The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-20

'eIeht way to what ! had left Il.
called my landlady and casually In.
quirei II my tailor had been there.
She said, mo, Doctor"
Well | replied, what reason have
you men to rearrange my %clothes?"
Her face REDEEMED and she seemed
Mustered.
wasn't In your room" she fal.
tered. u remember now. | b believe the
tailor was here. One Of the servants
let him in"
made II my business TO go around
to my tailor's within an hours time
and he contradicted her story. lie had
not been AZ the house.
recognized II as an occasion where
had to make a right royal blum, I
went az once to police headquarters In
Edinburgh ! asked for Chief Con.
stable Ross, and sent in my card bear.
ing DR.. A. X. Graves, Truro. $ Austria.
Tia. Presently | was shown into the
chiefs room and was received by a
typical Scottish gentleman. | opened
fire in this way
Have you any reason to believe
that ! am a German spy?"
! saw that II had knocked him OF
his pins.
why, no" he said, startled II
don't know anything at all aboG! e"
It's not by your orders. then, that
| am tollowed?"
Certainly not" he replied.
He bowed me out. OF course, !
knew | still would be Swallowed. which
! did not mind In the least
A Wrongly Addressed Letter.
About a week after my experience
with Constable Ross, I received infor.
nation that William %Beardmore & Co.
OF Glasgow, were constructing some
new l4.inch guns for the British gov,
eminent That meant a change OF
base.
at once made il my business TO go
to Glasgow and get particulars. / in
stalled myself in the Central station
hotel. and I'm a few weeks gained all
the information ! wanted. While In
Glasgow | received letters addressed
W ~ nc oolllNN pAdAhAhs I lNNNANNh
two such letters. and upon calling at
the General Post Office for a third. I
wEs informed that there was a letter
for A. Stafford.
"Oh, yes. that is my letter" | said.
The clerk demurrcd and replied
You asked for James Stafford. I'm.
der those circumstances | cannot hand
you this letter. II Is against the postal
law"
Not being In a position TO raise a
question, | let II go at that, never for
a moment thinking that my employers
would be so culpably careless as to
put any discriminating evidence In the
mail. Events proved that that Is just
what they did. Moreover, ! later came
to know why that particular letter
was addressed not 10 James but to A.
Stafford. All my previous letters were
addressed to me as DR.. A. X. Graves
and were enclosed In the business en-.
velope OF a well.known chemical Arm
OF Snow hin, London, r.. (Which
paper had been fabricated for the pur.
pose. or course, the letters were sent
from the continent to London and
there reposted.
When / left Edinburgh to find out
about the l4.inch guns, ! gave our
people In London instructions to use
plain envelopes and to address them
10 James Stafford, G. p O.. Glasgow.
The first two letters were addressed
correctly and palm envelopes were
used. The third was not only mis-.
addressed, but was enclosed IN one Of
the Chemical company's envelopes
this, as ! later learned, for a reason
No one having called for II, the let.
ter was returned to the chemical com.
many. Al their office II was opened
and found to contain n typewriter
letter I'm German language and FIVE
ten pound notes on the Bank OF Eng.
land. Tho contents OF the letter was
such as 10 lead the firm to call in the
police.
There's a Gentleman Down stairs to
See You"
On the evening Of April n, / had
just put on my evening clothes and
| gone 10 AHf upnAalln lllk-IO |
was awaiting Il party OF gentlemen
who were coming TO dine with me in
the hotel. There came a buttons
who announced:
There's a gentleman downstairs TO
80 you. Doctor"
A premonition stole over me.
knew that my guests would not have
sem for me TO come down but would
have been announced realized that
II was going TO be caught there was
no avoiding II. Secret service makes a
man a fatalist.
had hardly reached the last step OF
the grand stairway when four big
pl%ain-clothos men bounced upon me.
More for the fun OF Il than anything
else, / guess. l got OF my horse and
demanded to know what was the mat.
ter,
You'll soon know" Inspector French
declared.