The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-10

of women in espionage |
work on behalf of the German gov
ernment.
I appeared duly impressed. "a tai
ented young woman as Herr Muller
Informs me you are, has unique OPP
portunity. Money, perhaps rank and
fame, stand awaiting you . You
are ambitious?"
Being Useful to the Fatherland
ct wish to earn a good livelihood"
T answered.
you would like to be of use to the
Fatherland?"
Naturally" I assented, smiling in
my sleeve.
Then on the recommendation of
Herr Muller I will make you this Of
of course, to your CIV
ing me a satisfactory reference from
a military or naval officer or a mem
Der of the Reichstag''
Major Rauch, late of the Yellow
Dragons (Berlin)" I interjected,
will tell you all about me-
major Rauch's name will be good
enough You may come to this
institute at the usual initial salary of
200 marks per month. You will find
your studies extremely interesting,
and in the course of a few weeks you
may find yourself sufficiently capable
of undertaking perhaps a secret mis-
sion You are not purely German,
understand" she suddenly broke
off.
mo-" I replied, IT am more Eng
fish than German. My mother was
English
THAT is WE'LL" replied the Frau.
'I gathered as much. may inform
you that at the Argus Institute we do
not employ the strictly native wo-
man. 1t is a law. The work of spy
ing, I must warn you, IS very ardu-
Gus. 1t makes the severest call upon
the nervous system-your nerves are
all right-yes ?-and It is not tnrre-
quently dangerous"
[ must own that for a moment I
felt anything but anxious to enter the
German spy system. Frau OrIoff in
some occult way seemed to convey to
me that I had not long to live. My
flesh crept. I had visions of being
shot, stabbed, or poisoned-of being
buried in an untraceable grave-but at
got the better of me, and observed
IT am not afraid. have the Eng
lish temperament"
"Ah, yes, the Englishwoman has a
reputation for courage. 1t is the Eng
lish sport I suppose"
''Tel me, Frau Orloff," I now said
when shall enter upon my studies. u
had made up my mind, after Major
Rauch's advice, that at least I would
give the German Secret Service a trial
Words of Warming
Next Monday, F'raulein, if you
please. But, first of all, there is a pre-
liminary. Although, of course, I car
give you no signed contract as regards
your service, I must on the other hand
ask Of you certain things"
What are those?" I inquired.
| "In the first place, you will have
to submit to a thorough medical ex.
amination-by a woman. You mus
be photographed ful1-face, side face
| Fright and left,) the back Of the head
and neck. Your hands also must b.
photographed. Your height ant
weight must be recorded. Any mark.
must be duly registered, and, in short
the fullest particulars Of your person
must be inscribed in our official lis
of women employed. You do not OBJ
ject? 1t is necessary for the purpos
Of Identification shoulder anger
trouble arise-you will understand
me, Fraulein Olga Won Marx.
"a. B. c." in Spying
you must perfectly understand
Fraulein Olga Won Marx, that on n
account can this institute recogniz
you once you are outside it's doorway
nor must your occupation be suspect
ed by anyone beyond this building
Later, as you will perceive your dut
will be to obtain certain kinds of in
: formation for us, and the source G
this information-the person or p1ac
; will be indicated to you. .
} 1.-THE means you employ in gettin
information will be left to your ow
: judgment entirely. We will endeavo
, to help you all we can, but you mus
7 clearly appreciate that should 70
come into the clutches Of any foreig
, power we shall not be able to help 70
/ at all-in short, we should deny a
l knowledge of you. Please remembe
I my words.
l Finally, I would say, Fraulein dig
3 Won Marx that you must place yor
y conscience, your ethics, and yor
r heart safely somewhere under loo
t and key-at least while you are I
r the employ Of the German Secret Sci
= vice"
S Again for a few moments the pro-
: pect of German Secret Service wor
9 appalled, me: Arrested, imprisone
g perchance in far-off land! To who
could I apply for help?
! The acting chief" of the Argus Il
stitute apparently read my thought
|, for she added
y IF you are actually in danger,
L need of immediate assistance-or yc
= are caught and detained-and it
" possible to write or telegraph-yC
e could, I may say in a most extren
case, communicate with Herr Rite
Vt Il Winterfeldstrasse. q afterwar,
l. learned that Herr Ritter was MOI
other than Herr Muller). But
d am going too far ahead. You have V
= to undergo your tuition-successfu
believe and hope. will add to n
u remarks when see you again. Mo
70 day next at ten o'clock you will plea
l. be here. For the rest. remenbe
10 Fraulein Olga Won Marx, to keep tn
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