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Show I EX-KING SPLNDS I TO MOID TAKES H BERLIN. Sept. 21. (Correapond- H encei Former King Fardlnand of H Bulgaria fearing the Inroads of the H tax-gatherer, t erjoving hi Watt H spending tt. . 1 H At Mrrjcnthfim, whl- h he U xtsitlng I for the aWe of the mnml spring. H ha laada a Jovial and unconcerned e- H i.tence in triMn rontrt in 'h H rlolaterort neclUPinn of ih former H -.rmn Emj.crvt At Amerongen. Coder Ihe nunm of Coun n lu-raim). lu-raim). as a writer in th" Zorlf-I'hrblatt. Zorlf-I'hrblatt. Pardtnaad i rcldlng at IhS Kurhaua together with his suite composed com-posed of ehaplaln. chamberlain, chauffeur, chauf-feur, footman, valet and private secre. tar- HU lavish expenditure hps made him popular tn tho town anil urrollnll ing counio. whers ihe vUlagen aaa & Ihlni ati i-mi'Vm of the 'rrod old i'lf'"' nj (reel him wlh .li-er as hi driven paat In -an automobile. The fact that the lirltlnh aovern-; aovern-; mcnt has released the former king's I sequestrated propertv Is known all and h earned for him the reputation frequently cmUnrraMinn, ,,f being fab-I fab-I oloualy rich. Ills chief purchases are I books, bronxj . picture and Jewels His secretary haa a difficult task In kerplns off ihe host of ponpl- who jwant private audience on business lihininey sweep, for inslaau . lii- covered ths secret of turning dumr.i: smoke Into high elaa boot polish and wants Km l-erdinand to advance him 1.000 marks for the exploitation of the In v enUon. Someone also hag indented an eer-burnli.c eer-burnli.c match and he wants money from the king to convert thl theory Into practice. Tlur secretary has much tii.nl. I.- to mak- n U-ur that his master mas-ter has flpallj retireil from business, cither aspirants to munlflcenr avoid tho eoOBomlemll) minded secretary and waylay Kerdlnand on his motor excursions. excur-sions. A man whose ambition in life was to shake hands with royalty received one day a i-rrd ont-nlbly frjn the Count on ' Aluranny InMtlng him to an audience. OVCfJ he huriK- l t. the Kurhaua in fro k. oat and tall hat. Tn- l.-tlni of an hum did not obtain Ihe longvd for audlenc-e but Instead four Ml mark note whi- h IVr-lin-land went out to ftlm a consolation monay. J |