Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-13

Please, please said Grant. but tell
me now does she feel about the way
IN which the Baroness is pushing her
"uu ,,.n, o. ner position as. leader of the
Won hertz has found in the Baroness"
Much hurt at it, for she has a SIN
ccrr affection for Heiny."
anres o9 s,,ryy you think letter from me
III confession from herr"
e No, answered Dixie after n thongh,.
the 2T"sf mas,er sbs Jme srint is intensely loyal to
nnothing personal interfere with that
No information could be gotten from
ner because of the detection of Won
FIX bsyo uh1eTs NJ is,;; something, happens. But
,nai ,,,iii, you win keep Won Papen in sight
G dI'ii he Is on his steamer and | am to
DO tne same ssame for Boy-Ed. ' "
49, DiNie found that circumstances aided
ner 9r greatly in the task she had selected
tor herself Despite the fact that Won
Fapen and Boy-Ed
>.. were be ing dis
NJ Attaches u large n,tmbe, ~
o""e people called a the
Office which housed
ri,,, o h If h g III to,
MISil bon ,oyage to the dscredted ennis
Saries. When she arrived at the nfsro
she found that Baroness Verberht
Maoann stephan and Won I.ertz were
alreaIE cloSot"d with Won Paper and
MAJ s"E-Eh was receiving all the call
ers who We're of sufficient mportanre 70
he met personally. So it naturally foil
10 Dixie, as an intimate of both the for
ner embassy aides to act as hostess TO
the thrCng which gathered
1t was TO her liking. She fitted here.
mere and everywhere throughout the
offices. greeting person here and hid
ding adieu to ono there. but ali the time
with her eyes open for any information
which might be of value. only one
thing did she find. This was IA bill sub
mitted by a telegraph company which
Won Igel was working upon. checking or,
the receipt of the message from the
office files. r" aid himself he had care
fully written on the blank the name of
the sender of the message or the name Of
the person 10 whom it had been sent.
The frequent repetition of Won Bopp"
on the blank caused Dixie to pocket II
for future investigations Another thing
which she noticed was that Boy-Ed was
sending most of his personal and pri-
Nate papers into Won Papcns rooms.
which led to the surmise that Won Papen
had undertaken the task of caring for all
the important papers of the Office.
IT was of this she first spoke when she
met Harrison Grant after both Won
Papen and Boy-Ed had been escorted to
their separate boats.
"lt Is a shame that we had to observe
the rules of civilized nations by letting
them take those papers" she said. when
they themselves have violated every
one"
81 noticed how careful Won Papen was
of two bags. a portfolio and one trunk
said Grant. 80 have Cabled the British
authorities that it might not be amiss to
search them for information which might
be of comfort to the enemy when the ship
touches at Falmouth
"Oh. good" exclaimed Dixie. And
now am starting for San Francisco
this afternoon. ] think have a lead
worth working on
Then she told him of her reasons for
wanting to watch the movements of
Franz Won BOpp. the imperial German
consul, general at san Francisc", Grant
heartily agreed with her. Then on find
ing that she had already engaged her
train he accompanied her to the station
and saw her start on her weeks journey.
He rhafed at the idleuess which con-
frontcd him. Shadows had been set on
the baroness Madam Stephan and Won
Lertz. as well as others who had been
active in previous German activities.
Won Lertz was reported as having inter
viewed and retained the services of 4
large number of publicists whom ne had
dispatched to various parts of the Coun-
try Grant decided that perhaps acts of
violence as a part of the German prcpa
ganda were to end with the departure or
the two arch-consprators. and that Won
I.ertz was directing a campaign of pub
vi
lean sympathy.
Finally. through sheer inactivity he
began thinking Of the letter TO Madam
stephan of which he had spoken 10
Dixie. He finally
decided that send
Decides to write ing it could do no
to harm. and he dis
Madam stephan patched short
note, telling her
that il might be
f, fetp n
information she might possess.
The note was destined to have far
reaching effect, but not in the way in
which Grant thought Madam stephan
received it and. after reading ii. tore
it into small pieces, enraged at the
idea that Grant had such a poor opin-
ion of her that he could believe she
would turn informer. Baroness Yer
becht called a short time later while
Madam Stephan was busy with her
morning toilet. The Baroness was a
natural spy and when she saw the torn
bits of letter on the table she gathered
them up carefully. and carried them
with her when she left. At her own
apartment she spent the day piecing
them together until the whole note stood
revealed Then she had hearty laugh
at the stupidity of the American who
would expect an agent Of the Wilhelm
strasse to turn informer and brave the