The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-02
CContlnued from saturdayD

| Sppy story for over three and a half kcars. It concerns the machinatious |and capture of one of Germany's tnost dangerous agents in England | bewitching girl with an innocent Booking face, who wheedled her way nlmost to private secretaryship at he War Office!
 Although many amazing revelations rouId have been made about her at he time, the Press Bureau contented tself with announcing Gin November, s15):-
 "A woman who was tried at the Central Criminal Court recently on
 grave charge of espionage was found guilty and sentenced to death ry being shot. The sentence was rom1nuted to penal servitude of fife"
 At last 1t Is permissible to tell somethiuC more about this remarka- bic girl, who. after her arrest and rial. was familiarity referred to by those "in the know" as the Belle of kRorway' would have implied that she belonged to the limelight-lovinE rlass. and that would have been fla al to her chances of success as a very well-paid servant of the eN- Kaiser.
 Camc Across as q Ministers Niece. Amongst htp intimate and unsus- pecting girl friends. she was known ,s TheIua, because she had declared her favorite book character to be the heroine of Marie Corellrs well-known novcl of that name. but even here he clever girl spy was adopting ,unninEly-concelved pose of almost rhiIdish simplicity.
 It was a post which paid with inn questionable young daughters Of British oficiaLA As our Intelligence staT soon learned, Thelma picked up more than one clue from chatter box daughters of noble houses in Mayfair. Park Lane and Kensington. Ivhen occasion demanded the Nor vegian readily left the sensational |tunts Of popular spy drama for the more sedate and often more informa- i've sIde-lines of boudoir chats and garden party gossip.
 When the Norwegian girl came to london the war had just broken out. she came from New York in tho ron1 pany of a clergyman who was booked in tho ships passengcr-list as minister of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, and fellow passen- gers learned that the minister was hoping 10 secure tho pastorate of a liverpool church his charming nieSn being very ready to assist in mission work.
 Upon arrival at Liverpool the two parted company, and the girl travel ed to London the same night in beautiful and expensive attire, which )ne does not usually associate with ,ne's idea Of fitting sarb for a mis- ion sister.
 The Norwegian was petite and un- enilbly pretty. but although her passports gave her age as 25, there an be no doubt that this was au inder-statement.
 Helped to Run Soldiers Cantccn.
 Arrived in London the visitor irove straight to the Embassy of a friendly neutral Power, and pro- uced credentials and introductions 1f so trustworthy and authoritative character as 10 assure for her q ready welcome and every courtesy.
 For a time she stayed quietly al Dne of Londou's biggest hotels. but per letters of introduction. backed by he semi-onicial interest of the neu- ral Ambassador, opened for her Lon ons fashionable world. Her good ooks engaging manners, and clever lrains did the rest.
 IL was the tune when neaTly all lne ristocratic ladies of the West End were plunging into war work. The beautiful spy plunged" too.
 Her excuse for being alone was hat her father. hnancier. was de. aimed in America. her mother hat lied two years ago and left her, tho buly child. with money to burn.
 A titled widow took the charmine riTi with the ingerne manner under her wing. and the stranger needed nl other chaperone. Professing a whol, 1earted desire to see England win he granger scurried from one wal ;ommIttee to another. With a bevS jf beautiful West End girls, she help sd to run a station canteen. ant ierved out cups of steaming tea anC penny buns to the grateful Tommies Shom sine was seeking to betray.
 Spoohn- the Huns Over the
 Aeroplane Engine.
 Towards the end of 1914 the au horities began to suspect the motive Df this most earnest war worker. Al hough by this time she had been . yuest at moro than one politica iouse, and was on speaking term with score of Government officials ,ur Secret Service had been warne, lf concentrations passing between .ondon and the head of the German Spy system fin Holland. and they de ernined to watch Miss Thelma.
 They soon noticed that she dis played q penchant for the comPan. bf young Staff officers and men in tn Diplomatic Service, but there wa iothing of sinister proof in this fo ll the pretty girls were vieing witt ach other to secure q red-tabbe, beau.
 But soon the Secret Service ha ecords of many artless question sked over the tea table respectin nunition factories and the movomen f the troops. At last a Staff office vho was attached to our aircraft de iartment. was ,deputed to talk in tn pretty Norwegian's girls presenc bout a wonderful new engine W we're making for a giant bombin Ilane.
 The "facts'' were fictitious. as wer le details given out but in due cours A 4EURAI CHA @