The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-03

man Spy teller" This was most unjust
to Mr.. Won Goltz, than whom there was
no moro kindly. innocent person IN the
world He was SO kindly and innocent
that he was always on the verge Of los
ing his position in the corner grocery.
He could hardly avoid. when his customer
seemed poor, adding an ounce overweight
to the scaleful OF sugar or rice, and he
went out Of his way to be gentle and
friendly. 1t was Wednesday before Mrs.
WINNER CHANGED to hear Mr.. Bunker
mention her inoffensive boarder as that
German SPY feller." but with boarding
house keepers keen interest in all that
pertaIned to mystery when connected
with her boarders, she Immediately
pressed Mr. Bunker to explain what he
meant
Mr.. Bunker had been busy indeed dur
Ing the early part of the week Monday
he had strolled about the street near his
place of residence until he had run upon
an electrical shop that had in its window
what he sought. one of tho cheap wire
less sending and receiving outfits design
ed for childrens use, and two Of these
he bought, the price being a mere baga-
telIe. The clerk explained. patiently and
over and over again, the method Of using
the apparatus; and finally, in despera-
ton. he made Mr.. Bunker buy book of
instructions. All Monday evening and all
day Tuesday Mr.. Bunker pored over the
book with the apparatus before him
the table in his room. while Grandma
Bunker crocheted piacidly. What the
wireless apparatus was she had no idea
beyond what Mr.. Bunker had told her
that It was ''bunco-stuf."
To Mrs. Winners eager queries Mr..
Bunker answered by reading a page out
of a weekly periodical that told Of the
operations Of German spies in England
and France before the great war. She
took the paper with thrill Of excited
delight To have a spy in the house was
deliciously romantic, particularly as the
spy paid his board each week in ad-
vance and with automatic regularity. In
twenty-four hours Miss Druse and all
the other boarders knew that Mr.. Won
Goltz was a spy and were telling each
other suspicious circumstances they had
noted regarding him
And now. to complete his work of max
ing Mr.. Won Goltz one of the kaiser's
eyes, Mr.. Bunker did something that was
decidedly reprehensible. He coiled
yard or so of wire around one of tho
small wireless enunciators and carried
1t to Mr.. Won Goltz's room and left it
under the dresser-a place where MI.
Won Goltz would never be likely to dis
cover 1t, but where Mrs. Winners up
stairs girl would be sure to- With that
pleasure with which a man hears
mousetrap snap q few minutes after he
| has set and baited it, Mr.. Bunker saw
| Mrs Winners upstairs maid enter the
room with broom. pail and dustpan-and
! a few minutes later hurry down the
! stairs, to return with Mrs. WINNER
! herself. They had discovered the wire
less apparatus with which Mr.. Won Goltz
sent the secrets he learned in the corner
grocery hurting through the thousands
! of miles to the kaisers eagerly waiting
/ earl The price of eggs probably! Or
! the confounding and important news that
! Mrs Gimmel did not want any sour
/ oranges because Mamie Gimmel had the
mumpsi
| The next Sunday, Mr. Bunker. his guile
/ less face beaming good will. shook hands