royal patient, forbidding any one else access to the private
apartments. However, in spite of all precautions, the story of what
had really occurred in the picture gallery eventually leaked
out--it is said through a maid of honour, who heard it from the
Empress.

The third appearance of the White Lady of the Hohenzollerns to the
Kaiser did not take place at either of the palaces, but strangely
enough, in a forest, though exactly where situated has not been
satisfactorily verified.

In the middle of the month of July, 1914, while the war-clouds were
darkening every hour, the Emperor's movements were very unsettled.
He was constantly travelling from place to place, and one day--so
it was afterwards said in Berlin--while on a hunting expedition, he
suddenly encountered a phantom female figure, dressed in white,
who, springing apparently from nowhere, stopped in front of his
horse, and blew a shadowy horn, frightening the animal so much that
its rider was nearly thrown to the ground. The phantom figure then
disappeared, as mysteriously as it had come--but that it was the
White Lady of the Hohenzollerns, come, perchance, to warn Wilhelm
of some terrible future fate, there was little doubt in the minds
of those who afterwards heard of the occurrence.

According to one version of the story of this third appearance, the
phantom was also seen by two officers who were riding by the
Emperor's side, but the general belief is that she manifested
herself, as on the two former occasions, to Wilhelm alone.

There are many who will not believe in the story, no doubt, and