The Glenwood post., 1917-10-13

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that l have to attend to. 1t would be
as well to tell them at my office that
I have been called to Hamburg. Can
you hear me?"
"Perfectly," was my reply. II quite
understand your orders, sir, and will
attend to them at once. l shall. leave
for The Hague tomorrow night"
"Good. And bring me another suit
of civilian clothes"
Then there was a sudden buzzing In
the instrument, sharp click, and all
was again silence.
l put down the receiver in wonder.
I saw that to telephone to me at the
palace was impossible, as 1t would go
through the exchange there, and some
body might be listening. For that rea-
son he had sent me to the Adlon, ana
from his conversation he was evidently
representing himself at The Hague to
be prosperous German merchant, as
he had done at NICE and other places.
At nearly two o'clock In the morn
ing I passed the sentries on duty, and
re-entered the Potsdam palace. 1t was
then too late to give the kaiserin her
husbands message, therefore waited
till morning, and gave 1t to her YER
bally when alone with her in her break
fast room.
The empress seemed greatly relieved
when I told her Of the telephone con-
versation, and during the day wrote me
a note to hand to the emperor on my
arrival at The Hague. That night I
left for Holland, and next morning
duly inquired at the Hotel des Indes
for Herr Zeller. was conducted to a
small suite of rooms on the first floor,
where, dressed in gray suit, his ma-
jesty rose to meet me, smiling at my
establishment.
swell, you heard me plainly on the
telephone, eh?" he asked. "Ah, see
you are surprised that am here. l.,
too, am equally surprised to find my
self here. And, further, do not know
how long shall remain"
II have brought the clothes" re-
marked, and afterwards drew the EN-
press letter from my pocket and hand
ed it to him.
"Her majesty should have left for
Prague yesterday" he said. 'Did she
got"
"No. She was still at the palace
when left at eight o'clock last night"
The emperor gave vent to grunt Of
dissatisfaction. From the books lying
about his room I gathered that he
passed his time In reading, preferring
not to go out in the day time for fear
Of being recognized. Apprehension on
that score was unnecessary, for the
kaiser, shorn of his uniform and deco
rations, presents in civilian attire a
very ordinary appearance and not
readily recognizable by the man in the
street. For that reason he was often
able to spend week in Paris, Nice,
or on the italian Riviera without any
body being the wiser.
Mystery Of the Royal Scheme.
I engaged a room close to that Of
Herr Zeller, and for some hours re-
malned with him while he signed Il
number Of state papers which l. ha!
brought with me. He seemed strangely
absent-minded, thought, but present
ly he took up one of the formidable
blue documents which, by the heading,
saw was an urgent report from the
Imperial chancellor. -
'Look, Heltzendorfrl Look at this r.
cried the emperor. ....... -
srhe chancellor reports tnat the edi-
tor Of the Cologne Gazette has called
ut the chancellery and inquired how
long it was intended that should re-
main out Of the country7 Think Of It.
My absence Is knownl'
That may he so," responded, "but
your majesty's whereabouts is un-
known to all save her majesty the en-
press"
'Yes, yes" said the emperor impa-
hently. "But our police will commence
making inquiries, and shall be traced
here" '''
"Why not leave at once" I suggest
ed, in the hope Of calculating the truth.
"Ahl That is Just the unfortunate
point. I am unable to leave" he re-
piled. II must remain-and I do not
know for how longl Jo l.'
Further than that he would tell me
nothing. The fact that his absence
from Germany was known greatly up
net him. It seemed to me as though.
hy that truth leaking out. some clever
-.secrst ilan OF his had been thSaftsL
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