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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1913)
THE SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION 13 I to, m 'en A Great Bargain in Hosiery Think of a sock, silky- soft reinforced for strength along sole from toe to heel and above shoe line; of yarn so fine that this strong reinforcing can only be seen clearly over an electric light; knit to foot shape and able to stand much more than usual wear. And then think of getting a whole box of these superb socks any quality for a dollar! That's wctebrsytwid and the greatest hosiery bargain ever advertised. You will find them in leading colors tizes 9's to 12's. If unable to get them from Jour dealer, order direct, giving tize and color. Remember Any Quality $1.00 a Box Box o 4 pairs guaranteed 4 months. Box of 3 pairs guaranteed 3 months. Box of 2 pairs guaranteed 2 months. Special Lightest weight guaranteed gauze hose made box of 3 pairs guaran teed 3 monlh JOS. HLACK & SONS CO., York, I'a. KYANIZE r- OriiKilly made fur floors, is equally yood V. for all woodwork anil furniture around the house It Aims so freely ami dries so nicely jnu ran put it on yourself. It dues quick and haul with a lustrous, sanitary surface that is easy to keep clean, and is eiy durable. Clear and seven popular colors. TPIAI rtCFPR " n0 Kjaiilw 1 1IVL, Wrrca agent In "iir tiiwn. ffiitl lu rent Hint your ilealer . name, ami rtsflw a trial ran mount) to a an urillnart i-tialr a ten-cMit lirusli a color eartl ail full iltrertionn. Boston Varnish Company itYt"n Boston KYANIZE YOUR HOME Kuril, l'rciirli l.irtli, nti.l. 'li fart, the urn of a mral ronstnlile nt .Tony nux iilies. He s.inl iiii'eriiij;l : "For nre. YVessri g;ii them .ivvnv." t'hnrles flushed nut at linn: " W'lm tin' devil rales for Utto Winter - - lie is a Mime. And 1 1 tirxf rim n n is n snmr, His xnli .s unlns!" Then m drunk Schiedam, out of t ill thin glasses; mid casually. I asked "Ami vvheie is Mutliilile, these d.ivs''' " llumh'i ," naul ( 'lull Irs shortly. There is no way of putting into 1'i'c lish the pithy abruptness of t'liaili laniy Flench; but what lit meant ', say was that Mutliilile was still in prisi.i having been bundled Mindly anoss tl. rrnian frontier, where she never m tended (lloaxcn knows!) to no. A lilou.l I'renrh spy Amlouin, n deserter fiom the I'renrh army said sent iiuciitullv 'She was the liest of them nil. I oiujhi to knoiv ' " And he twisted up his inu tarhes with a self satisfied air. "Hah!" said Charles, "she got bet ter men than vim, vntt sausiii:e. she nut he was a lieiiteuaiit at Wessrl, when I'olsdain. ' ' " Wessel wns u oaptnin, thenl" And thev quarreled while 1 paid the bill. Five ilays later it was .Innuary '2f as was enininr; out of the Hotel Metro pole I came face lo fnre with Wessel. lie had coarsened and fnttened; he was no lunger the handsome fierman ollirei spy and rogue- and thief some of us knew a half dozen years njjo in I'tiris. n insolM'iit spy, withal, for oxer him. i. is theie not the protection of two i lieat Powers, France and Flilandf IMMFF this is the story of Wessel; in the background of it is the lays j triions veiled figure of the most extra , tirdiniiiy adveiitmess I'uiope litis suf ti'ied fiom in the last Iwo decades. 1 have named Malhilde Haitmler. She is a handsome, blue eyed woman, with tin' look of a Slav rather than of a tier 1 man. She was bom in Kolnigsberg. Her parents were Pintcslnut folk of good standing. She was educated in n teach i er's college, and went out into the woild as governess in the family of a Pius sian general. She was voting then -twenty enrs ami ami fell into the hands of Kit-hard do ('tiers, the Napoleun of Spies. He it was who trained her. Like all the women who surreed as spies she had a natural taste for inlriguc the love of adventuie; she was fund of riot and ext rnvngnuce ami of the admiration of men. Ten years ago I met her in an opera-box at the Moiiimir in Hrtissels; she shiuuueied with opals from her sbppeis to her hair. And she had charm. A woiu and wicked woman she still indintcd charm that liiiratinv kind of fascination which eapttlies a certain kind of uiiprnisevvorthy man. The man who was under her spell nt'thnl lime was V.esscl. Indeed, she had just been married to him; but thai was a passing sentiment and had nothing to .lo with her business in this world, i Wessel had been a lieutenant of engi neers in the (ieiiiian iiriny. She was winking for Franco at the time ehielly for .lumps who was then prominent in the "service" anil she succeeded in corrupting the young (iermau ollicer, who turned over to her all the military docn uients upon which he could lay his hands. Meanwhile, Wessel, unsuspected, was made a captain. Hut Mutliilile was an expensive acquaintance, anil in mi en deavor to secure nunc important docu ment for which a high price was of feied Wessel was detected. Hy the good ollices of Mutliilile, he managed to yet across the frontier. Together they went to Brussels and thence, to the sum mer resort of treason, Ostein. In those dns Osteiid was one of the gambling places of Hurope a little Monte ( 'al io. Wessel lost heavily. One night he gave i false clieiue to a " Herman army of fleer." He was arrested and locked up in the prison of St. (Silos. (The tier mail "ollicer" was a spy, who had been detailed to "get" Wessel so he might lie arrested, extradited ami made to pnv for his treason.) A few weeks later the Hclgian gov eminent turned Wessel over to the tier man authorities. lie was hand cuffed and put ill the train fur Cologne, j- ---- .tvwwa-xw nmtarvstr in iniii.ini ill' twuv- - v -jLMgrn-s,; tiA How will you pay expenses on your trip? It is unsafe to earry much actual money. Tourists provide themselves with something that represents money that etui he converted into money, or used instead of money, for their daily expenses. The safest, most convenient travel funds are those which can be used directly in payment of hotel hills, railway and steamship fares, and for purchases in the principal shops. ft y- ft JJ tlili)iu.'liiiiit the vvoi lil without n iieiNimul VA. r. A. 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