American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03


what had occurred.
Il went out quickly, and well, 1
don't know what happened" he told
me soon after dawn, as he lay in bed
Strangely enough he made no mention
Of the man, Karl Krahl.
Later on he summoned the Countess
Won Kienitz. and for twenty minutes
or so he had an animated discussion
with her. Being outside the room, how
ever, l was unable 10 hear distinctly
Well. / succeeded. by brides and
threats, in hushing up the whole affair
and keeping it out Of tho papers, willis
by those who knew OF the incident Il
was soon forgotten.
Karl KrahI Again.
I suppose Il must have been fullT
three months later when one evening,
having taken some documents over to
the emperor for signature at the BerliH
schloss, 1 returned TO the princes pn>
vate room in the palace, when, to my
great surprise, l found the man kan
Krahl seated there. He looked very
pale and worn, quite unlike the rather
athletic figure he presented at the for~
ester's house.
IF you still refuse to tell me tbs
truth, then l shall take my own meas
ures TO find out-severe measures Sc
1 give you full warning the crown
prince was declaring angrily, as 1 en-
tered so unexpectedly.
l did not withdraw. pretending not
TO notice the presence Of a visitor
therefore his highness himself beck
oned the young man, who followed him
down the corridor to another room.
The whole affair was most puzzlinG
What had happened on that afternoon
In the Harz mountains l could not az
. all imagine. By what means had his
. highness been rendered unconscious
=, and what part could the little old
countess have played in the curious
AFFAIR."
a., In about half an hour the crow
+, prince returned in a palpably bad hui
MOI and. hinging himself into his
chair. wrote a long letter. which he
7 addressed to Countess Won Kienitz-
: This he sealed carefully and ordered
me 10 take II at once 10 the Stuler-
strasse and deliver it TO her person.
? ally.
1.-THE countess left for Stockholm
this morning" l was informed by the
bearded manservant. "She left by the
20 eight o'clock train and has already
left Sassnitz by now
o When do you expect her to re
turn?"
The man did not know.
on going back 10 his highness ana
/ telling him of the countess departure.
he BIT his lip and then smiled grimly
. That internal old woman has lefr
a Germany and will never again put her
Il foot upon our soil, He%ltzendOrh,' he
said. You may open that letter. n
II will explain something which I know
n must have mystihed you"
d did so. And as l read what he ha&
d written I held my breath. Truly b
did explain much.
# What the Crown Prince Told Ne.
Imposing the strictest silence upOE
me, the crow prince then revealed
r how utterly he and the crown princess
r had been misled, and how very narrow
n ly he had escaped being the victim OF
st a cunning plot 10 effect his death.
1t The little old Countess Won Kieniu
- had, it seemed. sworn 10 avenge ths
i, degradation and dismissal of her son.
I who had been in the famous Deaths
" Head HuSsars. She had secretly
h traced the crown prince as author Of &
le conspiracy against him. the underlying
re motive being jealousy. With thar end
10 .H. HT Lf.mrfr- a.urna hos
way into his highness' confidence. and
rs introduced 20 him Karl Krahl, a neu-
k rotic young Saxon who lived in Lon
X don. and who pretended he had III
p. earthed "a plot against the kaiser him
to self.
at was 10 tell me the truth concern
t. ing the conspiracy that Krahl anne te
me in secret at B~allenstedt. He re
Is NAMED with me for half an hour
ef when, TO my great surprise, we wers
g. joined by the countess. The story theJ
IS, told me Of the plot against the EN-
a peror was a very alarming one, and
Id intended 70 return at once TO Berlin
The countess had left 10 walk back q
Il. the schloss, when presently we hearC
he a woman's scream-her voice-and Va
both went forth to discover what ,Sas
p in progress. AS I ran along a little dis
n lance behind Krahl, suddenly wha
seemed ike a thin glass globe strucI
me in the chest and burst before m!
face. 1t had been thrown by an IN
known hand and, on breaking, mus
i'd have emitted some poisonous gal
lie which was intended to kill me, bui
which happily failed. Until yesterday
n the whole affair was a complete mys
&c terry, but Krahl has now confessed thsi
is the countess conceived the plot, and
nd that the hand that had thrown the
glass bomb was that Of her son, whs