American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-04

WISHING France, assuming the name Of
Count Won Grunau. With US was his
personal valet, Schiller, the military
secretary, Major Lentze, and Eckardt.
the commissioner Of secret police for
his highness' personal protection.
After a restless night-for there
were many stoppages-I spent next
day with the crown prince In long and
firing discussions on military affairs.
1 endeavored to obtain from him some
reason why we were proceeding TO
Nice, but to all my inquiries he was
smillngly dumb.
Only a fortnight before he had had
a quarrel with his wife.
"CilH Is a fool" he had declared
openly to me, after she had left the
room in anger.
We had been busy arranging a pro-
gram Of official visits in eastern Ger
many, when suddenly the crown prin-
cess entered, pale with anger and de
manded iercely an explanation Of a
certain anonymous letter which she
held in her hand.
"Kindly read that - she said haugh-
tily, land explain what it means"
The crown prince grlnned, that cold
sinister expression overspreading his
countenance, a look which is such a
marked characteristic Of his.
Then, almost snatching the letter
from his young wife's fingers, he read
it through, and with q sudden move
ment tore it up and flung it upon the
carpet, saying:
II refuse to discuss any unsigned
letter. Really, If we were to notice
every letter written by the common
scum we should, indeed, have sufficient
to do"
His wife's arched brows narrowed.
Her face betrayed hercest anger.
II happen to have inquired, and 1
now know that those allegations are
correct! :" she cried. This d~ark-haired
singer-woman, Irene Speroni, has OBJ
tanned great success on the variety
stage In Italy. She is the star Of the
Sala Margherita in Rome"
"Well?" he asked In defiance. "And
what Of it, pray?"
THAT letter you have destroyed tells
me the truth. I received 1t a few
days ago, and sent an agent to Italy
in order to learn the truth. He has
returned tonight. Seer And sud
denly she produced a crumpled snap
shot photograph of the crown prince
in his polO-playing garb, and with him
a smartly-dressed young woman
whose features were in the shadow.
yes" she cried bitterly. You re-
fuse. of course, to look upon this piece
of evidence! l now know why you
went to Wiesbaden. The woman was
singing there, and you gave her a pair
of emerald and diamond earrings
which you purchased from Nollgold
In Inter den Linden. See! Here is
the bill for them"
And again she produced a slip of
paper.
The scene ended In the poor woman,
in a frantic paroxysm Of despair tear
ing off the splendid necklet OF dla'
monds at her throat-his present e
her on their marriage-and casting II
full into his face.
Then. realizing that the scene hac
become too tragic, 1 took her sinai
hand. and, with a word Of sympathy
led her out Of the and along the
corridor.
As left her she burst into a suddeI
torrent Of tears; yet when l returne'
again to the crown prince l found nj
manner had entirely changed. d.
treated his wife's natural resentmen
and indignation as a huge joke, ana l
was then that his imperial highnes
declared to me:
"Cili is a fool"
"Listen. H~eltzendorr." his highnes
exclaimed suddenly. "In Nice l ma
disappear for a day or TWO. may o
missing. But II l am, please 0
raise a fuss about 1t. I'm incognlt'
and nobody will know. l may be at
sent for seven days. II l am not oac
by that time then you may make IL
"But the Commissary of Police Eci
srdtl He will surely known l n
marked In surprise.
"No. He won't know. l shall evad
him as I've often done before" II
nlied his imperial highness. te
o of my intentions so that you ma
curb the activities Of our most esum'
BILE friend. Tell him not to worry an
he will be paid a thousand marks 0
the day Count Won Grunau reappears
1 smiled. for 1 saw the influence I
the eternal feminine.
"No. H~eltzendorf. You are qui'
mistaken" he said, reading u
thoughts. There is no lady In IN
case 1 am out here for secret pu
noses of my own. For that reason
take YOU into my confidence rath'
than that unnecessary inquiry shou
ha made and some of those Intern