Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27

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ITO the grand plot"
NO. my dear countess, no, pro-
gram. After having the last word.
| me baron began TO eXpound mis- mcrci-
a PROMISING VICTIM
.r WAS EGYPTIAN PRINCELISG
pric MGw. M ;ha Hari; This Egyptian
the khcdive. Is known TO he a Frank
1fphile He is literally insane over
EraIn nee; and spends more of his time
iort Said His name in Abbas Nuri.
! re IS very young ard handsome He
mas JuSs returned from long sojourn
! II, laris; ana while there ne was en-
| teriaihed by many French naval Of
ncers: and the French Foreign ONCE
secretaries never for one minute lost
sight Of him. We all know all this
| from our Paris agents. In Paris nc at
rs hinh many IMPORTANT conferences. at
! Which Ens!iSh EN- DasSy attaches also
iooH part There is on foot :,n Anglo
| French reconciliation. and il has strong
bearing on these two powers relations
ana interests in Egypt. We also know
through our Paris secret agents thai
Abhas Nuri the khedivc's friend and
COZ. VIII stop at Vienna. Why!
inus, KNOW, and must know iinne-
uiatcly. why Abbas Nuri will stay a,
Vienna and then proceed TO Constan-
i suppose he will visit Vienna and
! IohStantinopie for the same reason he
mas visited Berlin. The man is travel
uS, ! suggested.
COUNTESS" IS Not
.>. Az UNCOMMON TITLE
No., no. my dear countess. Abbas
Huri did not visit Berlin on his own
accord. He was. | will be very candid
"ith you as you have insisted ent!ced
mere by our clever Paris agent the
countess OF Iindcnburg. VINO nlain-
aims u IaIis residence and is a thous-
dand times more clever than our own
am am "assador at the French capital. Bur
unioriunately, the countess was Toll
owed by the Paris Intelligence agents.
a am .oT mat reason We do not dare 10
h haG me her to execute the program we
! L!nuenburs has been forced 10 scclu-
SION on This case and is now residing
right here in this house"
| - presume She !s-a countess Just
10y Yes; yes, Mata Hari. she is coun-
H. Baron Steinbrouck was greatly
excited. Then he again resumed.
,or lou must bring Abbas Nuri to this
mouse. He must make other visits and
aIt! other visits. know you can
ini i!.ri him, You must. You can"
Then drug him!
Nj. dear Mata Hari. For the las,
time l must insist that you assume a
more more respectful attitude to the sub
dered the baron angrily.
! VIII ASSUME such an attitude, but
no more. ! retortcd nonchalantly.
Once Abbas Nuri is infatuated with
| you. you VIII oonfde- to him that Won
are In reality an Austrian secret agent.
vs, n To VIENNA hse ,b ae9nt to make
Oh repGrtnE important military and
poii,lsai secrets Of Germany 10 the
AuSiro-Hungarian Foreign Office in
Vienna. /, Will make it easy. for YOU
70 travel 10 Vienna with him From
Jenna you will manage to travel TO
Constantinonle with him. Now for the
object of this mission or missions for
you are intrusted with several that
are correlated TO each other
How am / TO convince him that
II liked. ''u"s"F''" secret "Een''"
We have already arranged that
here arc your certificates bearing the
official seal and Identification marks OF
me me, Vienna secret service in code. These
OF inc VIENNA Espionage Bureau My
Mata linri. We have many trusted
agents age 81, in the Vienna Intelligence Of
taking place there. But / regret 10
confess that we have been unable to
put put one OF our agents In the political
fear that We will be unable TO learn"
For nearly five hours Baron Stein
or the mission TO be carried out ana
when he was through with his lecture
/ fully comprehended the gravity and
slgnihcance of my assignment
On the day after this conference. as
agreed BY the baron, | was again given
an opportunity 10 exhibit my dances
Ahhas Nuri. the Egyptian prince was
invited. the gathering included a:nonc
others. french, English. Spanish. Itai-
ian ard Belgian military and political
attaches and also those OF nearly every
other nation ,h represented in Berlin.
senied to Abbas Nuri by woman ns pre- pre-
masqueraded as a French woman. bur
was, In realty, secret agent OF the
now now that ! was to employ my "seduc-
tive charms" I am no; referring To
them with pride. but Baron Steinbrouck
had so often repeated this phrase that
myself grew TO think that it was nv
best card when playing the great game
OF internationa! espionage: otherwise
why should the German espionage de-
actions?
never felt that intatuating Abbas
Nuri vas a great. credit to me. This
Egyptian empty head and full pocket
book was such an easy fuel that any
the purpose and with a fairiy good
presence could have played with him
at her pleasure. But in order that
played my game from the start with the
best cards I held.
FLY IN THE WEB
WAS AN EASY MARK
Your highness does me a great honor
in seeking me here. 1t is great
| pleasure 10 meet one who possesses
an innate appreciation of my dances.
II words now happy ! am to > i EtSa
exhibition OF Buddhist dances this
evening" l said as ! gave a signal to
The French woman" who had brought
the Egyptian prince 10 my dressing
room, to leave us.
Then you are from the Orient! From
what sacred land does the charming
lady conner Prince Abbas Nuri asked
as he bowed and kissed my hand like
| a Frenchman.
Il hail from Burma, but + am party
English; just little English blood in
my veins, but my soul is of the Orient.
while my love is for France" l an
swered and held mS~breath for a see
ond or so rs l thought L had begun
| by playing my game too fast. How
ever. the guileless Egyptian prince con
alysis. engaged Prince Nuri FOR
nearly half an hour, and at the end
he left me with solemn assurance
that he considered my invitation to
dine with me ut my apartments Mt
| Dorothcenstrasse on the following dav
as tho greatest honor and pleasure in
| his life.
Poor unwary fly! And he was so
easy to victimize that felt ashamed
| of myself for certain conscious satia-
| faction OH my part for having won he