White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

could not be discovered except by most
complete examination. It was planned
that the crew were to be disguised as
Norwegians. Luclner could speak Nor
wegian fuently.
CHAPTER II.-Continued
s.
It would have looked suspicious for
a naval officer to be directing work
OF this kind with such Infinite pains,
so at the ship yards posed as Herr
Won Eckmann, inspector of the naval
ministry.
An old retired captain Of the Ship
Inspection service happened to be
stopping in the same hotel. His love
for his old profession caused him to
take most embarrassing interest in
my work. One day, he met bona
fde ship inspector and asked him
whether he knew me.
"Von Eckmann? Let's see, know
everybody in the service. There is no
Won Eckmann on the roster"
'Then," blurted out the old captain,
she must be spy. always said he
had typically English face. III
watch him."
Through mistake, two letters came
for me without the usual cover ad-
dress. Both Of them gave my full
name and rank. argued with the
head waiter, trying to get him to give
me the letters for delivery to "my
friend. Count Luckner." The old cap
tain happened to be shopping near by,
although didn't know it. By now,
anything | did was suspicious. he
already had me hung and quartered as
his country's arch enemy.
"What did that fellow want?" he in
CURED of the head waiter.
"He asked me to give him the let
tiers for Lieutenant Commander Count
Won Luckner."
"Ha!''
suspected nothing. That evening
l took the train for Bremen. de-
tective entered my compartment and
demanded my papers. gave them to
him.
"Count Won Luckner," he exclaimed,
astonished and embarrassed, II must
have made mistake. | am looking
for spy from Geestemunde."
grew worried Could 1t be that
enemy secret agents were watching
the work on my auxiliary cruiser?
"Where was the spy reported?"
"He lives at Beermann's hotel"
That was my hotel. The spy was
watching me. told him that would
take upon myself the responsibility of
saying that there were the most ur
gent reasons why this spy must be
caught, and that he must wire his
principals that the utmost vigilance
must be used
ave already have the railroad COW
cred at both ends. But we will in
crease our precautions" he replied.
1.-THE spy will surely be caught"
In Bremen at Hillman's hotel was
again stopped by detective who de-
manded my papers. Again my papers
confounded and bewildered him.
"The description of the spy fits you
exactly, he said.
Once more urged that the head
quarters of the secret police be com.
manded to catch the secret agent at
any cost.
At the Trocadero sat with bottle
of wine in front of me. A provost
officer with two men in uniform came
up to me.
"Come with us. You are under ar
rest"
flew into rage at these repeti.
lions of stupidity, as thought them
to be-.
II am a naval officer"
"You are spy. Come with us!"
The usual spy mania spread through
out the restaurant. Blows were
threatened, chairs were brandished
and there were shouts OF "Kill the
spy, kill him!" on all sides. If the
officers hadn't fought the crowd off, l
would have been badly beaten.
At headquarters | was shown de.
scription and even picture of myself
So there was no doubt but what was
their man.
"Under what name does this spy
travel?" demanded.
"Under the name of Marine In
spector Won Eckmann."
"Why, am he."
"But you just said you were Count
Won Luckner."
! was compelled, with great injunc-
tinns of secrecy, to take them into
my confidence, and had them tele.
phone the admiralty for confirmation
The prying old captain at Geeste
munde soon took himself to other
parts-by request
AS explained, my plan was to slip
through the British blockade as a neu.
trail and II possible disguised as some
other ship that actually existed There
happened to be Norwegian vessel
that was almost q dead ringer for
the Pass of Balmaha. She was SEIZED.
uled to sail from Copenhagen. de
cided that we would take her name,
and sail the day before she sailed. SO
that If the British caught US and wire
lessed to Copenhagen to confirm our
story they would receive word that
such craft had left port at the time
we claimed This other ship was
named the Maleta. For some time she
had been discharging grain from the
Argentine. From Denmark she was