American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-10

AM o nave perhaps devised
sonething-eh? l hope So" said the
emperor. "You are usually ingenious
In a crisis. Good! Here is he Or
der; act just as you think ht."
II was summoned, your majesty" 7
said, in order to remind him of nv
presence there.
"Ah! Yes. You know this Miss
King, do you nOt?"
II received her In Plymouth" was
my reply.
"Ahi then you will recognize her.
Probably your services may be very
urgently required within the next Few
hours. You may 60" and his majc stv
CURLY dismissed me.
I waited In the corridor until his i'm
perial ~hlghness came forth. When he
did so he looked flushed and seemed
agitated. There had, 1 knew, occurred
a violent scene between father and
son, for to me 1t seemed as though
willie" had again fallen beneath the
influence Of a pretty face.
He drove me In a big Mercedes
over to Potsdam where I had a GUAM.
tity Of military documents awaiting at
t%ention. and after a change Of clothes.
/ tackled them.
Yet my mind kept constantly revert.
Ing to the mystery surrounding the
golden butterfly.
A Note From Miss KING.
After dinner that night I returned IN
my workroom, when, upon my blottinR.
pad, | found a note addressed to me
in the crown princes sprawling hand.
Opening 1t, l found that he had scrib-
bled this message:
Il have left. Tell Eckhardt not TO
trouble. Come alone, and meet me
tomorrow night at the Palast hotel.
In Hamburg. l shall call at seven
o'clock and ask for Herr Richter. I
shall also use that name. Tell no.
body of my journey, not even the
crown professionalism, Kronprinz."
| read the note through a second
time, and then burned 1t.
Next day l arrived at the PaIast
hotel, facing the Binnenalster, in Ham
burg, giving my name as Herr Rich
ter.
AT seven o'clock I awaited his high
ness. Eight o'clock came-nine-ten
even eleven-midnight, but, though
sat In the private room 1 had en-.
gagged. no visitor arrived.
Just after twelve, however. q waiter
brought up a note addressed to Herr
Richter.
Believing 1t to be meant for me, /
opened 1t. To my great surprise. I
round that 1t was from the mysterious
Miss King, and evidently intended for
the crown prince. 1t read:
MY brother was released from the
Altoona prison this EVENING" pre-
sumo, owing to your intervention
ana we are now both safely on our
way across to Harwich. You have evt.
dentiy discovered at last that 1 am not
the helpless girl you believed me to be-.
"heh your German police arrested my
OrOther Walter In Bremen as a SOY
OF Britain | think you will admit thar
they acted very injudicIously. in face
OF all that my brother and myself know
today. At Plymouth you demanded.
rs the price of Walters liberty. that I
should become attached to your secret
service In America and betray the man
VINO adopted me and brought me up as
ms W daughter. But you never
dreamed the extent of my knowledge
OF your %country's lntrigues; You did
not know that, through my brother
and the man who adopted me as his
daughter. | know the full extent of
your subtle propaganda. You were. I
ADMIT extremely clever, Herr Richter.
ana confess that l was quite charmed
When you sent me, as souvenir. that
golden butterfly which I returned IN
you as a mark of my refusal and def
ance of the conditions you imposed
upon me for the release of my brother
from the sentence Of fifteen years in
a fortress. This time. Herr Richter. a
woman wins. Further, l warn Won
mat II you attempt any reprisal my
brother will at once expose Germany's
Vaccinations abroad. He has. I as
sure you, many good friends, both in
Britain and America. Therefore If you
desire silence you will make no effort
TO trace me further. Adieu -
Twelve hours later 1 handed that let
Ter TO the crown prince In Potsdam.
where he had been in the meantime I
ala not know. He read 1t through;
then he crushed 1t In his hands and
tossed it into the are.
NSopyrisht. 1917, William LeQueux)
Navy Older Than Governnent-