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green and gold uniform and hunc wit,

owing to some unavoidable circum-
stances which annot be controlled. we
shall be compelled to detain you a
short while. We regret It,, but it is UNI
avoidable."
cheney looked the man over care
fully. and then carelessly lit a cigar.
Ma one was allowed to leave the cars,
but gazing out the window ne saw
several men in plain clothes looking
over passports. baggage and indiyid-
uals. 1t was evident someone was be-
ing looked for.
Third section" Cheney
10 himself as he smoked and read. An
inspector came in and said:
Your passport. monsieur. please"
Without raising his eyes from his
book he handed the inspector the little
leather case containing his passport. 1t
twas carefully read and handed back
with "A polite THANK YOU" cheney
could feel he. too. was being looked
over. but ne never turned a hair. Two
hours were consumcd-and as Cheney
afterwards learned. two men had been
turned back. A few moments more
and they were in Russia. That night
Cheney stopped in WARSAW, but MOTH
ing untoward happened there. Poor,
downtrodden Poland contained no mil
itary secrets of note. True, some day
the Poles would rise and regain their
liberty. but that day was far distant.
Moscow was Cheney's next stop. and
here the trouble began. He a hard
ly been in the Anglo-Russ hotel ten
minutes before there was a knock on
the door of his room.
Come in he said.
In came NJ. Dobrowsky. as shown by
the card. DobrOwsky looked like a
Partisan fashion plate.
You are Mr.. Bradley?"
Yes. sir" replied Cheney. Wont
| you sit downo"
.'sI,,~l. ,.-., ..:
sitting on the edge of a chair. holding
his silk hat over his knees. MI. Brad
ley he continued. in perfect English.
General Trepoff, whose office I rep
resent. has asked me to interview you"
is General Trepor an editor"
smlllngly asked Cheney. He new he
wasn't.
No: ah! no. Mr.. Bradley, General
Irepoff is military governor here in
MOSCOW" Cheney knew he was a pre-
feet of police as we'll.
on said Cheney. with the same
lnscrutable smile on his face. and what
does General Trepoff want of me?"
Merely wants to know, Mr.. Brad
ALL"
AT present. Mr.-er-Monsieur Do
browsky. l am doing nothing at all. 1
only arrived yesterday"
"But how long are you going to
stay"?"
That's a question. sir. don .
know
Yes. thank you" said NJ. Dobrow-
sky. bowling himself out. Carefully
Cheney looked out of the window. He
saw his visitor leave. and I'm passing
IL man standing across the street. he
made an almost iimperceptible sign.
Watched" muttered Cheney Well.
let's see who wins out
A little while later he took Il walk.
going up to look at the Kremlin. A
mirror cleverly arranged in the end
oi ms walking stick revealed the fact
that he was followed by three men.
They must thini. I'm damned inn
portant." he unused.
When he returned to the hotel he
found his suit case had been inspected.
Everything had been replaced. but his
trained eye noted at once one or two
slight discrepancies.
~ that's their game" he thought.
His sleep was undisturbed tina
night and next morning ne again took
a stroll and drive around the city.
Mu!titudes of sentinels forbade his
finding out anything about ports,
troops or military matters. He reached
his hotel about II o'clock and found his
friend D~abrowsky awaiting him. Three
of Dabrowsky's men had Swallowed
him all morning.
Again. Monsieur Bradley, l greet
you"
so ! see. said Cheney dryly.
"Howdy?"
General Trepoff will feel honored if
you Will call on him this afternoon at
three"
Cheney was about to tell Dabrowsky
II General Trepoff wanted to see him
he could cone to the hotel, but his
better judgment indicated it would not
be We'll To antagonize the general.
The honor IS mine. Mr.. D~abrowsky.
Say 20 the general III be there"
Cheney was there. and was ushered
INTO the presence of Trepoff. TrepofY,
whose name afterwards became a
synonym of everything that was
cruel: Trepoff who afterwards met !
death At an assassin's hand. He was
n distinguished looking gentleman. be- !
w~hiskered. be-uniformed and be-med- |
aied. His cordiality was extreme and |
his English perfect.
Monsieur Bradley. I am honored."
THE honor is mine general said
Cheney. taking the prcfre-ed hand and |
sitting down.
II am informed you are Il journalist
Monsieur Bradley"
Yes, general"
And the natur of your visit to Rus
STA at this time is to collect and coilate
articles?"
Yes. general"
Cheney wanted the general to do the
talking.
What kind of facts and information
DO you want. MIR. Bradley? Perhaps
can help you 10 get mem
You are most kim general. but I
won't bother you"
You are going to write of physical
Russia or political Russia"
"Maybe both. general"
What periodicals and papers do you
write for. Mr.. Bradley"
e smiled Wei yo,, COO Coz,
eral Trepof. in America l am what is
known as Il tramp journalist have
no regular connecticut write an ar
ticle and sell it as 1 can