The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-02

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young girl, milliner, in the neigh
borhood of Grenoble, who had been
caught playing the spy for the Ger
mans and sentenced to a long term of
Imprisonment, says Fred B. Pitney in
the New York Tribune.
1--WE don't shoot women spies any
more" said a soldier friend of mine
on permission from the Somme front
to whom l spoke of the story. 'There
have been no women shot for long
time. They generally get about twelve
years at hard labor"
care you as much troubled as ever
by spies?' I asked.
He laughed. "As long as there is
war there will be spies," he replied.
"You remember when we took Bou-
chavesnes? Long enough ago, it was.
Well, there was not much left of the
village when we got it. Our artillery
had knocked it pretty well to pieces,
but we found an old woman there She
had remained all through the German
occupation and had even managed to
hide and stay behind when all the rest
of the civic population had evacuated.
Tho Old Washerwoman.
"She stayed and did our washing for
us. You could see soldiers shirts and
underwear all around the cellar where
she lived and hanging on all the posts
and pieces of wall.
1.-The old woman pottered around and
worked most induStriously at her tubs.
She always came out when there were
troops going through the village, and
she would talk to the men, find out
where they Were going. where they
came from and how long they expect
ed to be there. And whenever she
came out from her tubs she would go
to her wash, lying out to dry. examine
it, turn it over, rearrange it. She was
a wonderful washwoman. 1t was a
mania with her, having everything
just right for the French soldiers.
Germans Knew Concentrations.
But the Germans seemed to know
every concentration Of troops we made
in that region. Their shells received
us every time. We set three men to
the special duty Of finding out how the
Germans got their information. The
first thing they found out was that
there were more air flights over Bou-
chavesnes than at any other part Of
the line. They decided that there must
be something about Bouchavesnes
which made it a particularly good OBJ
servatiOn point. AS the old woman
was the only thing that distinguished
the place from any other ruined vii
lage. they arrested her.
at first she denied everything, but |
the German accuracy In bombarding |
our concentrations ceased with her ar
rest. 1t does not take a long argu- |
ment to convince a drumhead court |
martial, and the old woman saw that |
the game was up. She got twelve
years at hard labor
The Three Pillow Horses.
"Spies work all kinds Of tricks my
friend continued There was the old
fellow who came back to his farm just
behind the lines and started to do his
al blowing with three horses, red,
| white and black. He did his sig
laling by changing the position of the
white horse in the team. He was easy
@ catch. as team. especially plOw
cam, always works in the same order.
Some of our men who were farmers
loticed how he was constantly chang
ng his horses about. They talked
bout it among themselves a bit, and
It last one of them spoke of it to an
ficer. The alleged farmer was in
'estigated and shot
Blacksmith jolly Dog.
I'VE ran across blacksmith a
ouple of months ago who was one
f the most congeniaI fellows you ever
net He had his shop right beside one
f the main roads used by the troops
4 going back and forth to the trenches.
nd he always had a stock of wine
nd something to eat. His shop did
OF keep him very busy. and he was
early always at his door. He would
nix to the soldiers. give them a drink,
SIX where they were going and want
} know how long they would be gone,
, that he would be waiting to give
lem another glass of wine when they
ime back. He was very popular with
lie soldiers because he was such a
pod fellow, always ready with joke
nd q glass of wine.
But our concentrations were known
the enemy. Our men were being
lot down. Some of our spy catchers
IT to work TO find the leak. They
lnted through the sector for the best
ace to pick up news about troop
ovements, and they found, of course,
at all the soldiers were friendly with
e blacksmith His shop was raided
e day. He had been left behind by
e Germans. He had three months
ore Of wine and food in his cellar
e had also direct telephone commu-
cation from his cellar with the Ger
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