows narrowed, and
with a shrug Of her shoulders the
old woman replied:
Dial falso bene viene II vero male
(From an affected good feeling comes
q real evil.)
1 realized at that moment that there
WIS l4Ult gcLEAN III AAE 4AAtAA AAAAA a
had yet conceived. His imperial high
ness was certainly missing, though the
female element Of the affair had be.
come eliminated by my recognition OF
her own handbag. She. too, had beer
in secret TO the forester's house-buf
with what object?
Half an hour later we were back a
the little house in the forest.
The guests had all returned TO th'
castle, and only EckhardJ, the police
commissioner. remained. with a for
ester and his underlings. Already
search had been made in the surround
ing woods. but without result. OF hi,
imperial highness there was no trace
In the long room, with It's pitch-pin,
walls. and lit by oil lamps. the ole
countess closely questioned Eckhard'
as TO the result Of his inquiries. Blu
the police official. who had become full
Of nervous fear, declared that he haC
been sent off by his highness. anC
had not since found any trace Of him
He spoke Of the little silk bag, o.
course, and attached great importanc,
to II.
Within half an hour we had reor
ganized the heaters from the neighbor
hood and, with lanterns. set out agail
TO examine some woods 10 the cas-
which had not been searched. Abou
ten o'clock we set forth, the COUNTIES
accompanying US and walking well
Notwithstanding her age, though
could see that 1t was a fearful anxiet,
that kept her active. To the men wit
= US every inch of the mountain sid
was familiar, and for hours W
searched.
A Startling Discovery.
Suddenly, not far away, a horn wa
blown. followed by loud shouts. Quics
, ~ we approached the spot, and EcA
J. hardt and myself, as we came W
looked upon a strange scene. Close {
the trunk Of a great beech tree lay IN
form Of the crown prince, hatless, out
stretched upon his face.
! Instantly I bent, tore open hi
= shooting jacket, and to my great relic
: found that his heart was still beatin.
He was, however, quite u%nconscioui
though there seemed no sign Of
. struggle. AS he had left his hat an
gun in the house, It seemed that h
j had gone forth only for a momen.
And yet we were quite a mile from tn
, forester's housed
q The countess had thrown herself III
on her knees and stroked his brow ter
I. derby when 1 announced that he wa
: still living. BY her actions I saw tina
: she was filed by some bitter self-r'
proach.
With the lanterns shining aroun
9 him-surely a weird and remarkabl
scene which would, If described by III
journalists, have caused a great SCI
= sation in Europe-the crown primo
was brought slowly back to conscious
. ness. until at last he sat up, dazed an
! wondering.
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