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Then, turning TO me, he asked me
to conduct her out.
On returning to the crown prince, 1
found him in decidedly savage mood.
He was pacing the floor impatiently,
muttering angrily to himself. for it was
apparent that some plan OF his was be-
ing thwarted by the girls refusal to
conform to his wishes and obtain GER
tain information he was seeking.
The crown prince, when in a foreign
country, was never idle. His energy
was such that he was ever on the
move, with eyes and ears always open
! to learn whatever he could. Hence
it was at two o'clock that afternoon
Knot brought round a big gray open
car, and in it I sat beside the en-
perOr's son while we were driven
around the defenses of Plymouth, just
as on previous occasions we had in
spected those of Portsmouth and of
Dover
On the following Thursday evening
we had returned to London, and the
crown prince, without telling me
where he was going, left the Ritz hotel,
merely explaining that he might not be
casion, my dear LeQueux. you will
remember, that I dined with you at
the Devonshire club, and we afterward
spent a pleasant evening together at
the Empire.
I merely told you that his highness
was out at dinner with a friend. You
were, naturally, inquisitive, but did
not satisfy your curiosity. Secrecy was
then my duty.
A Sample of German Preparedness.
On returning to the hotel I found
the crown prince arranging with Knot
a motor run along the Surrey hills on
the following day. He had a large
map spread before him-a German
military map, the curious marks upon
which would have no doubt astOnished
any war Office official. The map indi-
Gated certain spots which had been Sc
cretly prepared by Germany in view Of
the projected invasion.
To those spots we motored on the
following day. His imperial highness,
at the instigation of the emperor, actu-
ally made tour of inspection Of those
cunningly concealed points of vantage
which the imperial general staff had,
with their marvellous forethought and
bold enterprise, already prepared right
beneath the very nose Of the sleep
ing British lion.
From the crown princes jaunty man
ner and good spirits felt assured that
by the subtle persuasive powers he pos
sessed towards women he had brought
the mysterious Miss King into line
with his own plans-whatever they
might be.
We lunched at the Burford Bridge
hotel, that pretty, Old-fashioned house
beneath Box hill, not far from Dor
. king.
After our meal in the long public
room, we strolled into the grounds fol-
a smoke.
"Well, Heltzendorff,' he said pres
emily, "we will return to the cont
nent tomorrow. Our visit has not
been altogether abortive. We will re
main a few days in Ostend, before we
return to Potsdam."
Next afternoon we had taken up oul
quarters at a small but very select no
tel on the Digue at Ostend, a place
called the BEAU Sejour." It was
! patronized by old-fashioned folk, anC
There may have been some who sus
pected that RichteE was not the visit
or's real name. but they were few, anC
it always surprised me how well tn,
;. crown prince succeeded in preserving
: his incognito- though, of course, tn,
. authorities knew OF the imperial visit
The English Girl Again.
: The following day, about thre'
o'clock, while the crown prince wa
s carelessly going through some letter
/ brought by couriers from Potsdam,
waiter came to me with message tina
Miss King desired to see Mr.. Richter
In surprise I received her, weIcom
ing her to Ostend. From the neat dres
Of the pretty English girl conclude,
= that she had just crossed from Dover
: and she seemed most anxious to sc
his highness. I noted that she still
= wore the beautiful golden butterfly.
When I entered his room to an
= nounce her the crown princes bro7
: knit, and his thin lips compressed.
'H'ml More trouble for US, Heltzer
dorf, I suppose! Very well, shoI
her in.''
The fair visitor was in the room for
> long time-indeed, for over an houl
h Their voices were raised, and now an
) then, curiously enough, received tn
impression that, whatever might hav
n been the argument, the pretty girl ha
" gained her own point, for when sh
! came out she smiled at me in triumph
and walked straight forth and dow
10 the stairs.
IS The crown prince threw himself int
e a big armchair In undisguised dissat1i
J. faction Towards me he never wOT
mask, though. Ike his father, he il