Little Falls herald., 1914-11-27
TIE WR
MAN
81 NJ QUAD
Copyright, 1914. BY. Associated Lit-
erary Press.

was ut Stockholm simply as a tour
list and sightseer, and was all alone.
had no idea of meeting any one |
knew. and. q surprise awaited me on
the first night Of my arrival when a
/ man whom clearly saw was Po-
lander edged along to me on the ve.
rslnda Of the hotel as smoked my
cigar and said:
You are discretion itself, Mr.. Grell-
| ing. You have registered under an.
other name. How were matters in
London when you left r
II don't exactly understand you" 1
replied as looked him over and made
i sure that we had never met before.
'sThe others will be here inside Of
two days, and we will have a meeting.
have been here three days. and find
nothing to alarm me. I trust matters
In London are all right?'
AS far as l know" replied AZ
returned his card and wondered
; whether he was trying to cheek me or
had really mistaken me for somebody
else.
Three hours later AZ retired to my
room the stolid faced and wooden
headed waiter who carried my light
hung about in queer way after set
ting the candle down, and finally
gave him small coin and waved him
out Instead Of going he whispered
to me:
II wish to warn you! Strange men
have been here for a week l think
they are waiting for your
Next morning at breakfast the same
man waited on me. l had little tn.
BILE by myself. and while bringing my
dishes the waiter whispered in my ear:
"The two strange men are at the
fourth table. am sure they are Rus.
sian spies and viii watch your
Now I had the key to the mystery.
There was some sort Of conspiracy
on foot, probably against the peace Of
the car, and the conspirators were to
meet at Stockholm.
For the next two days was closely
Swallowed After the first day OF this
spy business the same stolid faced
waiter slipped into my room with pale
face and whisperingly exclaimed;
"Those spies are following you every.
where! For Gods sake be carefu1T'
''See here, Hans" said as put my
hand on his shoulder, ''you are evi-
IDENTIFY on the inside Of this affair, and
7 xDfah 1,os, vu,o,,l6 <nl1 s,no ~ut,oA %h<>
dickens It all meansy'
He looked at me open m0uthed for
half q minute, and then broad grin
stole over his face. He thought ] was
playing OF on him to test his prudence /
and loyalty.
''You win carry It through all right,
he finally said, with many heavy mods
Of his head, and he went away look
ing very well pleased.
At the end of another twenty-four
hours got further insight into the
mystery. had strolled into another
hotel three or four blocks away to ex-
anime the register. AZ globe trotter
invariably does for no reason he can
explain, when I saw a traveller who
might: have been my twin brother AZ
far as outward appearance went He,
was Of my height and weight. bad the
same colored eyes, hair and mustache,
and believe our own mother would
have wondered which was which. He
stared at me, and stared back, and 1
wandered back into my own hotel,
knowing that the real man from Lon.
don had arrived.
The Russian spies must have had a
bad time of it trying to settle on the
right man. but they finally decided in
my favor. The Englishman was free
from surveillance, while ] was dogged
closer than before.
At the end Of week, and while they
were still dogging me and was rath.
er enjoying 1t, there was FIRE aboard
Of a ship in the harbor. It was about
8 o'clock at night, and great crowd
gathered on the wharf to watch the
conhagration. made one Of the mum.
ber, and IN my anxiety to secure q
good view mounted the bows Of a
smart looking brig lying at wharf. I
was hardly over the rail before two
men followed and seized me and hus-9
tied me down into the cabin. ! found
the captain Of the brig, the two spies
and q Russian government omciat
awaiting me.
/ have told you that the English.
man and I looked to be twins. but I
had not had time to hook for little de-
tails. Az sat down opposite the Rus
sian odlcial be began comparing my
description and appearance with a
written description, and at the end Of.
i've minutes he rose up and thundered
at the two spies:
'sDolts, idiots, blunderersi You have
arrested the wrong manl'
IF not too much trouble" ! said to
the Official az he: got through storming.
would you kindly explain why an
American citizen has been made pris-
oner in this fashion p
I was told that It was q mistake, but
got no other satisfaction. The brig;
was put about, but 40 the wind fell we,