Williams news., 1917-08-23

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 then, smiling affably, so clever was he like his imperial father, in the con- cealment of his real feelings-he re piled:
 "Oh, yes-Krahl! I recollect. Yes, I will see him here."
 Next moment the person whom had heard discussed so strangely in the little old woman's beautiful winter gar den was ushered in.
 He was dark-haired, aged about twenty-eight, I judged, with small, shrewd black eyes, dressed in a we'll cut suit of gray country tweeds, and, | but for his German name, I should | have taken him for an English tour | ist, one of those familiar objects of the Harz in peace time.
 Come in, Karl!' exclaimed the crown prince, affably, as he grasped his visitors hand. His -highness did | not often offer his manicured hand to others, and at this was greatly sur prised. '"The forester did not know you, of course. Well, am very pleased to see you. Have you come straight here?"
 "Yes, your highness. I went first to Berlin and, learning that you were here, thought had better lose no time."
 Quite right" laughed his highness, who, turning to me, said: 'Heltzen- dorff, will you tell the others to go on that am detained for an hour on state business, and-and that I will join them as soon as possible. I will find you in the woods, on the left of the Quedlinburg road, before one comes to the Wurmtal. Apologize for me, but the delay is inevitable. have conference with Herr Krahl."
 The Crown Prince Disappears.
 While his highness remained behind at the forester's house to chat alone with the mysterious Karl Krahl, we went out among the birds and had some excellent sport. Yet the sight of the young man, whom I had long en- deavored in vain to trace, caused me considerable wonderment. Who was that young fellow in whom the little old countess seemed to take such deep and peculiar interest? What was his offence that she, with the crown prince, should concoct, as it seemed to me, such a plot as that I had partly overheard?
 That there was woman in the case I felt assured, but her name had not been mentioned and had no suspi- cion of whom it could be. I realized, however, that something important must be in progress, otherwise his highness, devoted to sport as he was, would never have given up the best afternoon to consult with that stranger in gray tweeds.
 The foresters and beaters had come with us, as the crown prince had, at his own request, been left alone with his mysterious visitor.
 After couple of short beats we ar- rived at the spot on the forest road to Quedlinburg, most romantic and pie turesque gorge, where his highness had arranged to meet us, and there we sat down and waited.
 A full half-hour had passed, yet the head forester, who was keeping a look out along the road, did not signal his highness' approach.
 "I wonder what can have detained him?" remarked Von Oertzen, the in- spector general of cavalry.
 I explained that a strange young man had come to the forester's house.
 An hour went past. The light would soon fade and we, knowing "Willie's" utter disregard for his appointments, at last decided to continue the shoot, leaving one of the foresters to tell his highness the direction we had taken.
 The crown prince did not, however, join us, and darkness had fallen ere we returned to the forester's house. | Of his highness there was no sign, a | fact which much surprised us. In the | room wherein had left him, his gun | and green Tyrolese hat were lying | upon a chair, and the fact that all the | cars were still ranged outside showed | that he had not driven back to the cas- tie.
 The crown prince had disappeared |
 A Lady's Bag.
 Knof, his highness' chauffeur, who | had been walking with us, was sent | back posthaste to the schloss to ascer- tain whether he had been seen there, for bis highness' movements were often