Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-12-18

4 ] got II out the second time. Coin
L TO the telephone called Won STAN
y mer and told him | would undertake
v the mission. He asked me TO com
8 az once to his house. and there | re
n ceived final instructions and pass
p ports the latter essential south OF tn
Austrian frontier.
At three o'clock In the morning
Z boarded the Orient express. via Wen.
ma. and made stOp-oyer OF day a
Budapest. went Immediately e
Donaustrassc 20 and saw the Aus
trian agent Kowalsky. From him
gained points that were invaluable to
me For instance. he gave me the
names Of men who frequented certain
places In Belgrade. men who would be
of use 10 me. He also warned me Of
certain persons. especially women,
whom he knew to be IN Russian en-
ploy That night ! caught a train for
tho Seryian capital. well satisfied with
the results OF my visit In Vienna.
Before dinner time the next day, /
was installed at the Hotel Dc Paris
IN Belgrade My rooms had bosa en-
gagged for me beforehand and they
were the most expensive in the hotel
for reason. / found myself In
an elaborate suite, on the first floor.
known as the suite Des Princes. This
was necessary show Of parvenulsm
as money is the first and last word In
the Balkans Belgrade and everybody
In II pride themselves on their up-to-
date Partisan style. Everybody lives
IN the Partisan way. Army officers
whose pay Is innntesimal. all live
at the rate OF Russian grand dukes.
How they are able 10 manage this ON
the official Servian army salaries Of
SO cents a day would naturally puzzle
an outsider To the isider the an
thing and everything south OF Buda-
pest. with one or two exceptions. II
cannot buy Montenegro. where pa
triotism is supreme. nor can II buy
what 1t wants among the osmanlis.
To he sure, II can buy the Turk; but
there is vast difference between an
Osmanli and Turk.
A Major and a Lady.
Through my lavish expenditure OF
,on.v I soon xvos a vary renoarkabl
person and courted by all the gay 9th.
GERS OF the capital One OF their
number was a Major Schuwaloff. a
bon vivant and gambler, Major
schuwalofr had the tastes OF a Rus
sian grand duke. on a mission OF
his kind a secret agent always likce
% find man who is fast" I knew
he major to be in the Russian pay;
Sowalsky had tipped me off To that
felt that II / handled the situation
light. Il was from him | could set
| wanted, even though lac
vas taking the cars gold.
Into the gay life OF Belgrade
lunged. with the major as my quar-
y. / gave a series of dinners at the
Iotel De Paris After the dinners !,
here was gambling. invariably lost
, the major He lost to others. but
was careful never TO win from him.
10 fell into the way OF dropping .
round at my quarters. Like most Of
Is set. the major was heavy drink :,
r. When his face would become :,
cry flushed and his tongue very glib
would try TO draw out OF him things
rat | wanted to know. but | never
,uld get anything worth while. The
ightest suspicious question. no mat -
Y how artlessly asked. always made
m close up as tight as an oyster.
l had seen him often In the com n,
my OF French lady. Mile. Renee
alon. II was obvious that she and IN
o major were on pretty good terms. n,
tile Incidents things that happened
room full OF people. led me to X
Tess that she was exertmely fond nc
him | made II my business 10 cul- of
'ate her acquaintance. for expert ~
&c had often shown me that where
ID and myself failed. pair Of flash
: eyes and rnbx lips would often
eceed. Like all other women Of that II
/ in Belgrade Mile. yaion was no
'efully extravagant. she gambled an
avlly. aud one night assisted her ,ee
IN loan OF so francs. came to sh,
ow her fairly we'll wo
Importance Of Bit Of Candy. Of
had no Indication Of her being IN sui
! way connected with any foreign sta
vice Indeed. everything pointed the
the contrary. Mile. valon's French an,
5 perfect. She looked French. her
nnerisms were French. But when hui
any mission German secret serv- eve
agent is always on the Qui vive. II Isl