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, he Hchengol lemx [ STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS ' TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX_ i 11 — ».:Ua>n> *•-»» rknakln tor bh •"»4 4 I '«•! <•■ Hrltv*«M«. tto- :»-irr'. wn hi|tM ik, uwr mmmt m irtw. mt lb, nwran ibr< »f» ; British 6irl Balks \ | The Kaiser's Plans j H1 ■* •! UHIJ<<1< IJ me bate pc: Sr weep Shew very dear * Vdaa *d' mart. Ur- Hr.s i*a ' II.* iagaenal tuxbie-aa. tb* : ,-riii e ao»o* :iu* remark r tse- a» L. taai is tie* nmr «f a fease-ia»- uiagaoniaoBr .*f at e-ipm* H*»: bad tea cates.-* before left I*»4 «at .-_ f«<r tbe U‘e*s «f r-| lad Tie re <ra prime. T :/-» c.** £e&. era ; tarn, fnodamtiy rbufed Ea* Imt; at-4 Sruliaad SbCMgtat*.. and we mere _,-.«t -«l*e «<f 'bear fiy.Ue ».*.** OO tba: t«tcb: Mtsmaor's ce.ru.tc a* tie* We tbneuSb tie- deiicbtfnl t.t*x—*t eesetj <d tbe Tbac*-* va.ier. •at tbe Bn*: **«<51..UX |*a«r at I'.y bx-Ld. *ur -jeetta:. <t* Tbe real re**.* fur tbe ««t «.f my y -aux b*t beaded lbjerj.! tmieter »a> narn aied lima tbe. F*,«ar nay* te-fea* te bad <la**bed into ciy r-««Oi at tie Marta <r ;-a!a<v a: Put* bb He bod l»**a mstb tbe vpu&ervr W lb-r_t til tbe munuiig and ha i mo • -fr-i ... *. mtSU, a. *)a*-l >-*Iie-tii.ac bad - ur~-~i. --c* aba: it mm I faxed t*- bevtt. li- earned *t*:e I'LJrrs a tie- p'artun. uf b.» military tatur. J r-«t iheir el *a» tbst tbey mere **W r-t* «r*a—tli--~r Wriini mi ;-r— l*ared y fur tie eye* .4 tbe la-«-r ait'. tb-Oe < Si* uidrOt «~«a He :-a*a a tax Liie-b-Jiaed rgtn..;e asi-- piayux "b- ,«per> lb it, car. fwby sealed it it max. ■»r tr- » x tu L- Ueltzetk b> 9- Ht ‘lot it just ‘iisatdi i«.x_ »um me are in H-.g. “T* le«»d*«—»t«.r I naked, -cr **"»»*d at tbe aoddr-cte -* «f »*ur j-<ar •»J iwratue- 1 ate-* tbat me mere due at • eicod’ ta ta<- day*' t.»e. nv» at *.* - .-bo* thi* rre «oa« tbe «r<n prtare'a reply, “li-e-tier ba* ordeamd tbe *a,l«a to be a-a- ted *« tie- Ji -* .if H-dioad W.k HurCt L.» tiready e-ft Berlin tu «-*, xace r - ... : e u* at lb- U.u. tb Lum dbaa” tie- otter 1 a-t-d. for it «ta« ••e «d niy daefte* tw unap mte> trar eed astb la* '-apenai L-xiitr-Mt “tA ' WeTl e«*e Lrbbardt at L-tue." br amd. fur be aimay* bat.-d tie* eur •e-ibaaire «f tie- >'<wu**..«e-f ..f **-. "SkV ritaii -ody mat: s.-ha -er ley ««lec at ! taf *** never ’nt.B-j anywhere with i.- fcm i! ilm- ‘hauSenr. «ku tit ait . bUellt. .MTTll—It yuaag «.««■ ja ...■c-j dmiihed by —mj ibm be. « sa» that the f.oir of u» duly * e-iJ at liars. it and traveled tv Lr atim. «ar Mh-ntity aafchuwn to the - . bp f..»d of tourist* returning ’beir iMaa. btMlday ic the CMn •Mt At 'h. iLtx. Ms. “Willie" «at ** bees -*e all photograph* of b ’x • him m an elegant uniform, la a ' a eed «mt. <«r in evening clothe*, te p-.teu. an uhheaithy. seedy, and amaeshat .natgn.ficnnt hgure. Hit !..gtmea* bad been oa the ytrev. u. .lay I*, larit'io House ter ****■ t* » mtcheoa giv.-t, by the am haasad.r* wife, but tv stuck nobody *a» larited bet tie- embassy «»* That Munc evening as Imperial "verier arrived from Berlin and called at the lUtL shetv. on taeing shown Itc.e thr crv.sn prime aN.tting room, he l- tclPd bis k.ghnesa a sealed letter t*wu- taa site * ;a-» a. resdihg it. became very ?T*'r , TL*^ etliking a match, be lit *■ * until It was r unaaiii i il * —c-ond letter—shirt I a* emperor. Thia be “: **"* gave vest tv i «f bbpatieaor. For a j Crs tmsntaa be reibeted. and It SB. then he aam unced ta., w* mort S to Fiymostb nsxt day. tm arrtral there se seat to the R/’r*-' *■***- *Ae cross prince res.AereO a* hr. Kktur. engaging a l-irate ante «* rooms for himveif and ko aonstary myself For thre^ *»>« •* remained there, taking motor n»*lo Dartmoor and alao dosa Into tern sail, until on the morning of the >o«rm day the cross prince said: “1 Mall probably hare a visitor this : elev en o'clock—a young Klig Ml them at the Is sad bar ap to my sitting AS the time wanted the lady raise. * **r to the lobby of the self- I Mbtoiard Cat. and found her to be i ;tt.'tiiy-fiar. well-dressed. fair haired . T.■ i extremely g*»od-lookillg. M." K r.g. I li'i.rued, was an Eng vh g '■ ■ s..me years previously (uni . m«* to America with her people. ( ( y tie heavy traveling c«»at and ’ —-Sttn.g hat she wore I concluded ■ii:jt s|?e h.- d jttst cotne off one of the lic-ominr liners. * **o t eg which struck me as 1 • it-r was the hr-sH-h she wore p was a natural butterfly of a rare ->*- -a! v r-.ty. with bright golden | trtagm. the delicate sheen af which was - * to |1 plates of crystal— f •( '• ■ !...r:: . :,g • r:. :.:s I '..ad ever seen. As I U'hor -1 h. r in she greeted the cr --a • ' “li“. Richter," being «P(*»r- - • - tirely unaware of his real identity. I con at she was - ' -'■•iy ah ■ his highness had met a • lerraariy. arid to wrhota he hud !es-n "■■tu — a end- r his assumed name "Ah' Mss Ringr he exclaimed i phwutly in his excellent English, sinking hands with her. “Tour boat - i have terr in yesterday. I fear you encountered had weath- r—eh?" . * i d t. -* trouble me much. We had . : ~t c 'TisTtiBt gales ever since we " • • k “ 'he laurho ;. She appeared be guite a char tittle person H- tr- rff would you pier.'- bring me that wealed packet from pan itch *--x~ be asked suddenly, ruru ng to me. The araled packet? I had forgotten, a-' a or it ever since be had handed • to me at the d-~*r of the Mum--r pal es 1 knew -hat it contained some '—-re? reports ;.tvpared for the eye of •''i*---,r. The la ter had no doubt Tio-tr f-r tL-- crown prince had *<r«cgfeT them with him from Berlin. As ordered. I took the jiacket into 's sat with - '• r v>.- r .ad 'hen I mired and rio'—i the door. “I Cant: It Would Be D shonest ” II ■ ' nr- re never very heavy, as a " • th-retore 1 was aide to hear •iTersation hut unfortunately few >» -rd* were distinct. The interview ht-i 1; -*•-? nearly half an hour. Find int that I coald hear nothing. I con . myself in read :,g the fa]<er and - f a re i.:ie~s should "Mr. Hi -filer" Wau: -I.e. «•: i -'..I ™ 1 1. h.s fi.ghness' T: .-■■■! in anger, tl :t shrill, liigh I»:t' hed note which is {es .iliar botb to the eatjier. r at.-l to fi.s soa wfi. n they are un usually annoyed. . . t. other way. I beard lirni shout. "It • ne quite easily, and nobody can |»>-s;h!y know.” “Never cried the girl. “What would people think of me?" “Toq wish to save your brother.” be “Very well. I have shown you 1 * v <u -an effect this. And I will he ; v u if you agr.-e to the terms— f votj will find out what I want to know." ! :.n't 1" cr:-| the girl in evident - - -- "1 r- . . 1 y <an'tt It would be •i.'ic»nest—criminal!“ : : - -»• the alTnir fr 'tu far too high a stand p rej ld-1 the man she knew as I: titer. “It is a mere matter of lo.'iti-ss. You ask me to assist you to save j ur brother, and I have simply >ta»t-i tay terms. Surely y..u would ti • ti stiK t< at I wotiM travel fr»ai Ker in ti* re to Plymouth In order to meet ■f I v* . re u.*t ready and eager to help you?” ■ l must ask my father. I can sjs-ak to him in confidence.” "Your fa'her 1” cried Mr. Richter. “Ity » • means. Why. you must not • 'l:e : single word to him. This ■ “fair .s a strict secret Utw,s-n us. P'-as. understand that.” Then, after pause: “Your brother is. I quite ad mit in direst peril, and you alone can save h.m. Now. what is your de cision?" The girl s reply was in a tone too !..w for me to overbear. Its tenor, however, v:.' quickly apparent from t be »T' • wn | 'ri nee's w< >nls: "Y <<u refus. 1 Very well, then. I can ts 't ns' 'T you. I rejtr-t. Miss King, ibat you have your journey to England for nothing.” "But won't you help me. Mr. Rich •.er-*" cried the girl appealingly. * No." was his answ er. "I will, how ever give you opportunity to recon sider your decision. You are. n<4 : ubt. going to Lond m. So am L V u wili meet me in the hall of the f'arlton hotel at seven o'clock on Thurs day evening, and we will dine to gether.” "But I can't—I really can’t do as yu wish. You surely will not compel me to—to commit a crime!" The Crown Prince1* Threat “Hush!” he cried. “I have shown you these paper* and you know my in structions Remember that your fa ther must know nothing. Nobody must suspect, or you will find yourself in equal j-eril with your brother." “Too—you are cruel!” sobbed the girt “No. no” he said cheerfully. “Don't cry. please. Think It all over. Miss K!ng. and meet me in London on Thurs day night” After listening to the appointment I discreetly withdrew into the corridor on pretense of summoning a waiter, and when I returned the pretty English girl was taking leave of “Mr. Rich ter." Her bine eyes betrayed traces of emotion, and she was. I saw. very pale, her bearing quite unlike her atti tude when she had entered there. "Well, good-by. Miss King.” said his highness, grasping her hand. “It was really awfully good of you to calL We shall meet again very soon—eh? Good by." A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE'S PERSONAL ADJUTANT ; TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX. POSSESSOR OF THE SECRETS OF EUROPE. Yenenx Xadorn. par Moret-*ur-Loiag. ‘ Srl»f-ct->law, ’ February 10th. 1917. < My dear IcQuenx* < 1 have J«M finished reading the proof* of your article* describing < my life a* aa official at the imperial court at Potsdam, and the two or ’ three small errors yon made 1 have dulv corrected. ’ The gross scandal* aad wily Intrigues which I have related to you < were manv of them knowu to yourself. for. as the iatlmate friend of 1 utsa. the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the war. closely associated with many of those at court whose names appear la these articles. ] i (The revelations which 1 have made, aad which you have recorded here, are hut a tithe of the disclosures which I could make, aad if the world desires more. 1 shall be pleased to furnish you with other aad even more startling details, which you may also put Into print. M? service us personal adjutant to the German crown prince Is. hap Jpily. nt an end. and now. with the treachery of Germany agninnt dvllft ■atioa glaringly revealed. 1 feel, in my retirement, no compunction In exposing all 1 know concerning the secrets of the kaiser and his sou With most cordial greetings from 1 our sincere friend. i Signed i KRXST VOX HEl.TlEMHiRFF, «[ TLen. turning to me, he asked me to conduct her out. t»n returning to the cr 'wn prince. I • >uud him in a d>- id-Ily savage r «,vi. He was pacing the floor impatiently. • muttering angrily to himself. for it was | -.to;-, nt That soit>' plan • f his was be 1 lag thwarted hy the girl's refusal to nf ~m to his wvdies and obtain cer tain informal:' r. he was seeking. The crown prir • v. when in a foreign • untry. was never idle. His energy «*> *uch that he was ever on the no \e. with eyes and ears always open to leam whatever he could. Hence - wa< at two 'clock that afterr.'X>n Knof brought round a big gray open car. and in it I sat beside the em peror's s->n while we were driven round th'- defenses of Plymouth, just as ,>n previous occasions we had in sp--eted those of Portsm nth and of Dover. on the following Thursday evening we had returned to 1. <adon. and the crown prince, without telling me wi.. re h was c *ing !• ft the Ilitz botch ••-rely explaining that he might not he tsick till mid: ght. It was on that oc casion. my ar LeQueux. you will 1 remember, that I dined with you at the Devonshire club, and we afterward sp- it a pleasant evening together at the Empire. I r»4y told you that his highness was out at dinner with a friend. You were, naturally, inquisitive, hut I did :. «t satisfy your curiosity. Secrecy was then my duty. A Sample of German Preparedness. < m returning to the hotel I found the crown prince arranging with Knof :t motor run along the Surrey hills on the following day. He had a large map spread ivefore him—a German ’ ’..ry r p. the curious marks upon which would have no douht astonished any war "thee official. Th-1 map indi cated certain sp.es which had h--en se eretly prepared hy Germany in view of the projected invasion. To those spots we motored on the f Mowing day. His imperial highness. . • the instigation of the emperor, actu ally made a tour of inspection of those ■unningly concealed points of vantage - i.:• -h the imperial general staff had. with their marvelous forethought and I" Id enterprise, already prep;-.red right !rf*neath the very nose of the sleep ing Ttritish lion. From the- crown prince's jaunty man ner and g-vod spirits I felt assured that by the subtle persuasive powers he po« - s-.-d towards women he had brought the myst.-rious Miss King into line with his own plans—whatever they •night he. We lunched at the Burford Bridge ' hotel, that pretty. oJd-fashioned house 1 ‘neath Box hill, not far from Dor king. After our meal in the long public room, we strolled into the grounds for a smoke. "Well, rieltzendorff." he said pres ently. “we will return to the conti nent tomorrow. Our visit has not • been altogether abortive. We will re main a few ilays in Ostend. before we return to Potsdam.” Next afternoon we had taken up our quarters at a small but very select ho tel on the Digue at Ostend. a place •called the "Beau Sejour." It was patronized by old-fashioned folk, and ( "Herr Richter" was well known there. There may have been some who sus : pected that Richter was not the visit j or’s real name, hut they were few. and | it always surprised me how well the crown prince succeeded in preserving his incognito—though, of course, the authorities knew of the imperial visit. The English Girl Again. The following day. about three o'clock, while the crown prince was carelessly going through some letters brought by couriers from Potsdam, a waiter came to me with a message that a Miss King desired to see Mr. Richter. In surprise I received her. welcom ing her tp Ostend. From the neat dres« • of the pretty English girl 1 concluded that she had just crossed from Dover, j and she seemed most anxious to see ' his highness. I noted that she still i wore the beautiful golden butterfly. When I entered his room to an nounce her the crown prince's brew knit, and his thin lips compressed. “H'm ! More trouble for us, Heltzen dorff. I suppose! Very well, show her in." The fair visitor was in the room for a long time—Indeed, for over an hour. Their voices were raised, and now and then, curiously enough, I received the Impression that, whatever might have been the argument, the pretty girl had gained her own point for when she came out she smiled at me in triumph, and walked straight forth and down the stairs. The crown prince threw himself into a big armchair In undisguised dissatis faction. Towards me he never wore a mask, though, like his father, he in ****»>»»»■»..... - -innn nilflft a '■arisNj did su in the presence of -mangers. “ih>«se accursed women “ he cried. ~Ah. Hettzendorff. when a woman is i '3 love she will defy even satan him seif! And yet they «re fools. these w men. fir they are :. ignorance of | the irresistible power of onr Imperial i h- 'Use. The enemies of the Hoheasoi • ert.s are as a dead of gnats on & sum - t's night. The lew comes. and they are no more. It is * pity. Has - ne of our greatest Gt rman philoso phers written: "It is r use breathing against the windT" “True.” I said. “Rg. surely, it is a nuisance to be followed and w'orried j by that little English girl!“ "Worried1 Yes. V >i are quite right, ruy dear Keltic; : >rff. But I do not mind worry, if g is in the in terests of l*russia. and of our h- use of Hohenz. tUern. 1 admit the girl, though distinctly pretty, is a most ir responsible per- a. si d vs not ap peal to tae. but I am c- mpelled to hu tuor her, because I have a certain ob ject in view." I could not go farther, or I might have betrayed The kn wiedge I had gained by eavesdropping. “I was surprised that she should turn up here, in Ostend." I said. “1 had written to her. I expected her.” "She does not know your real rank or station T~ "No. To her I am m- rely Herr Brail Richter, whom she tirst met away in : the country. She was a tourist, and I was Captain Emil Rich'er ■ : the Prus sian Guards. We met while you were away on a holiday at Vienna.” I was anxious to leant s meriting about M.-- King’s hr r was generally discreet, and at that mo ment unusually so. One fact was plain, h. • never. that sine secret report pre sented to the emperor had been shown to her. Why? I wondered if his high ness had been successful in coercing her into acting as he desired. Certainly the girl's attitude as she had left the hotel went to show that, in the contest, she tad w a by her woman's keen wit and foresight. A fortnight afterwards we v. ere back again at Potsdam. A Surprise Package for "Willie." About three months pass*-!. The 1 crown prince had accompanied the em peror to shoot on the Glatzer Gebirge. That wild mountainous district beyond Breslau. For a week we had been staying at a great, high-up prisonlike sohloss. the ancestral tome of Prince Ludwig Lichtenau. in the Wolfeis grund. Tiie emperor and his suite had left, and our host had been suddenly called to Berlin by telegram, his daughter having been ilL Therefore, the crown prince and we of the suite had remained for some further sport. On the day after the emperor's de parture I had spent the afternoon in a small paneled room which over looked a deep mountain gorge, and which had been given up to me for work. I was busy with correspond ence when the courier from Potsdam j entered and gave me the battered leather pouch containing the crown prince's letters. Having unlocked it with my key, I found among the cor respondence a small square packet ad dressed to his imperial highness, and marked "private." "Xow. fearing bombs or attempts by other means upon his son's life, the ‘ emperor had commanded me always to open packets addressed to him. This one. however, being marked “private," and. moreover, the inscription being in a feminine hand. I decided to await his highness' return. When at last he came in. wet and ! muddy after a long day's sport. I showed him the packet. With a care less air he said: “Oh, open It. Helt zendorff. Open all packets, whether | marked private or not." “I obeyed, and to my surprise found J within the paper a small leather-cov ered jewel case, in which, reposing ! upon a bed of dark blue velvet, was | the beautiful ornament which I had admired at the throat of the fair haired British girl—the golden butter fly. I handed it to his highness just as he was taking a cigarette from the box on a side table. The sight of it electrified him. He held his breath, standing for a few seconds staring at it as though he were gazing upon some specter. His countenance was as white as paper. “When did that arrive?” he man aged to ask. In a hoarse voice, which showed how completely sight of it had upset him. “This afternoon. It was in the cou rier's pouch from Potsdam.” “If the Truth Came Out." He seemed highly nervous, and at the same time extremely puzzled. Be ivipt of that unique anti beautiful brooch was. I saw. some sign, but of Its real significance I remained in en tire ignorance. That it had a serious meaning I quickly realized, for within half an hour the crown prince and myself were in the train on our Lt» tulle journey lack to Berlin. <>n arrival his imperial highness drove straight to tie Iterlin Schloss. and there had a long interview with the emperor. At last 1 was called into the familiar pale-green r> -m. the kai ser's private ■-a bine-. and at once saw that something untoward had oc curred. The emperor's face was dark thoughtful. The crown prince. in his badly creased uniform K'tntying a long journey—so unlike his usual spick-and-span appearance, stood ner vously by as the kaiser threw him self into his writing chair with a deep grunt and distinctly evil grace. “I suppose it must he done." he growied to his son. “Did 1 n -t fore st* that the girl would constitute a se rious menace? When she w._- ia Ger many she might easily have Ken s.r rested upon s -me charge and her month cl sed. Bah 1 our political p» lice servov grv»ws w >rse and w-rse. We will have it entirely reorganized. The direct r. Lacbach. is far r-x» sen timental. far too chicken-hearted." As he sp -ie he took up his pen and O'lr.meacvd to write ra;edly. drawing a ■Veep breath as his quill scratched upr-n the p..per. “You realize.”’ he exclaimed angrily to his som taking no a tire of my presence :h-re. because I was port and is rce! of ;be great mach.r.ery of the court, “you realize what this order means? It is a blow struck against our cause—struck by a mere slip of a girl. Think, if the truth came out! Why. all our propaganda in the Fnited Stat.'s and Britain w aid be nullified in a single day. and the *go.»d rela tions" wp are now extending on every hand throughout the world in order to mislead our enemies would be exp>*sed in all their true meaning. We cannot afford that. It would be far cheaper to pay twenty million marks—the an nual cost of the whole propaganda in America—than to allow the truth to be known.” Suddenly the crown prince's face brightened, as though he had had s-Tae inspiration. ''The truth will not be known. I promise you." he said, with a strange grin. I knew that expression. It meant that he had devised some fresh jilan. "The girl is defiant today, but she wilt not remain so long. I will take your order, but I may not have occasion to put it in force.” "Ah 1 You have perhaps devised something—eh? I hope so.” said the emper- >r. "You are usually ingenious in a crisis. Good! Here is the or der: act just as you think St.” "I was summoned, your majesty." I said, in order to remind him of my presence there. "Ah 1 Yes. You know this Miss King, do you not" "I received her in Plymouth." was my reply. "Ah! then you will recognize her. Probably your services may be very urgently required within the next few hours. You may go." and his majesty curtly dismissed me. I waited in the corridor until his im perial highness came forth. When he did so he looked flushed and seemed agitated. There had. I knew, occurred a violent scene between father and son. for to me it seemed as though "Willie” had again fallen beneath the influence of a pretty face. He drove me in a big Mercedes over to Potsdam where I had a quan tity of military documents awaiting at tention. and after a change of clothes, I tackled them. Yet my mind kept constantly revert ing to the mystery surrounding the golden butterfly. A Note From Miss King. After dinner that night I returned to my workroom, when, upon my blotting pad. I found a note addressed to me in the crown prince’s sprawling hand. Opening it 1 found that he had scrib bled this message: “I hare left. Tell Ecktiardt not to trouble. Come alone, and meet me tomorrow night at the Palast hotel, in Hamburg. I shall call at seven o’clock and ask for Herr Richter. I *hall also ose that name. TeU no body of my journey, not even the crown princess—Wilhelm. Kronprtnz." I read the note through a second time, and then burned it. Next day I arrived at the Palast hoteL facing the Binnenalster. in Ham burg. giving my name as Herr Rich ter. At seven o’clock I awaited his high ness. Eight o'clock came—nine—ten —even eleven—midnight, but, though I sat In the private room 1 had en gaged. no visitor arrived. Just after .welve, however, g waiter brought up a note addressed to Herr Richter. Believing It to be meant for me, I opened it. To my great surprise, I found that It was from the mysterious Miss King, and evidently intended for the crown prince. It read: “My brother was released from the Altona prison this evening—I pre sume. owing to your intervention— and we are now both safely on our way across to Harwich. You have evi dently discovered at last that I am not the helpless girl you believed me to be. When your German police arrested my brother Walter in Bremen as a spy of Britain I think you will admit that they acted very injudiciously. In face of all that my brother and myself know today. At Plymouth you demanded, as the price of Walter’s liberty, that I should become attached to your secret service in America and betray the man who adopted me and brought me up a his own daughter. But you never - dreamed the extent of rt l.:>o- - of your country's intr gut :: you dal! not know that, through my brother and the man who a-b-yed me as his, daughter. I know the rati extent of your subtle propaganda. You were. I admit, extremely clever. Herr Ilb hter. and I confess that I was quite • harm- 1 when you sent me. as souvenir, that golden butterfly which I returned to you as a mark of my refusal and defi ance of the conditions you imp sed upon me for the release of my brother from the sentence of fifteen y» rs -a r " This time. Herr Richter, a J ; woman wins. Further. I warn you that if y. a attempt any reprisal my iwther w v. at ouee «;ose Germany's machinations abroad. He hr.*. I as sure .o x many good friends, both in Britain and America. Therefore if you drstre silence you will make no effort i to trace me further. Adieu ™ Twelve Lours later I handed that let ter to the crown prince in Potsdam. \V1 tv he had le>en in the n. anti rue I did n--t know. He read it through:: then he .-rushed it in his hands and ; tossed it into the fire. 'C.;vr.ctt. 1*1?. TV.lgin Levaeux.) No Piste for Women. Underwriters at LI-yds in London were sho-cked to learn that the mili tary tribunal had s-gggested the assign ment of w.-man workers to replace men £: f->r *ervice there. There was | even talk of a strike. E-iwatd E. Nieholls. a memt-er of the directing committee. replied: "The tribunal doesn't know what it is about if it indorse-, this suggest;- -n. Anyone who kn >ws h.-w business is cendncted at Li yds knows that it is a serth.bg mass « f struggling people. No woman ’ could decently take part in such work. “Underwriters are already employ ing women as clerks in their offices, and they are doing excellent work. This, however, has been carried about as far as it can be. It takes a lifetime to train men to work on the floor at Lloyds. If more men are taken from us. it will simply become impossible to insure ships." How Coffee Got Its Name. Coffee takes its name from Kaffa. a li strict of Abyssinia where It came from and where it still grows in a ' wild state. The story goes that in the fifteenth century an Arab herder of coats, having noticed that his animals, after browsing on the leaves and lor ries of certain bushes, became exceed ingly lively and playful, was prompted , by curiosity to chew a quantity of j these berries. He found them of ' pleasing taste and that they had the same refreshing and stimulating effect upon him. Having told other herders of this, they tried them in various ways, until it was finally discovered that the best results could be obtained by making a strong infusion of the roasted beans in Killing water, which . yielded an aromatic beverage of pleas : ing taste, which greatly refreshed and stimulated. Navy Older Than Government. The Tnited States navy has the dis tinction of being somewhat older than j the government itself, for nine months i before the actual Declaration of Inde j pendenee congress authorized the con j struction of two “national" cruisers and appointed a committee to purchase vessels to form the nucleus of a fleet. Within three months of its appoint ment this committee got together 14 armed vessels and appointed a person ; nel of officers, among whom was the j famous old sea dog. Paul Jones. Dur I ing the war of the revolution the in fant navy captured as many as SOO prizes, but suffered so heavily that by the time peace was declared it had al most ceased to exist. A new start on a more ambitious scale was made in 17M. --— How Strawberry Got Its Name. Two reasons obtain as to the origin j of the name of the strawberry, one that the name was bestowed because of the long stems which resemble straws, and the other because of an j old custom of stringing the berries on : strews. The strawberry succeeds from Florida to Alaska, and while it does : best on a moderately rich loam soil. [ yet it is susceptible to cultivation in nearly all temperate or tropica! cli 1 mates. The principal wild strawber ries of the United States are the ' i'ra garia virglniana" and the “Fragaria americana.” The everbearing type, “Fragaria vesca.” is native to Europe. ; Garden varieties of strawberries have been derived chiefly from the Chilian strawberry. •Fragaria chiloensis,” and : the Virginia species. Warned. “Henry ” said Mrs. Xagg'es. impreo sively. “Tve decided to take up lectur ing” “Xonsense!” said her husband. “I mean It. Henry. I have talents that require a wider scope. My mind is quite made up.” “Well, my dear, i? you will, yon will.” he said resignedly. “But TO tell you one thing. Ton’ll never get the public to sit np till one and two o'clock to listen to yon the way I do.” Sectarian Selection. She (to the bank clerk)—I wish to get a war bond as a present for my husband. Clerk—What denomination, please? She—Oh. he’s a Presbyterian. Both Cant Be Ahead. “His wife dresses right np to the minute.” “Tea. but she keeps him three months behind on his bills.” MRS. KIESO SICK SEVEN MONTHS Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Aurora. 111.—“For seven long months I suffered from a female trouble, with rri n: < r i i 111 r 11111 n«• » i severe piiins in my back and sides until I became so weak I could hardiy walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I would jump at tho slightest noise. I was entirely unfit to do my house work, I was giving up hope of ever be ing well, when my sister asked me to cr> t-yaia l. nnknam s Vegetable Com pound. I took six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able to do mv own housework. I wish every surfering woman would try Lydia E.' Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and find out for themselves how good it is.”—Mrs. Carl A.^Kieso, 596 North Ave., Aurora, 111. The great number of unsolicited tes timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab oratory, many of which are from time to time published by permission, are proof of^ the value of Lydia E. Pink cam’s Vegetable Compound, in the treatment of female ills. Every ailing woman in the United States is cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (eonfiaentiaU. Lynn. Mass., for special advice. It is free, will bring you health and may save your life. WAS SIMPLE -WAR LUNCHEON’ Woman Wanted Something as Unpre tentious as Possible and She Got It at Ten Dollars a Piate. The matter of war rations depends entirely on the individual, as is indi cated by the fallowing story from New York: The other day one of the feminine customers of the Plaza hotel ap proached an assistant manager and told him that she wanted to give a “war luncheon"—something quite sim ple and unpretentious. “Yes. madam." said the assistant manager, mentally groaning at an an other example of thrift. ~Now.“ said the woman. “I want champagne served instead of cocktails while my guests"are in the reception rv- an. I want"—and she named a brut which costs S10 a quart. “And for luncheon I wan: s -me caviar"—and on and on she went, with the assist ant manager's pencil scratching busily as she talked and his spirits rising with each scratch. “How much?" she asked after she had explained the menu. “How much win that be?" The assitant manager made a hasty calculation. “Ten dollars a plate,"' he said. “Oh. dear!" she said. “Isn't food becoming almost prohibitive: There will be plates for twenty. Please have everything as simple as possible.” What Responsibility Dees. The saying runs that as soon as a lieutenant is made a commander he be gins to carry a stick, and as soon as a commander becomes a captain he “rums relicious.” For justification of the latter pan of this assertion there exists the undoubted fact that naval captains are mostly serious minded men who give some thought to the greater things of life. Possibly their hours of loneliness may conduce to this frame of mind, though for the most pan their leisure hours are given up to study of matters connected with their calling. One wt-ll-known captain there was who used to hold prayer meetings, which any member of the ship's com pany could attend. “Bemember there are no rates to be picked up here,” the captain would warn them before the meetings staned. meaning that any one who came there hoping to curry favor and thus get promotion would be disappointed. And in this the cap tain was always as good as his word. —London Mall. Couldn’t Pick His Job. “Why didn't you enlist?” “I couldn't decide whether I want to be a colonel or an admiral.” The average young man is ready to embrace an opportunity when it comes along tn the guise of a pretty girl. Speculation sounds more refined than gambling, but a fellow loses equally. Instant Postum A table drink that has taken the place of coffee in thousands of American homes. Delightful flavor Rich aroma Healthful Economical Sold by grocers everywhere.