The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-05

these, overtaken by lack of rest, fell
asleep.
The little waitress came into the room
again, saw the few officers remaining
were asleep. quickly picked up bum
die of the papers she saw lying on the
table and thrust them into the folds Of
her kimono. She had not the slight.
est idea of their Importance, or what
they were; but the officers had been in
such earnest discussion that she gain
ed the impression that they would be
useful to her Government.
The first train out of Port Arthur that
morning had among it's passengers the
little servant. who had disguised her.
self as a coolie.
Before the trains started the papers
had been missed. and file of soldiers
were drawn UP alongside of the waiting
cars, while an inspector made a hasty
search among the passengers. He did
not, however. detect the coolie, who
never WINGED during the search. The
girl had been favorite with
the officers, and had been
suspected only when 1t was learned she
had left. The search proving unavail-
ing, the train moved off toward Pekin.
Arriving at Pekin the strange look
ing little figure presented herself be-
fore the door of the Japanese legation.
A functionary tried politely to send her
off, but she persisted. She must see
the Minister.
But His Excellency is engaged.
Could not the honorable gentleman call
again?"
| The matter was very important. How
important his Excellency might know
| Finally the little spy was admitted
She told the whole story. Matters of
great Importance, indeed, were learned
and the .'coolie," replacing the strange
| mannish attire by the graceful kmono.
received sum Of money and was sent
to Japan. There her achievement was
loudly heralded and in her native town
| she soon became the center of curiosity
and admiration.
Pouches police during the First En-
pire were believed to be the perfection
of the spy system; but the Russian
| Third Section in modern times has been
| proved a better, for it is a popular i'm
preston, not so very far removed from
| fact, that one cannot whisper in Rus
STA without the police hearing It.
Theoretically the Third Section has
been abolished, but, as a matter of
| fact, 1t Is in a state of healthy activity:
but it's once autocratic power has been
/ taken from 1t. No longer is 1t the gov
eminent, but rather one of the spokes
in the governmental wheel At one
| time only the Gear himself rose supe-
rior to this terrible force, which could
Danish suspects" for life to the Sibe-
rian prisons. AS a secret service, how
ever, it is as efficient as 1t ever was, al
though it is not infallible. as has been
supposed by persons gifted with Wig
nrous Imagination.
The arms of the Third Section at all
times are clasped around the globe, al
though its cleverest representatives are
those bright women who abound in Eu-
rope. who exist on the excitement to
be derived by battling their wits
against those of others equally clever.
and by taking part in the delicate in
tricacies of European diplomacy: For
this particular work 1t has been found
that women are far more valuable than
men. They are Quick-witted, fearless
and full of resources. able instantly ia
detect a move and its full import, able
to checkmate attempts to destroy their
work and always outwardly the lovely
intellectual women without a care In
the world.
These women are to be met with
wherever fashionable people and off,
cials congregate in Europe-MonacC
and, in fact. all along the Riviera
There are hosts of Russians in exile. Ir
Paris the Nihilists meet unobstructec
by police but their every movement i:
reported to the Third Section in st
Petersburg.
A few years ago a certain Mile
Sense" was in Washington. She spoke
the purest Partisan, and readily passed
for a French woman. In Russia she /:
Nine Sitzki, one of the cleverest of th'
Cars women spies. She is n woman
of great beauty of high birth and per
feet breeding. While she was in Wash
ington she gave lessons in French t
children in several Of the emba ssies.
Nine. Macaborivitz. who is said to b'
the widow of Russian officer, Is con
sidered the most beautiful of the Car
women spies. She has been all owe
the world. and even has used her eye
and ears in Japan to the satisfaction o
her government
There is also in the list of clever wo
men Nine Nudge Hume a pretty co
uuette who has been on the River;
for years, where all the men have fall
: en- at her feet. Once II was reported
that she was engaged to an Englisl
l nobleman; but 1t appears she Tilted hin
for. British like. he had taken TIL
beauty too seriously.
most daring and adventurous wo
; man spy is the Baroness Mokana
: whose field of service has been in tn
dangerous Mohammedan countries II
Turkey she appeared as a dancing girl
, and pretending to be ignorant of tn
A langua Sc, was able to hear consider
able, which was retailed by her to he
t government. The Countess Karole
witch and Nine. Soski- Hunegan arr
E other famous women who have prieC
l into the secrets of international in
| trigues.