The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-27

lOWeNeF, CuIS uiu not accord With my
plans. 1 had intended to use the dunn
my in another way and farther on III
my journey. Now | had lost it, and
my enemies had possession of evidence
that | was a messenger from the Brit
ish government. This latter considera-
ton did not trouble me much. for it
was clear that they knew all about me.
However. there was M advantage
in their having the dummy. They
must have believed they had the dis
patch l carried, for | saw nothing
more of them till | arrived at Mar
settles. My theory is that they were
understrappers, with no authority to
open the dispatch. but tool it to some
one who had such power. and this &C.
casioned delay 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 l had two problems to settle.
Should l go farther by land % all the
way by sea? And how could l throw
my shadower of my track? l con-
cluded that, whichever way ! went, |
would endeavor to make him believe
that | had gone the other.
l had a trunk with me, and as soon
as could get possession of it l called
a fiacre and. putting the trunk in it.
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. l stroll
ed away. proposing to divest myself.
If possible. of the observance of my
shadOwer. Lighting n cigar. l strOlled
away carelessly, as if bent only on
passing the time before the starting
Of the train. But l directed my steps
toward the more frequented streets
and from these entered a very narrow
one. After having gone into 1t for
some distance, seeing a door Of one of
the houses open, l looked behind me
and. not seeing my shadower. darted
into it.
l fell in with a lot of women who
received my intrusion so angrily that
I concluded to enlist them. il possible.
to my service by appealing to their
patriotism. l told them that | was a
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 l showed them
a letter addressed to the British min
lister at Athens. Then | told them that
I wished to go out unknown on a boat
that l had been told left Marseilles that
night for Italian ports.
When l departed from the house in
which l 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.
I had succeeded in my maneuver in.
respect to the man who had been
watching me In throwing him off my
tliS ~. DuJ III CIfCIly udu XII lIOlI-
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 it was a 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.
| vas a man it was pretty clear that |
was the man who was wanted.
| was sitting In a secluded corner on
deck when a man approached me. rails
ed his hat politely and made some pass
ing remark. as though he wished to
scrape an acquaintance. l reckoned
that his purpose was the dispatch !
bore. I must decide at once whether
l should send him about his business or
pretend to be deceived with a view to
outwitting him. I chose the latter
course. for he had an advantage of me
in the fact that l was a man travelling
in woman's clothing. | did not repel
him. but after a few casual remarks /
excused myself and went to my state
room.
The first thing l did after reaching it
was to dof my woman's apparel and
put on my W / 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 a distance. | walk
ed toward him. Passing him. / saw
that he recognized me- I returned his
gaze with n which said plainly.
Keep out OF my way or I will kill
you" He said nothing. and ! received
no further attention from him. Idoubt
II he cared to commit any act that was
not covered by duplicity. and l was de-
termined II he did | would scare him
OF. I did not wish to occasion the de-
lay that would come Of a fight with
him. but l proposed to make him con-
slider me dangerous.
Z What he did was this: He vent to
the captain of the boat and told him