New-York tribune., 1910-02-20
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which as I soon discovered, he was watching
nv every movement.
All right, my friend. ForewarneG IS fore
armed II give YOU the slip directly, /
thought, and went on with nv meal, affecting
l. le absorbed n q German newspaper. which
lSbled the waite to b-InC me.
In the ordinary course should have met peo-
re knew. Tor the cafe was freQuented by most
Of the foreign Journalists II Petersburg; but
the hour was early for breakfast, and the spy
and had the place 70 ourselves for the present.
l knew that | should communicate the fact
that Anne was II Petersburg to Grand Duke
LC-iS as soon as possible, II the hope that he
might know or guess who were her captOTS and
where they were taking her, but II was 1npera-
tive that I should exercise the utmost caution
A FTER We reached Petersburg. and before he
left ne, Mishka had, IS his master had
promised. given me instructions As to how was
70 send private message 70 the Duke II case OF
necessity. He took ne 70 a house on q mean
street near the Is1nailskal PrOspekt, not hall
q mile from the place | was arrested that morn
my. Of which the ground floor was poor class
cafe FREQ uented chiefly by workmen and stu
dents.
You viii 60 TO the place I shall show you"
he had rlf0r1lleG me beforehand, and call for
glass OF tea. just like anyone else. Then As YOU
pay Tor II, YOU drop CoIn-so- You vii pick
Il rp, or the waiter vii: Il IS all one, that
a-VOue nav drop 4 coin accidentally. now, II
you were lust an ordinary customer, nothing
would happen. the waiter would keep near.
your u bic Tor minute OF two, and that Is ali.
But + you are on business, YOU viii ask him, Is
NIcolaI Stefauovitch here to-day?' Or you
may say any name YOU think Of; q common
one Is best. He VIII answer, At what hour
should he be here and YOU say, / do not
know when he TetUTns-trom his work or
from Wilma OF elsewhere. that un1mpOr-
cant. Ike the name. But the questions must
1t put So. and there must be the pause between
the two words TetUTns-IToIn Just tor one
beat of the clock Is II were, or while one blows
ones nose OF lights cigarette Then he VII!
know vou are one OF Us, and VIII 60 away And
presently one vii come and sit at the IA bic and
say. ! an 50 and so, the name you men
toned He viii drink his tea, and you viii 60
out together and Il II IS q note YOU VIII pass II
o. him so that none shall see. OF II Il IS mes
e YOU VIII tell It h1rn very quietly
We rehearsed the shIDbCIerl II my room l
did II right the first time muCn TO MIshka S sat
lst.ct50rl. and when reached the cate he let
me be spokesman Within three minutes d
"a sve-oue looking workman n red blouse
lounge 115 TO our table ordered his glass OF tea,
nodded 20 me as Il / Was an oIG acquaintance,
anG 1lutJered the formula
He and I had gone out together. leaving
N-sl14 II the caft--SIuCe II Russia three men
wal KING and CCnVersIng together are pound 70
t,e eyed sIlsyiCiouslv.-and my new acqualnt-
arre remarked
There Is no message. as know. This IS but
trial and vo, have done well. If there should
p, a letter, a cigarette, with the tobacco hang
lg little loose at each end" he rolled one as
Ire spoke and made d slovenly job OF It, ' IS an
excellent enveIop and one that we understand
W had separated AZ the end or the street, |
and NIshka rejoIned me later Al my hotel But
! had not needed 70 trV the shlbDOieth since,
though I had dropped into the cafe more than
once and drank my glass of tea-without drop |
ping . coin And now the moment had come |
when 7 must test the method Of communication |
as speedily as possiblei
DTEP WI