Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-25
Great Woman Spy
Tells Life Story
Author Gives Stirring Repelattons
OF German S Far-Rcachins
Espionage System.
WRITTEN ny MISS OLGA Won
MARX
edited BY HENRI DE HAL
SALE.
Copyright, 1917. by Henri de Hal.
sale, by the International
News Bureau. Inc.

There" cried Kovanko. that Is my
uncles. the governors house. He
pointed to a bare and barrack!iko
| building on the north shore of the
island. You will como with me this
evening TO supper there-you promised,
you know. You will enjoy yourself. L
tell you. My uncle Is a very humane
and genial man In private life. ard his
personiiied You will like her"
OF course. readily agreed to accom-
pany young Kovanko to his uncle's
terrible as the house OF Jack the Giant
Killer. abou: which l had read in my
| childhoods days
| BY the time the young Russian engi-
neer had deposited me on the doorstep
of Madame Nogloff's house had
learned quite a, lot Of the geography"
OF kronstadt-of its ramparts and bas-
| tons. it's harbors and dock yards. and
OF the northern and southern channels,
those impossible waters to any enemy
| fleet. But what value was this knowI-
| edge. rejected. to Germany or any
other power? Never while Il Russian
! lives Will 4 hostile fleet pass by kron-
stadt through the north or south
channel to the mouths OF the neva
| What is the use of spying on krou-
stadt? One is as helpless as two
year-oid baby in front OF the closed,
| dirty doors OF the Bank Of England
Still. "a Roonstrasse would seem to
nave 'ne motto, where there 10 death
there is hope" The German empire
should have the same watchword.
when l. with young kovanko, en-
tered tho portals of tho governors
grim and Eaunt dungeon-I can call IL
nothing else-I for my part could not
restrain SILVER. 1t seemed like en-
lering convict prison to partake OF
vine and baked meats while the rest
| or the household" fed on cruel: or
say. visiting death chamber to dance
Jig. / had forebod!ngs that some
thing was to happen to me in the gov
elnoT stone. walled palace on the
! north shore of kronstadt But IL was
100 late 10 make excuses headaches
or otherwise to turn back to Madame
Nogidfs house. close-by the Church
| OF st. Vladimir
The Governor OF Kronstandt. General
a-epeoet. found charming old man
win the grand manner so often found
among the highest Russian aristocracv
ialt--he must have stood six feet four
! with fine features. an iron-prav
nloustach and beard. his jet black eye
crows added final touch OF oistinc-
.ion 10 his face. General Lebedeff-
nave you ever noticed it in old nconIs
had a. shall We say. ..permanen,..
appearance; in other words, he looked
as II he had always been an old man
ana always would be- One couId M,
fancy MIN young man. nor could vol,
.HncE him looking any older. am
than this. Pi"'"iS
am pleased to meet Won Mis-.
Won hopf. | know your country waIi,,
ieeiinS OF embarrassment crcpt over
e suppose the general should ask
me questions about the United States.
country about which knew nothina
d. ND L.
rom books Zenia Lebedeff took to
me al once. for she kissed me on HON
cheeks and told me she hoped that We
shou'a become great friends. II live
friends fri df'e nil nIo. . she said, II have
not receive their letters. my life would
De dull indeed. You see I have not
ACQUIRED the newspaper habit, and
novels do not get on with very we'll.
unsess they are poetcal. was
Sihan;n UP IN remote garrison in
slneria' you see. and that, perhaps, &C
| counts Tor my deficiencies''
speaking OF novels" said the Gov
erno , OF kronstadt. Il must plead
sull,y 10 reading them-especially
English and French novels. Modnrn
English literature interests me vastly"
IN yes, cried Zena Lebeden.
father is quite an Anglomaniac-de
s';ite tho fact that England Is allied
VIZ, Japan she added with a laugh.
=, nave sincere admira ton for
me English. returned the governor
Almost every piece OF furniture T.,
'hiS room came from I-ondon-all our
| cutlery, even. comes from London"
IN. room in which we were sitting.
me governor, his daughter. his nephew
anu nEselt. apart from the English
ness OF IT'S contents. bespoke good taste
hlack, olive green. brown. purple and
So"i constituted the color scheme a
M Grand piano. too. I saw. was by an
Ensnsh frm-not German; for General
LeLcdeff hated the Germans with
.it' CT and more lasting hate than any
| T"ntoh could affect
Young koyanko insisted on my sing
| ing and IS among Zenia's music num-
! be's was a copy Of Sing Me to Sleep"
| Il once popular SONG in English speak
| ING couniriec. l Vcntured to render ~
| To the lest OF my ability. When I
! had finished l noticed that the iron
Governor of kronstadt was dabbing
| ms eyes.
THINKS RUSSIANS WILL
| LEAD WORLD IN MUSIC
But. yes" he said. after apolosizinE
-" his emotion. that is a very sad
Song IL me 1t in some mysterious
way recalled MY poor, dear departed
Vile a; n.os' people know, the Rus
sian. high or low, adamant or flesh
aud Blood merely, is very susceptible
30 music, in which art. II not now. he
VII very boon lead the whole world.
MAJ my prophecy.
Noes Won kopf. please sing US this"
Ienia Lebeden had handed to me
/ fosti's Good By" glanced at the
general. oh, yes" he exclaimed.
"p!ease sing that song. 1t IL an in
sspiration' and please sing Il In Eng
! lisn."
Yes" added young Kovanko. with
his hands on the keys. "'Good-By'
| sounds best in English It was com
| posed for English words"
| A.te: that song" said the general,
we ought to have comic one. We
should NJ; fGip too long on one string
! IL ite Nov II only the captain would
| turn UP this evening, he would make
/ US roar with lis funny songs-I think
'hey are that Frenchman Fragson's
| songs They are too funny. Ha ha!
| French captain"
| (To be continued tn-narrou.A