New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-06


the instrument, a sharp click, and all
was again silence.
I put down the receiver in wonder.
l saw that to telephone to me at the
palace was impossible, as 1t would go
through the exchange there, and some
body might be listening. For that rea-
son he had sent M to the AdlOn, and
from his conversation he was evidently
representing himself at The Hague to
be a prosperous German merchant, as
he had done at Nice and other places.
At nearly two o'clock In the morn
ing l passed the sentries on duty, and
re-entered the Potsdam palace. 1t was
then too late to give the kaiserin her
husbands message, therefore l waited
till morning, and gave 1t to her YER
bally when alone with her in her break
fast room.
The empress seemed greatly relieved
when I told her of the telephone con-
versatiOn, and during the day wrote me
n note to hand to the emperor on my
arrival at The Hague. That night I
left for Holland, and next morning
duly inquired at the Hotel des Indies
for Herr Zeller. l was conducted to a
small suite Of rooms on the first floor.
where, dressed In a gray suit, his ma
jesty rOse to meet me, smiling at my
establishment.
well, you heard me plainly on the
telephone, eh?" he asked. "Ah, l see
you are surprised that I am here. I,
too, am equally surprised to find my
self here. And. further. I do not know
how long l shall remain"
Il have brought the Clothes" l re-
marked, and afterwards drew the en-
press letter from my pocket and hand
ed 1t to him.
Her majesty should have left for
Prague yesterday" he said. ibid she
goT
mo. She vas still at the palace
when l left at eight o'clock last night"
The emperor gave vent to a grunt of
dissatisfaction. From the books lying
about his room I gathered that he
passed his time In reading, p~referring
not to go out In the day time for fear
Of being recognized. Apprehension on
that score was unnecessary, for the
kaiser, shOrn Of his uniform and deco
ratlons, presents in civilian attire a
very ordinary appearance and not
readily recognizable by the man In the
street. For that reason he was often
able to spend a week In Paris, Nice,
or on the Italian Riviera without any
body being the wiser.
Mystery Of the Royal Scheme.
I engaged a room close to that of
Herr Zeller, and for some hours re-
manned with him while he signed q
number Of state papers which l had
brought with me. He seemed strangely
absent-minded, l thought, but present
~ he took up one of the formidable
blue documents which, by the heading,
I saw was an urgent report from the
imperial chancellor.
Look, Heltzendorff! Look at this u
cried the emperor.
"The chancellor reports that the edi-
tor of the Cologne Gazette has called
at the chancellery and inquired how
long 1t was intended that l should re-
main out of the country? Think Of it.
My absence is knownT"
"That may be So" l responded, but
your majesty's whereabouts is I'M
known to all save her majesty the en-
press"
"Yes, yes" said the emperor impa-
tiently. "But our police will commence
making inquiries, and l shall be traced
here"
"Why not leave at once" I suggest
ed, in the hope of calculating the truth.
"Ah! That is just the unfortunate
point. l am unable to leave" he re-
piled. II must remain-and l do not
know for how long"
Further than that he would tell me
nothing. The fact that his absence
from Germany was known greatly up
set him. 1t seemed to me Is though,
by that truth leaking out, some clever
secret plan of his had been thwarted.
From his countenance, as he re-read
that document, l saw that serious trou-
BILE was brewing for somebody. His
majesty, seized by his mania for travel
would very often at five minutes no
tice leave Potsdam and journey to the
farthest end of the empire. But the
papers were always at once Informed,
and the kaiser never went out Of his
country without first a%cquainting the
chancellor Of his intentions. In this
case, however. he slipped away BY a
night train, and nobody knew until
next morning.
The Dark.Haired Woman.
On concluding the correspondence, I
went out for a stroll, when. not far
from the hotel, I noticed a well-dress-
ed, rather handsome, dark-haired wom-
a n approaching. To me her face SEEM
ed familiar, and l was puzzled to know
where l had seer II before.
1 passed on, and, entering a cafe,
sat down to smoke and to think. Mem
ory of that woman's face still haunted
me. I felt that I had met her some
where, and had had good cause to re-