Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

stolen some confidential papers, and he wanted to
get them away from him without publicity. He
needed good clever woman to help him out the
job. L frightened up considerably. He asked me
to go home with him that he could give
photograph to identify my victim. | said would;
although | confess getting nervous, not being
quite sure what he was up to- He had begun paying
me compliments, and when German begins to get
sentnental-well, YOU know
Il took the subway with him, and went up to
I2oth-st There big apartment hotel there,
called the Dahia,-One of those marble hailed
affairs that look as if they were built of a dozen
different kinds of fancy soap, with red carpet and
awfuly funny oil paintings and negro hall boys sit
ting in Renaissance arm chairs l refused to go up
stairs Well. after awhile he came down the elevator
and handed me this photograph What do you
Think
She handed Astro cabinet photograph He
lifted his fine brows when he looked at it.
Lieutenant Cameron!
Valeska nodded. I'm to sCrape up an acquaint-
ance with him. get his confidence and then report
to Herr Beimer for final instructions. | wonder
what poor little Miss Mannering would say
She took off her sabes, her saucy fur toque, and
touched up her hair at the great Louis NV. mirror
at end of the studio.
Astro sat regarding the portrait in his hand He
looked up to say. Did you find out what his bust
ness was"
She whirled round to him "Oh, forgot, He's
the agent for big German firm, connected with the
krupps steel plant They control the rights to
new magazine pistol | was awtully interested IN
machinery, you know. 1t bored me to death; but l
listened half an hour to his description of
munitiOn hoist for battesh1ps
A STRO suddenly impregnated with energy.
All! he intoned. You didn't remember that
the Krupps stand in with the German Government
and have the biggest subsidies and contracts in the
world? He wants you to make up to a construction
officer in the United States navy, does he? He needs
a clever woman! l should say he did! Was Herr
Beiner sober?"
Perfectly so far as l could see, except for his
sentimentaity. OF course he bit ELUSIVE. you
know.
Yes see. 1t wasn't his night 1t was Haskels
night, whoever Haskell is! But l think We II have
to hurry This looks more serious than thought at
first. | shall sleep at No East 3d-st. tonight
And meanwhile l have nice job of forgery for
you, Vaeska. l wish you'd practise copying this
writing till you write short note that will pass
for Lieutenant's Cameron handwriting
He took letter from a drawer. The enveop
addressed to Miss Violet Mannering. Valeska took
it and read it carefully. 1t single sheet
torn from double page, and read partly as follows
believe that just everything somehow differ
ent at n1ght-when farther than by day toI
the ?-when emotions reer,-
there worlds in which it is possible to exist
One the dreay every day place of business and duty
and pain the other free from suffering Don't
enter that occult world night through dreams
where there such thing conscience! There
consequences there No doubt it's dangerous place be-
cause is abnormal but its exploration fascinating Why
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