The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18
COFFEE.
NEW YORK Nov 10-Hnn
KAISER BUYS FEW
MORE cold GHOSTS

NEW YORK, Nov. IA few ghosts,
more or less, apparently mean little to
the former emperor of Germany. To
the man whose hours, waking and sleen1
ing, are laid to have been harassed nv
the vengeful white Lady OF Branden,
purg, supernatural heirlooms OF the
aonenzollerns coming down from the
fliteenth century and ever on hand
when misfortune besets the offspring
OF her prosecutor. the ghosts Of Doom
can ave few terrors. A recent press
chase by the former kaiser of the IA
nous castle of Doom. So now those
tragic. apparitions which legend credits
with having visited dire punishment
upon all mortals who cared contest
their sacred domain In the old Dutch
caste may test their fateful powers
on the person Of William II.
Set far back from a little Travelled
highway leading out of Utrecht, Hol-
land seldom molested by passersbv and
held In fearful awe by the peasants
about It, the castle is shrouded in
grisly legend. There have beer few OF
Its many tenants who have dared re-
main in it the full year, which the
crones OF Utrecht account the extreme
limit OF Its tenure by any mortal.
strange forms have appeared to them
In the dusky corridors. Frightfui
sounds have come to their ears from
dark corners and the c~obwebbed attic
rooms. Their bedchambers have been
trespassed in the dead of night by
fearful apparitions, silent, ghastly, CON
Veying a mute warning OF awful but
underlined things.
Adventures there have been who
have dared brave the wrath Of the
supernatural tenants OF the castle OF
Doom. but Ill fortune has been their
reward, say the superstitious peasants
OF Doom. Troubles have beset their
days, unknown horrors have haunted
them by night, and eventually they
have been found dead In their beds, a
look Of supreme terror on their counten-
ances,. or frightened servants have
jungle OF shrubbery. in the castle gar
dens.
But few lave ever renamed through
the year Of grace, the story tellers say.
They have packed up their belongings
and left the great structure to its
without mortal occupant when the
agents Of William, In search OF a re-
treat for the one-time monarch, bought
1t for their master.
There Is little about the outward APP
pearance Of the castle to hint q the
gruesome legends which surrounded 1t.
Large, comfortable looking. its low,
rambling walls overgrown with vines.
its paths freshly graveled and its
hedges neatly trimmed, it has much
the appearance Of many of the other
more luxurious country estates OF Hol-
land.
And 1t is to this beautiful place of
tragic history that the former kaiser
has announced he will move from
A~merongen before next Christmas. With
him will go the remnants of his once
magnificent court, the few servants
who have remained with him, and 1t
may be the White Lady. herself. who,
superstitious persons have declared,
has been a fairly constant attendant
upon the erstwhile emperor since his
exile began.
Laborers have been busy recently
building a high wall about the grounds
OF the castle, as though to shut Out
the prying eyes Of the few tourists who
may chance that wav. There Is little
fear OF the superstitious peasants In
truding upon the jealousy guarded pri-
Of the fallen ruler. And within
this wall William may pass the re-
OF his days in seclusion, alone
with his memories and ghosts.