Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-08-25

one. Tell him | must see him, for l
dread daily lest the truth of the
kaisers real intentions be known at
the Quai d'Orsay."
"Certainly,". was my reply. Il will
deliver your message this evening".
TEL him that my sole desire is to
act in the interests of the emperor and
himself" she urged.
Put, forgive rIge," said. II cannot
see why you should interest Yourself
in the crown prince If he deciLns to
commuTlicatc with you"
81 have my reasons, Count Won fte}t-
ZendorffIT 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 weak how eagerly
Enc English journalists, with the duSE
east into tfrir eyes, were bIindly advo-
eating that the British public should
welcome the great German national
n,HTement, Headed by Baron won Cess
ler supported by Ballir, Delbruck
ami Won Wedai, with the hearty coop
Grafton of the emperor and l7le isnperi-
nj chancellor the movement to estab-
fish setter reIngions. with Gfert Bri-
tain.
l knew that ttie secret shoald at all
hazards be kept. and that night [ told
| the crown primes OF my SecoIs.' meet
| ing with the pretty woman in BLACK
/ and he's urgent request.
He laughed, bat made no REMARK
Yet | k new by his OYre that he YVES lfst
50 easy IN his minaiIas he desiredima 10
believe.
1t alSo' seemed Grange why, If the
| young Ffsenchwomsn WIS so desilDus
| of meetiI Y him, Sh did not call at tGife
villa.
+ About ~ week III inr it suddenly oc-
7 curred to me to cn,itavor to discover
+ the real / ,kntity of t:ie lady in bl44sck,
| but rs 1 WAS not cecta,in whether she
! act ually lived in Nsae' it was rather
difficult Nevertheless, by invoking
! the aid of fny friend Dt.itbre, inspector
! 81 the Sure re of Nice. ami after w:at-
ing Il few Gays | maze an aStoundfEc.
discovery, Iamely, tf!Ir the lady Woo
Called hersef De RoaviTe was an Itae-
| liam cafe cOcpprt Sit grr named lrcfce'
| .lfer0ni-thc. woman SkW had aroused
D.! TIN. jealousy Hf the 'rDNvn princess.
| And she kncw that iItsportant state So
| GEpt of Germ any!
The situa ion was i most SeriOJas>
osop. | felt ID my duty 10 mention lry'
discovery to ais highiress, when, to my
surprise, he was notiai tse least angrJl.
| Els. merely s;sa:
1T is true. HeltZentbrff-true WHIT
wergt to Wisshaden and that l gave
| TIE woman ID pair of emerald earrings,
which | or0erpd from old NOllgolsi.
Tsut there w2s>no reason for jealousy.
{ saw the woman GritS gave her the
present in tie horH, of closing tier'
EipS-"
In Il moment l understood. TIE
pretty variety artistic WIS endeavorSnS
to levy blacRmal Bat how could she,
in her position, hava learned the s;Aacer
of the rmperors intentions?
She was, rfound living rs Signorina
Speroni. With her maid, 1T the liDtef
Bristol 0verat Beanlieu, just acrosr<th
blue bay Of: Nillefranche, and as the
days went on | realized the imminent
danger of exposure. and wondered if
the kaiser knew OF it.
made.u reman& to that effecc 10 his
| u; VIII f}tA
replied:
Don't disturb yourself, rlF dear
Heltzeatlorff. have not overlooked the
mutte,s,. for it is one that closely CON
Germs both the emperor aid myself.
The woman obtained the secret by
opensng the dispatch box Of one who
believed her 90 be his frie,ei, ana then
she attempted TO use her knowledge in
ORDER to drag me into her net. But |
do not think l am very likely To be
caught-eh?'
At that moment Herr Schafer en-
tered the room, therefore further dis
: cussion was out of the question.
| From inquiries l made later on l
: found that the concert singer had sud
I denly left the hotel. therefore l went
: over to Beaulieu and had an iuStruc-
! tive chat with the hall porter, Il Ger
: man. of course. From him l learned
2 that the SignoriAa had been staying
there ever since the date when we had
arrived at Nice and, further, thar two
, gentlemen had been frequently III the
? habit of calling upon her. One was a
5 smart young Frenchman who came in
man. From the description of the lat
e ter I at once came to the conclusion
: that il was none other than Herr Scha
t fer.
D The one gentleman did not know OF
u the others visits" said the bearded
l porter with a laugh. THE signorins
always impressed silence upon me, be
9 cause she thought one would be jeal
S GUS of the other. The German gentle
l. man seemed very deeply in love will
l. her. and she called him Hans. He &C
t. companied her when she left here fol
e San Reno"
y l reported this to his highness, bu
d he made no remark. A week late
some fishermen found upon the brown
5 rocks near Capo Verde, beyond Sal
e Reno. the body of a woman, full.
Il dressed, afterwards identified as tina
of Irene Speroni, the singer so popu
- lar in Rome.
1t was proved that on the previou
V night she had been seen by two peas
l. ants walking along the sea road nea
San Lorenzo, accompanied by a tai
S thin man. who seemed greatly excited
and was talking in German. 1t wa