Show How Spie s Work fork m in Ne New w York w. w m w. w Night With Secret ce Service ce ceBy By J. J Herbert Herber t Duckworth I By 11 News Newa Service Nis' Nis gW YORK March I Ih 17 Romance and tho the human equation have havo nut not been entirely I knocked out of or war var Machinery can do almost everything except spy In tn the tho great gamp game nm of or espionage now j so o much In the tho public eye lC th there ro In III n no mechanical substitute for or keen human I Highly educated quick witted wilted and adventurous nd men 1110 and women who ono one tiny day cnn can win whit tho the confidence Inc of at an nn Ignorant Ignorant Igno Igno- rant l bomb plotter and tho thin next secrets upon which r rent t tho the security of or nations from lie tho cr very lips of an nn embassy embassy em- em bassy official or or his wife wife are aro en engaged engaged en- en In this fascinating If JC dangerous rous and despised df l h business 1 Recently I ran Into ono one of oC these picturesque figures CI on Broadway I first met mt him trim a n year tar ago o In tho the hotel hotl Copenhagen which has become notorious since tho the war began as ns a n 1 clearing house for Cor spies 8 and contraband merchants of oC all nations nation What hat country coun coun- try this man works for I dont don't kno know Ho Ito wont won't tell me 1111 Ho lie can enn talk beautiful beau beau- English h. h Berlin German Parisian French Inch two ed et ed American slang slang slang- and ho he can also talk like a blithering Imbecile when h he wants to I do know th that lint t ho has been n In all alt the tho warring countries in tho the past JUtt two years and that ho lie knows tho the bazaars bazaar of India and I Egypt like a lK book ok and that ho haw has been In Villas Villa's ni ni-my army Ill I'll call him Blake I 1 thought t you Oll were wre In Petrograd was WM my 10 greeting to Blake Bake Whet What aro you ou doing In New ew York Why Shy h ho he drawled Then Do you want me to show how you ou something some some- thing of ot Now New w York which Is 18 now the greatest P spy center In the world where the and most moil cunning of at In international In- In spied aro are located If Jt you OU do come along with m me tonight Im I'm going golm to look the crowd over over over-n a sort of or Inspection I can u use e a harmless looking Ne New Yorker r like Ilko you to nn tage lage Of ot the Inward significance of or man many of oC m my friends friend's activities that ht I 1 am still blissfully Ignorant I can only toll loll you 1 11 what I raw mw W. did And was walt told It was WI an aft amazing revelation o of tho the ram rom of ot It was like a a. succession of ot chapt chapters r from Conan Doyle Zola Lola Dumas and Karl Graves II Met Meet IOtt me In the Knickerbocker bar barat barat at 7 i. i dressed r td Blake said Mild as I 1 left Jert him I was waa on tune time and we dined In the grillroom rill room Blake open opened d cham champagne l ln n didn't drink an any and nd yet et became maudlin nautili drunk Shut up up OJ ho whispered when hen I j- j naked asked for tor an explanation Two or our men are aro over there thero discussing cotton colton with tho the enemy nem 1 I 1 didn't think they'd get them Im I'm drunk and cant can't co any any- thing Satisfied l seemingly l that tho rho men were onto their Jolt job Blake settled with tho thin waiter and staggered out Wo lo e mudo mute our R way to the wn subway got or off at nt tho the next station entered en entered en- en by the subway entrance the Hotel Belmont where my companion held helt a n I Ir short hort conversation con with a white whiskered whis- whis i j r old gentleman In tho the lounge anti and then by hy a devious underground route via tho the station again the j I Grand Central and lOtI Its Us long marble corridors corridors cor cor- found our way to tho the hotel two blocks away Hero I 1 had hud I to pretend to eat another meal I A few tow tables distant was a n very Jolly JJ three arty three men mn and two stunning wo- wo woI I men mono The They and antl acted like Ilko for for- i eigners Wo We followed them when thc they I left Tho They Thoy Jumped l Into a touring carand carand car and und wo we hailed a taxi A At t the corner orn r of ot Sixth avenue 8 and fourth Fifty street the tho touring car camo came Into violent col col- colI I lichen with a heavy limousine lne A man i Ii i Jumped out of ot tho the latter In a 1 temper and demanded Immediate arrest t toC of oC the the- themen men mon wo we were trailing for tor reckless reek reck- i i 1 less 88 driving They were separated separate j from tram tho the women and taken to the night court I Fine Olno biz chuck chuckled I CM Blake What Is I asked aked j Those two women are arc enemy agents j Very fascinating and very ery clever I I knew them In Vienna Run Hun a n wonderful wonder- wonder I j ful tul apartment overlooking Central Ce park p rk I Tho The men with them aro are our officers who are arc buying horses I Just had to break brNik up tho the party I By ny tho the WIl way lots lot's go JO and hear Ca- Ca Ca I ruso My I box ox Is I empty I want to see ee who Is III with ono one of oC m my dear enemy nem I I pals jials tonight tonight- So 80 off ott we wo went to th the opera opera- We Ve wore were I ju Just t In time to find the crowded tl house oblivious to everything but the voice of ot the tho gt great nt l Enrico We got in In th therefore therefore there there- r- r fore tore unnoticed d and C while the tho tho audience was wan roaring for tor an encore Just as 03 I 1 thought was walt all nil Blake Blakes' Blakes i I s' s auld my bay of at this visit aU I Inter In Blaken Blakes apartment m my host changed Into working clothes I was m told toM to tu hop into a IL shabby business wit suit Wo We were wre oC off for Cor Yorkville NothIng Noth Noth- Ing log much happened In Little German Ger Ger- man many We Vp went Info Into a R number of beer gardens artlen and h heard r a lot of or German that I understand Blake seemed seemed med Continued on on pu sago pago 6 6 i I I |