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The Treasure of
Spandau
An Audacious Hazard of Nikolai, Independent Agent, as
Related by His Lieutenant, Summers
By H. M. EGBERT
"War,” said Nikolai to me, "Is the
greatest of all knaveries, it is made
possible only by the tribute that the
strong have exacted from the weak.
So, by relieving the German govern
ment of its funds, I shall be assisting
the cause of humanity.”
We were In Berlin. The Morocco
affair had stirred all Europe, and
war between the Teuton and the Gaul
was believed to be Imminent. All
Berlin was aflame with enthusiasm.
Nikolai, passing a patriotic proces
sion, laughed scornfully.
"And this the folly of these silly
sheep of which the government hopes
to reap the advantage by an unpar
donable attack on France,” ho said.
"It would be a charity to prevent It.”
"Prevent war?" I exclaimed.
Nikolai turned to me. "What
makes war possible?" he asked.
"Money,” I answered promptly.
"And the German government’s war
fund is—”
“In the fortress of Spandau,” I ex
claimed, suddenly enlightened.
Everybody knows that after France
had paid Germany a huge monetary
indemnity In 1871. the Teutonic gov
ernment set aside a war fund of sev
eral million pounds in gold, which was
Immured In the recesses of the for
tress of Spandau, nine miles from Ber
lin. And it was this sum that Nikolai
contemplated raiding.
1 confess the audacity of the scheme
staggered me. Even knowing Nikolai
as 1 did, the Idea appeared to me in
creible. Yet here was this one man
calmly proposing to loot the treasures
of the kaiser, and those burled in the
recesses of one of Germany's most
powerful fortresses.
The evening papers were full of war
news. Among other items we gleaned
that the guns of Spandau were about
to be dismounted and sent to the
frontier, to help overawe the French
government. It was the policy of
Germany to obtain her ends peace
fully if possible. In consequences,
the publication of these Items, as cal
culated to terrorize France, was
rather encouraged. The papers teemed
with stories of the preparations for
mobilization.
Among other things we read that a
cargo of shrapnel shells was to be
hurled to Spandau, and thence to be
conveyed with the guns to a waste
territory in Alsace, used by the gov
ernment for war manoeuvres on a
large scale. Extensive firing practice,
we learned, was to be carried on
there, and, If the French government
did not then come to terms, the mimic
war would be converted Into a reality.
Nikolai was morose on the follow
ing day. I think the magnitude of his
scheme was now better realized by
him. Together we haunted the vic
inity of the freight yards.
"Those shells will arrive from the
Krupp factories,” he mediated. "Sum
mers. It will be our task to convey
them to Spandau In person.”
"But how?” I asked.
Nikolai smiled. "In a bureaucracy,”
he answered, "everything is possible.”
And he made an appointment to meet
me at the freight yards at seven
o'clock that evening.
That was the hour at which the spe
cial train, bearing the load of shells,
was due to arrive. Everything goes
by clockwork In Germany, and punct
ually at seven o’clock the train en
tered the station, the great shells
openly displayed in the cars. Upon the
engine was a representative of the
Krupp works.
Disguised as a mechanic, I waited,
terrified lest at any moment some of
the officers should Inquire my busi
ness. But they were too much ab
sorbed with the affairs in hand. A
tall officer In uniform, wearing crossed
swords upon his shoulders, stepped
forward among those waiting and dis
played an order. I gasped; It was
Nikolai himself.
He beckoned me and said, with as
sumed roughness:
"1 want you, my man, to help unload
this cargo at its destination.” Then,
turning to the officers assembled, ho
added;
"You see, gentlemen, It Is the em
peror’s special order. These shells
must be run In to Spandau this eve
ning or 1 cannot answer for the con
sequences.”
They did not scrutinize the paper
hard. They saw the signature of the
kaiser and saluted. Then, turning to
the station agent, Nikolai commanded
that the train he shunted to the priv
ate line which runs direct to the
fortress.
Half an hour later the train was
In motion. Nikolai and I rode upon
the engine, our solitary companion be
ing the driver, whose duty would be
completed when he had taken the
train to Its destination. A brief run
brought us within sight of the frown
ing fortress, a bastion strong enough
to have defied centuries of time and
all the artillery of any hostile army,
Yet Nikolai had set himself to capture
Its treasures!
The train ran right within the walls
and halted in a wide square Inside,
around which the great black hulks
of the guns loomed like some prehis
toric monsters. Soldiers were pass
ing busily to and fro; none of them,
however, paid any attention to us.
They bad their orders, and la Ger-
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many meddling with external affairs
Is discouraged. Nikolai stepped off
and proceeded toward a little archway
which led to the quarters of the com
manding officer. Presently the two
emerged together.
"Your Excellency,” said Nikolai, "I
have now fulfilled the emperor's in
structions. You yourself, doubtless,
have received orders as to the disposi
tion of these shells. I shall proceed
to unload them, with the help of your
men, and my mechanic here will ex
amine each shell separately for any
possible defects sustained in transit.
He is the chief foreman of the ord
nance branch of the Krupp factory.”
The commanding other acquiesced
and when, at his command, which was
Issued through several subordinates,
files of soldiers in fatigue dress
came swarming In the center of the
square, indicated that the shells were
to be unloaded. The men fell to with
a will. Each shell was an enormous
burden for a single soldier, and soon
the sweat was streaming down their
faces. It was midnight before the last
of the ammunition was safely stacked
In the square.
Nikolai produced a small hammer
from the pocket of his overcoat and
handed It to me. “Tap the shells
lightly,” he whispered. "Some are
defective —you understand? You are
acquainted with their mechanism?”
I had not served to no purpose In
the British Royal artillery. 1 plied
my task, calling to Nikolai frequently.
The soldier had withdrawn; the com
manding officer, who stood watching
us, showed signs of fatigue. After
half an hour, while his yawns grew
visibly longer, Nikolai spoke.
"Your excellency,” he said, "I re
gret to say that my mechanic here
finds quite a number of defective time
fuses. To remedy this work will re
quire several hours of hard work.”
The commanding officer came over.
He looked at the shells. "I see noth
ing wrong with them," he said, peer
ing through his glasses.
"Perhaps not, sir,” Nikolai rejoined,
"and I have no doubt that In a pinch
all would prove serviceable. Never
theless, the Krupp factory feels a pe
culiar responsibility In this matter,
and, with your leave, this fellow shall
adjust the defective ones.”
"As you please,” replied the com
manding officer shortly. “Captain Kup
penhelm will superintend the matter."
He turned toward his office to give the
order. Nikolai, beckoning me, followed
him.
The office was a small, well-furnish
ed room connecting with the officer's
quarters by a small psasage-way,
which cut it off from the rest of the
house. He turned toliis desk. Niko
lai was close upon his heels. In an
ante-room I saw an orderly dozing
over a fire. Upon the desk was a bell.
The officer bent over to press it.
And suddenly Nikolai’s arms were
round his throat, one hand pressed
upon his mouth. The officer struggled
valiantly, but he was perfectly help
less in Nikolai's grasp. Instantly I
had improvised a gag and thrust it
into his mouth; then, with lengths of
cord which lay scattered around the
apartment, we bound his limbs and
trussed him like a fowl. We rolled
him into a corner, where he lay glar
ing at us in an indescribably comical
manner, utterly helpless. I looked into
the ante-room. The orderly was snor
ing peacefully.
"That was the crux of the prob
lem,” said Nikoll. "Now all Is plain
sailing. It’s lucky we found that
cord."
The office was In confusion. Piles
of papers and wrappings lay all about.
In one corner was a screen. Nikolai
placed it in front of the officer and mo
tioned to me to step behind It.
"Hold your revolver to hls head,”
he said. "The slightest sound or
drumming of limbs and he dies." He
said this in a tone loud enough to be
perfectly understood by the helpless
officer.
But then we were a little uncertain.
It seemed incredible that we could re
main there long undiscovered. Niko
lai called the orderly.
"Go to bed,” he said. "We do not
need you.”
‘I had expected that the soldier
would question this command from a
stranger, but tin* German soldier is
trained to implicit obedience to the
word of a superior. He simply saluted
and marched stiffly out of the door.
Then, at Nikolai’s word, I raised the
officer, and together we carried him
into the ante-room, where we deposit
ed him upon the hearth before the
fire, with a pillow beneath hls head.
All this while thoughts had been
running on the gold. But Nikolai was
not yet ready. He had told me to make
doubly sure that his plans would not
miscarry. He called after the retreat
ing orderly. The man turned.
"Send Captain Kuppenhoim here,”
be said.
Two minutes later the captain came
running In, drew himself up and sa
luted.
“Captain Kuppenhelm," said Niko
lai, returning the salute, "I have the
honor to Inform you that you will re
celie your orders from me.” And he
showed him a paper—Heaven knows
how many of them Nikolai had forged,
or how he had done so —bearing tho
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superscription of the kaiser. The
captain looked at it and saluted again.
“You will tell off a halt company of
men to keep guard in the courtyard.”
said Nikolai, "while the shells are ad
justed. They will be ready In half an
hour and will form in columns of four,
In fatigue uniform.”
The captain saluted aagin. “That
will do, Captain Kuppenhelm,” said
Nikolai.
The captain retired stiffly. Then
Nikolai turned to me. "We must find
the keys,” he whispered.
"Let us take another look at the
general,” I exclaimed. In truth, though
he had been bound hand and foot,
though he could make no outcry, I
was astonished that he had not some-,
how managed to indicate his presence
in some manner. It is difficulty to de
prive a man entirely of motion, be his
bonds ever so strong.
We went Into the ante-room. The
general lay by the hearth just as
wo had placed him. Nikolai lifted his
arm. It fell heavily. By the light
of the fire I scrutinized hls face. The
eyes were half open, but there was no
recognition in them.
"He is dead," said Nikolai, sol
emnly.
It was true. He was an old man,
and the shock had, doubtless, brought
about a fatal stroke of apoplexy. Niko
lai gazed at him a moment In si
lence. Then he raised hls hand at
the salute.
“Honor to a brave man, even though
he be a servant of tyranny,” he said.
“It is as well for him perhaps.” Then
ho turned away.
This unexpected denouement, while
I bid my hand to my revoke*
It could not add to the desperate con
dition of our undertaking, solved one
of our most pressing difficulties. All
danger from this source was now re
moved, Nikolai went back into the of
fice, and together we searched for
the keys. And we found them. We
found bunches of keys—keys of every
kind. There must have been half a
hundred when we gave up the search.
But which was the key to the strong
room?
"None of these,” said Nikolai. “It
will be In triplicate—and there will
be a combination.” He paused and
looked at me sadly. "Summers,” he
said, "I had hoped to wring the se
cret from the dead man by threat of
death. It was a desperate hope at
best; now it Is not even a hope. The
secret of the combination was knowm
to none but him, doubtless.
Suddenly 1 had an Inspiration.
"The key will be upon his person!”
I exclaimed.
Nikolai’s hand descended softly
upo my shoulder. "You are right,
Summers,” he said. "Come!"
It was repugnant to me to lay hands
upon the dead man there by the fire.
I felt guilty as a parricide as I rev
erently cut the bonds; as a robber of
the dead when I turned out the con
tents of the pockets. There were let
ters there In feminine writing, mon
ey, papers, a hasty glimpse at which
revealed their unimportance to us, and
a great gleaming golden watch which,
as I took It, opened in my hand and
flashed out the time to me. But there
was no key.
"Round his neck,” said Nikolai.
And there we found it. It was a lit
tle golden key, alone, but of ape
cullar fashion. I saw at once that,
by pressing a spring upon its handle,
It was convertible Into either of two
other kinds through an automatic
movement of the wards. There were,
then, three locks to be forced.
I felt elated; I could hardly restrain
my joy. But Nikolai stood looking
down at me gravely.
"That’s no use, Summers,” he said.
"We need the combination."
I had forgotten that. Our partial
success had only made our eventual
failure the more humiliating. Still,
we had found the key. Perhaps the
combination might be written down.
"He was an old man," I said. “His
memory might have been faulty.
Would he have kept three sets of fig
ures in hls brain?”
And, even as the wards left my
lips, a coal popped in the fire, and a
bright blaze sprang up and flicker
ed on the gold watch. And on the
edge of the inner case, by some mira
cle of observation I saw throe rows
of figures minutely scratched.
“The combination!” I exclaimed.
There was little doubt. According
to the German system, the lock was
set by numbers instead of letters, and
these could mean nothing else.
We stood there in exultation for a
moment, until a noise without recalled
us to ourselves. The soldiers were
filing In the yard. Outside I could see
Captain Kuppenhelm and a sergeant
marshaling them.
"Summers,” said Nikolai, "our task
Is now an extremely simple one if
your courage does no fail you. Re
member that the German soldier is
trained to one thing—implicit obudi
ence. The most singular action will
not be observed by him. He Is train
ed as an automaton, nothing more.
"Our duty now is to procure the
gold. I know the location of the
strong room. We cannot hope to carry
even a tenth part away; I trust, how
ever, that W'e shall ultimately reap a
rich reward from our enterprise. Fol
low me!"
We passed out boldly Into the court
yard, Nikopai gravely returning the
salute of the officer. He led me
through a second archway, along a
low passage which terminated in a
barred door. Two sentries on duty
stood at attention. Nikolai fitted the
gold key to the lock. A moment’s
fumbling, and it opened, and we pass
ed through. Looking back, I saw that
the sentries were still at attention.
The passage now turned off to the
right abruptly, and a second door
faced us. This was unguarded. It
opened noiselessly, and we found our
selves in a huge, vaulted chamber of
gloomy aspect, at the end of which
a fire was burning. Two soldiers In
uniform rose and saluted us. Nikolai
passed between them and fitted the
key to tho door. One of the men
detained him.
“Pardon, excellency,” he said. “None
but his excellency, General Faber, en
ters this chamber.”
“Road that!" said Nikolai sharply,
whipping out a paper. Again I saw
the emperor's signature. I afteward
learned that one pigaer had served on
each of the three occasions.
"Well, can’t you read?" snapped
Nlltolal, as the soldier still barred the
way.
“No, excellency,” replied the man
humbly.
"Fool! Do you know your emper
or’s signature?”
"No, excellency,” tho soldier an
swered humbly. “No one but General
Faber passes through this door. Those
are his orders.”
As Nikolai still made toward the
door there came a clatter of steel, and
simultaneously the two guards had
snatched up their rifles and fitted bay
onets to them. I laid my hand on my
revolver; then I saw that Nikolai was
still expostulating with the men.
"What are your exact orders, dolts?”
he asked. And then the men replied in
chorus:
“It is forbidden that anyone except
his excellency, General Faber, passes
through this door.”
“Well said." cried Nikolai heartily,
dapping the nearest man upon the
back. “I was but testing you. I shall
report your good conduct to our em
peror himself.” The soldiers present
ed bayonets at the name. “And now,
my men,” he continued, handing the
key to one of the guard, “do you take
this and turn the lock until you see
the number 975 appear—see, I will
show you. Now turn it and enter.”
The soldiPr took the key and opened
the door obediently. As it swung back
a blaze of electric light flooded the
chamber. And I staggered back in
astonishment. I saw astonishment
upon Nikolai’s face, astonishment
upon the stolid countenances of the
guards. For the vault beyond was
heaped with shining coins.
There they lay, just as they had
been Hung in 1871. But tho sacks
which had contained them had moul
dered under the touch of time, and the
floor was heaped celling high with
gold pieces. They lay like flakes of
golden grain, shining and scintillating
in the electric glow.
"Enter, men, and gather 2,000
pieces,” said Nikolai. And the men
obeyed him and staggered toward
him, carrying the coins In pieces of
rotting sackcloth.
"Close the door and remain on
guard,” said Nikolai. With our pock
ets filled and also bearing a precious
cargo In our arms, we staggered out.
At the second door, however, Nikolai
halted.
"An officer may not carry a bun
dle," ho said. "Summers, I must
transfer this freight to you. Can you
carry it?”
It was the heaviest burden I
had carted In my life. I staggered
through the passage, Nikolai beside
me. At the outermost dOor he whis
pered his final instructions.
• "Dump them in the freight cars,” he
whispered. "In the first car are tools.
Unscrew the shells, pour out the
shrapnel, and fill them. You under
stand? I shall be with you.”
We passed out of the courtyard.
The soldiers stood in columns of four,
but at a word from Nikolai, they with
drew and formed a hollow square at
some distance from the cars. The
night was moonless; our operations
were hardly visible.
When 1 had deposited ray burden In
the car, Nikolai and I went back for
more. Twenty times we made that
journey, and every time the soldiers
brought out the coins to us. And, at.
the twenty-first we had made scarcely
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an Impression upon the shining hoard.
Reluctantly Nikolai gave the Anal or
der to close the door.
Then all through the night I toiled,
filling the shells. I lifted them Into
the cars one by one, unscrewed the
projectiles, filled them with coins, and
poured out the shrapnel, until, in
place of the golden flood that lapped
my feet there was a stream of leaden
bullets. It was dawn before my task
was done.
It was done at last. The shells were
screwed fast; in the breaking light
Nikolai and I looked into each other’*
haggard faces. And we read in each
other's eyes that we had miserably
failed.
For neither of us had estimated In
any degree the magnitude of our task.
We had not known how very few
gold pieces prove the limit of a man’s
strength. We nad removed 40,000
pieces of gold, worth roughly $200,000
—200,000, when there remained 10,•
000,000 pieces behind!
With bleeding hands 1 descended
from the cars. Nikolai called to the
driver, who was dozing upon his en
gine. The cars were uncoupled. It
seemed hours before we got up steam,
while the day lighted, and I waited in
an agony of apprehension. At last
the engine was in readiness to move.
We sprang aboard, the wheels re
volved, and as the sun rose we passed
through the fortress gates into the
open country beyond. We had plun
dered Bpandau; but where was our
gain?
"That,” said Nikolai, '‘remains for
future gathering. When the sheila
burst upon the practice field in Al
sace there will be good gold pieces
sown among the weeds for our pick
ing up.” And so he began to laugh.
It was a scheme hatched in the most
fantastic brain that ever a sane man
possessed. We had filled the shells
with gold, that we might pick up the
contents after the big guns had fired
at the practice targets on the waste
ground! Hut the war scare blew over,
and Spardau's guns were never moved.
Doubtless our gold-filled shells still re
pose in the arsenal at Spardau.
LEARNED WANTS OF PEOPLE
Englishman Set Himself to Supply
Them, and Now Is Many Time*
a Millionaire.
In the Strand Sir Joseph Lyons, the
biggest caterer in England—perhaps
in the world —tells the story of how
he first conceived the idea of "feed
ing the masses.” It chanced, he say%
that, to satisfy the inner man, one
morning in the ’Bos I strolled into a
dirty—to me, repellent—little London
restaurant. These unappetizing estab
lishments were almost invariably
small, being limited in the capacities
for cooking and serving of the man
and his wife, with, perhaps, one or
two waiters. They were so often in
variably dark, stuffy little places,
often infested with cockroaches; and
as for their kitchens, they were
tilings liable to cause nightmares—
anyway, I prefer not to tell of them.
The city clerk who wanted a snack
had to pay eight cents for a cup of
coffee or tea, a two-cent tip, and two
or four cents for a bun. It goes with
out saying that these charges were
beyond their slender means; result,
he adjourned to the nearest bar and
had a glass of beer.
Well, on the occasion to which 1
refer 1 entered the said "restaurant,"
ordered the least uninviting dish 1
could hit upon, and turned things
over in my mind during the uncon
scionably long time I had to wait for
the arrival of my repast. I had often
enough before this reflected how great
fortunes had been made by the dis
covery of some simple universal want
waiting to be supplied. In a flash It
came to me that I had discovered just
such a simple, unsupplied universal
want —clean and decent fare In bright
and congenial surroundings at a rea
sonable price.
And there and then was laid the
foundation stone of a business which
now feeds about 2,000,000 of the in
habitants of London, and which on
every working day In the year caters
for over 500,000 men, women and
children —a business, too, which finds
cork for nearly 16,000 employes,
which possesses 250 branches (the
number is steadily Increasing, both In
London and the provinces), and which
has no fewer than 120,000 agents
hroughout the country selling our
wares.” Yes, in a small way—and T
write It with due humility—a chance
v islt of a discontented artist to a
dirty restaurant has exercised a con
siderable influence. Indeed, over the
lives of a very large section of men.
women and children in Oreat Britain.
For Health, a Walk.
In the warm weather, when exercise
!a the heat of the day seems a bur
den, try walking early In the mornlnff
and again late In the evening.
Be energetic and get up before
breakfast in earnest. Don’t try to
walk before you have eaten, but eat
something light and satisfying and
start forth on a morning constitution
al. You can get home again before
the heat of the day has really set In.
If you find the morning walk impos
i-it)le, try the evening walk. Start
out after the sun has gone down, eith
er before a late dinner or after an
c ally one, and walk In the dusk until
you are tired.
The w oman who must work in office
or shop would find systematic early
morning and late evening exercise
beenflcial and invigorating.
Diverse Impression*.
“My new gown,” said Mrs. Fllmgllt,
'is a dream.”
‘it may be a dream for you,” re
plied her husband; “but It’* Insomnia,
(or me.”