The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

whalers. A German sailor" Il
aeronaut."
So mo. 23' spent three days at the
Argus Institute before being called
over the coals.'' loved these English
expressions; they convey so much
German colloquialismS mean little or
nothing, or anything-which is worse.
On Thursday afternoon, about 3, Cap
tain CAM stole into my room in his
usual silent fashion; said he, with an
unpleasant half-sneer, half-grin, Il
hear that after your departure from
here last Monday evening you were
indiscreet enough to open and peruse
in public tramway car the First In
structions'' gave you. You must re-
member that 1 told you particularly
to keep them to yourself"
1 had, of course, to admit my guilt;
but my thoughts of the unsportsman-
like, elderly gentleman with the mon
ocle would not have pleased that In
dividual had they been translated into
vernacular German
Notwithstanding" Captain CAM
went on, Frau Orloff evidently
thinks highly of you, for she has in
structed me that you are to undertake
your first practical lesson in espionage
tonight"
"Tonightv' I burst out. Somehow L
had an instant vision Of being dis
patched to England, France, or per-
chance Russia, and I did not feel
pleased at the prospect SO suddenly
suggested to me. I always dislike to
go anywhere, whether in the next
~ hn in a
hurry.
Tonight" repeated Captain CAM,
"but do not be alarmed. We are not
going TO send you very far; in brief
only to Frobelstrasse.
Frobelstrasse I knew by repute az
existing in N. E. Berlin. In that street
is the great city shelter for the night
ly use of the unemployed. felt some-
what relieved. At that period ] did
not feel very inclined to travel far,
under my circumstances. Besides, the
winter was upon us.
Captain CAM seated himself. eft is
like this" he said. Tonight there is
to be a meeting-a secret meeting, /
may say, in a small hall in Froebel-
strasse. Admission is by ticket only.
have procured you one" Gle hand
ed the ticket to me.) 1.-The meeting is
convened by some persons styling
themselves the international Labor
Union but in reality the meeting is
one of series of meetings which have
for their aim the stirring up of unrest
and serious disaffection among Ger
man workers. Meetings such as the
one you will attend are being held all
over the Empire. Riots in the North
Eastern quarter of the capital have
been frequent recently. Only last Mon
day night dozen shops were pillaged
and four armed policemen stabbed tt
death"
I ventured to tell Captain GAM thai
had not heard of the occurrence.
Naturally" he replied. What goot
would newspaper reports of such pro
ceedings do? It would make matter.
worse, and at the same time inform
our enemies of their success. English
and Russian gold is at the root of tn,
evil" the Captain continued. "As yoI
will no doubt know, or at least, will
have heard, Germany at any time ma,
find herself involved in war with NOR,
than one Great European power. Eng
land, France and Russia mean tt
crush the Fatherland-if they can. N,
means are dirty enough for thes,
powers to accomplish their aim. Eng
lish gold has bought from u.s. through
corrupt sources, many of our secrets
especially naval. France and Russi
are doing all in their power to instil
into the minds of our workers that j
it comes to war Germany will stan
no chance of victory, but will b
crushed in fortnight. The idea, O
course. is tc make the notion Of wa
against France, Russia and Englan
alatable~--repulsive. Much has Sc
cretly been done by our enemies Nor
they intend to do-if they can. The
are at work all over Germany. Befor
we take drastic action we want tn
names or photographs or failing pho
tographs, sketches of the persons VIII
are causing the trouble. We want TIL
done quietly. When we have thes,
the rest will be easy. The originator
of these meetings will disappear
Here Captain GAM grinned in yer
creepy way. There was no doubt E
to what he meant.
you mean me to sketch the face
of certain persons, 1 suppose" I re
marked. But supposing 1 am d.
tected-7"
You could only lose your lif
Fraulein," replied the Captain wit
another creepy grin. Then with a SCI
ious face he added, you must u.
your own resources and discretion.
am told you have a good visual men
DRY. and that you draw portraits we
~"
''How am to know who is who
interjected.
you will soon see. You will east
perceive who are the moving spirit
Only two or three will be there. Ket
your ears open. Do not attempt
make notes. Do not sketch if "
are likely to be observed. Show ]
disapproval of what may be sal
Rather the reverse. Applaud jud
ciously. Remember all you can, Al
If anyone asks If you are Frau w
fert of Munich say at once 'yes1 b
do not enter into conversation wi
any questioner-or any one at a
You Will see that the name on yo
ticket is Frau Wilfert of Munich,
1 had already seen it, so I mere
nodded.
After the meeting a good many
the audience win hold back, ana