The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-04
lf1E WRONG
MAN
By IA. QUAD
By N. QUAD
Copyright, 1914. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

FIes ZSsA sE9
! was at Stockholm simply as q tour
ist and sightseer. and l was all alone.
! had no idea of meeting any INT l
knew, and q surprise awaited me on
the first night Of my arrival when a
man whom l clearly saw vas q Po-
lander edged along to me IN the We
randa of the hotel as l smoked my
cigar and said:
You are discretion itself, Ms Grell-
ing. You have registered under an
other name. How were matters in
London when you left?"
II don't exactly understand you" |
replied as I looked him over n made
sure that we had never met before.
THE 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. l trust matters
In London are all right?"
"As far as l know" replied as
l returned his card and wondered
whether he was trying to cheek me or
had really mi5taken me for somebody
else.
Three hoLrs later as / retired to my
room the stolid faced and wooden
headed waiter who carried my light
hung about in a queer way after set.
ting the candle down. and 1 finally
gave him a small coin and waved him
out. Instead of going he whispered
to. me:
II wish to war; 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 | had a little TIA
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 will watch you!!"
Now / had the key to the mystery.
There was some sort Of conspiracy
on foot, probably against the peace of
the czar, 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 careful"
"See here. Hans" | said as | put my
hand on his shoulder. you are evil
IDENTIFY on the inside Of this affair, and
l wish you would tell me what the
dickens it all means!"
He looked at me open mouthed for
half a minute, and then a broad grin
stole owe his face. he thought was
playing off on him to test his prudence
and loyalty.
You will carry it through ali right !"
he finally said. with many heavy mods
of his head. and he went away nok
ing very we'll pleased
At the end of another twenty totif
hours l got a further insight mt
mystery. | had strolled into another
hotel three or four blocks away to tx
anime the register, as a globe trotter
invariably does for no reason he ran
explain, when | saw a %raveler VINO
might have been my twin brother as
far az outward appearance went. He
was of my height and weight. had the
same colored eyes. hair and mustache,
and l believe our own mother would
have wondered which was. which He
stared at me. and l stared back. and
wandered back into my Motel
don had arrived.
The Russian spies must have had q
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 a week, and while they
were still logging me and ! was rath
er enjoying it, there was a fire aboard
of a ship in the harbor 1t was abou
8 o'clock ut night. and q great CROWD
gathered on the wharf to watch the
conf1agration. | made one Of the nun
Der. and IN my anxiety to secure d
good view l mounted the bows of q
smart looking brig lying at a wharf
was hardly over the all before two
men followed and seized me and hus
tied me down into the cabin | found
the captain OF the brig. the two spies
anu q INuSoldi ooN hLISht oi'iN'A
I. awaiting me,
1 have told you that the English
maj and | looked to be twins. but
had not had time to loo for little de
tails. AS l sat down opposite the Rus
sian official be began comparing IN,
description and appearance with
written description. and at the end o
five minutes be rose up and thunderet
at the two spies:
"Dolts. idiots. blundererst You hav
! arrested the wrong mani"
IF not too much trouble" | said t
the official as be got through stormine
would you kindly explain why IL
J American citizen mas been made pris
1 oner in this fashion,
was told that it was a mistake. bu
got no other satisfaction. The hri
: was put about, but as the wind fell W
l;l NOT vale tho - n,Inr. ,y,ttl nfto