News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-08-08

But | hope that if am successful yo'
will accompany your mother"
When I looked in at the court mar
shal's room in the palace next morn
ing 7 scrubbed down the name o.
mother and daughter for cards.
A week later the crown prince anC
princess gave a grand ball at the Mar
NOR palace at Potsdam, and the EN-
peror himself attended.
Frau Breitenbach, gOrgeously at
tired. made her bow before the all
highest, and her daughter did the same
I spoke with Elise, and afterward
when danced with her, l saw how i'm
pressed she was by the glitter and
glamour of the Potsdam court circle
md by the fact that she was in the
presence of the all-highest one. From
words she let drop that night as she
lung upon my arm, | wondered wheth-
ar she was really as ingenious as she
oraended She was, found, an ex-
remedy discreet and clever little per-
son. a fact which further increased my
| official interest in her.
Questioned by the Emperor.
One night about two months later
! [ had an appointment with Max Rein
lardt at the Deutsches theater, in Ber-
in, to arrange a royal visit there, and
after the performance l went back to
the palace, prior to retiring to my
,oOms in the Krausenstrasse. The
guards sauted as I crossed the dark
courtyard and having passed through
The corridors to the private apart
nents, I entered with my key the
orOwn princes locked study.
To my surprise, I found "Willie"
seated there with the emperor in ear
lest discussion.
With apology, I bowed instantly and
withdrew, whereupon the kaiser ex
claimed:
"COme in, Heltzendorff; want you
Then he cast quick glance at the
young man, who had thrown himself
n a lazy attitude into long cane
lounge chair. 1t was as though his
majesty was hesitating to speak with
me, or asking his sons permission tc
10 so.
"Tell me, Heltzendorff," exclaimed
his majesty suddenly, edo you know
this person?" and he placed before my
gaze a cabinet photograph of the pretty
Elise
eyes" I answered frankly. SIT is
Frauelin Breitenbach.
"And what do you know of her?" in.
luired his majesty. "You introduced
her and her mother to court, l believe"
I saw that the emperor had discov.
cred something which annoyed him.
What could it be?
At once I was compelled to admit
that I had set down their names for
invitation, and, further, explained all
that knew about them.
"You are certain you know nothing
moro" asked the emperor. "Under-
stand that no blame attaches to you"
assured him that had revealed all
that I knew concerning them.
"HOld no further communication
with either mother or daughter" his
majesty said. leave for Paris by the
eight O'clock train tomorrow morning,
and go to Baron Won Steinmetz, the
chief of our confidential service in
France"
Then, turning TO the crown prince, he
said "YOu have his address"
Yes" said the younger man. "He
IS passing as Monsieur Felix Reumont,
and is living at ia bis, Avenue de
Npuilly. close to the Point"
I scrubbed the name and address
hDon the back of an envelope, where
Upon his majesty said:
Garry my verbal orders to Stein
metz. and tell him to act upon the or
ders sent him by courier yesterday.
And you will assist him. He will ex-
plain matters fully when you arrive"
Then, crossing to the crown princes
writing table, his majesty took large
into which he placed the pho
tograph with several papers, and
sealed them with the crown princes
seal.
"Give this to Won Steinmetz from
me-" his majesty said.
1 bowed as / took it from his males
tvs hand, my curiosity naturally ex-
cited regarding Frau Breitenbach and
her daughter. What, 1 wondered, was
In the wind?
"And, Heltzendorff, please report to
me-" remarked the heir, still lounging
lazily in the chair.
Bowling, took leave of my imperial
master, and next morning at eight
o'clock, set out upon my mission.
Baron Won steinmetz.
found the Baron Won Steinmetz liv.
Ing i'm a good-sized house in the Ave
nue. de Neuilly. not far from the bridge.
One Of the cleverest and most astute
officials that Germany possessed, and
a man high in the kaiser's favor, he
had. in the name Of Felix Reumont,
purchased, with government funds of
course, a cinema theater in the Rue
Lafayette, and Ostensibly upon the
proceeds Of that establishment lived
out at Neuilly.
At eleven O'Clock in the morning his
valet, evidently a German, showed me
In.
81 quite understand. my dear Helt-
zendOrff," he said, as he took from the
packet the picture of Frau
1ain Elise ond stood srazfnr Of IL fsTf