Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
This Is . Change From cracow,
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presenting her with a box of per-
fumes, / said abruptly:
This is a change from Cracow,
Paula"
It is always wise to smash right
out, and not to put the one you are
working on on guard through lead
ing questions, and the trick had the
desired effect with Mile. Valon. She
recoiled. To your high American
standards of chivalry 1t may seem
brutal to take advantage of a woman
In this way. but it had to be done.
Grand Dieul Who are your" she
exclaimed.
THAT does not concern you, ma
file. l know that, and a good deal
more. Austria would be very glad
to know where you are. Shall l tell
them?"
She had recovered to an extent.
What is your price for not telling"
| replied: Let Russia slip this
once, gain me the information l seek
and nothing further shall be said"
Her air of surprise was perfect.
Russia? I know nothing at all
about Russia"
I smiled, walked to her desk, where
there was a silver tray, and picked
up a sugared rose.
You're clever, Paula, but careless.
Know nothing about Russia, yet have
acquired a taste for the fine candies
of the Muscovites? Remarkable,
Paula"
She bit her lips.
What do you want?"
Now, before we begin, Paula, let
1t be understood that there is to be
no embarrassing here. 1t would be
an easy matter for you to have me
legitimately assassinated.' Il knew
she could force a duel on me. All she
would have to do would be to tell n
of her many admirers hat | had in
suited her. Then ] would come down
stairs some morning to be slapped In
the face before a hotel full of people.
and what could one do? It would be
a case of pistols, and | would get a
bullet, for am not a good shot, while
everyone who ~frequents the Balkans
ISL Remember" l cautioned her,
"if anything happens to me here, II
they do not hear from me every six
hours, on the seventh you will be ar
rested. You will be arrested on an
imperial Austrian warrant. Your
friends in Belgrade, army officers
though they are, will not dare to help
you. Servia will not take the chance
of angering Austria by refusing to ac-
knowledge the imperial warrant. Re
member, Paula, there Is now an Aus
TRAN army on the Servian border"
The look she gave me was enom-
Gus with hate.
an Tell You What | Want"
Now, I'll tell you what l want" 1
continued. Major Schuwaloff is in
the Russian pay. He has got the key
to the Russian influence here. He
knows just how far Russia has gone,
how far 1t is prepared to go. l want
that key. You've got to get it. l
have the major pretty well sized up.
Money, I think, would be- very accept
able to him for-well, let US say for
selling out Russia. But he fears your
supervision. I know that you were
SEM here by Russia, Paula. DUST to
keep your eye on agents in Russian
pay, and principally on our friend
Schuwaloff. l know you have not the
situation in hand like he has. If you
had, | wouldn't bother going any
further. I'd get it from you. Now,
your part is to give him to under
stand that he has nothing to fear
from you, that no lapse by him will
be reported-this time. You're pretty
we'll fond of him already, aren't you?
If you value his safety, you'd better
do as l ask. Otherwise, | shall also
let him go up. I've got something
on him, too"
This last shot in the dark seemed
to bear the most weight with her. She
said:
What guarantee have l that you'll
keep your side of the bargain?"
| said none, for the simple reason
that could not give any.
Your own sense" / explained, land
knowledge of the work you're doing
should tell you that it is to my inter-
est to get results, and not to trouble
about other things. I'll promise you,
however, no further trouble wei this
affair in Cracow. There will also De
the price of a diamond collar in it
for you. q subsequently filed a
requisition for $1,000 to be paid to
her. but l think she got more.) You
agree? Good"
The agreement closed, I went back
to the hotel well satisfied with the
nights work.
The Major Makes an Early Call.
Early the next morning a very per-
turbed Major Schuwaloff was shown
into my chamber. 1 greeted him cor
daily and opened fire with the re-
mark: