The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-13
A DAUGHTER OF FRANCE.

| French military medal and the dec
Oration of the Legion OF Honor In
1878.
One November day In the pleasant
| land of France a girl stood on the
porch looking on the falling leaves
| which were SLOWLY circling from the
trees to the grouad, The house be-
| fore which she stood was the tele-
graph Office, of which her mother,
| Nine. Doder. was in charge, the
daughter, Juliette, being her assist
ant The air was still, and no sound
| was to be heard except perhaps an
| occasional strain of song from a dis
| lance Of those making wine, though
| there was little OF this now, tor way
| had been declared by France against
! Prussia.
| Suddenly there came the clear notes
| of distant bugle. The girls attitude
| changed at once from idle contem-
| plation to eager interest. She list
| ened and presently heard far up the
| road faint clatter of horses noofs.
Running into the house. she cried
Mother, the Prussians are com
ing."
How do you know?"
Listen"
They stood for moment silent,
the sounds growing louder every
moment.
Come. We must get everything
out of the way that may be of ad-
vantage to them
They hurriedly gathered all copies
of dispatches in the office and pushed
them into the stove, where they dis
! appeared in fame and smoke. They
had hardly done SO when body of
uhlans dashed up to the house and
surrounded 1t, This is customary in
war. When force takes possession
of a town before the main body en-
tiers, troop Of cavalry is sent on the
gallop to seize the telegraph office.
An officer threw himself from his
horse and hurried in, placed Nine
Dodu and her daughter under arrest,
then looked for any kilograms that
might be in the office Not finding
her bedroom and placed Juliette in
her own room on the ground floor.
Now, Juliette had been accustomed
to attend to any telegraph work that
must be done at night. She had
placed a machine in her closet and
connected it with the wires In the
office. BY having the closet door
open she could hear a call and trans
nit any message required, Being
used to the worF the slightest click
would awaken her. She was left alone
by her captors, being permitted to
close her door, at which a guard was
stationed. Meanwhile Prussian
army under Prince Frederick Charles
poured into the town and its vicinity.
Juliette went to sleep that night
expecting to get a good rest The
Prussians being, in possession of the
telegraph station and doubtless hav-
ing their own operators, she would
not be called upon to transmit mes
sages. She had barely got to sleep
when she was awakened by click
ing in the closet She recognized it
at once as the call Of Orleans. The
office in another part of the house
answered, and the operator at Or
leans began to send message, to
which Juliette, who could read by
ear, listened. 1t was addressed to
Prince Frederick Charles. The Prus-
slams had occupied Orleans and they
were sending in the message de-
scription of the exact position of
part of the French army which was
marching on Glen. There they gave
the information necessary to enable
the prince to surround and capture
the French,
The fate of that corps of the Frencs.
army rested with Juliette. II might
be possible for her to transmit the
dispatch that had been sent the
prince to place the Prussians had
not yet entered But she knew that
any tanpering with the wire while
they were in possession of them
meant death. She was French girl
and loved her people. Getting out of
bed she went to the closet, succeed
ed in calling the subprefect of
neighboring town and telegraphed the
dispatch with full information as to
it's being sent to the Prussian COM
mander He in turn sent it to the
French commander. The Prussian
movement was anticipated, and the
French troops were saved from the
trap.
AS soon as Prince Frederick
Charles learned that his move had
been -forestalled he suspected tele-
gram had been sent the French COM
mander informing him Of the Prus-
sian Intentions. An examination was
made of wires leading from the tele-
graph office, and connecting wires
were found leading to Juliette's room.
Juliette was marched out and be-
fore u court martial to be tried for
her offense. The charge brought
against her was that Of being a spy,
which term includes giving secret in
formation of an army to its enemy.