Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-23

"lIavc them ready for me-" / or
dercd II shall witness the trial OF
his apparatus"
| arranged very nicely with Sir Percy
that evening; so nicely that had not
TO invite myself TO the trial at Port
I,Pirie. He pressed me 10 be present
You must see the Grea, deal
through Hlda. cnild.' lie said. after
beins Win Inc through so much OF it,
You shall come into my company on
The ground foor, and shall, make you
4 -icH woman"
At RIGHT TIME. Jumps
THROWN IN TO RUIN TEST
| So went TO Port Prize 10 witness
The test. and ] stood all day among
dirty pans fun of whtrling slush-,tat
was crushed metal ore. asked sir.
Daniels, the inventor. hundred qucs-
tom, and he explained them all pa
rioutly. LUX in lords that held no
meaning. suppose he thought he WAS
very clever.
~ the right tine s,ipned my Jumps
ot metal among the dirty slush. and
nobody noticed me At all 1t was as
easy as being made love 10 By Sir
Percy PIummer. who was now bccom-
ING 40 ardent that longe.: 10 get rid
OF !!inI.
tOleT-
ate him until the result OF the trial
was made known. and he had refused
- make q contract
That happened, TOO. just as fortu-
nate!y rs all the rest. The inventor
DANIELS came in very crestia!lcn
manner 20 tell him OF his failure and
10 ask for another trial. The good
Sir Percy called him "a humbug and
accused him OF bringing people on 4
Wild 6 Dose chase all the way across
The world.
INVENTOR REPLIES IN
LANGUAGE Equally STRONG
Ihcreupon. IN my presence. the
most OF which were quite true; and
Sc Percy. in very high dudgeon, de-
cared Inc dea! permanently off.
ihere was nothing left for the min
ms people but 10 close with our offcr
and d good contrac, was made. Until
1t was broken by that felon. Hughes
AL the profit and trade OF those Aus
'ral!an metals Went 10 Germany
Sir Percy was now in 4 great hurry
10 leave Australia, and begged me to
return by the same boat AS he. I
thought IL as well to promise: indeed.
he stuck to me SO closely that / had
TO travel with him all the way to AIDE
laide for the purpose OF seeing him on
board.
Because OF my success in this
matter OF the metals Of Australia /
was afterwards sent TO Brazil on a
strange errand,
After my successful trip from Aus
tra!ia, where / secured the entire gold
output for our Fatherland, IL was pro-
posed TO me that l return to the head
quarters of the secret service and re-
ceiNe another important commission TO
another land. OF course, | had not
me slightest Idea as TO where the For
elgn ONCE was about to send me.
On reachinf the Secret Service Blu
reau OF the Foreign Office ! was di-
rected to the office OF Won IIolstcin
My first intination that il was in
tended 10 send Inc to Brazil came TO
me from Baron Won Holstcin who was
IN charge OF the subbureau that looked
after Latin american affairs. The first
question he asked me on entering his
oiiice was: can YOU speak Portu-
guesc, countess?"
"a good instructor and four weeks
and then, yes" | answered The baron
laughed approvingly. and within half
an hour was provided with a thor
oush instructor attached TO the Secret
Service Department.
BY asking a question here and there
] learned that Portuguese is also tho
language spoken in Brazil; and then r
was aole 10 make good guess at the
reason of Won Holstein's question.
From early morning till late at night
] was hard at work learning to sneak
Portuguese. Later they added another
Instructor to my staff, whose task was
to teach mo Portuguese and Brazilia n
manners and customs. This last In
structor was supplied to me from the
bureau of Stcnhauer. the man who
was known throughout our Father
land as the master international spy.
having seen service in every land.
After many sittings with my two
Instructors reported once more to
Won Holstein, who turned me over to
Herr DernburS for further instructions.
and Il very long lecture on the com.
mercial possibilities of Brazil follow
ed. Herr Dernburg Is n thorough cx-
pert on these questions. I was sur