The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-14

T went to DOOrn with some n -S- givings but felt that the Kaiser. whose letter bespoke gloomy loneh- ness bordering upon utter despair, needed a. friend to cheer him up. He called me to him because I had been his friend fer nearly four decades. l intimately knew him and his family and his life. He said he needed some one like that or he would go insane. went to Doorn. Thac was
 Her Visit to Doorn.
 "At Doorn l found Wilhelm ter Uibly sad and Respondent. But, as the days passed he brightened up more and more. We took long walks in the park of his home. He talked to me for hours telling me all his thoughts and feelings.
 "As I had always done before I told him with absolute frankness what l thought of hIs ideas and his actions. The Court Camarilla which had al ways hated anyone taking this atti- only told what they thought he liked to hear, viewed my presence and Will Helm's condolences to me with grow Ing anger.
 dust to me as they did to him but I soon knew they had sworn war to the knife But I cared little. I did not think they had the power too what they afterwards accomplish ed.
 Up to that time my relationship with the Kaiser had been solely one of deep friendship and mutual un- as a man of dazzThrg brilliancy of ,--o~ animated In all his deeds by he ne ~SI ro,I believed to be the noblest ne. me gay Furthermore, I have ven- ..Ett+a ilt i'm as my Emperor .-,GactSn Love Grows Cold.
 .-eI, ards the end of August I be- gan 1u, notice a change in his atti- tude. His voice often vibrated with great warmth of feeling. Often as we walked in the park l noticed that he gazed at me long and lingeringly without speaking.
 This made me uneasy and when plain what was the matter. Just then adiEtant happened along and there was an interruption. The kaiser weakly whispered: Please let ing room tomorrow afternoon. I have something important to say to you His eyes had a strange eXpres- sion- His manner and speech were unusual Whispering a consent I left him and went to my apartments in the gate house."
 (These are the same apartments in which Princess Hermine spent the night prior to her wedding to Will helm November 15th)
 ''In the hours intervening between that talk in the garden and the next afternoon I was more uneasy than ever before in my life. l knew the message. I had read it in his eyes. It was: T love you.
 'I did not know what answer to make when his lips should speak. I was not a young woman taken off my feet by realization this man loved mo: l was not vain nor ambitious to exploit that love; I was not flattered bX it's prospects or it's consequences. ] Was a mature woman looking back upon a life full of happiness with two daughters-yes, a grandmotheri But I knew Wilhelm and his impul- sive nature. l had been privileged to bring cheer into his solitude and helped him forget his tragic fate. I felt unconsciously he had gradually that I was the only women in the world "
 Visit from Ex-Kaiser.
 .'Promptly at five o'clock next af- ternoon August 22) Wilhelm enter ed my parlor. He greeted me warmly. kissing both my hands His face was unusually grave but his eyes showed a sparkle. His whole bearing was youthful: his step elastic. I trembled inwardly because I knew that within few minutes I was fated to give him bitter disappointment.
 He did not beat about the bush, but straightway said: 'Markgraefin Ca pet name). I have come to ask you to be my wife I tried to interrupt him. As I spontaneously raised my hand. as if to bid him cease. I felt siCkening sensation. In that fraC- tiOn of second it seemed as if all the heart ache, torture and torment of subsequent months flashed before me like a sinister premonition. Ii continued: I cannot live without you.