Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-23

knows no law" his English guests
would become his prisoners, prisoners
of war;" and Wilhelm could snap his
fingers at Downing Street. For Eng
lands Contemplate little army" would
then be headless. its organizing and
fighting spirits would be in his the
Kaiser's, hands.
Such was the plot
If tho English Lords Became
Suspicious
But Lord Kitchener was not the man
to submit to treatment of that sort.
While as to kilograms sent by him, or
addressed to him, he might be deceived
for little while, yet eventually he
would become suspicious about the de-
lay of his mail and would insist upon
phoning to his Berlin Embassy. Be
sides, he would object to being cooped
up in the Castle and would venture out
on his own account.
Undoubtedly he would, but what
| chance would he have had. surrounded
and spied upon by Germans? For the
| Kaiser would see to it that no English
speaking servant was at the Castle or
. In the neighborhood. and the hosts, other
| guests and the encourage, while pre-
, tending to be most eager to accede to
| the English Lords slightest wishes,
would do nothing to assist them. Far
from 1t, they would help to thwart
kitchener's and Lord Roberts every eff
| fort to get an inkling of the true stu
alton.
Kaiser Would Have ''Pinked" His
Guests
And IL the English with accustomed
energy, nevertheless ventured to break
through the charmed circle why there
/ was the last and unconventional
sort of "plnking" them! Accidents hap
pen at the best regulated Shoots" while
| an Imperial chase brought into action,
besides the numerous guests, scores of
professional huntsmen and foresters,
| gendarmes, detectives and soldiers.
Nothing easier then, but to arrange for
| a stray shot at persons so conspicuous
! as Kitchener or Roberts. The very null
titude of possible delinquents would
| forestall discovery, for there are always
poachers among the small army of beat
ers. Hence obvious explanations and ex-
cuses! And, IL it seemed undesirable
10 employ hired assassin or uniformed
underling, why, some courtier or army
officer would "oblige." For a silver star
or cross set with seed pearl. this sort
of gentry would do worse than wound
man to order.
| OF course the shot must not kill
that would cause too much uproar. 1t
was intended only to wound the victim
SO as to lay him up for some time.
| The Ambassadress's Precautions
The kaiser's ambassadress had no
sooner taken possession of her fiat,
than she rang up a certain Haymarket
| stenographer's Office, and ordered a
"typist-woman for four o'clock sharp,
not a minute later"
We will let the "typist- woman" tell
her own story,
The Secretary Tells Her Story
| Il was there at the stroke of the
clock. A German footman stood facing
the elevator. and beckoned me to follow
him. He pointed to a chair near the
window in what looked like a boudolr-
| library, and there I sat fully twenty
eight minutes before the elevator gave
| another sign of life. Then there was a
commotion and ! heard a high pitched
| voice call out something which sounded
like Has the typist-woman comeT
when Her German Highness was at
last comfortable in high-backed chair
a cushion under her, another at her
back and two more at her elbows and
small eiderdown laprobe over her
knees and slppered feet, she turned
upon my unworthy self, and quered in
English. The typist-woman"
AS you See,' L replied.
well, I have some important let
ters and very little time before dinner
Letters to Lord Roberts and Lord
Kitchener
my dear Lord Roberts, the Prin-
cess began her dictation. She leaned
back and thought long and earnestly.
There were several beginnings, crossed
out as soon as put on paper. But when
the opening lines were once settled, her
Highness proceeded quickly, and when
l read the finished letter over to her
she was quite satisfied. I wondered
much at so much weighing of words and
phrases. Surely a grande dame ought
to have had no difficulty in penning a
simple invitation to the chase, for that
was the long and short of our labors.
She wanted Lord Roberts to be guest
at her Castle, Pless, and asked him to
fix date for his early visit. She would
be pleased to have him in the next few
weeks. There would be good shooting
for his Lordship, and she took II upon
herself to promise that Majesty would
be of the party. What n happy coinci-
dence,' she fluttered, quite informal of
course, such meeting of the youngest
and oldest War-Lord To her personal
knowledge there was no more sincere
admirer of Roberts than the ALL
Highest How they would revel in recol-
lections of the 'Afghanistan and In
dian campaigns, etc. and more of that
sort.
THE Princess stopped suddenly to
ask: How much will that make?"
"'About a page in type"
"'Gracious me, Lord Roberts will not
read a typewritten letter, am sure. 1t
must come sort of spontaneously from
% hot Lit.
you write
IT passed over n scribbled specimen,
but her Hlghness said 1t wouldn't do at
all, as it did not resemble her own
writing in the least.
maybe there is n girl at our office
who can initiate your writing I VEN
tured. The Princess called to her maid
who fetched pencil and writing pad and
newspaper from which to copy. AS
hers is the average English high school
girls hand I said there would be no diff
ficulty finding someone to write the let
ters in the same style.
"'Very we'll, then. Let's go on with
our work. said the Highness, and die
tated letter to Lord Kitchener similar
to the one addressed to Lord Roberts.
The Kitchener letter was even more
pressing, more full of assurances of how
much the All-Highest would appreciate
the chance-meeting and opportunity for
exchanging views and dissipating preju-
a;oo, All har auyY, dnin0o nf nonrSa