Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
THRILLING STORY OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE.
by MATA IIARI.
Edtcd by Nnznricne Dnnn knnnlbeile. Interr
Gemanys Greatest Woman Soy

ndeavors during such a short space OF
i hn excited the Berlin bureau to fur,
DO ruffain work Though my en-
'eaVors were again crowned with suc-
ess (naturaily ] WAS obliged TO obey
ltders), the incident aroused the sus-
plcion OF the Paris police and | was
tnar.
1t was at this time that was bid
len TO secure young ordnance oni-
GER of the War Department who had
,een intrusted with a military mission
the lines to report conditions to
he general staff. This mans name
Vas Captain Lazarre GODDARD. He was
about thrty-four years of age. mar
led and had two little daughters, one
twelve and the other nine years OF
age He was not only poor. but was
ound him vulnerable for that very
reason. Imade his friendship at one
Of the French hospitals and one day
offered him handsome sum Of 10000
francs TO help him out OF his d!fhcul-
Ties. After winning the confidence oil
within few weeks he became my
slave Each day he spent more and
more of his valuable hours in my
apartments and from day 10 day he in
duiged more and more In my wine
Finally in a Paris apartment stole
the valuable documents that he had
brought to my rooms. / put him TO
sleep and carried off his papers TO
Switzerland and within TWO days us
German general staff.
On coming TO consciousness Captain
GODDARD bridbcd my German maid and
found out from her my place OF resi-
dence in Switzerland. Like mad man
he hurried 10 face me and with re-
! vo!Ner was about to XIII me when my
companion, German secret service
! agent who had come TO Switzerland
TO rect me and receive the valuable
papers, shot him dead. We removed a
Il bullet from the Frenchman's revolver.
placed IL letter in his pocket. and left
him there to be discovered few hours
later by the police. who pronounced II
II case of suicide OF a rejected lover.
My German maid at Paris betrayed me
because she was under the impression
that / had stolen one OF her lovers
and thus wished TO wreck vengeance
on me. She made her appearance later
secretly done away with by German
agents.
AS SISTER OF CHARITY
ONCE MORE AT WORK
Once more l returned to Paris and
again received orders TO proceed 70 a
certain Belgian town where the Ger
man commander wished TO employ me
10 this Belgian town and reported at
Belgian. convent to the Sister Su.
peroI5a Of the 81 hon nieety Years Of
age offered myself as a sister OF
charity and after having produced my
\ few hours afterwards | met Ottilie,
my former maid and the famous super
intenGant or the notorious GA
Dorotheepstrasse In Berlin.
'Aiuia Hari. how strange that we
should meet again In this country or
the dogs" she exclaimed when we were
: She was. CARRIED. like myself. in the
uniform of sister OF charity. l feit
ing Ottilie in that house OF the good
God. dressed in the uniform OF sis
she and l were In the sacred confines
OF that establishment only TO further
betray a poor nation that Tor months
"Maia Hart. I myself requested our
BsTn n,ass Is fs 10 o Belgian 9
am sick OF It. Especially am sick
Of praying a. the dea.heed Of eve5y
This old woman (referring TO the saint
" old Sister ,Superior) thinks l am
Boon she Will find out i am here to
serve the Fatherland, not these Bel
gian dogs! =.
HIDE IN BOOKCASE
"OttIlie, come tell me about your
plans. hate to hear such talk In
We'll. then, during the last two
three enemy officers of high military
rank. One is French. another IS an
Englshman and the third Is Belgian
officer. These men hide themselves IN
the library OIL the convent and go INTO
conference lor hours ht Il -
100 bad that our armies were not able
TO drive the Belgian dogs out OF every
inch OF their country TO the sea. Now.
bookcases in the library and listen to
every word they say in that room dur,
ing their next Th Sister wn superior
has received word and has ordered me
TO prepare the room for them and also
10 prepare meal for them TO De
AS soon as they approach the grounds
am going into hiding. You Will ten
the Sister Superior that l received
hurry call from nearby village and
went out with food and medicine and
will not be back for n few hours. The
old dog will believe anything one tells
her. You must serve the food TO the
Visiting officers and walt on them. l
aIon s ond take not of what they say.
AS soon as the conference ends, If
decide that what they discussed must
give you my report and you will dis
appear and make haste for our lines.
But if decide that must get In pos
which they bring to the library. have
already planned way whereby will
get possession of them"
VENTURE A FAILURE
WHEN BOOKCASE FALLS
FOOLISH! How can you, single
handed, rob three ofiicers?" l ex-
claimed In Amusement.
'"Dont worry about that. am
me to my hiding place l will shoot
the tree of them in succession 1t
will take but few seconds When
you hear the sounds Of rifle firing you
dash to the library. grab the papers on
the table and stuff them in the hol-
low statue which is on the right hand
side Of the main door as you enter
Through the rear door Of the library
/ will make my exit. leave the building
through the rear entrance and return
by the main as innocently as the old
Sister superior. herself would do IA
few minutes afterwards you will tell
her that you will ride to the nearest
Belgian Commandant and inform him
Of the tragedy. You can take the
papers with you find your way to the
German lines; that part is for you to
execute"
But Ottilies plan failed. The allied
officers had been at conference about
half an hour when the old bookcase
collapsed and Ottilie came to the moor
with great crash was listening at
the door that opens to the main corridor
when l heard the noise. INSTANTLY
OWNED what had happened and rushed