El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

dies of France, or the American Ambu-
| lance What you learn from the
| wounded English and French officers
| and the French doctors you Will send
| US through the usual channels"
When do I start?" asked the
woman.
For a few days" explained the Of
1 ficer, you remain in this chateau
| You viii keep US informed OF what is
! going on after we withdraw"
withdraw 1t was more of an ex-
| clamation that a question. Marie was
] too well trained to ask questions
I'VE are taking up a new position"
/ said the officer, "on the Aisne.'
The woman, incredulous, stared.
And We do not enter PARISH"
You do returned the officer. That
/ is all that concerns you. We viii join
( you leter-in the spring. Meanwhile,
I for the winter we intrench ourselves
/ along the Aisne. In a chimney of this
! chateau we have set up a wireless out
! fit We are leaving it intact The
chauffeur Briand-who, You must ex-
| plain to the French, YOU brought with
you from Laon, and who has been long
in your Service-Wil transmit what
/ ever you discover. We wish especially
to know Of any movement toward our
I left If they attack in front from Sois-
sons. we are prepared; but Of any at
tempt to cross the Disc and take US
Z ]
The officer rose and hung upon him
self his fieldglasses, map cases and
side arms
I'VE leave you now he aid. When
the French arrive YOU will tell them
the reason for hating at this chateau
was that the owner. Monsieur Iverney.
and his family are friends OF your hus-
band You found US here, and we de-
tanned you And so long as you can
use the wireless, make excuses TO re-
I
to Paris. tell them your aunt is too i'll
to travel"
But they will find the wireless"
said the woman. They are sure to
use the towers for observation, and
they will find it"
IN that case" said the officer. you
will suggest to them that we fled in
such haste we had no time to disman-
lie it Of course. you had no knowl-
edge that it existed. or, as a loyal
once told them. To emphasize his
next words the officer pointed at her:
Under no circumstances" ne contin-
ued, must you be suspected. If they
should take BRAND in the act. should
they have even the least doubt concern
tirely- II necessary, to keep your own
skirts clear. it would be your duty
yourself to denounce him as a spy
Your first orders said the woman,
long in my service; that I brought him
from my home in Laon-'
He might be in your service for
years" retdrned the colonel. land you
not know he was a German agent"
IF to save myself I inform hpon
him." said Marie, ''of course you know
You Will lose him"
The offirer shrugged his shoulders.
"A wireless operator" he retorted, I'VE
can replace But for you. and for the
H. 0~ze
have no substitute. You must not be
found out You are invaluable
The spy inclined her head. I thank J
you" she said
The officer sputtered Indignantly.
1t is not a compliment, he eS-
claimed: "it is an order. You must not
be found outr'
Withdrawn some two hundred yards
from the Paris road. the chateau stood
upon a wooded hill. Except directly 7
in front trees of great height sur
rounded it The tips of their branches I
brushed the windows; interlacing. they ]
continued until they overhung the wall I
Of the estate Where II ran with the 4
road the wall gave way to a lofty gate :
and iron fence. through which those I
passing could see a stretch Of noble I
turf. wide as a polo field, borders /
of flowers disappearing under the !
shadows of the trees; and the cha !
teau itself with its terrace, its many 4
4
broken by towers and turrets. {
Through the remainedr OF the night /
there came from the road to those in !
the chateau the roar and rumbling Of /
the army in retreat. It moved with !
out panic, disorder, OF haste. but un- i
ceasingly- Not for an instant was 4
there a breathing spell And when the 4
sun rose. the three spies-the- two /
women and the chauffeur-who in the j
great chateau were now alone, could 1
al han h. sa.a.1nnr INN
Of steel rolling past below them.
The spies knew that the gray column
had reached Claye, had stood within
fifteen miles OF Paris. and then upon /
Paris had turned its back They knew
also that the reVerbera lions from the
direction of Meaux, that each moment
grew more loud and savage, were the
French seventy ives" whipping the (
grey column forward OF what they
felt the Germans did not speak. In 81
lence they looked at each other. and
in the eyes OF Marie was bitterness
and resolve
Toward noon Marie met Anfossi in
the great daWing room that stretched
the length of the terrace and from the
windows of which, through the park
gates, they could see the Paris road.
This. that is passing now" said Ma
RE, "is the last Of our rear-guard. Go
to your tower" she ordered, land send
word that except for sIragglers and
.
passed Neuchelles, and that any mo-
ment we expect the French She
raised her hand impressively- From
now" she warned, I'VE speak French,
We think French. we are French
Anfossi, or BRAND, as he now called /
himself, addressed her in that Ian
guage- His tone was Bitter. Pardon
my majesty" he said, but this
chief of your intelligence department
is a hummer Mensch. He is throwing 7
away a valuable life"
Marie exclaimed in dismay She
placed her hand upon his arm. and
the violet eyes filled with concern.
Not yours she protested.
absolutely" returned the Italian
II can send nothing by this knapsack
wireless that Will not learn from 9TH
ars; from airmen, uhlans. the peasants
in the fields And certainly 7 will be
taught Dead I am dead, but alive
and in Paris the opportunities are un-
ending From the French Legion Es-
ranger I have my honorable dis
charge. ] am an expert wireless opera
-or and in their signal corps ] can cas-
ly find a place. Imagine nc. then. on
he Eiffel tower. From the air I
snatch the news from all France, from
he Channel. the North Sea You and
could work together, as in Rome.
Bue here. between the lines. with pass