The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-13
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IN the matter Mr. Claiborne seemed
very much pleased to have my compa.
ny on the voyage and offered hfs moth.
er's and sisters hospitality during my
stay In England.
! was offered afpassage across the
ocean and ample funds for other ex-
penses by my employers. hut Mr.. Ca
thorne knew that I was not able TO
travel extensively 50 ! chose one OF the
poorest staterooms and declined to ac-
cept anything from the Russian Elm.
bassy until / had finished my work.
Fortunately had enough for the pur-
pose saved from my salary. / offered
to resign my position In the navy de.
partment, but on account OF my IN.
theirs services was given. a leave OF
absence. l learned afterward that
those who sent ME on my mission were
much puzzled at my declining to be fur.
nished with funds. But they contin-
ued to be puzzled till they heard def
nitely from De later, for gave them
no satisfactory explanation I.ialso
learned that from this time they began
10 doubt me and took measures 70 get
the Information they desired through
other parties. t
Mr.. Claiborne was devoted to me on
the voyage. He talked about every.
thing except diplomacy, on which he
maintained n rigid silence / did not
make the slightest attempt to draw
him out I'm that line. Any effort to do
so would have aroused suspicion. But
II was not In accordance with my
plan to draw him out. Something far
deeper was In my mind. Besides,
soon learned from him what was nee
essary for me to know. He told me
that he would remain at home only
long enough to make report ut the
foreign office In London, after which
he would take little trip on the CON
tinent. / well knew that this meant
q visit to the sultan OF Turkey
Everybody knows what an ocean
voyage Is for matchmaking We had
not reached England before Mr..
Claiborne and l were engaged In what
In America we call Irritation. The
flirting. however. IL it really was fllrt-
ing, was all on one side. An English
man is not an adept In such affairs.
The game mt which he is especially
expert Is not the game OF love, but OF
diplomacy. / was content, for the
time being at least, to let him have his
own way at the game OF diplomacy
provided l could have mine ut the
game of love.
had not been 10 England eighteen
hours before 1 received an invitation
from n sister of Mr.. Cathorne to visit
the family home, near London.
fDent several days there. during
which. l fear, the visiting was rather
between Mr. Claiborne and me than
between me and his mother and sis
ters. Our affair reached crisis one
evening when he told me that he must
IIl over the next morning to Paris
q business. Before going he told me
That / had been hoping for--not his.
diplomatic secret. but that he wished
lie to be his wife.
Before parting with him that even
ing--I was not to see him the, next
rnorning-he admitted that he was go
Ing farther than Paris. l asked him
IL he was going still farther, and he
finally admitted that he would not
stop till he reached Constantinople.
asked him why he was going there,
and he declined to tell me. l remon-
strated with him, saying that prom
ised wife should share-all her fiance's
secrets. .4e.
mot his governments secrets"
l threw my arms around his neck,
laughed and said:
You're going to Constantlnople on
the matter of a treaty between Eng
land and Turkey"
Disengaglng himself from me, he
looked at me with establishment
l told him that l had been employed
by whom | would not say--to get
knowledge of that treaty; that l had
accepted the offer for the fun of the
thing and had declined to receive even
the money for my expenses. He de-
manded to know who had employed
me, and refused to answer. That,
would be dishonorable
Had l set out with the intention OF
spying upon him his love for me
would have turned TO hate, even
though l had weakened on the Way
through love for him. My action was
to him. He became
convinced that l had had from the
irst no intention of getting any diplo-
matte knowledge from him, but he
,ould not understand the reason gave
lin for entering upon the matter at
I'll. told him had yielded to a de-
lire to see something of the undercur-
ent Of diplomatic life. 1t was not re-
narkable that he did not understand
his, for there was another reason I'M
Terrifying the first. ff,f tff
And now 1t Is time that give this
eason. Before made up my mind
o accept the Russian offer felt pref
Y sure that Edward Claiborne was to
e the man was to prey upon. had
cen him often. and the moment first
boxed upon him the little god shot
ne of his deadly arrows into me. But
had not had an opportunity Of meet
ne the man l worshiped The Rus
Ian offer | regarded. as possible
leans, at least an oDt,ortunjty. 10 win