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STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS
' TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX_
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| The Kaiser's Plans j
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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*
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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.
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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
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has taken the
place of coffee
in thousands of
American homes.
Delightful flavor
Rich aroma
Healthful
Economical
Sold by grocers everywhere.