Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22


the belt about his waist But and always it is
and the same person.
There may be outward change, something, perhaps,
in the detail of hair beard mustache the better to
fit the and the chosen tongue There may be
adroty effected variation of dress demeanor,
of walk gesture; but the beneath it all remains
unchanged And he is the despair of the Secret Serv
ices of three continents!
His true and his nationality are known to him
self alone. The earliest record of him may be found in
the IN" file in a certain powerful and
dreaded desk in Paris. This sets him forth
as Giovanni Marino gives his birthplace as
Ancona the Adriatic and adds in signifi-
cant parentheses that this cannot be verified.
His age is noted as forty, and he is described
a lnguist of rare accomplishment, speak
ing Italian French, Spanish, and Greek fault
lessly, and English with scarcely trace OF
foreign accent. His command of languages q.
makes difficult the detection of his DISCUSSES. "a
Across the middle of this record card is writ -
ten in large round hand, "Chevalier din &
dustrie," and it is thrice underscored. The 70
only Other d2sS red INK and 11sS M
finger extended to direct attention to the line,
"B 60 reports from Malta that Marino is
Greek; name, Farados." But both Greek
and "Farados' are crossed out and above
them in cramped space "Swiss" and "Ber- M
trand" substituted in their proper places. In
So the card is not much a record, after ALL
In other parts of Europe and in South
America there are similar cards more or less in
accurately and incompletely inscribed. There
is also in the archives of the Treasury
Department at Washington. This bears minute de-
scrption of "Marno to the long, thin on his
left forearm; but all official characterization of him is
lacking. The French doubtless called him swinder
him for years. lust as the Italians did The only person
who refused to be annoyed Giovanni Marino'
himself. He knew that the Law armed and resolute,
was after him, and had been for long time Once
twice had touched him upon the shoulder closed
its hand, and he had turned with that irresistible smile
of his, parleyed moment and then, with the bow OF
graciousy accepting apology had stroled away,
his cigarette smoke curling backward his shoulder.
And the Law had stood stock still in amazement-then
started after him again.
TO call Giovanni Marion swindler would, according
to his view, be treating him very shabbiy.
Rather than rest under such mputaton he would
cards himself and set down in his dimnutive and pre-
else handwriting:
Giovanni Marine. if that name please traveller and
e by the way an adv % Of sorts with taste TOT
himself. and with Others matter OF his mood
What desb or the NAV bring forth At
present in the last few engaged from time to
beautiful things which that country insists
introduced without payment of that absurdty called
duty" His recreation politely restrained mirth
ded to sleeve the useessness of officials
His hope that of being free tomorrow he today
Should card so ndited fall into the hands of Robert
Strong United States Special Treasury agent, he would
read it carefully twice perhaps, drum it moment
against his ngertips, and then say quite slowly, MAR
inc, Marino-oh, yes, I've heard of him. Said to be
smugger-diamonds and pearls and that sort of thing
Italian, believe Well have to be the watch for
him..
This is what Strong would say but what he would
know without glance at the card would be that
for nearly five years Marno and the United States
Treasury Department and all its officials of the Gus
toms Service had been engaged in warfare of wits
Nothing that the department and its agents could do
had served to uncloak Marino. He had been fol-
lowed half of Europe. 1t practically known
that everyone of his frequent voyages the Atlantic
made for the purpose of smuggling Jewels past the
eyes of the customs officials at New York But his as