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and further. that he had taken with

and further, that he had taken with
him his crafty crOny, Lohlein.
During that mysterious absence
when the tlnseled world Of Potsdam
seemed at peace-the g0od-looking
Saxon crown princess arrived.
/ was on duty on the railway plat
form To bow over her hand and to well
come her.
"Ah Count Won HeltzendOrn Well,
did / not say that l should not be
very long before l returned to Pots
dam, chr" she exclaimed. Then with
a merry laugh: do you remember
those gathering hoofs and my broken
O p Of pearls3 Nothing has hap
pened yet
An Angry Emperor.
Three days later an Incident Occur-
red which caused me a good deal OF
thought. and. truth to tell, mystifed
me considerably.
That somewhat lndiscreet journal,
the Mllitaer Wochenblatt. had pub
lished a statement to the fleet that
Friedrich-August OF SHxony and the
handsome Louisa had had a violent
quarrel. a fact which caused a great
deal OF gossip throughout court cir
cles.
Old Won Donaustauf. who at that
time was master Of the ceremonies at
the emperor's court, busted himself by
spreading strange scandals regarding
the Crown Princess Louisa. There
g.. L.. 49,. watsrnuFupun a. gfrtaaH
me as strange that her highness should
have been invited 20 the puritanlcal
and hypocritical circle at Potsdam.
That afternoon, o o after the
guard had been changed, l CHANGED to
be writing In my room. which over
looked the big central courtyard, when
l heard the guard suddenly turn out
IN great commotion. by which knew
that his majesty had suddenly re-
turned from Hubertusstock.
Ten minutes later my telephone
rang, and, passing the sentries, l went
by order To his maJesty's study, that
chamber Of plots and secrets. hung
with It's faded green silk damask. its
furniture covered with the same mate
rial. and It's net curtains at the win
dows threaded with ribbons OF the
same shade.
The moment / entered the emperor's
countenance showed me that he was
very angry. Lohlein had returned with
him. and stood watching the emperor
as the latter impatiently paced the
room.
l saluted. awaiting orders In silence,
but so prcoccupied was his majesty
that he did not notice my presence,
but continued his outburst OF furious
wrath. "Only see what Won HOens-
brooch has reported !" he cried. II
am being made a laughing stock-and
you know Il. Lohleinl Il has been
said OF Us that "A woman. a within, or
IA word will today raise any person
20 high rank In our emplrel That
black-guard. Harden. has actually
dared TO write IL in his Journal. Well,
we shall, see That woman-she
shall"
Suddenly he realized that | was
present. and hesltated. Next second
both his tone aud his manner changed.
Observation-Disclosures you to go
20 Dresden and take a private letter.
II will be ready in half an hour. Say
nothing to anyone concerning your de
parture. but report 20 me here at four
o'clock"
A Secret Mission 20 the Saxon Court
As commanded. l reported. but the
kaiser was with the empress. who. In
one OF her private apartments, was
holding petit cercle. the Princess
Louisa being present. Indeed. as / en-
tered that semi-circular salon the
kaiser was standing astride before
Louisa's chair. laughing gRyly with
her. He could alter his moods just as
no changed his three hundred odd uni
forms.
There was something mysterious In
the wind-of that l felt absolutely con
WINGED. The atmosphere Of that faded
green upstairs room was always one
OF confidential conversations. Intimate
conferences aud secret plots-plots,
as has since been proved-against the
peace of the world.
The emperor, noticing that had en-
tered the imperial presence. came for
ward. and / followed him back into the
softly-carpeted corridor. Then he took
from the inner pocket OF his tunlc an
envelope " what you In England call