Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-29

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the instrument. sharp click, and all
was again silence.
l put down the receiver in wonder.
l saw that to telephone to me ut 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 to the Adlon, and
from his conversation he was evidently
representing himself at The Hague TO
he a prosperous German merchant, as
he had done mt Nice and other places.
At nearly two o'clock in the morn
ing l 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 i'm her break
fast room.
The empress seemed greatly relieved
when told her of the telephone con-
versatiOn, 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 mt the Hotel DIES Indies
for Herr Zeller. l 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
"Well, you heard me plainly on the
telephone, eh?" he asked. "Ah, l see
you are surprised that l am here. /,
too, am equally surprised to find my
self here. And. further, do not know
how long shall remain"
~ have brought the Clothes" / re-
marked, and afterwards drew the en-
press letter from my pocket and hand.
ed II to him.
Her majesty should have left fol
Prague yesterday" he said. did she
goT
mo. She was still at the palace
when I left at eight o'clock last night.
The emperor gave vent to a grunt OF
dissatisfaction. From the books lying
about his room l gathered that he
passed his time I'm reading. preferring
not to go out in the day time for feaI
Of being recognized. Apprehension Oh
that score was unnecessary, for the
kaiser. shorn of his uniform and deco
ratiOns. presents in civilian attire d
very ordinary appearance and mo-
readily recognizable by the man in the
street. For that reason he was Otter
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 room close to that o.
Herr Zeller, and for some hours re
manned with him while he signed ;
number of state papers which l hat
brought with me. He seemed strangel!
absent-minded. l thought. but present
~ he took up one of the formidable
blue documents which, by the heading
| saw was an urgent report from TIT
imperial chancellor.
Look. HeltzendOrff! Look at this =
cried the emperor
THE chancellor reports that the edi
tor Of the Cologne Gazette has callet
at the chancellery and inquired how
long il was intended that ! should re
main out of the country? Think of ii
My absence is knOwn!"
THAT may be So" responded. "bu
your majesty's whereabouts is I'm
known to all save her majesty the EN-
press"
Eyes. yes" said the emperor impa
tiently. But our police will commence
making inquiries, and shall be trace
here"
"Why not leave at once" I suggest
ed. in the hope Of calculating the truth
"Ah! That Is just the unfortunate
point. l am unable to leave" he re
piled. 81 must remain-and l do no
know for how lOng!"
Further than that he would tell m
nothing. The fact that his absenc
from Germany was known greatly up
set him. 1t seemed to me as though
by that truth leaking out, some cleve
| secret pan ol Ills Huu Dtcii INV dTtcu
From his cOuntenance. as he re-rea
that document. saw that serious trou
BILE was brewing for somebody. Hi
ma jesty, seized by his mania for trave
would very often ut five minutes nc
tice leave POtsdam and journey to tn
farthest end of the empire. But tn
papers We're always Mt once Informed
and the kaiser never went out of hi
country without first acQuainting tn
chancellor OF his intentions. In thi
case. however. he slipped away by
night train. and nobody knew unit
next morning.
The Dark-Haired Woman.
On concluding the correspondence,
went out for stroll. when. not ia
from the hotel. I noticed a well-dres.
ed. rather handsome. dark-haired won
an approaching. To me her face seen
; ed familiar. and / was puzzled to kno'
where had seen II before.
/ passed on. and. entering a CAT,
sat down to smoke and TO think Men
DRY of that woman's face still haunte
me. l felt that had met her som,
where, and had had good cause to n