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i S V Ei i ' v w 7- r ::MyUlplOfflatl(T;: Mission It Was My First and X My Last By F. A. MITCHEL rH-l"l-H-H-H"I"I"!-H"l"I"M'M-H4- 1 am the daughter of an American admiral. When rcy father wns retired lie Joined rn in Washington, where ve lived. At his death, his Income being cut otf, I found it necessary to do something to rdd to tlij Binnll In come of mj inoihei' and was given a clerkship in tlio navy ilepnrtinent, but the salts ry was small, and I confess I looked forward to tho humdrum life before me with dislike. Notwithstanding our limited re sources I malntnned my position in society. Washington docs not suffer socially from commercialism f.s othtr American cities. I was invited Just as often after my entrance upon my clerk ship as before. Indeed, I occupied a better social status than many newly rich people who, having suddenly ac quired wealth, settled in "Washington to spend it One evening during a reception at the Whlto House the -wife of a mem ber of the Russian diplomatic corps sought me out and drew me away from tho throng for a cbat. She gradually led tho conversation upon myself and asked mo how I would like to enter tho diplomatic service. Upon asking her what she meant she explained that diplomacy was synonymous with chi canery. There was a constant effort botween tho diplomats of tho world to get possession of each other's secrets and thus forestall action. I was inter ested, and tho lady proceeded to tell me that women were usually mixed up in theso affairs and were relied on principally by their husbands to ex tract information from their diplo matic rivals. Then, after pledging me to secrecy, she told mo that the Rus sian embassy was at that time In waut of nn attractive woman to obtain a secret from a diplomat and that she would bo paid liberally for the service rendered. Of cpurse the lady was sounding mo to learn if I would undertake the mat ter. I neither accepted nor declined, leaving her, intending to think it over. I did think It over and came to a xle clsion that may be considered peculiar. I determined that I would not dishon or my father's name by becoming a spy; but, being Infatuated with the idea of swimming in that undercur rent of duplicity that had been men tioned, I resolved to accept tho offer, but not for pay. I had an object in view that concerned my own Individ ual self far more than Russia. When I had made up my mind I called on the lady who had been given the conir mission to employ mo and told her I was ready tb listen to a proposition. I dare say that this may be consider ed whipping conscience around the stump, but at the time I was not nwe of doing nnythlug dishonorable. I was employed by the Russian embassy no particular person in it was speciiled to get a secret from tho secretary of legation of Great Britain. It was sus pected by tho Russians that England was making n secret treaty with the sublime porte. Russia has alwnys been at issue with the other European pow ers as to Turkey, andvever since the Czar Nicholas I. was outwitted by the British minister, Just previous to the Crimean war, Russia has been eager to get oven with England by some sharp diplomatic move. I was therefore em ployed to. draw this secret fromN Ed ward Cathorue, who would surely be cognizant of it, who had chosen diplo macy as a profession nud was expect ing soon to bo raised to tho rank of ambassador. At tho next important social func tion, given by the secretary of state, n member of tho Austrian embassy asked permission to present his friend Ed ward Cathorne. What the Austrian had to do with tho matter I did not know. Evidently he was either in some way connected with the plot or was be ing mnde a tool of. That was nothing to me, ' but 1 experienced a peculiar hensatlon of pleasure nt being launch ed in the whirlpool of diplomatic chi canery. I graciously permitted tho in tjoduction and found Mr. Cathorne very agreeable. Indeed, he was of the best typo of English gentleman, not no ble, but well connected at home and in every way desirable. 1 refrained nt this first meeting from anything con nected with tho work 1 had undertak en. I simply endeavored to make my helf as agreeable as possible to him. I saw at onczj that he was- an intellectu al man, and I treated him accordingly that Is, I talked of anything but weighty matters. Girls make a mis take In thinking that men of depth wish deep women for companions. One might as well expect a lawyer to talk law for amusement Howover, I per mitted Mr. Cathorne to do most of tho talking, leaving him to chat as ho lik ed. Small talk a all that ""can bo In troduced nt social functions anyway. Mr. Cathorne asked permission to all upon me, which was, of course, granted. Wo occupied the same house as when my father lived, n two story licick nenr circle, and it had In it all tho attractiveness of simplicity. My visitor told me during the evening that ho would sail for angland on lenvo of ttbsenco the next week. T told him that I was about to go abroad, and by com paring notes it turned out that I had engaged my passago on tho same rtiwmOT An nblnh hm hai nturnrrnrt hjfl Russian embassy would do my bidding In the matter. Mr. Cathorne seemed very much pleased to havo my compa ny on the royngo and offered Ids moth cr's and sisters' hospitality duriDg my stay in England. I was offered a passage across tho ocean and amplo fnnds for other ex penses by my employers, but Mr. Ca thorne knew that I was not ablo to travel expensively so I choso ono of tho poorest staterooms and declined to ac cept anything from tho Russian em bassy until I had finished my work. Fortunately I had enough for tho pur pose savod from my salary. I offered to resign my position In tho navy de partment but on account of my fa ther's services was given a lenvo of absence. I learned afterward that those who sent mo on my mission wero much puzzled at my declining to bo fur nished with funds. But they contin ued to bo puzzled till they heard defi nitely from mo later, for I gavo them no satisfactory explanation. I also learned hat from this time they began to doubt mo and took measures to get tho information they desired through other parties. Mr. Cathorno was dovoted to me on tho voyage. Ho talked about every thing excopt diplomacy, on which he maintained a rigid silence. I did not mako tho slightest attempt to draw him out in that line. Any effort to do so would have aroused suspicion. Dut it was not In accordance with my plan to draw him out Something far deeper was in my mind. Besides, I soon learned from him what was nec essary for mo to know. Ho told me that ho would remain at home only long enough to mako a report at tho foreign office In London, nfter which ho would take a little trip on the con tinent I well knew that this meant a visit to tho Bultan of Turkey. Everybody knows what an ocean voyago Is for matchmaking. Wo had not reached England before Mr. Cathorno and I wero engaged in what in America we call a flirtation. The flirting, however, If It really was flirt ing, wns all on one side. An English man is not an adept In such affairs. The game at which ho is especially expert Is not tho game of love, but of diplomacy. I was content for tho time being nt least, to let him havo his own way at tho game of diplomacy provided I could havo mine nt tho gnmo of love. I had not been In England eighteen hours before I received an invitation from a sister of Mr. Cathorno to visit tho family home, near London. I spent several days there, during which, 1 fear, the visiting was rather iwtwcen Mr. Cathorno and me than between mo and his mother and sis ters. Our affair reached a crisis one evening when ho told mo that ho must run over tho next morning to Paris on business. Before going he told me what I had been hoping for not his diplomatic secret, but that he wished me to be his wife. Before parting with him that even ing I was not to see him tho next morning he ndmltted that ho was go ing farther than Paris. I asked him If he was going still farther, and he finally admitted that he would riot stop till ho reached Constantinople. I asked him why ho was going there, and he declined to tell me. I remon strated with him, Baying that a prom ised wife should share all her fiance's secrets. "Not his government's secrets." I threw my arms around his neck, laughed and said: "You're going to Constantinople on the matter of a treaty between Eng land and Turkey." Disengaging himself from me, ho looked at me with astonishment I told him that I had been employed by whom I would not say to get n knowledge of that treaty; that I had accepted the offer for tho fun of tho thing and had declined to receive even tho money for my expenses. He de manded to know who had employed mo, and I refused to answer. That, I considered, would be dishonorable. Had I set out with tho Intention of spying upon him his love for me would havo turned to hate, even though I had weakened on the way through love for him. My action was Incomprehensible to him. Ho became convinced that I had had from tho first no Intention of getting any diplo matic knowledge from him, but ho could not understand tho reason I gave him for entering upon tho mntter at all. I told him I had yielded to a do sire to see something of the undercur rent of diplomatic life. It was not re markable that ho did not understand this, for there was another reason un derlying the first. And now it is time that I give this reason. Before I made up my mind to accept the Russian offer I felt pret ty suro that Edward Cathorno was to bo tho man I was to prey upon. I had sucu him otea, awl tho moment I first looked upon him the little god shot ono of his deadly arrows Into me. But I had not had an opportunity of meet lug tho man I worshiped. Tho Rus sian offer I regarded as a possible means, at least an opportunity, to win him. He did not feel easy about mo for a long while, but I brought him uround In time, and wo wero married. I made it a condition that ho should not re turn to Washington. I didn't llko tho prospect of facing the dlplomnts who had employed mo to do their spying, I having married tho man I wns to spy upon. I learned, however, long afterward that they had a very high opinion of mo sinco they had learned that I would not glvo them nway even to my own husband. I havo continued to bo a dlplomnfs wlfo at many courts, but tho diplomat ic effort by which I received a husband Is tho only ono of my life. I am quito FISCAL REFORMS PRODUCE RESULTS Treasury Department Example of Economical Administration. EVEN DEMOCRATS APPROVE Under Taft Reorganization Accom plished, Frauds Stopped and Law Violator Punished Divorced From Wall Street. Tho treasury department has recent ly received the commendation of tho Democratic appropriation committee of tho houso of representatives for tho re sults achieved in bringing about econ omy and efficiency in that department Tho general basis of this unusual praise Is the fact that it is costing SI!. 600,000 a year less to run this big busi ness machlno of tho government than It did three years ago when President Taft began his administration and ini tiated his campaign for governmental economy by placing nn experienced business man, Secretary MacVeagb, at the head of the treasury department The Economy Effected. Tho amount now saved each year is a 10 per cent reduction in tho previous cost It tolls but half the story of the actual economy effected; for there has boon a 10 per cent Increase in the busi ness of tho department during this time, making a total gain in tho inter est of tho taxpayer of 20 per cent Tho eagerness that now exists to mako political capital out of criticism makes tho fact eminently striking that through this period of investigation and inquiry the treasury department has been found a fruitless field of opera tion. It has not even been mentioned in connection with tho alleged "money trust" for the reason that the treasury department is now for tho first tlrar wholly independent of tho big bank ers of tho country in Its operations That tho department should always be above the slightest ground for moral criticism is of course one of tho funda mentals of its administration. Frauds Are Punished. Tho vigor with which tho udmlnlstra tlon has gone after those who huve attemptei frauds on tho customs rev onuo is illustrated by tho fact that mora1 thnu .?5.000.000 has been collect ed In fines against dishonest importers and attempted smugglers. Jail sen tences in numerous instances have been added to the fines. Tho result has been tho creation of a wholesome respect foi the law on the part of Importers and Americans who travel iu foreign lands Tho entire machinery for .the collection of customs has been overhauled, with tho result that valuations are made more accurately, and many channels for frauds have been stopped. Ono of tho special aids in this connection lias been tho special agents' service, which tho secretary has taken personally In band. The other collection agency, tho in ternal revenue service, has been brought to a high degree of efficiency Its collections last year wero the high est in its hlstory-$322,000.000-whlch was collected at tho expense of 1 CS-100 cents for each dollar, n substantial de creaso in cost. Internal revenue col lectors are now giving tho major por tion of their time to their omclnl du ties, an innovation brought about for the first time through the insistence of tho president that efficiency of admin istration was more to bo desired than tho developing of political machines Where Savings Resulted. Savings in tho method of printing the paper money of tho country have been made to tho extent of $000,000 annu ally, while similar work in the mints has resulted In cutting down the ex penses annually to the extent of &,w.. 000. By using tho malls instead f 'hi express a saving of $00,000 a year 1 effected in bending wornout note to the treasury for redemption. Nearly $50,000 u your is being saved through Improved nuthods in handling the pi per on which money and postage and Internal rovenue stumps is printi 1 A similar amount is being saved Ih.'migh closer scrutiny and economy In l"-'" ing the" stationery, for the depnttn 'u The revenue cutter service adds t , list a saving of $100,000 a year i li . creased activities, so also doe t! i ' lie health service. There arc n. n more details of savings, all tell ' samu story. Genuino Reforms fiado. And this story Is tho stronge t t ir ' of a denial of tho charge thtu ' " dent Tnft has used the govern - employee to further his own j ' advantage. There have beon l.Mij uu necessary places abolished uudi-r l' treasury department In the luut tl years. Five hundred and forty tvwi i theso havo been In the dejnrti ie servlco In Washington. Nono of Upm In Washington whoso places wcionh t lshed havo boon separated from tlh service by that fact. Secretary V'c Veagh has rigidly adhered to the pnl ley of saving tho vacancies which o curred in tho depnrtmcut by redgnu tlon and death, and these places huvt been filled by those who would other-' wise havo been dropped. Tho facts nbovo set forth aro con vincing proof that under tho ndniinls tration of Prcsldont Taft genuine re tacmn in administration havo been uc compllshed in bringing the govern m on business to tbo most practlcnl and w r Beatrice Cream Separator Am ') Short Orders a Drop in the next time and have a trial of the most up-to-date place in the city OPEN Alili NIGHT, Opposite Depot li WORTH PLATTE Wednesday, May 15. KIT CARSON'S . BUFFALO RANCH WILD WEST TRAINED WILD ANIMAL EXHIBITION. TENTH TRANS-CONTINENTAL TOUR. THE URGES! WSLD WEST SHOW ON EARTH COMING DIRECT ON THEIR OWN SPECIAL. TRAINS OF DOUBLE LENGTH RAILROAD CARS FROM THE BIGGEST RANCH IN THE WORLD. Menagerie of Trained Wild Animals From all parts of the Globe. Daring and death defying acta almost beyond the realms ft. COSMOPOLITAN COLLECTION OF 8ENORITA3, QUARDI8 RURALES, CHAMPIONS OP THE LARIAT, ROUGH RIDERS, PONY EXPRESS VETERANS, DARINQ ATHLETE3, COMICAL CLOWNS, THRILLING INDIAN PIOHTS AND WAR DANCES. PRINCE BOTLOME'S TROUPE OF RUSSIAN COSSACKS, Tho most daring Horsemen in the World. tfANDS of SIOUX, CHEYENNE and COMANCHE INDIANS, Fresh from the Camp-fire and Council, making their first acquaintance with pale face civilization. The Grand Ethnological Performance concludes with the Superb Spectacular, Dramatic, Historical Fantasy, c,The Battle of Wounded Knee Introducing a vast and motley horde of Indians, Scouts, Trappers and Soldiers that actually took active part In the last brave stand and hopelcso struggle the noble redskin made for his freedom and rights. TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY, RASN OH SHINE , Afternoon at 3. Evening at 8. Doora open One Hour earlier. WATER PROOF CANVAS. Grand. Gold GJitterIng Free Street Parade TWO MILE8 LOfJQ at it Cm, dally on the main thorouchfareii. BIG FREE EXHIBITIONS on Show Grounds Immediately alter the Parade BRING SN YOUR BAD HORSES AND MULES r- r.t....n -.! Ms hr) WPTTTf OW PWT AT?fJT? 500 to 1,000 lbs. capacity per hour from $50 to $75 Highest Market; Price Paid for Cream. Poultry Loader Incu bators and Brooders at Factory Prices. SIMON BROS., North Platte, Neb. Specialty With Us.- PALACE CAFE of lucid imagination. COWDOY3 AND QIRLS, VANQUEROS, CANNOT LEAIC PURE WATER ICE. Frozen from water pumped from a good depth, nnd tho lako has beon re-comented thus insuring tho best and purest ice possible to obtain. Price 50 Gents Per 100 Lbs. Wo solicit your orders and insure prompt delivery. L. W. EDIS. Referee's Sale. Notice ic hnrnliv oivon that- iW rr!.. of an order f sale issued to mo by the district court of Lincoln county, Ne braska, on tho 20th day of Dec, 1911, In an action therein pendine, wherein Olivers Christian and David E. Martin are plaintiff! and Claude H. Reed, nlafi known uq C H nrl ! J fendant, and also an additional and anu supplemental order issued to me by tho district court of Lincoln county, Nchrnnkn. nn that 11th rliu nt A....I 1912, in said action, I will on the 8th day or June, 1912. at tho hour of 1 o'clock p. m. of said day at the east front door of t.hn rnnrr hmisa In 1... city of North Platte, Lincoln county. BuiuBKB, aau ut puuuc auction, to tho highest bidder, tho following :do3cribcd land, towit: Tho nnafc nnn.hnlf an1 tha south-west quarter of section twenty- iiyv in luwnainp mteen, norm or rang tilirty-threo west of tho 6th P. M. : and also all of flection ttvnntv.nlna nnH tVi west one-half and tho north-oast quar ter ui aecuon tmrty in township nf- leun norm 01 range tnirty-two west of mu uui -. m.: mi in juincoin county, Nebraska; also sixteen school land teases, made uy tho state of Nebraska, on tho 14th day of August, 1897, for 8 term of twcntv.fivn vonra frnm Ton 1st, 1898, for the following state school mnas, to-wit: an or section thirty-six in township fifteen, north of range thirtv-thmn. wont nt fith P M n Tin. coin county, Nebraska, and of the in terests created oy said leases In said Innd, and tho improvements thereon, GQCh of' Mild lnnnnn rnvnrttifr fnrlu.nnviiii of said section thirty-six; all of tho uuuvo uuscnueu rem estato and school land leases will hn nfTTirnrl fnr anln Ir. nunrtnr snnHnn trnnta nnd nf tV samo timo nil of the above described real estato and ochool land leases will bo ofTored for Bale as ono tract, and the bid or bidB will bo accopted which will amount to tho greater sum. ine terms ot said sale will be one fourth cash on day of sale; the balanco on March IhK Ifllfl. nn ivhiVi lntn tk promises will be conveyed and deliv- oruu to me purcnaser or purchasers. uateu tins jj an unv or April, 1912. W. T. Wilcox, Roforoo. Steam Boilers. NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Sealed Bids will be received at the office of the city clerk of tho city of North Plattp, Nebraska, up until 5 p. m. of tho 7th day of May, 1912, for tho furnishing of ono honzonal roturn tubular boilor, GO inches in diameter by IC feet long, suitable for a working of TircHSUro Of 125 nounds. in ncenrrlnnrn with tho plans and specifications on mo in tno oiiico oi tho city clerk of North Platte, Nebraska. Specifica tions can bo obtained from the city clerk or water commissioner of North Platte, Nebraska. Each bW-must bo accompanied by a certified check for 10 per cent of tho amount bid, made payable to tho order of tho city treasurer of said city, to be forfeited to said city in tho event said successful bidder shall fail to enter into a contract according to his bid and specifications within ten (10) days after award of samo. Approximate estimate of cost of said boiler is eight hundred dollars ($800). Tho city reaorvea tho right to reject any or all bids. By order of mayor and city council. Dated nt North Platte, Neb., April 2Gth, 1912. Chas. F. Temple, City Clerk. Sheriffs Sale. By virtue of an order of sale issued from the district court of Lincoln county, Neb, , upon a decree of fore closure rendered in Baid court wherein tho American Investment and Trust Compuny, a corporation, is plaintiff and Victor A. Palm, et al aro defend ants and to me directed I will on tho 5th day of June, 1912, at 2 o'clock p.m., nt tho east front door of tho court houso in North Platte, Lincoln county, Nebraska, sell at public auction to tho highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, tho following described property towit: Tho west half of section nine (9), township sixteen (16), range (31), Lincoln county, Nebraska. Dated at North Platte, Nebrsaka, April 30th, 1912. A. J. SALISBURY, Sheriff. - -v-- I'HOUATE NOTICE. In tho County Court of Lincoln county. Ne braska. Audi IU, 1U12. In the matter of tho rstato of Katlo Ilcuidy, deceased. Nottco In liorouy uiven. that tho creditors of said Uocoasod will moot tlio Adminis trator of Hald ostato. before tbo County J udee Of Lincoln county. Nobranlia. at tlin enuntv court room In said couuty, on tho2othday of May. 1'J12. and on tins 20th day of Nov. 11)12, at 0 o'clock a. tn. each day. for tlio pur pose of presuming tlmlrclalms for oxatnlna tlon, adjustment and allowance. Six months aro allowed for creditors to present their claims and ouo yoar for tho Administrator to Hottlo said estate, from tbo 10th day of April. 1012. A copy of thlsordorto bo pub lished In tho North l'latte Trlbuno a boml wookly nowspapor of Hald county for four succosslvo weeks prior to said day of hearing. ' aai-4 JOHN OUANT. County .TudKo PHOBATE NOTICE. In tho county court of Lincoln County, Ne braBku, April 1G. 1012, In thu mutter of tlio estate of Christian Mar quette, deceased. Notice U hereby irlven, that tho creditors of said deceased will meet tho administrator of said estate, beforo the County Judgo of Lincoln county, Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 20th day of May, 1912, and on tho 20th day of November, 1912. at 9 o'clock o. m. each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims, for examination, adjustment and allow ance. Six months are allowed for tho creditors to present their claims, and one year for tho ad ministrator to settle said estate, from the 16th day of Anril. 1912. Anntlrnnf tliln nnW n lm j published In the North Ptatto Tribune; Mini-