The Ordway new era., 1917-08-03

quite. Two OF the women st fh'
table declared that II mus: have eseE
thunder, and then the conversation
proceeded. /. however, confess TO ySs-'
majesty that / was very much puzzled
and the more 50 because oliy tNt
nights ago. while we sat st dime,
Friedrich-August and myself al fs'
mile, We heard exactly the same
sounds again :"
Really" laughed the enPeS-
Quite uncanny. hope. here in I':''-s'
den. you are not believing in sE'ooks
as London society believes IN then
Not at all" said the princess ear
nestly. Il don't believe in oosaS Be-
curiously enough. the king tod Il
yesterday that his tive Old sOnts Sko
formerly lived in Ou- wing Of the pal
ace, had sometimes heard Tie o.stG
of horses hoots, the Jingle q hs-osSS
the grinding of brakes, and TIE ~
bling of heavy carriage Wheels
HIM" grunted the euQ@-o-- I've
heard that same story before LocisS
The departing coach uezls uo1nte -
the reigning family.
THAT i exactly whst the s-LE sid
to me only last evening ANSWERED
Louisa frankly. Does il mean :-No1a-s
TO me, wOnGerE
Certainly not | declared Io--
imperial hiChnsSs need not ~o-ry tc-
one moment over such things Sot.o1!
nowadays regards such phenomena -
presase of evil There * 10 6o1hr
some perfectly natural sxpis1&-O. -
the sounds Every old palace cZs-5s
and even private house. hzs IL r-zC1-
tons
The Haisers Merry hoo.-
Then the emperor. after aCSoE=
edginE the salute OF Baron G-c-E ~
Mstzsch. controller o: the r9yS boCs-
hold-a tall thin c-ztry-=ye5 0a
with hair tinEed -ith Erzy. md wear
ing s dark blue uutto-u Eod DHy
decura Tie rope q CT
yersaiol-
The kaiser WAS IN pSracClz-lE Ds--y
mood that night He had E0os 70 D-=~
den against his tccIiradoa- to- h= lad
long ago arranged 81 Easter -eTts-
on the TsupeIhofs- Fsld- hE- The VS.
IVES, / knew, for the purpose q c7o-
sultarion in secret with ths king q
SaIony-
Several times l wondered upoa What
his majesty OF Saxouy had stumbled
That morning the emperor and king
had been closeted alone together to-
fully three hours. and the outcome of
the secret conference seemed 70 have
put the sIl-hIshest into : uost excel
lent mood
The Saxon crown prince and E-s
wife were a. that tine most dsEotsd
couple, though all Of . kns- thst
the modern ideas Louisa had b-o1Ea-
to Dresden from the HaPsbtrg court
had much shocked old King George
and his conso-t- The Saxon courT vas
unused 10 a pretty women with buoy
ant spirits rejoicing in life with cEp.-
tai L
According TO the court whlspe-inSs.
trouble had started few days after
marriage. when the king. having given
his daughter-in-Iaw e tiara Of diz-
monds. a royal heirloom with strict
injunctions to wear them just as they
were-a style of the seventeenth cen
tury-he one evening at the opera Sc Nv
her wearing the stones reset In thal
style known as art nouvsau- The king
became furious, and ordered them te
be set again in their original settings,
whereupon Louisa cooIly returned the
present.
Such was the commencement of the
old kings iIl-feellng toward her.
The state ball that night was Ger
tainly brilliant one for such small
court, and next day We all returned
to PotsGam. Louisa. in a depressed
mood. for while dancing with Count
Won Casteil Rudenhausen of the Prus-
sian Guard her lovely rope Of pearls
had suddenly parted as though cut by
q knife.
A Mysterious Absence.
Before we left Dresden, however,
met the crown princess in one of the
corridors. 1t was nine o'clock in the
morning. She wore her riding-habit
having just come in from her morning
canter.
well, count" she laughed. sc
you are leaving US unexpectedly
shall be coming to pay another visit tc
Potsdam soon. The emperor invited
me last night. Au reyoir!
Her imperial highness paid hel
promised visit to the empress at thf
Neues Palais in July.
At the time of her arrival the em
peror had left suddenly and gone away
to Hubertusstock. When anything un
usual upset him he always went there
I overheard him the day before his de
parture shouting to LOhlein as l passet
along one of the corridors. The judi
cial councillor seemed to be trying t.
pacify him, but apparently entirei!
without avail.
~You are as sly as all the rest ?
ho.r1 tbo omr,orOr declare In tina