Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-03
spy business the same stolid facet
waiter slipped into my room with pal.


waiter slipped into my room with pail.
face and whisperingly exclaimed:
Those spies are following you every
where. For Gods sake be careful.
Ali, me, but who could have put them
on the scentw
See here, Hans | said as put my
hand ON his shoulder, syou are evident
ly on the inside of this affair." and
wish you would tell me what in the
devil it all means. Has your gang
planned to rob bank, steal a steam
boat or upset the Russian government?
don't like to go it blind this way"
He looked at me open mouthed for
half a minute, and then broad grin
stole over his face. He thought was
playing off on him to test his prudence
and loyalty.
"You will carry 1t through all right"
he finally said with many heavy mods
of his head, and he went away looking
very well pleased.
At the end~of another "a hours got
a further insight into the mystery. I
had strolled into another hotel three or
four blocks away to examine the regis
ter, as a globe trotter invariably does
for no reason he can explain, when a
traveller entered who might have been
my twin brother as far as outward ap-
pearances went. He was of my height
and weight, had the same colored eyes,
hair and mustache, and I believe our
own mothers would have wondered
which was which. He stared at me,
and stared back, and | wandered
back to my own hotel, knowing that
the real man from London had arrived.
An hour later the Pole came to me in
great funk He had confused the two
of us, as well he might, and given his
little affair away to a stranger He
started out to say something, but
stopped him with:
81 have seen your chief and know
how the mistake came about. Nothing
you said to me will go farther. What
you are up to don't know and don't
want to know, but don't mix me up in
it. Good day."
He mumbled blessings on my head
and disappeared to be seen no more,
nor did the twin brother call on me or
send me any word My waiter was
also knocked out when he discovered
that mistake had been made, but a
few words quieted him. The Russian
spies must have had bad time of it
trying to settle on the right man, but
they finally decided in my favor. The
Englishman was free from surveil-
lance, while / was dogged closer than
before.
At the end of a week and while they
er enjoying it, there was fire aboard
of ship in the harbor. 1t was about 8
O'Clock at night, and a great crowd
gathered on the wharfs to watch the
confagrati9n. made one Of the num-
Der, and in my anxiety to secure good
view mounted the bows of a smart
looking brig lying at wharf. | was
hardly over the rail before two men
followed and seized me and hustled me
down into the cabin. They were the
Russians who had been spying on me.
OF courseI made every form OF protest,
but was run into stategD0lil and
locked up, and within an hour the brig
was out ef the barlaor II seemed as if,
she had simply been waiting my arriy-
al on board. We had been under way
a couple Of hours when my door was
opened, and | was ordered to step out.
found the captain of the brig, the two
spies and a Russian government official
awaiting me.
have told you that the Englishman
ana looked to be twins, but had not
had time to look for little details. As
sat down opposite the Russian official
he began comparing my description and
appearance with written description,
and at the end of five minutes he rose
up and thundered at the two spies:
sDolts! Idiotsl Blunderers. You
have arrested the wrong mani This is
not the Englishmanp'
There was a row to beat the band for
the next ten minutes. The spies pro-
tested that answered the description
given them and had carried off the
character in all ways. and the official
shouted at them:
Las hC u uiO1C OAl lA0 1COC0
his left eyelid droop little? Is there
scar on his right hand thumb? Oh,
you blunderers and incompetents, but
you will be rewarded for this!p'
IF not too much troubles" | said to
the official as he got through storming,
twill you kindly explain why an Amer
ican citizen has been made prisoner in
this fashion? OF what am | guilty? If
guilty of anything, by what authority
do you take the law in your own
hands?"
was told that it was a mistake, but
got no other satisfaction The brig
was put about. but as the wind fell we
did not make the harbor until after
daylight. Then | was dumped on the
wharf without apology. walked
straight to the American consul and
told him the story. and his reply was
why, man, you had best thank your
stars instead of looking for an az 9gy.
When the Russian officials get hold Of
the wrong man by mistake he is gen
orally sent to Siberia to cover up the
blunder."
Later on / found that the English
man and his party left Stockholm the
same evening, but where they went
and what sort of a conspiracy they had
on hand I never ascertained.
copyright 1900, BY c. 3. Icwis.l
Her Love Songs.
The "Sonnets of the Portuguese
rett Browning, were never intended pr
publication bnt when she showed Them
10 Mr.. Browning whom she had mar
ried after they We're written, he real
lied the fact that in them was sung
the most perfect love song the world
lad ever heard, and he concluded such
poems should not be hidden. Mrs.
Browning was unwilling to publish
them in her own name, and as he was
fond of calling her his little Poitu-
guese" it was decided to have them ap-
near ilnf5pr flhi< panap They nre I,a-s