American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17

thunder. aud then the conversation
proceeded. !. however. confess TO your
majesty that ! was very much puzzled,
and the more 50 because only two
nights ago. while We sat at dinner.
Fredrich.August and myself en- IA
mile. we heard exactly the anne
sounds again"
Really laughed the emperor.
quite uncanny. I hope. here In Ores
den. you are not believing In spooks,
as London society believes In them"
"Not nj all" said the princess a
neslly. Il don't believe In omens. But,
curtOualy enough. the king told me
yesterday that his two old aunts. who
formerly lived Ia our wing OF the pal
ace. had sometimes heard the CHATTER
Of horses hoofs. the Jingle OF harness.
the grinding OF brakes. and the rum
bling OF heavy carriage wheels"
"H'mi" grunted the emperor. "rve
heard that same story before. Louisa.
The departing coach means trouble to
the %reigning family"
"rhat Is exactly what the king said
70 me only last evening answered
Louisa frankly. Docs II mean trouble
to me. l wonderf"
certainly not" I declared. your
imperial hlghness need not worry for
one m over such things. Nobody
nowadays regards such phenomena as
presnge Of evil. There Is no doubt
some perfectly natural explanation OF
. a.. a.aau.Ha INuarm old nuIuAa nuufla
and even private house. has It's tradi-
lions.
The KalseTs Merry Mood.
Then the emperor. after acknowl-
edging the salute OF Baron Georg Won
Metzsch. controller OF the royal house
hold-a tail. thin. %crafty-eyed man.
with hair tlnged with gray. and wear
INK u dark blue uniform and many
observation-disclosures the topic Of con
versntiOn.
The kaiser was In particularly merry
mood that night. He had gone 10 Ores
den against his inclination. for he had
long ago arranged an Easter review
on the rempelhofer Field. but the visit
was. l knew. for the purpose OF con
sultntion In secret with the king OF
Saxony.
Several times l wondered upon what
his majesty OF Saxony had stumbled.
That morning the emperor aud king
hud been closeted alone together for
fully three hours. and the outcome Of
the secret conference seemed to have
put the all. highest into Il most excel
lent mood.
The Saxon crown prince and his
wife were at that time "a most devoted
couple. though all OF us knew that
the modern ideas Louisa had brought
10 Dresden from the Hapsburg court
had much shocked old King George
and his consort. The Saxon court was
unused 10 a pretty women with buoy
ant spirits rejoicing In life with "A capt
tai IL"
According 10 the court whisperings,
trouble had started IA few days after
marriage. when the king. having given
his daughter -in.law IA tiara OF dia-
monds. a royal heirloom. with strict
inJunctions 10 wear them just as they
were-u style Of the seventeenth cen
tury-he one evening NJ the opera saw
her wearing the stones reset In that
style known as art nOuveau The king
became furious. and ordered them 20
be SGT again Ia their original settings
%whereupon Louisa coolly returned the
present.
such was the commencement Of the
old kings i|ll.fceling toward her.
The state ball that night was GER
tninly "a brilliant one Tor such IA small
court. aud next day We all returned
20 Potsdam. Louisa. In IA depressed
mood. for while dancing with Count
Won Castell Rudenhausen Of the Prus-
sian Guard her lovely rope Of pearls
had suddenly parted as though cut by
a knife.
A Mysterious Absence
Before Ne left Dresden. however. |
met the crown princess In one Of the
corridors. Il was nine o'clock In the
morning. She wore her riding habit.
haylng just come Ia from her morning
canter.
well. count" she laughed. so
you are leaving Us Unexpectedly l
shall be- coming TO pay another visit TO
Potkdam soon. The emperor Invited
me last night Au revoiri :"
Her Imperial hlEhness paid her
promised visit to the empress al the
Neues Palals Ia July.
At the time Of her arrival the EN-
peror bad left suddenly and gone away
10 Hu-hertusstock. When anything un-
usual upset him he always went there
1 overheard him the day before his de
parture shouting 90 Lohlein as l passed
along one ~ the corridors. The judi
cial councillor seemed 10 be trying 20
pacify him. but apparently entirely
without avail.
"You are us sly ns all the rest T.
! I heard the emperor declare In that
shriii. hlEh.pltchcd tone which always
Ha..HLa LH. .Haa NEFH hear mona MI