Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-07

| Win oargoes eventually Tor tho use OF
ts,d ~ nSrot"g, shins pa" HI s no DC car arr
goes She tells how 1t WAS dome.i
Was glad OF this. because had
begun TO fear fer my papers. and WAS
almost tempted to intruSt them into
his care. bat a, tho last moment
changed my mind. { encouraged that
Gilbert. | shall remember his name.
and | hope ] shall meet him some day
and pay him for his Kindness and
snartncss. / know now that lie Was
more smart than kind. In his COM
pany | Travelled TO san Francisco. a.
fond and happy as though I WAS on a
honeymoon Grip.
We arrived AT night. and nc escorted
me most respectfully. TO a great hotel.
where passed as his wife And how
many names that Gilbert had. After
escorting me to our rooms lie took
leave OF me with the understanding
that lac call for me carly the next
morning. so that we could go TO break
CAST together. ] was glad to rest in
comfortable bed again. and in safety.
AFTER HEsTFtL NIGHT SHE
HAS REAL AWAKENING
Never have slept better. with my
papers safely locked in my room.
hold OF my coat, in the lining OF which
] had hidden my papers. But on look
iuS ~ IL more closely | noticed that
- WIS not my own coat. Did | make
a mistake? Did Gilbert take my cat
and leave this ono?
Ycg. Gilbert had stolen my coat and
tho papers along with 1t. Was he
Joking, II so 1t was mean joke. Did
lac want TO prove TO me tina, he was
smarter than As secret service
agent? ~ ant rate. my papers were
missing. Then ] started TO open my
handbag. Eut my key would not tit.
! looked at mH bag again carefully.
Ny cwn bag had gone also. lie had
exchanged my bag with one similar.
In my anger ! smashed the bag and
found i; illed win worthless rags.
Then nearly broke down again.
rushed Off to our consul and told him
what had happened asking whether
recover tho stolen papers. our consul
looked worry erav-. Gilbert" he said.
Yes, VIC know Gilbert, he is ono Of
tho clevcrost OF the American Secret
Service agents"
II Was as much as he could do to get
me- a passage across TO China. where
! was safe. passed by the siberian
railway 10 Russia. aud from there to
Berlin. II Is said that Herr thinner
mann now wishes TO blame me because
thu Americans got possession OF his
plans in Mexico. our secret service
bureau "a Berlin knows we'll whom to
blame for my complete failure in
MoNico. Hcr.' zimmerman is dis
missed, while ! at!lI am bciu. employed
by the service.
When America finally declared war
upon US. = heavy cloud hung over the
Beads ~ all IN" devoted servants or
our beloved 'ath"rlamd Especially
those VIII" were being employed anon"
lh" idiouc Nrhk oes were - a loss as
I" villa; 10 do and how 20 serve tho
Kaiser and tho Fathcrland.
My failure III NeSiCo. although not
through IVY own fault, made our intel
i!Eence bureau chiefs rather cool to-
wards me. For some little Tin. I
i"hrcd that. I'm accordance with an al
most iron-hound rul" OF our service
hat one failure ON tho part Of n trust
"a member disqualitics for further SER
Vice, ] might he forced TO retire.
kncw ! would be subjected TO some
sort Of 'ndignity. il is one OF tho
rules that unless IN agent on the ser
vice who fails on an assignment is
disciplined In como way or other. the
efficiency OF the Gcrvicc will detcri-
crate. Even II the Intelligence bureau
chiefs arc thoroughly Convinced ,ha,
tn" one TO be punished is totally in
nocont and that he or she is not re.
Spons!hlc for the failure or lnlscarr!a:,n
Of certain mission" yet. for the
good OF the service" an example must
be made This o: course. has n tend
ency 10 incite the punished person 10
greater achievements and stronger eff
forts
Thus ] was assigned 10 Ella Won
Steinhauer, who is the sister Of our
foreign secret service chief and IS her
self one of our sub bureau chiefs. So
although ! was spared the indign!ty of
being dismissed from the future SER
vice for the Fatherland. yet there was
4 marked difference in my treatment
by our Foreign Office when my period
OF idl"ness was IT last broken by
summons to headquarters
ON reporting TO the intelligence de.
partmcnt. instead Of being met and
greeted by either Baron S,einhauer or
Won iolSte!n, I was met by Ella Won
tiolstein.
Yon are to go TO stockholm" she
said coldly, and YOU viii! kccp In touch
with Count BrruStorif. who has also
haI some American experiences"
Her accent end tone when she made
this remark was bitter: am afraid
could recognize in it the note of
gratiiied spite. She had always been
Jealous OF my achievements and the
animosity between us had, for many
years, been unmistai:ab bic. That was
in* penalty for the past successes
Ct" Be Continued TO Morrow.)
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