Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-28

that have to attend to. 1t would be
ms well TO tell them at my office that
I have been called to Hamburg. Can
you hoar met"
"Perfectiy," was my reply. 81 quite
understand your orders, sir, and VIII
attend to them at once. ] 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.
/ put down the receiver in wonder.
saw that to telephone to me at the
palace was impossible. as it would go
through the exchange there, and some
body might be listening. For that rea-
son he had sent me 70 the Adlon, and
from his conversation he was evidently
representing himself at The Hague to
be a prosperous German merchant, as
he had done at Nice and other places.
At nearly two o'clock In the morn
ing passed the sentries on duty, and
re-entered the Potsdam palace. 1t was
then too late to give the kaiserin her
husbands message, therefore l 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 told her of the telephone. con-
yersatiOn, and during the day wrote me
note to hand to the emperor on my
arrival at The Hague. That night l
left for Holland, and next morning
duly inquired at the Hotel des Indies
for Herr Zeller. was conducted to
small suite Of rooms on the first floor,
where, dressed in a 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, l see
you are surprised that I am here. l,
too, am equally surprised to find my
self here. And further, I do not know
how long l shall remain"
81 have brought the clothes" l re-
marked, and afterwards drew the en-
press letter from my pocket and hand
ed 1t to him.
"Her majesty should have left for
Prague yesterday" he said. "Did she
goT
"No. She was still at the palace
when 1 left at eight o'clock last night
The emperor gave vent to a grunt Of
dissatisfaction. From the books lyinl
about his room l gathered that h
passed his time in reading, preferrint
not to go out In the day time for feal
Of being recognized. Apprehension OF
that score was unnecessary, for thu
kaiser, shorn of his uniform and deco
rations, presents In civilian attire 1
very ordinary appearance and no
readily recognizable by the man In tn
street. For that reason he was Oftel
able to spend week In Paris, Nice
or on the Italian Riviera without any
body being the wiser.
I Mystery Of the Royal Scheme.
I engaged a room close to that 0
Herr Zeller. and for some hours r.
NAMED with him while he signed
number of state papers which l ha
brought with me. He seemed strangel
absent-minded. thought, but present
ly he took up one of the formidabl
blue documents which. by the headinl
l saw was an urgent report from tn
imperial chancellor.
"Look, Heltzendorffi Look at this
cried the emperOr
: "The chancellor reports that the ed
tor Of the Cologne Gazette has Gale
at the chancellery and inquired no
long 1t was intended that l should r
main out of the countryf Think OF
, My absence is known"
"That may be So" responded, "b'
' your majesty's whereabouts is u
known to all save her majesty the Ell
press"
!, "Yes, yes" said the emperor imp
tiently. "But our police will common
v making inquiries, and shall be trac'
) here"
"why not leave at once" l suggel
a ed. In the hope of calculating the trui
. "Ahl That is Just the. unfortuna
point. am unable to leave" he
A piled. 81 must remain-eRd DO .
i know for how long" - ft,-'s,,
\ Further than that he woulq tell
I nothing. The fact that his hbsen
! from Germany was known greatly
! set him. II seemed TO me as thoul
! by that truth leaking out, some cie'
: ! secret plan Of bis bad been tbxsrte'