The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-13

fore / had left for Holland. 1t Is at
any time difficult to impose upon the
Berlin police, but. of course, news Civ
en- out officially from the court they
naturally believe to be the truth.
Peril Of the Emperor.
A quarter of an hour later Lelb-
brands assistant re-entered the room,
and, handing back the photograph,
placed file of papers before his chief,
saying:
The woman Is a famous Spanish
dancer, and one of the most active
members of the anarchist society OF
Geneya-the society which committed
the bomb outrage upon King Alfonso,
and who were responsible for the re-
cent attempt on the king of Italy"
AN anarchist r. gasped.
/ 'Yes," answered the official. .And
very dangerous one, too. If she put
foot into Germany, we should have
her at once under lock and key"
/ "Whyg"
Because 1t is known that there is a
conspiracy on foot, organized by that
league in Geneva, against his majesty
the emperor. We had news Of it from
the Swiss police month ago.
rs there really a plot against the
i EMPEROR" I asked, much startled.
There certainly is In Geneva" re-
piled Leibbrand. AT the present mo-
ment we are watching for this dancers
appearance in Germany. / thought
was not mistaken when EST saw her
picture"
/ stood in that bare official room ut
terly staggered. I dared not tell those
two men the truth or give them warn
ing of the emperor's peril.
l saw, however, that / must act in
stantly. In five minutes had gathered
that the woman was one of the most
dangerous anarchists In Europe, and ]
also realized that my memory had
served me very well, inasmuch as /
had seen her picture In an illustrated
PAPER a year before, when she had
been arrested in Rome in connection
with an alleged attempt upon the life
of the king.
Herr Leibbrand, win you please
write down for me the facts you have
just TeiaIeQg urged.
Most certainly" was his repIy. and
I taking up his pen he scrubbed the
truth. signing it with a flourish.
i Eighteen hours later I assembled ii
i the lift at the Hotel des hides to tn
; suite occupied by Herr Zeller.
l. Without waste of time produce
the snapshot photograph and aske
him whether he recognized 1t.
IT Certainly" was his reply. TT 1
d Madame Rosales," adding, Iaughingly
i Il became acquainted with her an,
e her husband in curious manner Ii
the lift last night. We were ASCENDING
r together, madame. who wlre a soft
blue evening blouse, standing next to
me. Unfortunately the button on the
wrist of my coat caught In the sleeve
OF her blouse and tore 1t very badly. /
apologized for running the blouse, and
insisted that her husband should send
the damaged garment to me so chat /
might replace 1t with something bet
ter. 1t arrived only five minutes ago,
and is in that little box over there"
and he indicated cardboard box Iy-
ing upon the couch.
"Ahl You haven't opened ii, I see Z,
! exclaimed your majesty must not
open it! Please read thisfn And 1
put before him Leibbrand's signed
statement of the identity of Madame
Rosales.
When the emperor read 1t he in
stantly realized the situation.
Luring the Kaiser.
"AhI ! see it all, Heltzendorff. NY
practical joking becoming known. the
anarchists have taken advantage of it.
have been lured here, out of Ger
many, by cleverly conceived dodge
Tor l came here believing that was
to meet in secret General Oranovski,
chief of the cars military cabinet.
who wished to confer with me. And
though he was due three days ago he
has not arrived. Instead, this woman
and her friends are busy plotting my
| DEATH"
Without a doubt. Probably had
you opened that box yonder it might
have been fatal.r / said. SIS 1t not
wise to leave at once for Berlin2s
| 1880 -~NANA eA(1C4 upon
suggestion, and we carried back to
Germany the box containing the ac-
tress' blouse. Next day ia my pres
ence. the box was carefully opened in
the military laboratory, when we
found. wrapped in pretty blue crepe
de chine blouse with heavy beaded
trimming, small canister filled with
a high explosive. the fuse so arranged
thar had the string of the box been
suddenly released by cutting in the or
binary way a terrible explosion must
1 have ensued.
Certainly the emperor very nearly
lost his life as a result of his own
practical Joking.
As for the Spanish dancing girl. she
apparently followed the emperor, for
two days later she and a man named
Ferroni, a well-known italian anarchist
who was posing as her husband, were