Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19

for getting familiar with the geogra.
ply or the cits
On the second day Of my arrival.
had presented my credentials and let
tiers ct the German and Pera hoapit-
ais, and had my name entered az 3
visiting honorary surgeon. Every day
thereafter. rain or shine, made Il a
point to spend some time at these
hospitals, and II was well that I did.
Once a day and often twice would
sign the book at the hospital and
believe the signature Or. Franz won
Graver appears on the record books
OF the Pera and German hospitals In
Constantinople, at least one hundred
times. Was ! not fulfilling my duties
as physician doing research work?
] finally located myself In the resi-
dent district of Psra where / rented
a small residence, typical OF the we'll
TODD Turk OF the middle class and
quite in keeping with my assumed
character. An elaborate residence
would have aroused immediate sus-
picion, for there Is no country on earth
where curiosity and suspicion is 30
easily reused as In Turkey,
Klpling, who knows the east so well,
portrayed Port Said rs the dwelling
place Of concentrated wickedness. He
Is right, but do not think has has ever
visited STEAMBOAT. In STEAMBOAT there
Ia with no exception the most CON
giomerate mixture OF nondescript ma
tiohalities ON the face Of the earth.
In the course OF my preliminary OBJ
servatlons, found Constantinople to
be city OF sharp contrasts. The
quarters inhabited by your true Otto
man are ENTHUSIASTICALLY clean and
comfortable The remainder OF the
city except foreign quarters Is fntoler-
ably dirty. With true Oriental toler.
ance, the Turk lets things gang their
ain gait. The casual observer and
traveller always confonnds the Turk
with the rest OF the nondescript mass
OF humanity that swarrns in CONSTANT
nople. That Is q Grass mistake. Your
true descendant OF osman 10 clean.
dignified. easy-going gentleman with q
deep philosophical ntrain In his make
up, contaminated by hundreds Of years
Of euntact--not association. for your
true Turk does not associate with
the outcasf Mischllng OF southern
Europe and Asia Minor.
Tire invaluable Kim.
My mission was indeed a difficult
one and only by tedious, painstaking
work, observing the life of the city
and its character. suecseded In iao.
lating the individual who gave me
the key 10 the clrcumventuous poiit.
ical life and the government OF Con.
stantinople. II took me d full month
OF night work to become familiar with
the innumerable demI-mondaines They
were Of French. Russian and Circas-
sian birth and extraction. and were
identified with the Grand vixisr down
to an otileeA In the JGnigaries.
In this work Kim y5as OF lnestim.
able value to me. In fact, without him
! would not have succeeded at all. All
the households kept by the Turkish
officials and their favorites swarm
with negroes of the various types. A
white man has not the slightest chance
Of finding the way into their conf
dences. Tho universal golden key
does not unloose tongues In such cases
In the Orient. But kim as q member
OF the once mighty Zulu nation the
was really descendant Of q prince
OF the house OF DingaAnl was able,
through a mysterious freemasonry
still existing among coiored races the
world over, TO obtain most valuable
information.
My method OF campaigning was 10
ascertain the name OF one OF the IA
vorites OF the Turkish officials, 20
locate her residence and then put Kim
to work Finally locating one OF these
women, would manage to learn her
name and where she lived. Then II
was time for kim.
kim" I said. II want you to and
out who comes TO see her, whether
1t Is always the same ofsiciai and II
so. how frequently. want you TO
learn everything you can about any
letters she may receive. | want TO
know Just where she gets her money
from, IL she has any outside resources
OF revenue. other than In CONSTANT.
nople, | want every scrap of any
kind OF information about her"
And Kim would 20 his way. seek
out the servants in that household and
he would generally come back with
all this information.
A Certain Mile. Eairiaux.
New ! noticed that n certain Mile.
Bainiaux was very much I'm the COM
pany OF Abdulia, who was at that time
the influential adviser OF the Grand
vixier. IL was knowu In Berlin that
the Grand vizier had lately hecorae
very deaf and antagonistic to German
influence. The Wilhelmstrasse knew
that France and Russia were az work,
but were In the dark rs to tho chan.
nels. Therefore I sent kim to ascer-
tain if Mile, Balnianx was visited BY
Abduiia at her private residence i
told him 10 learn tho exact hour OF
arrival In each instance and the
length Of the visits.
The bare fact that Ahdalla might be
seen In her company I'm public bore no