Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-27

variably did so in the presence of
strangers.
''Those accursed women ~ he cried.
"Ah, Heltzendorff, when a woman is
in love she will defy even satan him.
self! And yet they are fools, these
women, for they are in ignorance of
the irresistible power of our imperial
house. The enemies of the Hohenzol-
lerns are as cloud of gnats on a sum-
mer's night. The dew comes, and they
are no more. 1t is a pity. Has not
one of our greatest German philoso-
piers written: 1T is no use breathing
against the windP"
True" 1 said. "But, surely, it is
a nuisance to be followed and worried
by that little English girl! !'
Worried! Yes. You are quite
right, my dear Heltzendorff, But 1
do not mind worry, if it is in the in
terests of Prussia, and of our house
of Hohenzollern. I admit the girl,
though distinctly pretty, is a most ir-
responsible person. She does not ap-
peal to me, but am compelled to hu-
NOR her, because 1 have u certain OBJ
ject in view."
l could not go further, or 1 might
have betrayed the knowledge I had
gained by eavesdrOpping.
Il was surprised that she should
turn up here, in Ostend," 1 said.
Il had written to her. / expected
her."
"She does not know your real rank
or station?"
mo. To her am merely Herr Emil
Richter, whom she first met away in
the country. She was tourist, and 1
was Captain Emil Richter of the Prus-
sian Guards. We met while you were
away on holiday at Vienna"
was anxious to learn something
about Miss Kings brother, but willie
was generally discreet, and at that mo-
ment unusually so. One fact was plain,
however, that some secret report pre-
sented to the emperor had been shown
to her. Why? l wondered if his high
ness had been successful in coercing
her into acting as he desired.
Certainly the girls attitude as she
had left the hotel went to show that
in the contest, she had won by her
woman's keen wit and foresight.
A fortnight afterwards we were back
again at Potsdam.
A Surprise Package for "WiIIie."
About three months passed. Tht
crown prince had accompanied the EN-
peror to shoot on the Glatzer Gebirge
that wild mountainous district beyond
Breslau. For a week we had beer
staying at great, high-up prisonlike
schlOss, the ancestral home of Prince
Ludwig Lichtenau, in the Wolfels
grund.
The emperor and his suite hat
left, and our host had been suddenly
called to Berlin by telegram, hi.
daughter having been i'll. Therefore
the crown prince and we of the suite
had remained for some further sport
On the day after the emperor's de
parture 1 had spent the afternoon il
small paneled room which over
looked a deep mountain gorge, ant
which had been given up to me fo
work. l was busy with correspond
ence when the courier from Potsdan
entered and gave me the battered
leather pouch containing the crow
princes letters. Having unlocked |
with my key, I found among the cor
respondence small square packet ad
dressed to his imperial highness, an,
marked private"
"Now, fearing bombs or attempts b,
other means upon his sons life, tn
emperor had commanded me always t
open packets addressed to him. Thi
one, however, being marked private,
and, moreover, the inscription bein
in feminine hand, decided to awai
his highness' return.
When at last he came in, wet an
muddy after a long days sport,
! showed him the packet. With q care
less air he said: "Oh, open it, Hell
zendorff. Open all packets, whethe
marked private or not"
81 Obeyed, and to my surprise foun
within the paper a small leather-cov
! cred jewel case, in which, reposin
! upon a bed of dark blue velvet, wa
the beautiful ornament which l ha
admired at the throat of the fai
' haired British girl-the golden butte
fly.
: I handed it to his highness just 6
y he was taking a cigarette from the bo
on a side table.
a The sight of it electrified him. B
:, held his breath, standing for a fe
seconds staring at it as though |
e were gazing upon some specter. H
e countenance was as white as paper.
d "When did that arrive?" he ma
e aged to ask, in a hoarse voice, whic
l, showed how completely sight Of it hs
n upset him.
"This afternoon. 1t was in the co
o rier's pouch from POtsdam."
s. "If the Truth Came Out"
e He seemed highly nervous. and
l. the same time extremely r"zzi>G. r