New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-27


that aforementioned night in her own
conservatory, l exclaimed:
"Ahe! alle vote con gil Occhi aperti
81 far del sogni." (Sometimes one can
dream with ones eyes Open.)
Her thin eyebrows narrowed, and
with Il shrug Of her shoulders the
old woman replied:
"Dal false bene viene II zero male"
(From IN affected good feeling comes
Il real eviI.)
l realized mt that moment that there
was more mystery In the affair than |
had vet conceived. His imperial high
ness was certainly missing, though the
female element of the affair had be-
come eliminated by my recognition of
her W handbag. She, too, had been
in secret to the forester's house-lut
with what object2
Half an hour later We were back at
the little house in the forest.
The guests had all returned to the
castle, and only Eckhardt, the police
commissioner, remained, with n for
ester and his underlings. Already
search had been made in the surround
ing woods, but without result. OF his
imperial highness there was no trace.
In the long room, with It's pitch-pine
walls, and lit by oil lamps, the old
countess closely questioned Eckhardt
as to the result of his inquiries. But
the police official, who had become full
of napyplS fnar Jna1n rod thnt hn haI
been sent off by his highness, and
had not since found any trace of him.
He spoke of the little silk bag, of
course, and attached great Importance
to it.
Within half an hour we had reor-
ganized the beaters from the %neighbor-
hood and, with lanterns, set out again
to examine some woods to the east
which had not been searched. About
ten o'clock we set forth, the countess
accompanying us and walking well.
Notwithstanding her age, though |
could see that it was n fearful anxiety
that kept her active. To the men with
us every inch Of the mountain side
was familiar, and for hours we
searched.
A Startling Discovery.
Suddenly, not far away, a horn was
blown, followed by loud shouts. Quick
ly we approached the spot, and Eek
hardt and myself, as we came up,
looked upon Il strange scene. Close to
the trunk of n great beech tree lay the
form of the crown prince, h%atless, out
stretched upon his face.
Instantly | bent, tore open his
shooting jacket, and to my great relief
found that his heart was still beating.
He was, however, quite unconscious,
though there seemed no sign Of n
struggle. AS he had left his hat and
gun in the house, 1t seemed that he
had gone forth only for n moment.
And yet we were quite n mile from the
fOreSter'S house!
The countess had thrown herself up
on her knees and strOked his brow ten
derby when l announced that he was
still living. BY her actions l saw that
she was filled by Nome bitter self-re-
prOach.
With the lanterns shining around
.him-surely a weird and remarkable
scene which would, if described by the
journalists, have caused a great SEN
Sation in Europe-the crown prince
was brought slowly back to conscious
ness, until at last he sat up, dazcd and
His first words to me we're:
THAT fellow! Where is he? That
glass glObe!"
An hour later he was comfortably in
bed in the great Old-world room i'm the
attended by n local doctor
upon whom ] set the seal of official ST.
'ence-and before dawn he had COM
recovered.
Yet, even to me, he declared that he
absolutely no knowledge of
what had occurred.
II went out quickly, and well, |
lOn't know what happened" he told
ne Don after dawn, as he lay i'm bed.
Strangely enough, he made no mention
# the man, Karl Krahl.
Later on he summoned the Countess
ION Kieni:Z, and for twenty minutes
n SO he had an animated discussion
With her. Being outside the room, how
yer, | was unable to hear distinctly.
Well, l succeeded. by brides and !
hreats, in hushing up the whole affair {
nd keeping it out of the papers, while I
" those who knew of the incident it [
o forgotten. Z
Karl krahI Again. '
/ uppose it must have been fully I
months later when one evening, l
aving taken some documents over to
he emperor for signature at the Berlin )
l returned to the princes pri- II
ate room in the palace, when, to my
.rahl seated there. He looked very
ale and worn, quite unlike the rather
thletic figure he presented at the for $
house.
IF you still refuse TO tell me the
nth, then 1 shall take my own meas S
res to find Out-severe measures. SO {
give you full warming" the crown s
was declaring angrily, as 1 en- I
,red so Unexpectedly.
/ did not withdraw, pretending not h
/, notice the presence Of a visitor,
lerefore his highness himself beck
ned the young man, who followed him
the corridor to another room. il
The whole affair was most puzzling. "
hat had happened on that afternoon Vi
the Harz mountains / could not at di
| imagine. By what means had his W
.ghness been rendered unconscious, HI
I'd uhat nart cnuld tho Ii44Ia All ~