The Washington times., 1917-05-27

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ed the man, and learned that she was
Nine. Rosales, from Malaga, in Spain.
She had. arrived with her husband
three days ago. but monsieur had left
the same morning for Paris, ana sne
was now awaiting his return
The motive Of the Emperor, usually
30 restless and pompous, In remain
ing virtually a prisoner in the hotel
and posing as q merchant, was GER
tainly most mysterious, and even
chat with Herman, his matestys
chief valet, ELECTED no information.
That night, as / sat alone eating
my dinner-for Herr Zeller took his
meals In his private Bitting room-the
dark-haired woman . sat at table
near me. With her was q pretty girl
in q pale pink dinner gown, evident
ly q friend who lived IN the town
The pair chatted together and
laughed merrily over their meal, while
watched them covertly.
Why, cannot even now tell. but /
held Madame Rosales in distinct sus-
plcion. Yet / could not recollect
where we had met before. Now, how
ever, as I sat there In the corner eat
ing my meal I felt convinced that, on
her part, she had recognised me, and.
further, that she had pointed me out
to her companion.
Later in the evening I made other
inquiries in the hotel, and learned
that madame had several friends.
The evening that her husband left for
Paris q tall, thin, pale-faced young
man had called upon her after din
ner, and had long chat with her In
q corner In the lounge. Afterward
they went out together for a short
walk, and. returning, he smoked q
cigar before he left On the follow
ing day another man, OF rather un-
kempt appearance, called and Iunched
with her.
Needless to say. watched madame
carefully. and managed during that
evening to catch several glances OF
her. After the pair had dinner they
spent q short time In the lounge.
where they both smoked cigarettes.
Then, It being q beautiful moonlit
night, they put on their coats and
went for q stroll.
The Emperor Peeps In.
So interested had I become In the
woman that I followed, and, unsus-
pected, logged their footsteps for
nearly half a mile, until they entered
a dark. forbidding-looking house
which faced q weedy canal.
When the door opened q man
greeted them, and, slipping In quick
~. they disappeared
They were there for over an hour
yet I remained, keeping constant
vigil. until at last madame emerged
alone. retraeing her steps hurriedly
to the hotel.
Next morning I met her in the lift
at about IL o'clock, and we descended
together. She was dressed to 60 out,
but in the hall the porter handed her
q telegram This she opened, after
ward writing q reply, and taking II
herself to the postoffce.
was much irritated because my
memory was so at fault There were.
felt, some peculiar circumstances
connected with the woman at the
time had known her. but what they
were could not recall / saw, how
ever, that her memory was better
than my own. and that she knew me,
and because Of that fact had already
grown apprehensive-
It was not in Berlin society that
I had met her. OF that I felt as.
sured; Just as certain, indeed, that
her real name was not Rosale.L
While / had been out watching the
woman on the previous night the
Emperor had also taken q stroll
through the city. What, I wondered.
would the Berlin police have thought
IL they knew that William was walk
ing about at night unguarded and
unattended at The Hague.
As / sat with him attending to
some correspondence and taking
down q number of Instructions re-
garding important matters at the
wIlhelmstrasse. he suddenly broke
off and told me how he had. on the
previous night, spent an hour drink
ing Dutch beer at that popular re-
sort Of tradesmen and their wives,
the Royal Brasserie.
Nobody recognized me-" he laugh
ed. II found out that they sold the
best beer one can get outside Ger
many, and really enjoyed IL. /
sent for you, but you had already
gone out Did you 60 to the thea
teri"
"No." was my reply. and then I told
him. practically what I have related
in the foregoing lines
How curious" exclaimed His
Majesty. az would much like to see
this mysterious Spanish lady. She
must be intsersting."
AN hTbN NAASo " N-1oN@NN AAAAt
but he was so persistent that de-
scribed at which table she sat at
lunch, and Il was agreed between US
that while we were eating our meal
he should come TO the door of the
dining room and peep In.
This the Emperor did. and clever
ly. too, for she never saw him, be-
ing at that moment engaged in con-
versation with a waiter.
when I rejolned him In his room
he said: mo, Heltzendorn, I have
never seen her before"
well, Majesty" / declared, 81 am
certain I have seen her or her photo
graph somewhere. and that she is not
what she represents herself to be-"
shes an adventures most prob
ably" replied the Emperor. Many
women are. Indeed, II Is difficult to
discover one who d6es not adventure
either in love. in politics, or in
crime"
Goes to Berlin for Information.
His words impressed me. An hour
later ! went to a photographer and
arranged for a surreptltious portrait
to be taken of Madame Rosales the
next time she took a walk.
All day the young photographer
haunted the vicinity Of the hotel until
the light faded. Yet next morning as
she came out he snapped her without
her knowledge, and In three hours