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...been watched secretly for years before being offered membership in the Bond. He is sworn in at a spine-chilling ceremony. In sepulchral gloom a light plays fitfully on a blood-spattered bier, on which lies a lifelike "corpse" wrapped in a black shroud. Into the "corpse" a dagger has been plunged to the hilt. Letters of blood spell the word Verraad (treachery). A predikant (pastor) intones: "He who betrays the Bond will be destroyed by the Bond. The Bond never forgets." Membership lasts "till death." Broeders recognize one another by secret signs, handclasps, passwords...
From the Senate cloakroom to the Carlton bar, the wiseacres whispered: look out for more Administration changes. Washington seethed with plots, rumors, counterplots. Besides the President, who remained mum, last week's big cloak-&-dagger drama had three leading actors...
...keynote. A simple, double-breasted suit of midnight black is the foundation. Coat cuffs are four inches, and heavily embroidered with gold acanthus leaves. Gold buttons, gold shoulder boards, and lapels thickly laced with gold galloons provide distinguished color. For dramatic dignity, a ten-inch, ivory-sheathed dagger is worn at the belt, on the left...
...Russians, in their lushest cloak-&-dagger manner, who added a touch of comic melodrama to the last days of the campaign. Izvestia, official Soviet Government newspaper, ran an article headlined: THE ELECTION OF ROOSEVELT GUARANTEED. It is said that the core of Dewey's Republican staff had "pro-Fascist, pro-German ties"; and that with campaign "failure imminent . . . Republicans in despair might resort to a big adventure." The "adventure," it said, might well be a fake last-minute assassination plot against Dewey, with the Communists, of course, blamed for it. Thundered Izvestia: "History includes a number of such insolent...
...sharp dagger blade he carried...