The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-03-20

case wrenched from my hand Turn
ing, looked for the person who had
taken 1t. but saw no one near. Those
behind me were comparatively quiet.
Convinced that my enemies plans for
making way with my baggage were
perfect, 1 made no motion to recover
1t. 1t was doubtless passed from one
person to another till it was at safe
distance from me.
My first attempt to outwit my way
layers was a success. They had got q
dummy dispatch, and had the REAL
one sewed in the lining of my vest
However, this did not accord with myl
plans. / had intended to use the dum-I
my In another way and farther on in
my journey. Now had lost 1t, and
my enemies had possession Of evidence
that / was a messenger from the Brit
sh government. This latter considera-
ton did not trouble me much, for It
was clear that they knew all about me.
However, there was one advantage
In their having the dummy. They
must have believed they had the dis
patch / carried, for I saw nothing
more of them till l arrived at Mar
settles. My theory Is that they were
understrappers, with no authority to
open the dispatch, but took it to some
one who had such power, and this oc-
casionedrdelay while went my way.
But they did not lose track of me,
for the man had seen observing me
on the train from London to South
ampton kept me In sight. At Mar
settles had two problems to settle.
Should l go farther by land or all the
way by sea? And how could l throw
my shadower of my track? con-
Guided that, whichever way went, 1 ,
would endeavor to make him believe
that had gone the other.
/ had trunk with me, and as soon
as could get possession Of it / called
a fiacre and, putting the trunk in 1t,
got In the cab and told the driver to
take me to the station Of the railway
running eastward along the Mediter-
ranean. On reaching the station bill
ed the trunk for Nice; but, since there
was no train for several hours, stroll
ed away, proposing to divest myself,
IL possible. of the observance OF my
shadower. Lighting cigar, strolled
away carelessly, as If bent only on
passing the time before the starting
of the train. But / directed my steps
toward the more frequented streets
and from these entered very narrow
one. After having gone into it for
some distance, seeing door Of one Of
the houses open, looked behind me
and, not seeing my shadower. darted
into it,
fell In with a lot of women who
received my intrusion SO angrily that
concluded to enlist them, If possible,
to my service by appealing to their
patriotism / told them that was
messenger Of the English government
and was followed by German agents
who were bent on possessing them
selves of a dispatch l carried. They
were not convinced till showed them
letter addressed to the British min
lister at Athens. Then told them that
wished to go out unknown on boat
that l had been told left Marseilles that
night for italian ports.
When l departed from the house in
which had taken refuge / did so
dressed in the apparel OF one Of the
women after dark and under. the guild
ance Of another, for did not know the
way to the dock About 8 o'clock
went on board carrying my own mas
culine clothing In a gripsack.
had succeeded In my maneuver in
respect to the man who had been
watching me in throwing him of my
track But the enemy had left moth
ing to chance. He had placed an
agent on the boat. Unfortunately I
did not suspect that he would do
this. / concluded TO retain my fem
mime costume, and 1t was dead give
away once the light Of day shone upon
me, for there is nothing feminine about
me, and as soon as my enemy saw that
| was man 1t was pretty clear that
was the man who was wanted.
was sitting In secluded corner on
deck when man approached me, rails
ed his hat politely and made some pass
ing remark. as though he wished to
scrape an acquaintance reckoned
that his purpose. was the dispatch
bore. l must decide at once whether
/ should send him about his business or
pretend to be deceived with view to
outwitting him. chose the latter
course. for he had an advantage Of me
In the fact that was man travelling
In woman's clothing. did not repel
him, but after few casual remarks
excused myself and went to my state
room.
The first thing did after reaching 1t
was to don my woman's apparel and
put on my own. | knew the man who
had spoken to me would be on the look
out for me- and when next went on
deck. seeing him at distance, walk
ed toward him. Passing him. saw
that he recognized me. returned his
gaze with one which said plainly,
Keep out of my way or win XIII
you" He said nothing. and / received
no further attention from him. Tdoubt
if he cared to commit any act that was
not covered by duplicity, and was de-
termined If he did would scare him
off. / did not wish to occasion the de-
lay that would come Of fight with
him. but / proposed to make him CON
slider me dangerous.
What he did was this: He went 10
the captain of the boat and told him
that l was an Englishman fleeing from
instice. OF course since / had come