Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20


tried until the victim was safely
brought Into the house. Then 1t was
for Ottilie TO deal with the subject, aud
she knew every trick of International
She took great pride in telling me
about her many espionage adventures
and listened to her hearless tales with
feelings or contempt and destestat;on.
one day said to her: "Ottilie. Fate
you as long as must, but shall hate
you heartily when ! am in a position
to ebs do sg TO 5hs she n answSfsa non
are still a bit excited. / advise you to
res, N while; little more sleep, then
you Will become normal" She had Il
way of ridiculing me that always made
me feel foolish after such outbursts on
my part
SHARP at II in the morning Baron
and began to tell me how valuable the
high bureau chiefs held me. They con-
graduated the baron for having sue
vice of the fatherland. ITO morrow
the Kaiser himself will hear of you
fro from my own lips, ! shall tell his
within the reach of the fatherland
with divine and charming countess
. Ike, you working for our intelliggenc.e,
YOU arc like valuable gem, You your-
SELF do not know your own value. With
women like you on our side. yes. in
our employment, we are in a position
to read every move Of every govern
ment in Europe-military. naval. polit-
ical; commercial. financial and indus
trial. The baron WAS on his knees
kissing my hands again and again.
But Iaron Stcinhrouck. l am not a
CONTEST" ] exclaimed.
Il still insist that you are n count
css. the countess of Lindeo!" he pro-
duced bunch of finely engraved cards.
bearing the name which he persisted
that shall be my name from that time
BECOMES a COUNTESS
TO FURTHER WORK.
But someone might know the own
er, the rightful owner of that name
and expose me as grand imposter. I
can not use that name, Impossible"
My child. be patient. shall explain
II to you presently. Count Linden was
ago he sold all his landed estates in
the Fatherland. and settled in some
part par of Java He died unmarried and
TER from native mother, who was the
daughter of high priest in one of
IN , Ruddh list, tsmpie; If anyone dares
story VIII be ample. In the meantime
you are the countess of Linden And
Win rnncd that IL name YOU will have free en-
society: Lo MAKE myself plain?!
finished the baron confidently.
his as IN cne baron baron sat back in his chair.
with the confident satisfaction that he
nan I'M pressed me- completely with his
oi one OF the priests in the buddhist
temple, who. on removing one OF his
fellow priests from tho confines Of the
temple by the simple process of stab
bing him with n dagger. had aroused
a feeling OF distrust and repulsion
within my childish breast. His smile
Nlctih from whose miserable body the
soul was slowly departing was SO
similar to the Baron's smile that I
could not help showing, temporarily. a
Icing or deep repulsion against this
S SeInan priest of espionage. Baron
SS;; pic nIp noticed my disopproval of
r t;ic expression, he again pointed n
Eiorious future before me when the
w wpe;a would rage over my dancing and
v wnen the royalties of Europe would
worship me. ! must confess that when
yer inc baron ,resorted to this way
~ tempting me he was successfu, To-
was a youpr Oriental and my c,rIv
r,u.eation in the temple was based on
'uS s.w and n pSn: '
nar0n" ~ ! inquired.
You are not rested yet. n few DAYS
H t1heer men you will be in 4 better con-
studies. To-day I go to his niastSy
ana report my recent work in England
gu see. Frauiein Malta Hari. our csni.
'nstIon system TENS is UNDERGOING reorgan-
,n,tioh. heretofore we have been In
inorihg under the old method; since tho
last Two years. under my supervision
We ere installing new system. The
tieman who sent You to our fnitbfnl
servant OF the Fatherland Mt London
S Ie,aa Won Bernhardt and his charming
of our intelligence service on
ser must himself know how we'll orr
Lond0n agencies have served the Faith
AS me baron spoke these words he
handed me a check on the Imperiaj
. snnk TO the amount of 10000 marks.
FL rms IS only to show you how we'll the
~ n
70 ne OF use TO u.s." he said NV car
rage is at your service. Ottilie viii
pli9t you through Berlin. Go with her
and cash the check. Buy dresses. hut
above all do not worry about money
n,a..ers. L bid you good-by till to-
CT Berlin and. guided by Ottil!c. I snent
nearly two-thirds of the money that the
naron had handed to me-
THE SATAN INCARNATE
RETURNS TO SEE HER
on the following day the baron again
rnturned TO Dorotheenstrasse He was
s ssnin this tan, weil-set, but SANDER
BOY and was so excited that he could
hardlY keep his seat while addressing
MY dear Mata Hari. our Emneror hos
beard OF you from my own lips. He is
enthusiastic regarding our new meth
ca ca In espionage; am gcing 30 plan
party. when his majesty will give Vol,
recognition by his august presence az
me junction. a few months longer ana
then you, will be rega ried as one Of
The friends of the Emperor
! was speechless. I was within n
short distance of my widest dreams.
Wealth. praise by even the royalty ami
power were within my easy reach in n
Few months after 7 had left nv dis
tant and drcary Burma home. What
else could young girl. brought up in
the confines of n Buddhist temple bv
poverty-strcken priests. have wished
for?
'rhen my studies began. They took
from eight to ten hours Of my time
daily. Those were hard days but I
worked without complaint, as knew
that the successful execution of my flu
;ure career depended wholly on my alb
soiutc proficiency in these necessary
fubjects.
During my studies at Doro,heen-
Strasse, | gave private performances
before exclusive audiences, and from
Cay to day became very well known
to many Rerln dignitaries, and about
five months after my arrival at the
German capital. under the patronage OF
Baron SteinbroHck, I danced before an
audience where his majesty, the Kali
Ssr himself, was present.
After the performance was pre-
scented to the Emperor by the horon