Williams news., 1917-08-02

necteQ with the woman at the time had known her, but what they were I could not recall. saw, however, that her memory was better than my own, and that she knew me, and because of that fact had already grown apprehen- sive. / It was not in Berlin society that had met her. Of that I felt assured; just as certain, indeed, that her real name was not Rosales.
 While had been out watching the woman on the previous night the em- peror had also taken a stroll through the city. What, I wondered, would the Berlin police have thought if they knew that William was walking about at night unguarded and unattended at The Hague.
 | As sat with him attending to some | correspondence and taking down a number of instructions regarding i'm portant matters at the Wilhelmstrasse, he suddenly broke off and told me how he had, on the previous night, spent an hour drinking Dutch beer at that popular resort of tradesmen and their wives, the Royal Brasserie. 1 4$OOobJ AS$O6hAHCu hOs AC AduSh- ed. q found out that they sold the best beer one can get outside Germany, and really enjoyed it. I sent for you, but you had already gone out. Did you go to the theater?"
 "No," was my reply, and then told him practically what have related in the foregoing lines.
 "How curiousI" exclaimed his ma jesty. q would much like to see this mysterious Spanish lady. She must be interesting"
 At first tried to dissuade him, but he was so persistent that I described at which table she sat at lunch, and 1t was agreed between us that while we were eating our meal he should come to the door of the dining room and peep in.
 This the emperor did, and cleverly, too, for she never saw him, being at that moment engaged in conversation with a waiter.
 When I rejoined him in his room he said: "No, Heltzendorff, have nev- CT seen her before."
 "Well, majesty" declared. '1 am certain I have seen her or her photo graph somewhere, and that she is not what she represents herself to be-"
 "She's an adventures most proba- bly," replied the emperor. "Many wom- en are. Indeed, 1t is difficult to dis cover one who does not adventure ei- ther in love, in politics, or in crime"
 A Trip to Berlin for Information.
 His words impressed me. An hour later went to a photographers and arranged for a surreptitous portrait to be taken of Madame Rosales the next time she took walk.
 All day the young photographer haunted the vicinity of the hotel until the light faded. Yet next morning as she came out he snapped her without her knowledge, and in three hours had rough print of 1t in my pocket.
 That night, after writing down great mass of memoranda, instructions to various departments of the state, left again for Berlin, with orders to ring up Herr Teller on the telephone from some unsuspicious place every night at ten o'clock.
 returned to the Berlin Schloss ab- solutely mystified, and next day spent the greater part of the time visiting the chancellor and the various minis ters, and giving them the emperor's commands. Then at about six o'clock I called at the chief bureau of police in the Alexander Platz, and entered the private room of old Leibbrand, who at that time was chief of the detective service.
 To him I showed the surreptitious photograph of Madame Rosales. The astute thief catcher removed his spec tacles, and examining the picture with the aid of big reading glass, gave vent to a loud grunt.
 In response to his bell younger and more alert man entered, and to him he handed the photograph, saying:
 "Please see if anyone recognizes this. I believe I debut may be mis- taken"
 | He then became inquisitive as to where and how had obtained the pie ture, but naturally said nothing.
 'Tve been away on a journey" I said, "and meeting the woman, thought her suspicious"
 "And if my memory serves me prop erly I think, Count, that your suspi- cions are very we'll grounded"
 "Why?" asked.
 'Iet us wait for the report from out side," replied the old fellow. Then, in order to turn the conversation, he ask ed news of Balz, who was at that mo- ment the detective in attendance on the kaiser's person, and whose vigil lance the emperor had, of course, evad- ed.
 "Oh! He's at Potsdam," I laughed. 'I haven't seen him lately, for I've been away on a mission"
 '"The emperor is in Thuringia," Leib- brand said. "There seems to be some