The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1914-11-27
Z have no complaints to make

your"
Naturally"
Then suddenly he changed front
Point blank he asked me:
why Not Work for Usw
Now, old chap, we know that you
worked for Germany against US. We
also know that you are not German.
Is there any reason why you should
not work for us? Any private rea-
| SOM
Captain" | said, you of all men
ought to know that the betrayal of
your employers for a monetary or a
liberty reason alone is never enter
tanned by man who has been in my
work We go into it with our eyes
open, well knowing the consequences
If we are caught. We do not squeal if
we are hurt"
For time he looked at me very
earnestly.
HIM." he said. THAT Just bears
out what we have been able to ascer-
tain about you. 1t puzzled us how
man of your ability acted the way you
did. From the moment you landed in
England, all the time you were doing
your. work, even after your arrest, In
prison and in court you showed a
sort Of Hstless, almost an Indifferent
attitude. If | may put it this way,
you seemed in no ways keen to go to
extremes in any possible missions>yo
might have had" He paused. I'VE
think you could have done more than
you did 1. The mildness of your
sentence, has it surprised you?"
I.grinned
Nothlng surprises me, Captain"
His manner became very earnest.
"Supposing." he said. I'VE show you
that. it was. quasi-deliberate inten-
tion on the part of your employers
to have you caught-what them"
This did not startle me either. / |
had had an idea of that all along.
Under these circumstances, i said. |
Il am open to negotiations. But am |
rather deaf and my vision is very
much obscured as long as see bars /
in front of my window"
-1he captain smiled.
Well. Doctor, l may see you again
soon"
The Proof Asked for.
was taken back to my cell | am
frank to admit that didn't sleep much
for the next two or three nights
But as l expected. another week
brought Captain Robinson again. This
time it was late in the evening after
all the prisoners were shut up tight.
The lieutenant governor himself took
me into the governors Office. No
other warder or prison official OBJ
served us.
Well, Doctor" was the way Rob-
nson greeted me, Il have something
iefnite to propose to you. You can
,e of use to us. You have still sixteen
months of your sentence to serve.
IRE you willing to give these sixteen
months Of your time to us-terms to
,e agreed upon later? am prepared
o supply you with proofs that yea
we're deliberately put away, betrayed
~ your employers, the German gov
He did so to my complete salts
action. As l guessed. had come to I
earn so much of Germany's affairs ]
hat I was dangerous. To betray me s
] such way that would not suspect /
nd squeal was clever way 20 close q
y mouth for seven years in jail or
ntil vital plans had matured
How would you suggest that we S
0 about it?" he asked. t
ITO be of the slightest degree of use I
you, nobody must know of my re- 0
ase," / added. Here is my sugges- K
on. / must leave the execution of it e
you. The impression / conveyed v
'ound Edinburgh was that my health | L
rather Indifferent. So it is also be- b
sved here in prison. On these grounds o.
should be an easy matter for you to W
I'VE me ostensibly transferred to an d.
her prison; instead of which, have Sc
e taken wherever you wish to. | see i
necessity that, outside the lieuten- III
ex-governor. the governor and ur- al
If, any one need know of it." to
Yes, yes" said Robinson. THAT CO. st
cides with my own ideas and plans" bs
esently he departed and ! went back It
ain to my cell til
Alone and Free. n
At halfpast five the next morning. hl
Is aroused by the lieutenant-gov- pr
Tor. He was alone There were no !"
riders in sight In the governors an
ICE found all my clothes and effects su
ldy and laid out for me. These l
dressed and left with the lieutenant
5ernor. We took taxicab for the dir
Iedonian station in Glasgow. dis
The trip to London was uneventful. ms
Euston station we were met by
plain Robinson we went into a IF
vate waiting-room where Captain nj,
Dinson signed paper or the lieu F.
1t was what amounted i,
a receipt for the prisons delivery
me into his hands. Then the lieu
left us; then Robin sla
left, after handing over an en-
,pe containing cash and instruc- ede
Is.
" first move was to register at
Russell Square hotel Opening con
envelope in my rooms. found it Ger
tanned ten pounds and the follow