The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-12

Save your hair! Beautify IT. You
, will Eay this was the best money you
! ever spent
Of tho corps de ballet. and though the
/ first bloom OF her youth had passed she
possessed a charm OF manner and ma
| tural distinction that obviously Impress
! ed both OF their Royal HiEhnesses. For
! the moment they forgot the troubles Of
the German Empire and ceased to part
with Iiaiser's garment. Both laid them
selves out to please the Baroness, who.
! Quck-witted and entertaining was in
welcome contrast TO tho ordinary. heavy,
and somewhat uncouth German woman.
Fast and freely did the champagne
How. and one mad joke and wild story
succeeded another. Every character in
! German political life was satirlSed and
| brought beneath the acrid wit OF tho
Crown Prince. who did not spare either
friend or foe in his vehement outpour-
| Ing OF scandal.
| That was by no means the last saw
! Of Baroness Elsa Baronin Schmcirin.
! For the next few days Rupprecht de-
voted tho whole OF his thoughts. time,
and energy to the pursuit Of the woman.
| who had cast SO strong a spell over his
|
shaking off an allegiance that realized
| might easily be fatal.
Gone was the recollection OF The
| sights he had endured at tho hands Of
| the PrussianS who had snubhed us 10
heavily when we arrived at Berlin
| Como was his indignation at the Kai-
ser rebuke: his latteea from thu front
ware unopened. his business a. COM
mander neglected. He lived. thought,
and worked only for the eS-ballct girl. IN
whose hands he soon became rs putty.
| The Pr1noe ana tho Ex-8allet Girl.
Rupprecht loaded her with jewels and
lavished presents upon her. Tho passion
that had seized him became one OF tho
! standing Jokes Of the cafes in Berlin
I whose wits and soss!ps loved 10 dllate
! on this victory over the Bavarian Prince
| But there was one person In Berlin
who certainly did not relish the turn
events had taken. and that was tho
! Crown.
/ In tho first place little willie" Bit
teriy resented the fact that HIS old
liam" had encouraged Rupprccht's ad-
HAnc"s. because il hurt his vanity.
Secondly. tn" Intimacy between the
two was fraught with great danger TO
himself. For the Baroness was woman
OF keen political ambitions and unusual
intelligence. and there could be no doubt
that some Of tho secrets OF the Crown
Prince that she had In her keeping
would. II disclosed to his friend Rup-
nEccht. prove awkward weapons in tho.
hands OF the latter.
| Hence Little Willie" as soon nor
ceired set himself to the task Of ending
a. romance that. had it maturcd might
have introduced some element OF soft
ness and humanity into the iron soul or
the Ravarian chief. He did this with
characteristic subtlety.
AFFECTING to encourage both Run
nrccht and the woman In thoir liaIson
I've YET Iett no stone unturned 20 interest
mem noth In the grand plot that he was
t'chihs against his father. the Kaiser,
40 even promised the Baroness thot
should he succeed. handsome STATE
pension should be- hers, while 70 olac,to
Supprecht the position OF Bavaria in the
herman scheme Of things was To hn
eh'reiy altered. and. after Prussia thar
country. was to become the most IN,
portant IN the whole Of tho Federation
Al 1lrst the new scheme against III.
heiscr moved but slowly. The German
generals whom the Crown Prince had
| approached. held themselves aloof. Evrn
| muse VINO were known to be dissatisfied
win the Kaiser and TO predict his fan
would not openly commit themselves and
without their support the project was
bound to fall
The situation seemed almost bcne,ess
TIL one evening, at the close OF a 70
| eherche little dinner the Baroness rnada
q suggestion.
woman Leads The Conspiracy.
on great captains" she said. don't
know how to conspirc. 1t takes a WON.
an TO do that. You get your way in t,L
world by ordering people about ",
poor creatures have % flattcr and caioIe
and persuade. Hence we succncd ,Sber.
you fail. BY far the hest thing Won can
no Is 10 take m" into partnership. Mako
ME n party to your schemes and nro,niso
me my reward. and 7 will undertake, 70
bring General Falkenhayn over to vour
side in week. With his SUPPORT. and
feeling run dead against the Kaiser and
Won Hindcnburg. the ball Is at rour
| feet"
And what pray is the reward Won
| cla;m?" asked Rupprecht.
| This: That your Hiehncss cocs
! through a morEanat!c marriage with mo
within week after Falkcnhayn consents
to net against the Kaiser"
| For moment Rup1rrcht hositated
end tho Crown Prince watched him In
| tently: Then agree" he said sharply
!
armed with letter from the Crown
! Princc himself
| The NOME mt was a prnp!t!ouS ono for
| the attempt. bold as II WIS. Fnlkcnhayn
a. member OF tho Princes Camarilln. who
had forced the war on the Kaiser was
| known 70 he consumed by firrcc joal-
onsy Of the MARSHAL who had suppant"d
! him--to-wIt Won IIlndcnburg. Moro.
over. tho popularity both nF the Kaiser
low chb The German neupl" we're i'll
eenscd at tho prolonRatinn of III" war,
and AZ the almost innunacrahIr d"rciis
That had hecn prncticad upon thcn
Those who knew Germany. hest affirm
that the throne was In danger and
thcre could hc no question whatever that
n bold NOVA out by tn" Princes party.
with Falkcnhn%n at their head. might
! be followed by startling results.
| haI