South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-09
MYSTICAL MAID
SPIED FOR HUNS.
USING LOVERS
BeWitChing Young Neutral
Meets Fate When She
Copies Fake Map.


been temporarily held up In this
country until such time az a ship /
can be found to take her 10 FAR
or land. All being well she VII I
turn her back on Britain I'm a ttN /
DAYS. and she will leave london /
sadder and wiser girl.
The guests at a West End board
ing house. with whom she mixed 4
freely. had no idea Of her identity /
but had the patient sleuth who
guarded his dainty prisoner cared 20 /
speak he would have thrilled them /
with one OF the most engaging stor-
les of the great war.
His charge was none other than a |
famous girl spy. the sweetheart OF 4
an ober-lieutenant who was killed /
Ina one OF the German airships (
brought down while raiding London. ,
She had just completed a stern SEN
tence. and rather than face her own 4
people expressed a wish TO be sent |
thousands Of miles away where she /
could start lie afresh and forget |
the past
Enlisted ~ a spy.
They called her Miss Hook OF Hol- /
land" for she was born in a little \
cottage on the banks Of the, Zuyder
Zee Her parents were poor folk.
but nature had endowed her with
good looks. which she quickly
turned 10 advantage on the stage.
She was only a slip of a girl when
war broke out. and the dangerous
game ia which she was subsequent
Is induced to take hand appealed
10 her more as an exciting adven-
ture than anything else.
The crafty. calculating German
agents who poured into Holland
after the outbreak of hostilities.
with no thought for the future of
an innocent and inexperienced girl
tempted her with irresistible offers of
iewelry and luxury. and ia mo
ment Of weakness she agreed TO I'M
dertake a journey full of peril.
Arrives at London.
With "a fine contempt for danger
she set out. and having obtained
forged passports she left for Lon
don. Fortunate enough not TO be
intercepted on her arrival in this
country. Miss Hook" sat happy and
cOntented in the lounge Of big
hotel. Presently she was Joined by
an elderly gentleman, who was to
act asher guide and friend in the
enterprise that was 20 bring her
riches They chatted together for
some time, and then adjourned for
dinner
The disparity OF their ages struck
many people. none more 80 than the
quiet hammered observant whose
duty il was 10 keep "a watchful eye
ON strangers and visitors II this
particular rendezvous. Obviously
they were not father and daughter,
and "a close examination of their
features assured him that there was
mo- relationship Neither were they ,
man and wife. and the courtesy and
kindness with which the elderly
Gentleman treated the little lady
suggested nothing more than that
he was chaperoning her i'm the alb
scnce of her parents
Tea cup Fortune
The pair remained at the hotel
FOR some DAYS. and meantime Miss
Hook" became "a general favorite
with other guests. After dinner
each evening ID little crowd. mostly
women would gather round her
and she would amuse them for
hours by telling fortunes out OF tea
cups or 10y reading the lines on their
hands
There was nothing in all this 20 .
excite suspicion. but the quiet man A.,
putting a big cigar did not relax his ,
vigil He looked and wondered and ]
speculated.
I'm due course Miss Hook left ,
the hotel with her chaperon. Months ,
passed and nothing more was heard /
of her TIL one DAY the premises OF I
q cIairvoyante in the west end were
raided and Miss Hook was among F.;
those found there. I
IL transpired that she was acting S
as an assistant 20 a notorious Egyp- {
tian. who was making 4 fat living
by reading the future for susceptibility !
Young naval and military officers. s
mystical maid. and she astonished 9
iSitorS by the accuracy WIKI WnlcR D
she foretold certain happenings in 7
various theaters Of the war
Gradually she was surrounded by
D little eoterie OF admirers. includ-
ing some foolish young men en- }
ployed I'm official positions She ]
made love 70 them all. and each in a
turn was promised her heart and :
hand.
Enters Dangerous Game
II was AZ this stage she seriously J.
entered the game that proved her :
undOing.
Her elderly chaperon. realizing
the opportunities for obtaining
scraps OF intelligence useful 70 the
enemy promptly tutoreA his pretty
pupil in her craft And from that
moment Miss Hook devoted al
her energies 10 ascertaining news Of
& certain character.
with 80 many naval and military
friends nothing was easier than 20
secure a post where she could carry
~ 10 her hearts content And ac-
sn dinghy she became "a ghnf4fraffr