American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03


times 1 saw them chatting together as
though exchanging condolences. Why7
81 can't make it out" declared Won
Behr, the chamberlain du service, to
me one day two months later. 1.-THE
old woman has the most complete con
troll over her highness. Because she
was averse to the journey we are not
going to Norway this year. Besides,
since her appointment, she has sue
ceeded In plotting the dismissal Of the
Countess Won Scheet-Plessen.
A Conversation In italian.
One evening l went to the countess
house in the Stulerstrasse to a dinner
party, at which there were present the
crown prince, Admiral Won Spec from
Kiel and Won nberg, the emperor's doc
tor, together with the old Duke o
Trachenberg, who held the honorary
and out-of-date Office Of grand cup
bearer to the emperor, and the eternal
"Uncle" Zeppelin. With US were a
number of ladies, including their Sc
rene highnesses, the Princess 0 Ra-
dolin and the Duchess Won Ratibor,
both ladies Of the court Of the kaiser
in, and several others of the ultra
smart set.
After the meal there was a small
dance, and about midnight, after
Waiting with a pretty girl, the daugh-
ter of the Baron 0 Heintze-W eissen-
rode, we strolled together into the fine
winter garden, with its high palms,
its FLASHING fountains and its cunning
ly secreted electric lights.
Two persons were approaching
somewhere behind US, cOnversing In
Italian-a man and a woman.
FLUSH !" l whispered mischievously.
"Listen! Do you know ItalianT"
"Alas! no." was her reply. do
you?"
1 did not answer, for l had already
recognized the voices as those Of our
hostess and the crown prince.
Next moment, however, my cOmpan-
ions quick r caught that unmistak-
able sQueaky voice.
"Why, it's the countess !" she ex-
claimed.
His highness and the little old lady
in-waiting seated themselves out Of
sight a short distance away and con-
tinued a very confidential discussion
in an undertone in the language in
which. after German, l happen per
haps to be most proficient.
The pair were discussing somebody
named Karl Krahl.
81 saw tina emperor today" declared
the old woman, in her sibilant Italian,
undoubtedly so that no one should IN
derstand, for italian is seldom spoken
In Germany. "His majesty shares my
views now, though he did not do so al
first. Indeed, l was very nea being
dismissed in disgrace when 1 first
preached the affair. But, fortunately
he now knows the truth and sees the
advantage of-well, you know, chr
"Certo, eontessa," replied the crown
prince, who speaks Italian extremely
well. 81 quite foresee the peril anc
the force of your argument"
"How shall we act?" asked the ole
woman. 1T remains for you to devise
a plan. At any moment matters ma!
approach a crisis. One can never &C
count for the condolences exchanged b.
those who love each other. And, re
member, Krahl IS in love"
The crown prince grunted, but a
several couples entered at that mo
ment the pair broke OFF their conhden
tial chat and, rising, went out to
gether.
Who was this Karl Krahl?
| searched various directories. list
= of persons engaged In the government
Offices in the WilhelmStrasse, tn
Liepzigerstrasse and Inter den Lin
+. den II consulted the director Of Berlil
: police, Won Jagow the well-known De
{ tective Schunke and Heinrich Wese
= ner, assistant director of the secre
e service of the general staff; but nc
!. body knew Karl Kruhl. There SCENE
to be no record of him anywhere.
r An Unexpected Caller.
t In October l accompanied his In
perial highness TO ~Ballenstedt, tn
beautiful schloss in the Harz mour
( tains. Here once or twice each seaso
the crown princes habit was to invit
e a few of his most intimate chums
+ shoot in the forests of Stecklenber
+ and the Lauenberg. and along thf
curious sandstone ridge known as tn
e Teufelsmauer, or Devils Wall"
d The guns consisted Of five vel
d known officers from Berlin, togethC
with Doctor Zeising, the master gel
d eral of forests, and Lieutenant Gel
e eral Won Oertzen, the fat old inspectC
1 general of cavalry. AS usual, we a
y had a most enjoyable time.
r On the third day. after a chAmpagr
4 luncheon taken at the forester's lit
s. house at Neue Schenke. we were abOl
a to resume u sport. Indeed, all II
N guests had gone outside. preparing
If 90 to their allotted stations, when Il
s. head forester entered and, addressir
Is the crown prince, said:
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