Identifier: celebratedspiesf00bart (find matches)
Title: Celebrated spies and famous mysteries of the great war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Barton, George, 1866-1940
Subjects: Spies World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, Page company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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leman, a certain Baron Saafeld. They had many traits in common, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that to this partnership may be traced the beginning of the Teutonic associations which were to lead Paul Bolo into that fateful enterprise which was only to end in his tragic death. At the outset he was a success. He had all of the personal qualities that go to make up the plausible manager of such a concern. Above all else he was a social being. He loved good food and drink; he was a natural born mixer, he had no difficulty in securing entrance to the best society, and in a very adroit manner he managed to mingle business and pleasure. But Baron Saafeld had practically the same experience as Bolos partner in the lobster business. The enterprise came to grief, and in order to avoid unpleasant experiences Bolo found it expedient to leave Lyons. He moved to Paris, and there he was in his element. He haunted the boulevards; he became a man about town, and he was welcomed in the convivial circles of
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Photograph from Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. BOLO PASHA BOLO PASHA 221 the gayest city in Europe. In the course of time he made the acquaintance of a woman who was beautiful, and some years his senior. It seems to have been a case of love at first sight — at least on the part of the woman. She was possessed of a considerable fortune, but this was no obstacle so far as Paul Bolo was concerned. They were married. It must be conceded that Bolo had an attractive personality. His bright eyes, his eager manners and his winning ways were calculated to attract the attention of the fair sex. The two were seen together constantly, and all of the evidence points to a satisfactory marital partnership. Indeed, it seems to have been the only partnership which Bolo had contracted up to that time which was even partially successful. But in a short time the lady died, and Paul Bolo inherited her ample fortune. He had other matrimonial adventures, but probably the least said about them the better. He was now,

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