The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-26
TATrooED FOR LOVER TRAITOR
rIANs OF FoRTIFlcATIoNs OF THE ENEMY CARRIED On. THE
SHOULDERS OF A FAIR WOMAN.

the truth. He saws hf outlines. of the
outer part Of the: f~ortfirations tatooed
near the girls neck. He investigated
further. and found THE complete plan
Of the Notifications of Poser brought
up to the present moment.
The general gazed at. the work with
all the satisfaction that u military exc
pert could feel In such a prospect.
Here vas the most valuable inform
possibly secure. It would be his spe-
cial duty in case OF war to make the
first attack on Posen. Its dcfenses
were now completely revealed to him.
We know that military commanders
always obtain more or less informa-
ton about the enemy's defenses. but
rarely is the complete plan of a. cri-
teal position laid. before them.
l. The general saw where the. could
ing. under fire OF the big guns. for
every fertilization must have some
weak spot. He noted the projecting
angles of. the. fosscs which could be
most easily captured by. assault, 70
He saw where he could mine under
the enernN's defenees, and where he
might v blow up. the magazines.
No detail was hidden from his
pert y a..
Doubtless the generals professional
satisfaction was not unnlfXed with a
little personal; pleasure. He looked
long and closely at the plans. He
noted with 10. the position Of every
angle. curve, and sally of the forth
= !. q.
He made an extremely careful copy
of tire plan Of the fortitications and
finally he paid Ida the $4,000 promis.
cd with many expressions of sa~ttsf2c-
tion. " -:
The girl rcturned as promptly as
possible TO her lover in. Posen. They
planned to 60 away. to America and
money gained. which appeared to
them n fortune.
Rut Schorvedcr had already fallen
under tho suspicion: of the authorities.
His conversations with the Russian
agent had been observed. His superb
ors searched his dwelling for plans
and discriminating documents. but
could find nothing. He was continual
~ Swallowed. -.
The unaccountable signs of pros.
pcrity that followed tho return OF Ida
Mullcrthal caused suspicion to grow
much stronger. Acting suddenly and
secretly. as usual in all cases affecting
the military security of the country.
the authorities arrested Schorveder
and Ida Mullerthal and put each Of
them in a cell remote from any other
prisoners.
Naturally. each prisoner was
searched as a preliminary measure.
AS soon as this ceremony was per-
formed on Ida MuTlerthal the authori-
ties understood the whole mystery.
Here was the explanation of the trip
to Russia and the u~naccountable pros.
peritH of the young couple.
The trial OF the pair is now going
closed doors. with tho utmost secrecy
No details are giveh out. AS these.
might be OF service to the enemy. The
Poles are strongly hostile to the Ger.
man government. and many of them
are. serving as soldiers. The trial
might suggest to many Of them a new
way of conveying military secrets to
Germany's enemies.
POOR Ida Mullerthal's tattooed skin
has been exposed over and over again.
day after day. to. a. whole court of
mercilcss military Judges. 1t is i'm
possible no to feel sympathy for her,
since her conduct was prompted all
most entirely by devotion to her lover.
Inasnluch as she fcAfries the defenses
Of Posen indcIfb1y' stamped upon her,
IL is" quite unthiuks bl3stto 'let'.1er 20
, free as long as those Notifications re-
. main what they are.d She: must be inn
prisoned in some secret place beyond
the reach of all but.the highest mill
tary officers. .. :
For Schorveder there will be Less
sympathy. His punishment may be
death. and is not likely to he less than
Imprisonment for life.