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of the Personal Sp^ By Dr. Amtgaard Karl Graves !5! THE LAKg 8AORfc WBWS> FRIDAY, FEBRUARY !•, iW5. i^Jt»« Wk* for* nmAmMrmnfOmH Hie Arras* and us ia England fa 19L- â-  ^s^saanai^aaaaaag. ^MM ^w *^uw wTe! . He then began to hint In such a way that it became plain to me that refusal on my part would not be at Refusal would mean loss of favor and with it the choice Jobs. As an added: inducement, Von Stammer promised to doable the usual remuneration. Frank- ly, this was a point. 1 considered " the mission would not take me triotism It supreme, for can It buy what it wants among the Osmanlis. To be aure, It can buy the Turk; but |fl to the liking of the Wilhelmatrasse. t»we la a vast difference b tween an three or fpu> wueke and he had agreed to pay me 12,600 aside from the bonus alwaya attached to success- ful and quick work. " Still. I wasn't sure that I wanted to go. I knew there was the danger, of recognition, »»* ! knew the kind of, Hot headed people Twin going among. It was far more difficult, far more haz- ardous. than any mission I had ever undertaken In England or France, even the tremendous responsibilities of the affair in the Black Forest car- ried with then); none of the personal dangers that this did. Pressed for a decision, I requested some little time to think things over. Asking me to telephone his home before one o'clock at the latest and let him know what I was going to do, Von Stammer de- parted." »jJUij| Matter of Solitaire. 1 I hope I am still a Christian, but contact and intercourse with the mysticism of Africa and India have Bade me superstitious. I have a curious habit at momentous times of Indecision of taking-two full packages of cards and playing Napoleon's soli- taire. If I get it out once in three tunes I generally go Into the matter In hand without question. It never has failed me. Twice in my life I went against it; twice I had bitter cause for regret. Well, I didn't give Von Stame'r hit decision on the moment because I ed to try the old test. Kim pro- _-d the cards and I began to play, I got It out the second time. Going ner and told himI would undertake Osmanll and a Turk. '£M A.&Pjor and a Lady. Through my lavish expenditure of money, I soon waa a very remarked person and courted by all the say offl- og» of toe capital. One of their number waa a Major Schuwaloff. A bon vivant and gambler, Major Schuwaloff had the tastes of a Rus- fiian grand duke. On a mission of this kind a secret agent alwa i Hkei" to Dad a man who is "fast." I knew the major to be In the Russian pay; Kpwalsky hid tipped me off to that. I felt that If I handled the situation right, it waa from him I could get everything I wanted, even though he was taking the czar's gold. ; Into the gay life of Belgrade 1 pranged, with the major as my quar- ry. I gave a series of dinners at the Hotel Da Paris. After the dinners there was gambling. I invariably lost to the major. He lost to others, but I .was careful peter to win from him. He fell into the way of dropping around at my quarters. Like most of his set, the major was a heavy drink- er. When his face would become very flushed and his tongue very glib, I would try to draw out of him things that I wanted to know, but 1 never could gat anything worth while. The Slightest suspicious question, no mat- ter how .artlessly asked, always made him close up as tight as an oyster. I had seen hira often in the com- pany of a French lady, a Mile. Renee Valon. It Was obvious that she and the major weiw on pretty good terms. Little incidents, things that happened in a room full of people, led me to guess that.She was extremely fond of him. I made-it my business to cul- tivate her acquaintance* for experi- ence had often shown' sue that where gold and myself failed, a pair of flash- ing eyes and ruby lips would often tinct from tha confections of Frame ' Turkey- ,n reallir, this brand powers, such as rosea and violets, w**o wieir fragrance â- ral taste, ' ?! cow confection' ^fW2SMS&P*bL*X *-**» Huts oovlte. We to^Tror It must le a* -,. Only a Russian, jttToau who d for years lived in Russia, would hav* it . , Five out of every urn of tne women wko take part, in the gay Ufa of the European capitals, are invariably known to the secret service branchea of the Continental police. My sue- Plclons as to Mile. Valon confirmed, It was an even chance that I might ao able to olaee her. I procured two snapshots of her and a specimen of her handwriting. Theee I forwarded M^Sjl^JMt Hffi»* «•!•*«• Mo- tions of the Vienna and Berlin police "with a.Timin.eo wtea-.j &2Hma8«ra a reply. Mile. Valon was well kn own le-tlme keeper of a fashionable gambling re- sort in Cracow. She had left the coun- try hurriedly after a stabbing affray. Ska was known in Cracow as Paula, "Th* la a; Change From Cracow, I engineered my next meeting with -Mile. Valon" to be private. After presenting her with a box of per*. fumes, I said abruptly: . o. "This is a change, from Cracow, Paula." Ji teifiJMn wlao to smash right oat, and not to put the one you are working on on guard through lead- ing questions, and the trick had the desired effect with Mite. Valon. She To your high American standards of chivalry it may seem brutal to take advantage of a woman In this way, but It had to be done. "Grand Dieu! Who are you V?t aha exclaimed. */. . *'.;j"1 "That does not concern you, ma fille. I know that, and a good deal more. Austria would,, be very glad to know where you are. Shall I tell them?" . She bad recovered to an extent "What Is your price tor not telling." I replied: "Let Russia slip this once, gala me the information I seek and nothing further shall be said." Her air of surprise was perfect. i pjjw; JMthJak about Russia." ' I smiled, walked to her desk, where there was a silver tray, and picked up a sugared rose.. "You're clever, Paula, but careless. Know nothing about Russia, yet have acquired a taste for the fine candles of the Muscovites?. Remarkable, Paula." She bit her lips. "What do. youwantr* "Now, before we begin, Paula, let it be understood that there is to be no double-crossing here. It would be an easy matter for you to have me legitimately assassinated.' (I knew she could force a duel on me. All aba would have to do would be to telj one of her. many admirers that I had. in- sulted her. Then I would come down- stairs some morning to be slapped in the face before a hotel full of people, and what could one do? It would be a case of pistols, and I would get a bullet, for I am not a good shot, while everyone who frequents the Balkans la.) "Remember," I cautioned her. "if anything happens to me here, if ther do not hear from me every stir hours, on the seventh yon will be ar- rested. You will be arrested on an Imperia] Austrian warrant Your friends in Belgrade, army officers . The Major Makes An Early Call. Barry the next morning a very per- turbed Major Schuwaloff was shown Into my chamber. I greeted him cor- and opened*ore with the ru» [ see Mile. Valon has conferred with yoa." He started. "^ow'-md yea kaswf "Mon cher major, this early visit ybur sobriety, your nervous manner are indications enough. My time is hie. and. although your petlto here is vary entertaining. I pre- le Baltic seashore. If you htfr1 and to the point. I leave this after- noon for Vienna, ft may mterest yon to know that you ore absolutely safe. 1 put no stop to your no doubt valu- able services to your employer. In fact. I don't give a continental what you do after I leave,. But I want the whole of your knowledge of Russian '^WwB^^ Ba,*a^u,,, T knoer very little about Bulgaria." I shook my head.,..... This will not' do, major. You know about as much about Russian in- Juaneeli B*igar> as you qa.of. tfrs-. Man intrigue he^: |,want th* whole Mile. Valonâ€" back a single thing " Without further attempt to bluff it out. he gave up what t wanted. The gist of it was this: With the aid of French money, Rus- sia had united and was heavily sub- sldjxlng Bulgaria and Servia against Turkey, and had Intoxicated both with wild dreams of enlarged bound- aries and empire at the expense of the Turk, and, ultimately, with Run- sla's backing, at the expense of Aus- tria herself. Numerous non-commts- sloned offlcers were coming quietly into Belgrade and; «c*a, and were ready to take the field with the armies of the allies, which could count on support from Montenegro, through = rent Information other Chan through the usual official channels. To gain this knowledge they have to employ persons unknown and unrecognised m official circles. A recognised official. 55E ttto^, an savoy tfftaiJfcteatUry and. combined with rice flonr. would no* be £b!e to itlon sought, as natu- their gwrd acting in such a ipean governments dv >nt watch on one an^,, its, and this Is possible only ^ by an efficient system of espionage. by trained men and women, willing to run the risk attached to this sort of work. M risks "there areT^f- _ .-oncd twice, once in the at Belgrade, once in England. I have been attacked flvo times and bear the marka of the wounds to this day. Es- capes I hive hid by the dorens. AH my missions were not successes, mora often, failures, and the failures are often serious, verging on the fatal. For Instance: TftT'-" Into a Homet'a Nest. Early in the morulas of' 1903, the political plot which brewing in Servia ended wiu. easslnatlon of the king, queen, mini t teif Ahd gntpbore of the royal boas tb the Turk and desire to settle old scores with that naPpS Most of the leading officers and men of affairs off Servia and Bulgaria ware In Russian nay. in fact a systematic Rusatanlza- tion. of Servia and Bulgaria waa in progress. Their armies were being equipped with a new kind of French gun; the troops were being paid with word from Russia. Obviously . Servia. I shall not go Intv the undercurrent political significance of these atrocities, as I had no active part in them., but I was sent down by my government later to ascertain aa far as possible the prime movers in the Intrigue which pointed to Colonel Mashin snd a gang of officers of the Sixth regiment. All these regicides received Russian pay, for the Kara- georgevleh had become dangerous to Russia because of his flirting with Austria. Besides, his own Idiotic be- havior and the flagrant indiscretions of Queen Draga had by no means en- deared him to his people. I stuck my noeo into a regular hor- nets' nest and soon found myself in a.most dangerous position. I waa ar- - by the provisional government order of Lieutenant Colonel i on a most flimsy charge of traveling with false passports. la those times arrests and executions were the order of the day. The old Servian proverb of "Od Roba lkad Is Oroba Nlkad" (Out of prison, yes; out of the grave, never) waB fully acted upon. There were really no incrimln- - atlng papers of any description upon â- Â»Â«Â» fJfafjiWT7' m*> but xn-/ be,n* »een *nd -woola*- mora forward on inf with persona opposed to the pro- visional government waa quite enough to place me before •drumhead court- martial, I was sitting la the Cafe Petite Parisian with Lieutenant Nlkolevltch and M. Krastov, a merchant of Bel- grade, when a file of soldiers in charge of an officer pulled us out of our chairs and without any further ado marched us to the citadel. Tho next morning we were taken sens- raiery mio a email Tnom wnere inreo men In the uniform of colonels worn seated at a small iron table. No ques- tions were asked. "You are found guilty of associat- . the menace of the _. incerests in tne BaiKans was to be a tremendous factor In tho European situation. Clearly, Russia was in so deep there was no pulling out. ThiB, of course, had been suspected by the cabinets of Germany and Aus- tria. But how far and how thorough the actuality was, I had been sent to find out The knowledWln my bands showed beyond;all doubt the urgent ne*dnfO«m»nv and Austria to start their machinations to offset the rising of Russian power in the Balkans. I Japanese Sweetmeat. Somewhere In Japan about two thousand weafc ego they 'atade a honey from the starch of barley and called the product barley honey. This if food . jaabev come one of their national foods, it I Is a most deairabSs sweetmeat. healthful and delicious. Kept It Secret. , Katherino's undo had .'omo to pay them a visit. After the first greetings were over and he was comfortably seated With IUtle Kathorlue on his knee, he asked; aa uncles often do, if she were, "a good little girl." "Yes, but nobody knows it," was the prompt answer.-The Delineator. H The actual coat of tho great Civil war in the Bnitad «(ates will neVfi he known except approximately. safe to say, however, that the «£>* tore in actual roomy on both sides ' more than eight blKlon dollars, be- sides an economic loss to the whole Country of aKeUt thirty i.iUfon dcUsrs. The loss in, life from bullets and die- was about a reJH'on. Wawtod to Copy Mahwnev*" While playing with a pair of shears little Laura severed one of the pret- tiest, of her golden curls. "My deaf child, why did yon do that?" asked Aunt Mary, who cane to cat! soon afterward. "I wanted 'em so I.could take *em off and hang 'em on a enalr, like mamma does,' I W sat ^^^ saUYvl llwVfl^nwV TELEPHONE. WILMETTlt 1640 Ads is tkt lake Shore News are cbirged it the following rites Ail Other CUuiftatioa). 5 cears per lrae. Mtauueat.hi«,J5_fiea^,r SITUATIONS WANTED IATES C C. King; rand builder; screens; Phone 176* wood-av. 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He also warned me of certain persons, caperialftr women. *hom he knew to be In Russian em- ploy That night I caught a train for the Servian capital, wall satisfied with me results of say visit la Vienna. B«fore dinner' time the next day, I *as installed at the Hotel De Paris m Belgrade. My rooms bad been en- caged for mo beforehand and they *ere the most expenses in the hotel â€"for a reason. I found myself in an elaborate auite. on the first floor, kno^n as the suite Des Princes. This *** a neeeeaary show of parvenulsm os money la the first and last word in the Balkans, Belgrade and evenrbody made my report to V< WedeLJrak stilMnac away with the kaiser. A solid coalition of Bu%sria, Servia and Montenegro, with a Russian domi- nance, would have played the deuce with the Balkan Policies of Germany and Austria, would have j threatened the v«ry integrity of the Austro-Hun- garian empire Itself, through Its racial appeal to the empire's southern Slavs. From the Austro-GermaB point of succeed. L? te all other women of that swi in Belgrade. Mile. Valon was woefuiiy extravagant. She gambled heavily, and one night I assisted her with a loan of 50 francs. I came to know her fairly well. Importance of a Bit of Candy. . I had no Indication of hor being In any way connected with any foreign rbdeed. everything pointed Schnwaloff Mile. Valon's French »looked Frencn, ner were French. But when on. ajjjr mfniona Germtao secret serv- ays on the Qui vivo. It Is always wise to he swspicioua^ everyone, and so I began to make the. most delicate Inquiries concern- ing Mile. Valon and her antecedents. In conversation with her I tried to draw out. little things that would gi vo me some clue to her place Is the scheme of things. I failed; neverthe- less. I came to feel that she was play- ing a role. I used outside sources. * It pride themselves on their up-to- f*te Parisian style. Everybody lives **• Ttslan way. Army odtoera. Are *aose'aay fa j^Wf^i«»jffln'it|j"'e:n « Oie rata at Kasatsm gyspd »ow they are auto toe oScial Sarviaa army salaries at «• cents a day wonM naturally M outsJdar. To the insider tho an J*» » Russian goW It bays any "dag and -veryt! •"•*. wftb ano or «««ot bay rthjngj boreal.th^Jftaoefe: though they are, will not dare to help you. Servia .will not take the chance of angering Austria by refusing to ac- knnwTorfcjA thA Imperial warrant Re- member. Paula, there is now an Aus- trian army on the Servian border." The look she gave me was venom- ous with hate. "I'll T0II Yen What I Want." "Now, 111 tell you what I want," I continued. "Major Schuwaloff Is in the Russian pay. He has got the key to the Russian Influence here. , He knows Just how far Russia has gone, how far it Is prepared to go, I want that key. You've got to get it. I have the major, pretty wen sized np. Money. I think, would be very accept- able to him forâ€"well, let us say for by Russia, Paula, just to ir'«ye on agents in Russian gay, and principally on our friend I know you have not tho situation in hand like he has. If you had. I wouldn't bother going any further, id get it from you. Now. your part is to give him to under- stand that hs has nothing to fear from you. that no lapse by htm will be reportedâ€"this time. You're pretty wan load of him already, aren't yon? If you value his safety, you'd bettor lot him go up. I've got aomothtng on him, too." of such a must the dlplo- set sbout of Rus- Know- view, therefore, all t, coalition, with Russian be shattered, and ones Now, sea how- ci mats of tho two smashing the nred slsn influence in the ing full well the Jealousies ami animosities of the Bal- kan nations, they waited until, the al- lies' waf with Turkey won, there came tho question of dividing the spoils wrested from the Turk-and Auatre^arinan Influence, having Servia. .The shadow of a Balkan coa- [«*«^tSrt%|ho dreaded Russian backing, waa instantly dispelled. Rus- sia Was helpless to consummste her dream, with tho two states she had counted on as the key of her Balkan trap******** The Making of a German Secret . fettlCi waaa'Taa|Wtla7"' Then, one night. Mile. Valon gave a supper party in her apartments fa the Hotel de Paris.. After sapper there waa gambling among the gueSta. Here, in the privacy of her rooms, was an opportunity to discov- ffeHe things that would French claims My eyes ' m hat vroa1c|_ That h. they found tfl MHe Vakm ant ap . to her boudoir and ajfrjn. piece of -what guar.uiTO L^e I that you'll keep your aide of toe bargain?" I said none, for the simple reason that I could not gfve any. ^Yoar own sense." I explained, "and knowledge of.1*0 work you're doing should tefl yea that 5>fto S fatar- est to get results, and not to trouble sue got saore.i 'eSf&BPtSltr1 •plisbes. Short sto- written m a back- "â- â- Jl %i|yp»r own. You are sentenced to be "•"•jshot at suudown." â€" the whole thing appeared to me first as a Joke, then aa a bluff, but looking closely into those high-cheek- boned, narrow-eyed faces with the characteristically close-cropped bru- tal heads, the humorous aspect dwin- dled rapidly and I thought it about time to make a counter-move. With- out betraying say of my Inward qualmsâ€"and beiiev© marl began to have someâ€"I said quietly: . "I think you will find it advisable to inform M. Zolarevltch" (then minis- ter of war) "that Count Weflngrode sends his regards." I saw them looking rather curiously at one another and then the center Inquisitor fired a lot of questions at ' answer to which I only shrugged my shoulders. "That's all I have to say, monsieur." I wae shoved back In my cell. About four that afternoon one of the offlcers came to see me. -j, "Your message has not been sent. My comrades were against sending it, but I am related to Zolarevltch. So If you can show me some reason, I shall take your message." I gave him some reason, to much so that he dfd not loea any time getting under way. In fact, it was a very pale, perturbed officer who rushed out of my cell. ' ••'-*-â-  <";v '" Face to Face With a Firlnfl Squad. 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On a little rough, fourfoot •tdaV wall we halted and tka^oflear* polling out a document, began read- me a rather lengthy preamble â„¢= Ployed spiea In 'on aan--.-^ _,v« to the hotel well satiated (To be conttanW.) I'm sorry to he so lste, my dear. A Mead asked ma to stop by and toko pot lack with kim" "Weil, did you wta the pot râ€"Birmingham Ags-lier-