Evening star., 1919-03-01
Brings Humorous Change.

AS we started off over the muddy
roads through downpour of rain
the chauffeur driving the car laugh
ed | asked him what he was laugh
ing about. 1T is funny he said.
Not long ago ! was driving through
Starnberg when the eqHipage of King
Ludwig appeared. | was in a hurry
and so ] scooted by the king. ] was
arrested in the next village for pass
ing the king in the road and for
ing of the kings carriage. / Was fined
500 marks tS12Jb. Now he is hiding
in the forest" Again the chauffeur
laughed.
We splashed on through the mud
Ludwig was pretty good king,
went on the chauffeur prince Rup-
precht is very good man" We
sDiashed along the roads past the cas-
tie from which Lud wig II jumped
into Starnberg lake and passed the
castle in which the mad King Otto
died We were in German fairy
land peopled with the ghosts of mad
kings. Teutonic Ophelias and en-
chanted prlncesses-
Suddenly as we were turning a
narrow forest road we caught sight of
closed. black cab ahead drawn by
horses Gathering through a smoke
of rain. The chauffeur cried excited
ly. There's King Ludwig-the man
with the white beard ] looked and
was able to make out the blurred face
peering through the little window at
the back of the cab. Our automobile
stopped suddenly as tine road mar
rowed 'IIe can't be going to the
castle of Wildenwacht," exclaimed the
chauffeur. ut is too far away He
must be going to some baron's place
near here" We drove back toward
Seeshaupt and in a little inn where
] took shelter while the chauffeur re-
paired blowout | learned that Lud
wig undoubtedly had gone to spend
the night at the castle of Baron Beck
twenty kilometers twelve miies)
away
The king frequently passes through
here said the innkeeper. He is
afraid that the communists will come
and get him
Pass Princess on Road.
We were off again for the baron,s
castle. and as we were plunging
through the forest we suddenly saw
a black horse in the middle of the
road. Seated on the horse was a
woman in black riding habit. AS
We drew up we saw that 1t was q
young woman. She turned on the
hopse and stared at us Princess
Gondelinde." whispered the chauf-
feur King Ludwigs youngest
! daughter" The princess on the horse
! looked at the arbeiter- -soldaten rat
1 car for moment. and as il started
| out she turned calmly away and
holding the horse to a slow jog, she
vanished in the rain and wood shad-
ows of the gloomy but beautiful
fairyland about us. When we arrived
at the baron's castle and a servant
answered our call and said, Nobody s
at home. The king has gone with the
| baron somewhere for the night"
Later we found ourselves back al
| Lautstetten Castle in an inn nearby
| The king was not to be interviewed
Poor mani" said peasant drinking
| beer. Now he hides in the forest
| like hunted boar. His daughter
/ Princess GondeIinde. ia not afraid OF
/ the communists or OF DR. Levien. She
rides every day into the village"
| In Munich, thirty miles away, prepa
rations were completed for the frs,
| soviet congress tomorrow. Looking
| out of tho window at the broodine
forests I wondered whether Ludwie
| was getting very wet. Though
| in the day. "Levien will fail. His life
is not worth a German pfennig. 1t is
| impossible for the minority factions
to dictate to the Bavarian govern
| ment. Levien has a powerful hold or
| the imagination of the workers
but" remembered the smok,
| room Of the little inn near the castle
the wreaths OF flowers heaped on tn.
pavement outside the barn office
which was Eisner's dw weIling. with 9
crowd around the spot all day where
| Eisner had fallen from an assassin's
| bullet. On the wall of the building
| a small blood SIN cared sign read
| Proletatre. take off your hat before
1.-THE blood Of Kurt Eisner."