Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-10
There was wisdom in his remarks
so | took tho noteS

SO took the notes.
Game Thursday evening. o'clock.
the Taverne univcrselle-ana Fraulein
! Cmslag. | had quite decided on my
method with the girl from Stettin.
But only after supper did oroach the
subject of the drawings" and 1 saw
TO 1t that Fraulein Umslag did not
take intoxicating wine. Tasting a
Bcrncastler FIRST pronounced IL bad.
and then ordered another bottle OF a
/ most innocuous kind.
We'll, how are you progressing with
Mr.. --cr. what is his namey' 1 asked
over coffee
Sandman. Oh. he is leaving Paris
tomorrow evening for Rome"
And are you going with him."
/ Tears came into the dark eyes or the
would be Partisan nursemaid. Il don't
know what to do she said. "Ir he
were not married. oh. yes: but he has
what TO do" she repeated. My mother
| who Is religious would never forgive
! me. l am sure. And yet ] promised
| him would go with him. and /
suppose must, Oh. what shall l do.
Frau!ein :hmidt-advise me. please,
/ for you know the world much better
I than do, and you are clever"
This sudden departure OF The naval
genius gave me furiously to think"
Ny time for bringing on my coup was
! be able to induce him TO stay in paris
little longcr?-I hazardcd the ques-
/ ton.
oh. no: h. has to be in Rome a,
nxed time. He could not put it OF: :
ne told ne 30. He wishes 10 do 60.
/ Tor ne has been working so hard that
he has not had time TO see the town"
MY chances seemed black Ny only
hope lay In the girl may have 10
follow them 70 Italy-Could she be
oought?-f 81 wanted time % think
| i deemed it best TO mention Tho
( drawings straight away.
one minute. Fraulcin Cmslag." |
repHed. Before | advise you let me
speak of the drawings. Arc they s,ill
Y In the secretaire?"
No he has packed everything up.
He IL finished. and tonight he is with
+ friends at Olympia. H.. Will NOT he
( back I'll. late. he told me. So sh,,l
not see him till Tomorrow morning
ana In the evening We shall be on our
\ way TO Italy"
Has he much luggasc?"
oh. no. just a valise. and .suit
case as the English call IL"
irgs?''
IN the suit case. 1t is full Of them
- y Just the RICH: thing for them.
e. Is nat sized. and they fit in exactly"
/ suddenly Frauicin Umslag looked yery
grave She opened her satchel and
TOOK OUT large key. "Oh, what SHAH
I oo!' she cried. 1T is the key of hi.
room. ! was there this evening. /
mao headache felt so schlecht,
! his friends. He made me ii. dovn
he left me. and told me to give tho
KEY TO the concierge as left. oh
what shall do. careless SIrl thai 7
am" '"at
must say that marveled a. Ros.r,
~. Ont
German girl alone in his room win Nc
priceless drawings packed in a suit
case at hand. But. then, your genius
I or inventor. or both. are like the Grim
MAJ IN one respectfully have a kink
In their brain. They are not al,
there" There is no cieve-ness wirnon,
crack. Even the great Sir Issoe
newton. when his cat had kittsn
/ would not foresee that the kitten would
MAKE ingress or cgress through the
noie In the door he had made 20. the
I cats use. He must have an adsi.
t!onal aperture cut for the kitten
Was a key to figure in this "miss.o,.
as al Adlon?
Rejecting moment or two. sal,
fernaps you had better take it back
| TO mig CHIT"
oh. no ! don't like going all
thaS way alone I am SO afraid OF the
I eris streets. They are so unsafe. The
second night i was here saw q man
s.aeoed in a little side street. saw
inc knife fash. and. oh"
will come along with you. I, g
only little after g."
How kind OF you. Fraulein Schmidt
II you only would. I should he more
than grateful. How kind OF you"
by the time We arrived at the Rue
! des Moeurs had been thinking things
! must have another LOOK at Mr..
sandhams room-if it were only for
the purpose Of scrutinizinr the suit
! case.
Y Il suppose had better not ask YOU
\ UP and give you a glass OF wine" re-
marked Frau!ein Umslag. shiverinr at
the doorstep OF Sandham's abode. "and
| yet IL Is SO cold-yes. you must come
up TO his room and have glass Of
wine I'll chance it."
| So would /.
accepted the invitation; but first ]
/ asked the girl TO see IL the coast was
clear. did not wish to be seen by the
! concierge or any one else. IL could
! help ii.
Cmsias returned. said there was no
one about. and that the concierge was
not visible. Having a dram over the
, way She prophesied
! F'raulein CmslaE lit Mr.. Sandham's
green shaded lamp and poured out two
small glasses OF Frances national
| beverage While she wasso doing
| examined the suit case. II bore the
makers nAme-an Anglo Frenchman in
| the Due de Rivol. also found the
size was marked Ill"
II was well to be cautious. What
shall you say 10 your friend IL he re-
turns unexpectedly" I asked.
He VIII not; OF that I am certain
tie said his last night in Paris would
ne very late one. He is among a lot
or friends. who won't let him come
away till morning"
Anyhow thought 1t best for her to
have gag ready il he did return
suddenly 1t was to be--''This lady Is
| inquiring about gentleman who lived
| here ten years ago.
So We settled down and lit two Of the
| genius's cigarettes.
"Fraulein Cmsias, what age are
you?"
Nineteen"
! tTo BE Continued To-Morrow)
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