Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-28

thihS AOi NY uedT nusDdnub sake, tI|
handsome young woman assured nd.
tears yelling in her fine dark eyes.
I'm that case, then, please leave
the matter entirely in my hands"
said.
That same night. about ten o'clock,
the emperor entered the room to which
I had just returned to work.
"Send Frau Reist 20 me-" he
snapped. "And 1 will summon you
later when want you, Heltzendorfr."
Frau Kleisti bad no idea the won-
an had arrived az ne eastle. But 1 dis
patched one of tina servants to Search
for her, and afterwards heard her hirh<|
pitched voice as she assembled fho|
stairs to hold secret counsel with his
majesty.
Below found the fat falr-haired
little doctor from Augsburg, who was
still an enigma, but eager to see his
imperial patient.
Suddenly one of the imperial fun
keys bowed at the door, commanding
the doctor to the royal presence, and
he left me, hot and fiurried.
Had the emperor called the unknown
doctor into consultation with Frau
I Kleist?
Inquiries had made concerning the
doctor from Augsburg showed that he
was quite a well-known Specialist on
mental diseases, and he had also writ
ten a textbook upon bacteriology and
the brain. Why had the kaiser sum-
moned him2 He required no brain
specialist.
1--WE leave tomorrow at noon," the
emperor exclaimed brusquely when, an
hour later, l was summoned to his
room. This amazed me, for our ar
engagements were to remain three days
longer. 1 recollected Madam Reit-
schel's words.
II do not feel at all WELL" his majes-
ty added, land this Doctor Vollerthun
orders me rest at Potsdam.n
In silence l bowed, and then ven
tured to refer to what was uppermost
in my mind.
May be permitted to speak to your
majesty upon a certain confidential
subject?" L begged.
what subjectT snapped .fhe EN-
peror.
"Your majesty's negotiations with
the sultan of Turkey. Frau Reit-
! schel has learned of them, but she is
eager to come before you and take,
an oath of entire secrecy"
The kaisers eyes narrowed and
glOwed in sudden anger
A Woman's Oath.
"A wOmans Oatl!," he cried. "Bah II
Never have l believed in silence i'm
posed upon any woman's tongue
more especially TINT Of a born enemy 7
l appreciate your nyalty and acumen,
Won llcltzeEdOr!t, iUr l have, fortu-
nately, known This tor some little time,
ana IL stri'tcst secrecy have taken GER
tain measures 20 combat il. Remem-I
bec 'lat these words have never beenl
uttered TO you! Remember Cat! You'll
are adjutant, ana l am emperor. I'm
derstand! l fully appreciate and note
YOUR royal report, but il is not woman's
sphere to enter our diplomacy, except
as Il secret agent of our fatheIantI..sa
Let Us say 10 more"
Ten minutes later, being dismissed,
wandered back through the great ST.
lent, echOing corridors of the ancient
castle to my own room, A great human
drama, greater than any ever placed
upon the stage, was now being en- =,
acted.
The emperor was plotting the down.
TALL of the Turkish empire and the
overthrow Of Islam In Europe. Be
tween the all-highest one and the real y
cation of those plans for world power
stood one frail little Parlsienne, the
'lvaciOus, well-meaning Madam Relt-
ichell
Next day we left the Schloss Langeu-t
'erg, but before doing so we heard
With regret that our charming little
lostess had been suddenly taken III '
Turing the night, and the kaiser, as
mark Of favor had ordered his doctor,
'ollerthun, to remain behind to attendI
Ter. That Herr Reitschel was In great
distress l saw from his face as he
TODD on the little platform at Ilmenau.
Back in Berlin. wondered what was
n progress In that far-Off schloss In
'huringia, but a week later the truth
'ecame wildly apparent when I read
the Staats-Anzelger an anndInce-
nent that Frau Reltschel. the Nung
wife of the famous Anton ReitschAl OF
'onstantinople, had been seized by a
udden and mysterious illness and had
developed insanity to such hopeless
egree that 1t had been necessary TO
onfine her In the ROsenau private asy-
lm at COburg.
In a second thought Of the dancing
distress and the mental specialist
rom Augsburg.
Poor Madam Reitscheli She died
arly In 1913, a raving lunatic. Her
evoted husband, having served the