Originally published in The Popular Magazine in August, 1905. One of the stories in
Yorke Norroy is undercover in Port Arthur, about to head into Russia to acquire intel on behalf of the Japanese government concerning Russian fortifications from a Polish officer. His mission is put at risk because of heightened diligence by Russian officials and he will have to get into a scuffle with several and go into hiding. His success and actual survival will be placed in the hands of the lovely Countess Helma de Czechowicz.