The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30


4 l walking ON thr l"rrur" OF the .
Ca~rI. of IaiherG. at that
~ time IN the possession ~ me
late FrciH,rr Won SJumm, whom the
emperor often visited.
On the prryiou, day We had arrived
with = numerous suite aud Il large
number of personal attendants ana
during the Journey his majesty hah
been very busy receiving IN" daily re-
ports, signing documents that had been
submitted To- him and debating some
personal letters in French 10 certain
sovereignS with whom he was on
friendly terms.
think. however. that our host be-
came secretly irritat"d nj the frequent
visits of his imperial guest. for certain
IL what with the establishment "i the
special telegraph To- Berlin and spe-
cfaI post office. and the finding ot ac-
commudatiun for the crowd ot person
al attendants. each visit must have"
cost poor OLD Won Stumm consider
able amount
had already been busy upstairs in
the room allotted To me, and had come
out 60 take walk in the warm ana
welcome sunshine. when suddenly |
saw the emperor IN a. suit of brown
GILLIAN clothes ~tr.dinG towards "e.
lie Seemed to be- in huUur"us mood
md joked with mr nS F! walked beside
him.
Suddenly he halted. as though re-
collecting something and asked:
"HeItzcndorT. have you with you
some of our paper for important docu'
ments?"
Certainly" was my reply.
All, then please place some Of II
with envelopes upon my table, and ais,
wire to Berlin To send here ten cOu
riers."
Ten couriers?" | echoed In surprise
Yes. ten. may want even twelve
or more
| saluted and re-entered the schlos'
TO put the imperial command over tn,
special wire. after which | took ou
and placed upon the emperor'S table
some sheets of that special dark blue
paper which bears the imperial crown
and cipher embossed in black, Will
the words in German document OF
the highest importance" the fOrmid
able looking envelopes tO match bear
ing the same words.
Just before eight O'Clock that nigh
was informed that the cOurierS were
waiting below. and on deScCndin:
found six Of the imperial messenger
and four from the ministry of foreign
affairs, ready to travel anywhere, ever
to the uttermost ends Of the earth.
A Stupendous Hoax.
On informing his majesty, the lat
ter handed to me about thirty Of tn
great blue envelopes containing "docu
nents Of the highest Importance" al
dressed in his own hand to various of
fcers of state. princes, princeSScS, an,
other prominent people In all parts o
the empire
These are to be taken M once. He'll
zendorff," the emperor said. The mes
sengers are to bring us replies"
In every case" aShed.
Yes In every case" he answerc,
Then l carried the batch Of corr,
spOndenCe below. and much puzzled !
the nature Of this latest activity
private letter-writing. J handed theI
to the cOurierS, who sorted them "
and distributed them among then
selves.
Half an hour later the document
were being conveyed TO various par
Of the empire.
When | returned To the study
FOUND the kaiser laughing quietly
himself. and wondered what could I
The reason. He signed some doe
ments read TO him, but ever and anC
broad smile would cross his usual
stern features.
Until week afterwards l did n,
learn the cause of the imperial merr
ment, but when l did I burst into lou
laughter myself.
those envelopes containing doc
mehts OF highest Importance" each co
ineu only comic postcard, viii,
ue emperor had purchased during
nSt to Saarbruck.
.ne kaiser had played 4 huge jol
spOa those whom he despised. for Il
livery Of these formidable imperi
- patenes created a great stir in q
& nosds Of their recipients. o
ce3 were avekenad IN Tho mild