Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1910 — Suspicious. [ARTICLE]

Suspicious.

During a period of political agitation a stranger arrived in Magdeburg* where, on applying to the authorities* he obtained a permit or ticket of residence. He had not been long in the town before he became aware that his. steps were being dogged by a man in blue uniform. He bore it for days* but at last said to the spy: "Sir, do you wish to drive me mad? Why do you pursue me in this way?” “I am a detective, and my instructions are not to lose sight of you,’” was the quiet answer. "Why, what fault have the police to find with me?" shouted the stranger In the greatest excitement. “My passport 4s in order. Here is my ticket of residence. I am a citizen of Berlin. Why do you follow me about?’” * “It states in your passport,” waa the reply, “that you were going to reside here for pleasure. That looked suspicious, as it is the first time any one came to reside in Magdeburg for pleasure.”