Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
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ing ana rchearscd my part rs 10 how
so that he would not bo in haste to
catch the earlier train for Paris.
True TO his word. sharP, a. IN tho
ed himself at Dorothceustrasse. AS no
was rshered TO my rooms l stood at
as though he was my beloved. ana that
had not seen him for so long The
ceptca my attitude as natural and re-
Sponded 10 my reception of him gal
twice For second OF so Something;
within me protested against the very
small part was ASSIGNED TO perform,
aside such n sentiment
You must know. my dear captain,
had left for England for Very short
T fai,, ,e and here am al alone with my
counettishiv as c ,o19 'he i'u"S'ah Us
do hope that nothing serious has
necSsstateu y3ur mother TO visit Eng
cally.
MESsENGEn or CIAH
EHTiCED TO SUPPER
In ten minutes otttlie announced
ut the threshold OF the door. ana, see
ing the face -of the Russian in a mirror
was expected to sit without the Rus
sian seeing her. she suddenly stepped
back and bcckoned to me 80 leave the
the Russian and left the room. and
tound Ottilie highly asitated. She said
her. and would at once suspect the
house. He must not see her She must
substitute anothcr'naid" in her place.
Ottilic had been n secret agent Of Ger
many in the Cars palace for Il whole
year. and was finally suspected and es-
! the Russians succeeded in capturing
her' she would have been shot as n
! spy in the palace.
Served by 4 substitute maid. tho Rus
sian ana finished supper and returned
| 20 my living room, where l resorted to
enery article RI Gr TO- esnngage him long
baron to search his luggage at lis
motel; Finally the baron had decided
person Of the imperial messenger. The
telephone bell rang. aud knew that
| tions To Ottilie.
ouilie then made her appearance at
, Near d the md and. finding me sitting too
W.hGr seat. made an excuse and
Ta Ike further away from him. and
when ! saw Ottilic rush into the room
ana throw at tho l;usaian's face n glass
% Io iIiaHld; The Russian dropped sud
uchiy forward and became unccnscious
wEtle Ottilie stood over his Dowerlcss
!, nT {, Filled him, you've killed
BE calm; he is. no. dead no will
on,y s sisHn sound ,,a for an hour soS
ms ms body Tor the. letter. For about
fifteen minutes she looked at every
par nn TIFF ct , the Ennssian,s garments but
fountain pen from his pocket. re-
moved The top and gave a shout OF
S1 aIGn on, The pen vas unusually
could easily stick her little finger into
IT'S fountain. She pulled out a roll of
na os and nervously enrolled It, Tt
INSIDE was OF very thin pnrchment-
l ItEG p amer It was Written On four
ches long and five inches vide
After again admonishlnS me to re-
main calm She rushed out OF the roor,
and and, in few moments she was back
! with them. She put The strips of papert
back in the thin envelope and returned
the letter back into the fountain pen
vest pocket. Then she told me to
leave the room and as started to do
entered cxcitedly. I heard hin, inquire
of Ottilic II she found the letter. and
on being told by her that the letter
| had already been photographed and
the original returned to the person of
| the Cars messenger, he shouted cX-
ultantly and shook hands with Ottilie
| and again and again kissed my hand.
WHAT WILL YOU no
WITH THE MANS RoDY
But what are you going TO do with
him." | asked, very much asi;ated.
Nothing: my dear Malta Hari, Moth
| moved to his hotel"
But what WIKI he say when he be-
comes conscious? He will At once so
| tablished for me-" l cried.
'Be calm, my dear Malta IIari, be
| calm. | have made arrangements that
| Will take care OF all evcntualities," the
| baron assured me.
And then four mon servants came
| and removed the unconscious body of
the Russian, and. taking him down
| stairs, placed him in the baron's car
riage that was, waiting at the door.
a lNs.r ,fT 81.
them, ! asked him what they would
do TO the man: how was he TO explain
tom" answered the baron syn;cally.
Then taking my arm, he led me up
stairs, and after again telling me to
be calm. and that on the following
morning he would return to me and
tell me what Developments had taken
place in dispcsing of the Russian, no
left me and went out of the house
hurredly.
me on the following day he told nus
how he had disposed of the UNPLEASANT
incident The chief Of the Bedlin po--
and informed him that unfortunately
and mnwittingly he had visited a house
and along with other persons he was
found there drugged and his rockets
e en- The police had recovered all
the money and the strange fountain
pen, which the women of the house
had opened out of curiosity, as it was
found Il letter hidden in it. and, finding
il of no value 10 them, had pat 1t hack
in his pocket. The inmates Of the
house would be punished by long-term
sentences in prison.
| never thought that Captain Lvov
Mclikof believed the Berlin po!;ce's
explanation of his own personal eXpe-
rience at Dorotheenstrasse. Nevcrthe-
less, he was not in a position to bring
the subject to the attention OF his em-
bassy. l suppose he found some ex-
PLANTATION about the letters having
been opened and the Cars seal broken
He must have found some plausible
explanation, because Ottilie told me
afterwards that she met him at 4 royal
function at the Spanish Court. and that
he almost recognized her rs being tho
spy that had escaped from the Rus
sian police many years ago. and that
at that time he was still acting in his
capacity as the special messenger OF
the Gar.
DEER PROCESS Of
THE GERMAN KULTUR
then began to realize that the
baron had only IN