Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-07
CHAPTER TX
The Fate of Q Spy.


on the EHuk ., the canal. BIT Il Is
mighty unhealthy place TO visit, as It
l. in rr.l view OF part OF I'll" German
lines our plan vas TO go a. close 10
the village a. We dared and then leave
the car and try 10 get throusI ~ foot
IL was almost "a. dangerous a. q would
lee To ~ through Ipres. but we figured
that here We would At ieasr nave .
dghrlug chauce
We LEFT the car under some trees
about bali a mile from the : o. se and
set ont on foot We hadn't t,,.u going
ten minute. when a sentry s'npped Us
again and Informed US thai the road
uus closed and We would have TO 10
nark The officer explained things TO
rlm md tod him that IL was ahso
u'rIy imI.ern'ive that we g. through
and that this was the oull way n
could be done The sentry said that
be was very sorry but he had strict
orders from the assistant provost mar
shaI aud he dared not iet us pass
There was nothing left for Us to do
Ug' 20 turn back
We went straight to headquarters.
tru"r~~IbIc tor Us To- get thruuEh He
orrlr~ci me to report TO him the next
uluruuu. aud we would try again The
urNr day they we're bomb riug just
a. heavily and the city was s'iI burn
.n- =" all had to do was {" stand 10y
aid Iu.d myself In readiu,-S- all day
.,.-.
W. saw very exciting incident that
dug There was II big ammunition col
uuu near our headquarters and 1t WAS
waiting there. all ready iuad"d until
sent fur It had teen there several
weeks then and the chaps WHO belong.
ed 10 1t were having the s"'test time
they ever had In their lives
bout = O'Clock In the afternoon !
was standing on . corner near this
column when ! saw one OF the police
go up and speak To . chap who was
walking around It with n notebook In
his hand They talked for few mo-
ments. and then a policeman sauntered
down to where | was standing and
came up and spoke to me
Go down to the guard room" he said.
and have the corporal fall In two men
and bring them up here as quick a.
I God will let him That fellow there by
the column is getting sii'ktnds Of infor.
nation and putting Il In bis book Now.
hurry. but take your time until you get
out OF sight Of this place I'll look
after him until the guard comes."
was naturally all excited. but ! did
as he said and II wasn't many minutes
/ before we were on our way back at the
double Our man was still there. but
( the minute he saw us he got started
/ Our policeman pulled his revolver and
/ fired after him. He didn't stop for q
second. but he pulled a couple OF guns
I himself and every few seconds would
send shot back at us as he ran
Fellows were joining in the chnse all
the time and II WAS getting interest
ing The end came very suddenly when
two OF our chaps with rifles appeared
in the road ahead OF the fugitive and
ordered him to halt He dred on them
for an answer. so they raised their r.
tes and brought him down.
Examination showed that he was Q
German He had Oh German service
dress under the British uniform he was
wearing. The little book our police
man referred to certainly was Q gold
mine Of Information He had the name.
location and strength Of every unit In
our vicinity and also the lO<1tion OF Q
good many Of our batteries. he was .
brave fellow. all right. and be played
the game clear to the end.
The next day ! reported myself As
usual for the trip to Potijxe. and NO
decided to make the try again Even
as We got near Ypres the DIRE seemed
to slacken. and We rushed straight
through without mishap.
II ipres had been in bad condition
before this don't know how II would
be described now! In the center Of the
town there was scarcely Q building left
standing. All the towers but one had
been knocked OF the famous Cloth
iail. and the whole place had been
Quilted by hre. The cathedral was ali
down except half Of the tower. and The
inside Of that was still burning.
The streets were Uttered with bodies
OF every description. and broken wag-
ons. ambulances. water carts. etc. lay
everywhere, The roads we're almost
obliterated. and We were riding over
broken bricks and mortar The shells
were still coming over. but they we're
no worse than what We had run
through before. so We did not mind
T. n very much We found the rOad
tie other side OF Tpres about as usual
SO We got up to Potitss without any
more excitement
Potijze Is a verv einy place which
has seen some hard lighting from tims
to time There was really very little
!eft OF the place itself. but our trenches
ran Just outside the VILLAGE and We had
dugouts all around there. On our ar
nval my officer told me TO turn the car
around and then to get into one Of the
dueouts and wait for him I did. as be
told MT. and for some reason or other