Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
Germany 5 Greatest

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Edited by Gnznricne Dunn I<anuIbel
Very well. then. In that case have
The same time. don all your reserve
NILS. The mission, am about to make
must not only be clever. you must also
De cunning az you are about to be
seSre; service agents In the world. To
stii! more conplicate matters we do
not h know the exact nationality OF one
behalf he is working and what he Is
after here in the city.
nth, THE first man ] have In mind is n
served two years In, one Of our Ger
man prisons for, pho,ographing the
laxative. is fond Of women and wine
and gives one the impression of being
ssen sho% to be snn Sn sr ma
ie Is pretendins to be 's foo sr' n af'9 he
MY dear professor. let me know at
Snee the the nature Of my assignment, /
You are In the service long enough
not 40 comment" The professor sud.
denly becauscs,he bcastly Prussian that
he was.
must inform you at once that i have
not yet Iecognized you as my, superior.
tend to do all the listening. You must
4 dsfi, up your mind to that at once"
n a the ere my ultimatum to the devil
The evil is a low; coward. you must
know; y dear reader. lie Is also an
mediau t. made UP his mind to again
cloak lmself in the sarb OF a saint.
Fro tho ho,tor NJ NV ho,,,
aanologi ;e to Madame Anna Van der
cai Msarme Anna Ssn der Ss, wi' aid x
ihorize you to give me such n name?
~ 9Sq WI, Vii address me as The :c1untess
warn you not to be too frivolous with
II agoloEiTe. TO The Countess Of Lin:
he repiied. = .s' u, up, hoo e ia''
II ~ ready 10 hear you:1plans"
TWo vEnr GREvEn MEN
- The frs, first GsIson whom I wish you
That Is Dreposterous and Impossible
name, but that is the name we always
Antwerp he goes about under the name
OF MortIncr Melton. Another strange
name.
y,.S Ss s,, other I nap's name Is Harry
border on romaniicism. He is about
Twenty-Five years % age and has a way
smooth faced. blonde and looks like a
boy He Is said to have, travelled
throughout the world. sometimes as, "a
male and at other times female.
He has never been seen in the company
OF woman. ana our every effort IN
Of our most beautiful woman agents
has 50 far failed. In Switzerland two
weeks ago he soundly thrashed one OF
lnttr raf
him as waiter. and after turning
ssH ever ,i ianie IN the restamrant upside
10 the proprietor and demanded his
biz; paid IT in american, gold certin;
and suddenly one week later made his
appearance here in Antwerp. We know
this much that he has been since seen
lilo must be wonderful man. I
% ose wi9 him Said d"i hs In In
pleasantly.
That is just exactly what happened
to one OF our secret agents; charm
She actually did 70 wild over this m ny; g.
terious male beauty; and az a prccau
reach" said the professor seriously.
Where do they stop?" ! asked.
Hotel von oS %Ss s Ss nssS q,
friend is now stopping at Hotel Metro
poalffia avs Won made onv ,rnrsn.,,s
these men?" i asked the professor i'm
patiently.
FOUR AUSTRIAN Traitors
OFFER TO SELL PLANS
Yes my dear countess. but must
know further about our plans. Our
( Berlin bureau informs me that 1t has
| Of the Vienna secret service bureau to
find four Austro Hungarian officers OF
high rank in their ordnance depart
session. We, know beyond the posi-
billy of Of doubt tina, these officers have
lines and are hiding somewhere in this
Vicinity. looking for. an .opportune time
s meHI tbese sPief for the purp9ss
gold. Dirty detrayers!'
I'm tn that ease these two foreign spies,
Yes, yes, my dear countess. You
must at once take rooms at Hotel Won
Hoyit; s You are h;ea wealthy Hoiander
the allies and you hate Germany pro-
foundly. You belong TO the Dutch sec
tecred to work on the side of the allies
Ement., Let me hear from You within a
\ dear countess" ny
In two days I succeeded in meeting
the Englishman. He was young man
him almost too easy and too ready to
lbecome friendly with me. And il was
| his too great readiness to drink in my
fcompany that made me fear and sus.
/ pect him the most. One afternoon I
[said to him:
"Mr. Melton. now that we have be-
come such good and intimate friends.
Iiretired actress. For many wears
Edanced and ! made a, fortune. Finally
| my life in doing good works. occa.
Esionally, OF course. I give private mar
lilies and on these occasions I entertain
|!my friends and their friends" / said
|Lgiving him one of my seductive smiles
ut would be great honor but /
! have very Few friends here in this God
Iiforsaken by our British armies and
fperhaps the BelgiaD. AS | said. have
Ithat you would not care to throw Your
Ipearls before, them. intellectually and
REALISTICALLY. they are pigs" he said with