Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-26
THE WRONG MAN.
Nv NJ. QUAD.

MI GQpYr1Ehf, 19Uu, Dy ". b. Lewis.
Twas at Stockholm simply as tour
dst andssightseer, and was all alone
4 bad no idea Of meeting any one
knew, and a surprise awaited me on
Ehes first night of my arrival when
maDsmhom / clearly saw was Po-
lanaewedged along UP to me on,t7le We
randaof the hotter as smoked my CT
gar and said:
You are discretion itself, Mr. Grel-
ling. You have registered under an
other name. How were matters in
London when you left?"
81 don't exactly understand you" l
replied as looked him over and made
sure that we hadsneyer met before.
Il admire your caution, he said with
laugh, 'sbut you need have no fear of
me. Youesee / have myacredentials."
He took card from his pocket on
(which was inscribed three capital lt-
tiers of the Greek language with Gu
rious scrawl beneath and as l looked
without being able to make head o.
tail of the thing he whispered:
1.-THE Others will be here inside of
two days, and we will have a meeting.
/ have been here three days, and iinc
nothing to alarm me. / trust matters
In Londomare all right?"
ssAs far as | know l replied as re-
turned his card and wondered whether
heswas trying to cheek me or had real
ly4mistal1en me for somebody else
Good. We can settle all the details
In an hour after the Others get here. 1t
will be as we'll that we are not seen to-
gether, but I will notify YOU when We
are ready.
When he had gone, l made Up my
mind that he had mistaken me for an
other man, but l could not quite catch
on to his expressions. He was evident
ly in Stockholm by appointment. and
others were to arrive later, and Mr..
Grelling, who was probably an Eng
Lishman, was mixed up in the affair, il
not the leader. The matter puzzled
and annoyed me for half an hour, and
then | dismissed it from my mind.
Three hours later, as l retired to my
room, hhe stolid faced and wooden
headed waiter who carried my light
hung about in queer way after set
ting the candle down, and l finally
gave him small coin and waved him
out. Instead of going he whispered to
me.
Il wish to warn you. Strange men
have been here for a week. | think
they are waiting for you"
.sBut who can be looking for me?" l
queried in reply.
'You know best Good night and
God save you. will keep my eyes and
ears open for YOU
/ wanted TO question the man, but he
hurried away and left me more befog-
ged than before. l spent an hour try
ing to figure out som9 satisfactory con-
clusion and then fell asleep. Next
morning at breakfast the same man
waited on me. / had a little table by
myself, and while bringing my dishes
the waiter whispered in my ear:
sThe two strange men are at the
fourth table. l am sure they are Rus
sian spies and will watch you
Now | had the key to the mystery.
There was some sort of conspiracy
on foot, probably against the peace of
the Car, and the conspirators were to
meet at 8tockholm. From what I had
read ,ahd heard of such affairs the
plans and plots generally originated in
England or Switzerland, but these men
had selected nearer ground. Their plot
I must have been suspected, or the Rus
sian spies would not have been there.
Yes, the two men were Russians, and
though their idea seemed to be to pass
for merchants they MADE poor show
ing at it. l don.t pretend to say that
spy can always be spotted offhand, but
| do assert that after one of them has
followed the occupation for several
years there are many ways in which he
betrays his calling to an observing eye.