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

openly 10 me, dllcI sIlc H'th icit -
room in anger.
We had been busy arranging pro
gram Of official visits in eastern Ger
many, when suddenly the crown prln
handed ficrcely an explanation OF
certain anonymous letter which sli'
held in her land.
"kindly read that I" She said hnugh
tily, "nnd explain what it means"
The crown prince griuned that colo
sinister expression ovcrSpreadin% M
collntcnancc, Il look which is such ,
marked characteristic Of his.
Then, almost SnatclIing the letter
from his young wifc'S fingers, he red'
il through, and with a sudden move
Incnt tore it up and flung 1t upon tht
carpet, saying:
81 refuse to discuss any unsigned
lcttcrl Really, if we were 10 notice
every letter written by the common
scum We should, indeed, have sufficient
to do"
His Wifc's arched brOws mario wed.
Her face betrayed tierctSt anger.
II hapnen to have Inquired, anB
now know that those allegations ase
| correct :" she. cried. This dark haired
| singer Irene SprrOni, has OBJ
| tanned great success on rbe variety
stage in Italy She is the star of the
,ialH Marghcrita In Rome
"Wcll?" he asked in defiance. "And
what of ii, pray?"
That letter you have destroyed tells
me the truth. l. received 1t "a few
| days ago, and sent an agent to Italy
in order to learn the truth. lfe has
| returned tonight. See" And' sud
| denly she produced crumpled snap
shot photograph of thr crown prince
in his polo-playing gnrb, and WITH him
Il smartly dressed young woman,
whose features We're in the shadow.
Yes" She cried bitterly. You re-
fuse, of course, to look upon this piece
of evidence. now know why you
went to WieSbadcn. Tho woman was
singing there, and you gave her pair
OF emerald and diamond earrings
which you purchased from NollEold
in Inter den Linden. See! ller9' is
the bill for them!"
And again She produced slip OF
paper.
The scene ended in the poor woman,
in Il frantic pnroNysm Of despair, tear
ing off the splendid necklet of ola
monds ut her throat-h present to
her on their mnrriage-and casting il
full into his face.
Then, realizing that the scene had
become too tragic, l took her small
hand, and, with word of sympathy
led her out of the room and along the
corridor.
ASH left her she burst into Il sudden
torrent of tears; yet when l returned
again to the crown prince ltfouhu ms
manner had entirely changed. III,
treated his wife's natural resentment
and ind gnutiun ms il huge joke, and II
was then that his imperial hiShness
declared To me:
"Cilli is fool I"
Listen. Heltzcndorfl." his highnes:
exclaimed suddenly. In Nice | ma.
disappear for a day or two. may b.
; missing. But if | am, please don
raise Il fuss about II. I'm lncoSnltt
ana nobody will know. | may be ab
sent for seven days. Ii | am not bacl
by that time then you may make III
quiry."
But the CommisSary of Police EcR
ardt, lie will surely know | II
marked i'll surprise.
No. lie won't know. | shall evad
:, him rs I've often done before, II
: piled his imperial highncsS. Il te
= YOU of my intentions SO that you ma
: curb the activities of our most eStHn;
BE friend. Tell him not 10 worry, an
{ he will be paid Il thousand marks q
I the day Count Won Grunau reappearS
smiled, for l saw the influence
u the eternal feminine.
NO. Nrltzrndortf. You are qui
= mistaken" lie said, reading II
inpO9nlS. mere II nv ittis IL -
! case. | am out here for secret pu
Z. poses ni my own For that reason
i fake YOU into my confidence rath
than that unnecessary inquiry shou
y ~, made and some Of those intern
Is journalists get hold of the fact III
the Count Won Grunau and the GROW
II nrinrr are one and the same person.
N v,s i fool to take this salon. | Dug
ne To have travelled rs an ordinary pi
~ srn-er | know. but" he laughed, II
i really comfortable and, after 4
what do we care what the world thin
nj -rha Surely we can afford TO luu
at il when all the honors Of the Sal
Ill are already i'll our hands.
IN His words myStitied me, but |
came even more mystitied by his ;
re- tons few days later.
il | was in ignorance that fortnis
e before Hermann Hardt. one of
ly highnesS' courierS, had left PotSd'
and on arrival 1T Nice had rented
he three months the fine Villa l.ilaS.
'St We soon settled there and on
~. evening of our arrival | accoinpaul
ne the crown prince down into the 10
IL the Jetee promenade.
We smoked together and chatted.
lie w often did when his imperial hi
Tor ness became bored. l was still my:
lv- fled why we had come TO the Rivi'
len - early in the season.
Of Yer our coming had. no doubt. be
his privately Signaled. because within h
Try In hour Of our arrival 1T the Vi
dr. lilaS short, stout old Frenchm
for with white. hri>tly hair-who l
forward found out WAS Monsieur I
ere Bavou2tt. the newly appointed pref
rNt nf III. flnartmCnt Of AlNes- Martin