The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1911-11-02

dsriy y ak ubefe I'D procured ~
eGes- I told Of the eirl who had sodd
fbou 70 ~. End the general sent his
aids. his orderliesl and his escort NJ
| ing ~ oTer the limited region we oc-
eupied wifh orders to find the farm
md the girl Each aud every ons re-
kprned with the information that
<$<rs WIN no dairy farm within the
plcket unes and the girl could NOT BE-
found.
Il received a summons to report III
person at headquarters. and the gen
eral quessioned me aud cross ques-
tlqned ne making ne yery unccD-
f0ftabIe He even Ept out Of - the
fact tHaf had tried to look through
one q the es5u and found enly dart-
ness- 80
was 1t the same weight a. ths
othersf asked the Nsnsral.
II could detect = dinerencs.'
-'Are you sure the girl was not 3
man IN girls clofhesy
Il remembered her walk and hesi-
tated
: Come. out Wits IL rou suspect
that she wasT
she had mans stride
THAT win do BY your stupidity
you have permitted a spy to pass
through our lines and become ac-
Que1nfed with cur weaknees Besides.
thsFs are small bodies 0f Prussians
% svsry side OF us II We had not
ths0 % ssoarafed that they can't
communicafs. By = concerted move
nsns they could crush u.s.
But. generaL' / protested, the
psepis hsrsabout are all French and
isyL This girl spoke excellent
Efeach-'
I r Peasanfs Do not speak excellent
| Preach be replied impatientiy- That
VIII do: you may CO.
Il had hardly left his headquarters
before nag Of truce was announced
waiting without the picket line for
admission. Its commandant was
0ksnr To- the general and presented =
demand for our capifuiation- He told
our general Just what forces were In
|! oar vtcinity and that they had every
r1ad By which ne might escape oc-
cup1ed By concerted action. which
had been agreed upon. they could
capture us.
1our general declined to surrender.
and at midnight we made dssn for
escaps Nearly half Of our number
were killed or wounded I tried my
bsse 70 ret shot. for felt sure ! had
hy my stupidity permitted spy 10
walk from one Prussisn force straight
through our lines TO another bearing .
conmunication and the news Of our
vsakpess Hut though ! exposed my
self while the fiEhtink was most de-
perafe I was not even scratch-d-
The remnant of our force surrcn-
d<red. and the next morning. having
stacksd our arms- we were marched
before the Prnssian generais who had
coublnsd for our de~trnction- An aid
% IL sen6 Of one Of them. coming
mp v ~ with = iser on his face. naid
II ths same rxesiIsnt Preach the pe&s-
Ant strl had us>d:
-'Hs,Io. eonrad<. whars the price
e erss todsyr
-.Ah' I replied. .yoa arc The psas-
snt giri Who sole Ne thos< eggs- Wss
ttsrs . message h the one tried to
~ throukhr -,
Indeed thers was. and Jour get
49, hss1 Of &c. feared. would undo
-. Had yeu beid' % to thar s<E
ysa would not nov have besn he<s
80 wsuid have sruas at th> go
- rspa
1T wslxhsd ths sane ~ The esh~rsL'
'eand did that
-sWhsrs did yru learn Frsachr
.sAta Pnfi<1sn srhool.'
I'VE were marching during this brisf
dialogue. and st this pefnt the man
drduped away from Ne
I'D make snafssss ~orse received
IN oger from the Prussians Of an
lfmnsaiais sx~hssg> ss . rscognitfos
- ths ssrvtcs had done then I r.
pa3sd that the ealy sxehsnss would
acceVt wcald bs from ssrrh 10 pan-
ldiss-- ~
TAs cssessi psss>A. and his chi.
ssnh - his brvsst. Prss~ntiy - ces-
~rrsn that day. general. have
hesn snubbed man In the army.
wh~nevsr tirns for ny promotion
came round some excuse was found
for putting smother In my place. un-
fortunately. since then. France has
been at peace. and have had no op-
portunity to redeem my stupidity Or
get myself killed.
Rather call n nisfertuas" inter
rupted the general
-No: Il Was stupidity. At any rate.
! shall never forgive myself any more
than France viii forgive ne for fall
ing 70 zee light through an egg with
out cracking II. Ny failure In the
army was my. own fault.