Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-24

and discreet. If it were known that
warned you would be severely pun
ished."
The first feeling was that of indigna-
ton, and l had strong desire to go over
to the understood and mean looking fell
low and offer to punch his head for a
cent. The waiter turned pale as l laid
down my knife and fork, and while
making a great show of serving me
whispered:
at will be six months or year in
that. Iwarned you because l like Amer
leans. Do not get me into trouble and
do nothing rash yourself"
When l left the place kept an eye out
for the spy, and / soon discovered that
he was acting as my shadow During
the afternoon he followed me in and ont
of dozen different places and was at
my heels when l returned to the hotel
After supper l was ready for him. 1t
was summer time, and | got into pub
lie vehicle and told the driver that
wanted to ride for three hours, and that
he might select his own route. The spy
followed in another carriage. and l felt
considerably elated at leading him a
wild goose chase. Next morning as
was ready to go out the proprietor of the
hotel, who was Russian German, but
could speak English very well, came to
me i'll an abject way and said:
"You will please excuse me, but the
police are very inquisitive just now, and
and
They have been making inquiries
about me? All right. Tell them to fire
away. What you can't tell 'em l can"
You will lease excuse me, but they
have the authority to open trunks and
+ inspect all baggage"
"All right again. Here are the keys
of my trunk. In case they want to over
haul it send 'em right up"
"Ah-good! am much relievedl That
proves you are all right! You will ex-
cuse me, know, but the police are very
suspicious and have great power. You
will no longer be followed"
But | was. The fact of my inviting
investigation at once struck the police as
a very suspicious matter. They proba-
bly, argued that if | had any compro-
missing documents or internal machines
had turned them over to confederates
OF was carrying them on my person.
was no sooner out of the hotel than saw
the spy got into cab and ordered
the driver to drive straight out into the
country for three hours before turning.
| was thus gone six hours from the hotel,
and the carriage of the spy was always
in sight.
At the hotel found an American who
had just arrived that morning-a man
from Stamford, Conn, named Joshua H.
Bidwell. He was the inventor of the
wire clothesline, and having patented it
in England, France, Germany and other
foreign countries had arrived in Russia
with the same object in view. He was
a man of forty, a thorough Yankee from
top to bottom, and had scarcely shaken
hands with him when he informed me
that he "didn propose to knuckle down
10 the GEAR or any other Russian COL
burned lhnu ;kle, whether he got patent
or not" told him how had been fol
lowed and advised him not to depend too
much on the American eagle for protec-
ton, but he bristled up and replied;
I'm hear ON straight business, am.
I'm here to patent and sell the right to
manufacture the only galvanized wire
clothesline ever invented. Warranted
not to rust in any climate No props
needed, and they never break. Can be
left out doors the year round, and light
ming never strikes house where one OF
these lines is strung in the back yard.
Nothing to get out of order, and the cost
is only 10 per cent above cotton OF
hemp. If the police let me alone shan't
hurt nobody. but il they tackle me