The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31

Skctchch clcNcriy ana diNertinBly. All this re
d%cfcnccs and masked his runs in this fashion
Sinplicissimus, warily makes ready for the at
TACK. II is "A dclighv to observe how he works
himself up To The critical moment OF action.
Outside wind and snow whirlcd through the
r TyS Va n siny garden Within however.
the reddish brown punch which the doctor had
bicwcd according 10 his own secret recipe. lie
old fox. Outside Of our party there was moi n
soul IN the restaurant, and that was Just to our
full rein TO our mood. But no-thorc at a little
table by the pillar sat a lone man a young fcl.
low Of go or thGreab3ut, should say, whose
smooth fnce and long blonde hair led us TO sur.
mise that he was Il musician or an artist. lie
was the only other, person in the place and. re.
mHrkNbIN enough, lac had come IN at the same
time with us. But he was "a harmless fellow:
hr sat there with his back half.turncd to us and
with his face, deep in the sheets of the morning
newspaper. We were not disturbed By his
presence. In fact, when he seemed to catch
our jolly mood and turned his smiling face
II full glass and asked him to empty IL to the
health OF the man whose birthday we We're
cclcbratinE or course one docs such a thing
well, there was no doubt that in this case
we had TO do with an educated man. That was
evident, in tho manner of the young fellow as
he took tho. punch, came over and pumped
glasses with the doctor. He gave his name
]FCiGmGnn' or something Of the sort and at our
two vacant ones rs IL to mark politely his iso.
lated, position in our group, Then, as he lis.
l'llti, i' aug I'l N''llh. ullu uThnR Ills 1lnCn
in little rippy sips. The counsellor had as.
suinnd the duties of master of ceremonies and
and and mot nSni weary To Of a 9lI' he i 2IT q Eu Sis s. El%ss again
hiliaatc the young man, who in n short time
was in the. proper birthday mood. Ordinarily
the counsellor was so t~aciturn that we had al.
most to draw the words from, his tongue with
pinccrs. but In this case he was 30 talkativo
that We could hardly believe our ears.
The doctor had brcwcd his punch for tho
third time, The conversation grow quicker.
Stories and jokes of all kinds were told. Now
utNlf than tltt..Nn nYtn1n Nc ,.n 40 .--l
and md e taS%' mSEGN we c SSraSG Back 3EH to tIo sr in,tG odsi.
tion Of the day, the Political Police"
WIN this in!roduction Simplicissimus has
conventional. according TO German standards,
than this local color, Of punch. beer, landlord.
suspicious as the country ball or cricket match
with which the English writer OF short stories
story has its background of serrowing love and
Der Spit2cl' has its substance of sorrowful pOl.
i ltnS; SimPlie csd swung away gradually
the serious work in hand:
Each OF rs gave his opinion Of this institu.
ton and its Importance in state affairs. Nearly
every one had an instance OF its activity to re-
late from his own, experience.
Nov; counsellor, what have you to sayf
remarked the army surgeon. turning to our
man of silence.
'-lfter this gentleman said the lawyer
with n motion toward our guest.
Tho stranger cleared his throat and with
the vcnturcsomc spirit which the wine had
given him, began his story.
- S'' $3.50 Nv .hih " ", why U III
PRODUCTION. OF course | could tell YOU many
stories, for ! have a friend in the secret police
varied activity. There is. for instance. a neat
little stOry,-an anecdotc, ] might say-regard-
ing an affair Of recent date; II is authoritative,
lpI my TREND was one OF tSe principals in II,
You know OF Duke $. OF course. the man.
abovt-town.'
He let his voice sink suddenly and put his
hand TO his mouth.
Vel this Young gentleman had become
betr2thcd 10 the Princess O.. 1t was an affair
OF FurDDIln lmnnrtnnTn vnptlpn,np ~ ,-a,,
understand. one day a small tinted
note, was delivered to the Duke. 1t was from
an nd friend. u woman who lived IN X street.
she had been the sole guardian of many tick
iish tural secrets, and she had an idea of turn
Ing them to account. The Duke had IA liking for
fouhG, ,Woneii-Ncry young wotncn-and she
had aided him in making their acquaintance.
5aratrnph so and 80, criminal statutes, you un:
her usefulness to him appeared TO be at an end,
that she should stir his fears "A little and open
at once to Paul Girnrdi You know the detec.
."Mhew. 10000 marks" exclaimed Girardi
wouldn't stick TO that If we should try 10
settle i; However, what we must do is TO turn
criminal charscs-attorupted blackmaii and
gross immortality. Let's take gross immoral
i,y: Then your serene Hiehness viii not be
III any way by the proceedings
" The Duke brcathcd u long sigh OF relief.
on the same day .Girardi reported the case in
full detail, and within ,twenty.four hours my
friend and another official were out in pursuit
of the Dukes female friend. Now how long.
Eea ,hn;r g, do you SUPPOSE it WINS before they
Eight anxious, disagreeable weeks. They were
out after her night and day, in ali possible and
loalinR in restaurants, and standing about street
corners. Al last they found her in IA little nest
1uaintance and, after displaying large rolls of
bills, obtained invitations TO visit her in her
city house. On the next day they all met in the
detectives were received with considerable
spicndor., but no sooner had, the second cork
presently with a pretty l5year.oId
girl whom she had induced to visit her for the
OF learning a new kind OF embroidery"
mus the story Is spun along in the rather free
style of DE ucN am -HoRtdO until the moral
of the. Duke and his friend is fully
it is intended to nail the Duke publicly to his
inquiry ana EXPOSE him to the scorn Of the
world, i may be forgiven. When the Dukes
habits have been exposed in adequate detail,
ne guest is allowed to conclude his narrative
And this horrible creature received her dc.
scrts.i0ur years in prison, gentlemen
:. ,But the young Dukcf put in one listener.
The Duke, interposcd the counsellor. An,
-
Having stabbed the Duke back and front, and
declared that the Empcror's brother.in-law is
better fitted for the prison cell than for the
marriage altar. Die u II am MOntug returns
Of the Duke is supposed to be merely an incl
dent: It's innocent manner in doing this is cal
10 deceive even the elect OF Berlin 20
c!ety. Here is the conclusion, following i'm
the COunscllor's remark about
Dukes and prison cells:
And now. resumed the Counsellor, as I
promised TO tell my story after our guest should
linlail his. ] viii proceed to do so by competing
inc interesting narrative with which he has
Us. The lawyer who defended the
Dukes female friend in this case urged with
out ccasinE that the Duke himself should be
chlicd, as witness at the trial. Thereby he
brought down on himself in court IL sharp call
TO order and a fine, which, of course, ne richly
deserved. Ent that apparently was not enough.
since the t,ial the Crown officials apparently
nave regarded that lawyer as II dangerous man.
lie takes hardly II step without being Swallowed
aud spiel on.
" The carefully watched lawyer whom |
nave described, gentlemen, is your humble SER
AM. MY, own particular spy and shadow Is
me agreeable individual who has cnt art aimed us
80 cnpably with the story of the Duke. He is
The man who pursued and arrested the Dukes
Ola accONipllcc in crime. See, here is his
pictmrc, taken in Prcnzlau during the chase
Tho counsellor handed out n cabinet photo
graph OF group, and We eagerly put our heads
together over it,. liG was right. There was
ne man, line for line. When we looked UP from
the picture tocoInpare II with the original, Inc Shy
was gone, OnIy the heel Of his boot was visible
TO us Is me door crcakcd TO between Us and his
That Is The Spy" as wri, ten for Die UcIt
am lIOufuU by SiIiIlirissinn,a II 6iapI.y 49,