Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-02

A Mysterious Lady.
carried her into the house and laid
her OH n couch. and was leaving her
in charge of the woman to fetch Il
doctor. who was told lived II few hum
bred yards away, when the lady opened
her eyes.
NO! no." she exclaimed. raising her
self from the couch. NO one must
know about this affair or who / am.
The Kaiser will be frantic IL he hears
Of this happening In Essen"
This rcmurk puzzled mo greatly. and
! at first thought that she was wan
dcring In her mind, which would be-
come unhinged by the shock. I in
sisted that doctor must be called.
when the young lady. summoning all
her strength. Bprans from the couch.
and. graspins me. begged ] would not
fetch him.
But l don't understand. fraulcin."
said. You arc ILL.,"
mo. I am better now" she replied.
IL must go TO my home. where my own
docto. can attend me. must 60"
But you cannot go alone. and you
cannot walk" ] replied. for she was
obviously in very weak state.
Il cannot" she answered. "but you
can help me again. Will you telephone
10 General Hocppncr at room "a Of the
Essencr Hof, and tell him TO send L
car for PUFFY. lie must send at once TO
this house. Say told you to telephone
him"
Wondering who tho mysterious lady
could be that she should be able 10
order ono OF Germany's most famous
generals TO send car for her. went
TO the telephone. ! quickly got the
general on the telephone. and gave him
the message.
Tho name Puffy" seemed to &C. like
magic.
WHAT" he asked cxci,cdly. How
comes II that she is in that street, and
alonc?'
In as few words as possible. / ex-
planned whae had happened. and before
thc conversation was quite finished, the
general broke off 70 shout an order for
car TO be got ready Immediately
had hardly reached tho house again
before - motor came tearing down the
street. stopping outside the house where
l had carried the lady.
A Worid-FamouS Name.
General Hoeppncr, who was accom-
panied b. another officer. jumped out
or the car in state OF great excite
ncnt. Brushing me aside, he rushed
into the house, and passed quickly into
the room where the mysterious lady
was III hiding.
How comes 1t that you are here
alone in this quarter" he inquired.
bending over her.
The lady briefly explained to the Of
!icer what had happened.
"Mein Go,t," exclaimed Hoeppncr in
a towering rage. where are the
damned swine VINO dared To- attack you
in this way? I'll call out the guards
searched until they are found. I'll have
them cut down, ! will
Hush. hush" pleaded the lady. You
must do nothing OF the Kind. For
Gods sake don't do that. Perhaps the!.
provocat!on was great. but l have no
desire 10 have the poor people pun
ishcd."
But, frau, VIC cannot allow che mob
TO rule in Essen" said Hocppner. An
example must he made or them. or
they'll get out of hand
"Eut I, is my wish that this shall
not he done. general. and that should
hc sufficient" said the LADY, with u wave
OF her hand.
"Bu, surely" began the officer.
when the lady broke in with:
That is sufficient. general; besides,
could do no possible good TO have the
news spread all over Essen by your
guards that the Baroness Krupp. Won
Bohicn had been attacked
started at hearing the identity OF
tho mysterious lady 30 unexpectedly
revealed, and she recalled suddenly that
she had given away a secret which
she had intended to keep fro II me.
Turning towards mo. she said: not
n word must be mentioned OF what you
have seen and heard tonight"
Quite so. baronin,' replied. you
can absolutely rely upon MY complete
silcnce."
Who is this mani" inquired General
iioeppncr. who UP TO now had hardly
noticed my presence.
He is the man to whom | owe my
aatetN." said Frau Krupp and whose
services l shall not forget"
Fears for tho i<aiScr.
81 her request. | gave my name,
number and occupation, ana the gen
eral made u note OF them. i was then
asked to retire. and went into an ad-
joining room. Snatchcs of conversation
between the general and the baroness
reached me while was waiting there
They were apparently discussing the
riot and my action, and then ! heard the
lady say: al all costs the news OF
this affair must never reach the ears
OF the Kaiser. lie would be terribly
angry If he heard OF II, and would fly
into one Of those passions which do
him so much harm. You know that
he is visiting Essen next week. and !
iiu9t h"Ht every kept quiet 1 on
know as we'll as do that grea; excite
nent nearly always sends him into one
OF those dang seizures which have
become so frequent of late"
The baroness thanked me for the ser
vices which I had rendered, and was
assisted by Hoeppncr into the car. and
heard him give the order 10 drive to
tho Villa Hucscl, the famous residence
of the Krupps
returned TO Muilers house. where
my fellow dodgers, noticing that my
clothes were torn and that there were
traces of blood on my face, piled me
with questions as TO what new trouble
| had been into.
| did my best to laugh the matter
OIL, and pitched yarn about having
been mixed up in q disturbance.
Come" said Muller, you might as
well he open with us. What game have