The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-17
LIS vyhI SYlE0
ARE DEALT WITH
! Double Execution Under Ora.
matte Circumstances.
STORY OF An EYEWITNESS.

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Saw Sight That Made Him Thrill
with Vague Sickness" and That
! Haunts Him Yet.
A correspondent sends to the New
| York Times from France this dramatic
| story OF the execution of two German
spies:
/ A soldier comes out from behind q
pine tree with rifle and fixed bayOnet.
lou allez-vOus? he says. stepping
before me.
'tJe vais me promener." l reply. and
anticipate his next demand by display
ing my special permit.
Monsieur is ze man that writes? l
Ehake you by ze hand with YER great
ieasaire."
He beckons me back among the trees.
HOne comes!'' he says. SSH
HYou see him!' he asks moment
aer. '"Zere by ze coulver' S-st' /"
We both bent forward. A hundred
yards down the narrow path, among
the pines, man in workmans blue
blouse is standing looking in every
direction. Suddenly he takes a cou-
pie Of steps in among the trees.
Stalking the Enemy's Messenger.
! The soldier begins to tiptoe down
among the trees, keeping a few PAGES
away from the path. / am following.
As we go down, step at a time, noise
lessly on the pine needles, there sounds
On very soft whistle below, which is
answered Immediately from some
where to the left and further down the
slope of the pine covered hill.
We take q few more steps In utter
silence, then pause and listen. L hear
the sound now, a soft and cautious
scraping of earth.
The sentry begins to so forward
again, and suddenly we open out
vista. long and narrow, among the
trees. SeeI~iIg far away. perhaps 200,
erhaps 250 yards downhill, figure is
a3ing on its stomach, it's face close to
1e earth. Near to the head there is
9hat appears at this distance to be q
Aall box.
The sound of something scraping
--ftly at the earth continues. 1t is now
on our right front, and suddenly see
the man we have already seen. He is
about forty yards away, kneeling down.
He is lifting something which looks
/ like a narrow slab of stone. He Is
STOPPING now into some cavity which
he has just laid open. He takes a pair
of wire cutters from his pocket, and
hear the snick distinctly as he cuts
through something in the cavity.
The sound catches the hearing of the
soldier, and he glances to his right
swiftly.
hear the half Kissed 'arrrev' again
as he sees the second man. Then sud-
denly he pushes his rifle forward.
! thrill with a vague sickness, for /
know that am going to see brief
glimpse of the war horror there among
the hushed sunlight and the shadow of
the tree boles.
What IL All Meant.
Far down the hillside, at the end of
the narrow vista among the trees, the
second man has suddenly risen. So ut
ter is the silence that / can hear him
plainly as he coughs. He begins to
maui on something, and | realize sud
/ denly the meaning of the whole Incl
dent that am watching. The two men
! have located the underground private
/ telephone wire going up to the fort.
! They have been tapping it for any
Jews they might pick up, and now
hey are removing couple of hundred
aeters Of wire bodily, after which no
bubt they will replace the slabs which
! over that roof in the underground
5Aannel and smooth back the earth and
Zine needles over the two disturbed
places.
The soldier is methodical. He takes
the distant man first Kneeling there
behind him, | watch with a growing
thrill and tension of tragedy and sick
ness his sunburned cheek cuddle
against the stock of his rifle.
"Cr-rackY comes the sharp, swapping
bang of the weapon. and the man
down the vista of trees gives a queer
little jump and then turns right around
quickly and looks behind him, and
thus looking and seemingly unaware
that he is the person who has been
shot his heart stops. and he rolls over
quite easily and gently on his s1de-a
merciful enough death. as these violent
deaths go.
And then, as / stare, the rife goes
"Cr-rackr' again. and / jump, for /
am still looking at the silent figure
down the vista of trees.
But the soldier has been attending TO
bis business and has snapped off 3
"One Eye Open"
Some years ago in London French
man stepped into a hanson and was
asked:
Where do you wish to goT
'One eye open," he replied.
Right" said cabby, who understood
nothing and drove of. After time.
same question, same reply. Finally