Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-15
CHAPTER XIII
A Meeting 10 the ) T Il


Charlie Brown had gone, and Capt
tain Montague had arderedhis men to
placRgGHy uponea heap oe straw where
be sTnelst lie until thecdoetof aafae!r sf1f
Trench 81 IAN Hatrhospk9re of saefnesS
had succeeded the air of tght-hearted'
l eafelessness rFBAt, Charlie 'Browh had
found wheh lie asifsTfyef there TB9
candle, stiilro nIeketredT Upon, tAhei table
round which the p9Fer players had
lately sat,,> fBpt ALI thought of that
frivolous game had Vanished nfFeRl
their minds o 1t was. .lotltbat theRhsA-
not already seen ma N.Y. of. tlfdir pIfag
shot downm Bat stsuyuF lcotier had
quickly enhearad himself to salf41efl-
GERS and eniisfhdtnSeh aliee. sfAnd hno4I
that he had feeeiyed1 Oils biifee IA yfifkt
German 6uFf9t,T there was not one sour
in Trench q. that vas not both sobsereil
AMI sad SIN .noYnuM stint .s7k-
dtfle had lffuS fire Se ia Rsg sfoSes3
dpqfa S0ftfe .BlEati194R P55dWa5si hpFFsFYb
F'lYe ninntes- had sssaFselYt elapsed
after Charlie Browns Departure, when
9 Sc :geaHtf anpfaFsf, bsdipg Apr seneT
by The sarHssodo ussd 9Gi7sd mud 5dt
ID was neutrality-suspicious. prtson6ei
And he wasi far sfrots 1jtesentfRE sest0
jaunty figure that usually .jdfstffis
gufshediuhiuf al HasI1elofiing2dfitf
clething- AS Badly tofh. 1hs face vas
scratched and dirty and HIS right aftH
wf r. d i,ss4 tibgIsDfn ST. Mugs hat
rr-ys 81 fvf rFt.
The sergeant reported to ,hils; captain l9al 4
that. while on patrol duty he had
cangbt the fellow slniking around, n
tfTHe came from the German Jtnes.hh
he osaidgs nsElsltIs2 sat E5oSGd
= Captain Montague held the candle to
Streetman's face. H6m
00"l and Iii civilians clotifes!H 4 spy.
Ell ~ he exclaimed. sc o9saS5i' Ii,0h
ia Z; No, 9o, eaptal1t An Engglishmaa ~
q loyal Englishpan" streetnan prof
testedso9 ont 10 X7si9 ,3uflsofl Is5ur3
They searched him. but found moths
ing of inpqrtance,f nwo1ss II
saHe's got some kind of ,cocls-and.i
bull story about being wounded and
thenL"l the sergeant started to say.
when StreetmBnb interrupted him, DOG
bs'Nevet mind THAR III, tell you, rye
information that's vital to. England"
he fffsfsted Is gnj fus ,s ,TahiI1 no g.
But the captain was siii suspicious
Of him, - - La,1,,,,+,...., .'-t,, 4
& My names Waiter Lee
StFeetman asserted, formerly OF the
British army. I've been in business ia
Belgium-the automobile business. z Ny
papers there will prove what | say.
The Germans took my factory-kept
me prisoner all night in the cellar.
That's when learned their plans from
some maJor-Ms1or Won Brenfg and
Captain Karl. could listen to them
there we're holes in The .f0or,
from that shell, ,nre,ir l. realized What
II would msaRJ to England II Tfcould 4
bring word TO the Rritish army OF .fhisI
secret plaIH of THE Germans: During
the ptght i lama gedr 20 ESCAPE through
the cellar w4hdofTa Trey followed SINE,
aI5dbF goa enc Of fbsi rrtasyoH etss1ak the !
sfsoslde rn uHeye Feft onis roe adeaas b6t |
IL vas only, 4 nest. w5utiftI.. y And fof9
TIE last twenty esfoursS I'ys been. seek
irrs me BJftsh psltdpp ! 50 new here /
neaFd TiFsncb5 ~ Ter HAS the vital
sRot0nE9heH Fous eeEgeast ugh {. NATL
Trench q, eh ?" the captain zald. I'D
Yes" Streetman answered eagerly. |
SIS 1t near fhefe7$Ak E3oTs .hSAs
4; IEapember. sir1 you care not CUES
tispfpg mel Captain NJ ontag1e replied
oSson yoa HRspnat believe ms21 Yet
you've IoUaoed Eat amF papers. Is Ddn'ti
thes ieohvinee S6ugods san 7ol 5s6j :
Papers are easily forged,s Monta.
zqe told hims stigr he, was se1ewhst
lmRrsFsed,sbEI the lotheE'sh glib tsed
and rhe1atlswed the 1captixerteaprDceedl
~The ,lgetmdaTis 6fe to alta cR tto5hIgbt
d force at s96t Trench q. Ii, the A6pei
IF cutting through the British ifaess,'1
continued Your only
,hsuaeJ io itoDlDeinas up eveES possible !
nsaHo protect Gbaf 4reA,ssd ffSa'TIsyhs3
Fe'E' beF obssafen IN ctafr7 ei,8p sJftL