Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-04
CHAP TGR TX.
The Fate ot q Spy.

without scratch, which Is
more importart than anything else.
We went back along the road until wa
came To the turning winch leads To tho
village OF Buesinghe. This village Is
on the bank OF the canal. bur II Is a
mighty unhealthy place TO visit, as 1t
Is In full view OF part OF the German
lines. our plan was TO 80 as close 10
the village as we dared and then leave
the car and try to get through on foot.
II was almost ns dangerous ns II would
he to go through Ypres, but we figured
that here we would at least nave -
lighting chance.
We left the car under SoLle trees
about half a mile from the village and
set ont on foot. We hadn't been goin:
ten minutes when sentry stopped Us
again and informed us that the road
was closed and we would have To 20
back. The officer explained things TO
him and told him that II was abso-
lutelv- imperative that we get through
and that this was the ONLY way II
could he done The sentry said that
he was very sorry. but he had strict
ordcts from the assistant provost mar
shal and he dared not let ~ pass,
There was nothing left for us tu do
but TO turn back.
We went straight 10 headquarters,
and the officer explained that Il was
impoSsibe for VS. tu get through. lie
ordered me to report TO him The next
morning and We would try araln The
next day they were homharding Just
as heavily and the city was SIN burn
Ing. so all | had to do was 10 sinnd by
and hold myself la readiness all day
long.
We snV very exciting lncidcu' that
day. r. TO- was big ammunition ''ol'
umn ncur our headquarters. and II was
waiting there. all ready lUnded until
sent for II hnd been thrr" several
weeks then. aud the chaps who ~lons'
ed TO II were having the soiIcsl time
they ever had in their lives
About o'clock In the afternoon |
was standing on corner near this
column when | saw one ~ The police
- up AVID speak to u chap who was
valsin. around n with % Notebook Ia
lis hand They talked for n Few mn-
ments. lrI thcn . g. .ccntn runtctrI
down TO Wl,i, 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
aud bring them NJ here us quick as
tod will let him That fellow there by
the column {, getting all kinds OF infor-
nation aud putting 1t In his book. Now.
hurry. but take your time until you get
out Of sight of this place. ri look
after him until the guard comes"
wa, naturally all excited. but did
as be- said. and II wasn't many minutes
before We we're on our way back at tho
double. our man was sin there uut
the minute he saw us be gut started
our policeman pulled bis revolver aud
fred after him lls didut stop for q
second hut he pulled a couple OF guns
himself and every Few seconds would
send \ shot back al us ns hc tau
Fellows were Joining IN the crNlse all
the time. aud II was getting Interest.
Ing The end came very suddenly when
two ~ our chaps with rifles aIpcarri
In the rrad ahead % tie fugitive Hnh
ordered him 20 halt ,lr rrrd un thrT
Tor an answer 81 they raised tbcir a..
lies and brought him down
Examination showed that De- wa, {,
German lie nal ou German service
dress under the British uniform be- va.
wearing The little UpuA uur pu'iu'.
MAJ rc'oucd 90 certainly was q gold
mine ~ Information lie had the name
location and strength of every unit M
our vicinity aud also tie iu.rtiou OF =
good many uf our laltcric, lie Was 4
brave le!.ow. a.l right. aud be- played
the game clear 60 the cud
The next day reported myself a.
usua0 fof the trip 10 rotilzc aud ""
decided to make the try again, Even
as we got near Nprcs the tire seemed
to slatkcn. aud We rushed straight
thiou-h without mishap
u NIrc, had been In bad condition
before this | don't know how II won'l
be described now Ia the Ccu,cr ut tlr
town there was s,arycly huildins lrft
standing Ail the towers but one had
. 1t..sFt 4 - D
I ball and 'Ir whole place had been
guttcd hy tire The cathedral was aii
| down except hnlf ~ the tower. aud thn
inside ~ that was sill burning
The street, w,sr filtered with ludIc4
of every description and broken was.
on'. nmhulds~C. water carts. etc lay
| everywhere The road. were almost
ohl,crntcd. mud We were rIdiug u,rr
broken bricks aud mortar The shrl
were still coming ever. hut they we're
no worse than What Ne had run
through before. So We did not mind
them very much We found the road
the other side of ipros about n, usual
so we got up to rotijzo without nn.
more excitement
Potiizc ~ n very tiny place which
has seen some hard lighting from time
to time. There was really very little
LEFT Of the place itself, but our trenches
ran Jus, outside the village. and we had
dugouts all around there. On our mr..
rival my officer told me to turn the rnr
around aud then TO get into one ~ the
dugouts and wait for hlm. did ~ he
told me. and for some reason o. other