American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-29

His majesty wishes TO see you at
once" l urged, full of wonder.
l could plainly see that his imperial
highness had been much upset at men
ton of the mysterious person called
Minckwitz. What could the emperor
know of him? Was there some scan
dial at the root Of it all, some facts
which the crown prince feared might
be revealed
Travel-stained and without changing
his tunic, willie" wen to the tele-
phone and ordered Knot to bring back
the car. In it he drove across to the
Neues Palals to see the emperor.
1 had an appointment in Berlin that
night, and waited until quite late for
"Wlllle's' return. AS he did not come,
I left for the capital, and on arrival
at my rooms, rang up Wolf's agency,
and gave out a paragraph to the press
that his imperial highness, the crown
prince, had been compelled to aban-
don his journey to Thorn, owing to
having contracted a chill.
At the sehloss OeIs.
Several weeks went by, and one day
we were at the ancient schlOss at Gels,
in far Silesia,
The guests included old Count 0
Reisenbach, court chamberlain Of the
prince of Schamhourg-Lippe, who was
a noted %raconteur and b%Onvivant, with
Major Won Heidkamper Of the Fourth
Bavarian Light Cavalry, a constant
companion of willie" and Karl Won
Pappenheim. a captain of the Prussian
guard, who had been educated at OK
ford, and who was so English that it
was often difficult for people from
London to believe that he was a Prus-
sian.
Won Pappenheim was n Of Evil
lies new friends. He was the son
of a great landowner of Erfurt, and
the pair had for the past month been
i%nseparable. He was a shrewd, keen
eyed man. who seemed ever on the
alert. hut, Of course. Obsessed by mill
tary dignity. He had a sister, Marga-
rete. "A pretty girl, a year or so his
junior, who had been to the Mariner
palace on n occasion.
One day l had accompanied the
party out after stag. Soon after lunch
con-. which we took 1t a fOrester's
house. we went forth again, and con
cealed myself at a point Of vantage,
lying behind a screen of ferns and
branches specially constructed as
cover.
l was alone, at some considerable
distance from the others, and had been
there waiting for nearly an hour with
my gun in readiness. when suddenly I
heard the cracking of dried wood not
far away.
Something was moving. / raised my
gun in breathless eagerness.
Next moment, however. l heard the
voices of two men-"Willie" and his
friend, Won Pappenheim. They were
approaching me, speaking in low, con.
fidential tones.
"YOu quite understand" willie
was saying. MY position is a terri
BILE one. 1 don't know how to extri
cate myself. If I dare reveal the truth
then l know full we'll what their ven
geance will be-"
but, my dear Caesar" was Kar
Won Pappenheim's reply. for he was OF
such intimate terms that he called hi
highness by the name Won Hochheri
had bestowed upon him, "is II not you
duty to risk all and tell the TRUTH
The pair had halted only a few yard
from me and taken cover behind
dead bush which had been cut dow
and placed conveniently at the spot
in case the shooting party were a larg
one and the screen behind which ha'
concealed myself was insufficient. s
neal were they that l could hear al
|, that vas said.
"The emperor would neither believ
nor forgive me-" Willie sale
"Minckwitz is a clever devil. Fl
would bring manufactured evidenc
which must lmplicate me-"
Minckwitzl That was the nam
which the emperor had uttered, askin
me if l knew him
But can he bring evidenced" aske
r his companion.
Eyes, curse him he CAM
"You can refute it, Surely?'
| mo, 1 can't. If 1 could, I shoul
? make a clean breast Of the whole ma
ter" Willie declared.
"He Holds Me in the Hollow Of III
r Hand"
&. "But cannot l help you? Cannot
g see Minckwitz, and bluff himT' h
r friend suggested.
"You don't know him." was the r
ply. "He holds me in the hollow
his hand"
I "Ahl' Then you have been horribl
indlscreet-ehT'
/ Il have. I admit 1 have, Karl; an
I do not see my way out of it,"
: "But, m dear Caesar, think of Il
danger existing day by day-hour
I hour =" cried Won Pappenheim. "Thin
what there is at stakel That lett'
n you showed me this morning revea
e only too plainly what is intended"
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