Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27

is to win the confidence Of the English.
man. II VIII be made easy for you 10
meet him socially. II you cannot find
it possible TO make friends with him
en- the first occasion. Il second or third
occasion will be arranged until you
have ample opportunity 20 become his
trusted friend. These are. of course
your primary Instructions. The see
ond phase OF the program Will he ox-
piaincd To YOU by the embassy attlche
Your success will win for you Il reward
OF 10000 marks. | am certain that YOU
count with a forced smile on his ugly
face.
"hut, your exccllcncy. if should
taii!' | said t!mdly
The service recognizes no failurcr"
shouted the bureau chief boastinE!y.
AS | left the room. noticed that Ba-
ron Steinbrouck was moticning 10 me
70 wait for him outside. Bu; ignored
his signaling and. instead. fastened to
my rooms and prepared TO depart for
81 Petersburg 1T once.
once accoStea by two attaches OF the
German embassy. who hastily inform
&c me that Il suit OF rooms had been
engaged for me at Hotel Angleterra.
The fourth carriage on your left rs
you leave that exit will drive you 10
% ;o hotel Two attaches will wait on
scpd up his card. which will boar the
nalne of Karl sontag." They loft in
|. That night Karl sontag" and his
hcid long conference with me-
The Countess Linden should know
this hotel and dimes regularly in the
evening in the restaurant below. Both
the head waiter ana his assistant are
the agents OF the embassy secret SER
vice at certain hour during the
evening the place is very crowded and
often /, IS impoSsiblc t" secure u PLACE
Ut the tables You will I've prepared to
wait here ready for the call our
agent viii seat YOU ~ the Same table
Win the ishman, II we fail to
seat %1u with him Tomorrow evening
We WA! try another OHportunc time Il
IS very simple After Won have not
him. you viii he told of the move 10
MAKE; t!rSt you must become t.icnds
WIN MN. THIS cas- about the whole
substance Of Herr Kari sontag's first
The next evening ] dressed myself
carefully and awaited Herr Sontn~;s
! arrival in high snirits. But Herr SON
that it would not appeal to the En-
lishman. Then had to change nv
G C and nut on another one that The
captivate my intended victim.
MUST PLAI AN
tNACCUSToaITD ROLE
II must warn the countess that the
EnSlishman is very conservative in his
that YOU nc' like an inn"cent voI,nr
woinani of the middle classes and all
stain from smoking either in the public
I
YOU make his acquaintance" he ad-
viscd me in matter of fact manner
on entering the palatial restaurant
Of the Hotel Anglctcrre Herr Sonto,-
gave signal To tho head waiter and
made his way to n seat near thc Enr-
| liShman. which had been reserved for
mead waiter then rushed 20 me. and.
after having pretended that he was at
loss where to seat me. no snddenl.
observed IN empty chair at n table for
l "A a E,,,.
OF course, was my intended victim
! After requesting mo to wait Just one
moment, he rushed to the tnglishman
ana Whispered something. Then. re-
turning TO me, he ushcrcd me 10 the
| empty chair. As seated myself tho
| lSnrliShman half ross but ut once i'm
| modiatcly resumed his function OF din :
mig as though ! was not there ut All.
examined the menu with q puzzlrd
cSpreaSi3n and gave the Englahman
| several lingering chances. with the
! nope OF inviting his attention and an
| nrportunity for opening for some
!ittle remark But he was absolutely
! unmincfnl of my presence opposite
! MN ana showed no desire for n con-
NcrSation our waiter and his assist :
ant ms VOL as our two embassy at
taches were. Of course. watchinc; nc.
At this point the assistant waiter who
by this time had no doubt received his
cue from, the attaches. then came to
the table and, taking his Mace beside
me. asked me If he could he of any az
sistanrc to me in dcciphcriig the Rus
sian menu Then. addressing the Eng
lishman, he remarkcd Our head
waiter informed me that the lady is
an English woman and that should
assist her in making her decision"
eyes. CAV" me Il look that was not
very encouraging TO me. ana coolly
said. "How strange"
After having enumerated my sclcc-
| tons and having dispOscd Of the as
sistant waiter. I boldly addressed the
t;ngiishman Il take il that YOU are an
l:nglishman?"
Re looked n, me-. this time with n
smile on his lips tina; was more en-
GouraE ing. and said: 81 must confess
l!sh woman"
81 am an Indian Eurasian toffapring
OF an Aaiat!c md European with 4 La
the whole story.
And the nance" he asked in a tone
more pre-, iii'ins to rol!ce inspector.
and watched the effect on his face with
great anxiety.
How nnmsna!" h cxpla1ncd.
found j. the most difficult task in
ny life to carry on conversation with
this man. Nevertheless. at the end OF
the meal had succeeded in warming
him up TO mo to tho extent of receiv-
ing Il suggestion from mo to request
the head waiter to scat us ut the same
lahi" on the following evening To
four days before we became friends
STAGE Is SET FOR
HRITIsU hyRpI.ANE MAN
Exactly one week from the day OF
my arrival At ST. Petersburg | received
an invitation from the English nvia-
tor TO take .iieht with him in one OF
his machines. The time set, | sent FOR
Herr Soniag, who came to me with ,vo
more OF his associates this time NV
maid. who was assigned to co-oner-
ate with me in tn" mission. also Joined
us later. There was no time To lose
bold attempt had 10 lie made to Sc
cure the plans Of thu new giant mir
plane that was about to he Duplicated
for tho Russian government within a
very short time.
Herr SontaE showed mo plan of tho
sheds and also a map OF the aero Camp
that was put under the i:nglishman'.,
command by the Russian war depart
mcnt. While l had heen engaged in
befricnding the English aviator invcn-
tor. my maid" had also busted her
self In nfatuating the young Russian
oliiccr who was attached 10 the staff
Of the Englishman in the rank Of \
collaboration. Gayricd Gaencm was more
susceptible TO the seductive methods Of
women than his chief. He was also
very fond OF the conteuts OF the class
and on every possible occasion my
"m3id had extracted much valuable
information az 10 the methods ana hah
its of the Englishman She had niso
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