The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-13

surprise resulted In complete fiascO."
"LOustic" had no sooner familiar
lied himself with the trenches of the
-th infantry than he made discOv-
ery of the first Importance. While on
watch duty with his master he sud-
denly Obliqued to the right and gave
unmistakable signs of perturbation.
There's something over yOnder,"
said the master TO his comrades.
Nonsense! Your pups dreaming" F"
'But l tell you that if none Of our
men are over there at the right, there
are BOches there!"
The dog is led in the opposite d.
rection to test him. He runs back to
his point of observation and continues
To manifest the same disquieting symp-
toms.
1T may be that he smells Boche
outpost" observed his master.
The men, impressed at last, COM
municate the observation to the officer
in command. * says that his dog
Loustic has discovered a Boche out
post"
The one we are after?
Yes"
THAT would be extraordinary in
deed"
The captain is skeptical; neverthe-
less he orders several rockets to be set
off.
And there, sure enough, in the di-
rection the dog so obstinately indicat-
ed, pop up the heads Of three superb
Boches, who fancied themselves secure
against discovery.
THAT passes me-" murmured the
IN 20 minutes this cur has
discovered n post we have been hunt
ing two months for"
Four-Footed Scouts.
In northern sector, between the
French and German trenches, fully
200 yards from the former and fhOt
more than 20 yards from the latter,
was farmhouse which was suspected
of concealing machine guns and an
ODStINullOll pOSls uCSlIlIC AilC AdNl lihh
no signs of life were visible.
The pOilus in one Of the French
lay their heads together:
ITS absolutely necessary to know
what there is in that house"
You're right. But it's no easy mat
ter. We shall surely be shot if we go
near it,"
But if it is empty?"
"That would be lark. Wen find |
,ut. Wen take 'Papillon' along with
ls."
And one dark night four men, ac- |
by PapillOn, set forth, They |
advanced by bounds. with infinite pre-
,autiOn, making ten-minute halts be-
ween the bounds and unrolling tele-
,hOne wire as they progressed. When
hey were close to the house, they halt
d for tfree-quarters of an hour, in
rider to give PapillOn time to famil-
arize himself with the premises and
o recOnnOiter them thoroughly. He
displayed no signs of agitation save
vhen he was turned toward the
renches of the enemy. The house was
ertainly empty. The party entered
nd made thorough inspection. They
eturned under Papillon's guidance
everal times, making daylight OBJ
ervations which rendered possible a
uccessful attack. And PapillOn was
tied on the roll of honor Of the bat
llion.
In the spy-infected VOsges the SCOUT
lg dogs have been particularly useful
l detecting the civilian traitors who
re In the habit of observing the move
tents of the troops from behind the
rest trees. The scout "Nestor." be-
des rendering numerous services of
lis sort in the region, also distin-
lished himself particularly at Band
Dpf by falling back upon patrol, in
dvance of which he was recOnnOiter-
g and announcing in unmistakable
nguage totally unsuSpected menace
! the enemy.-BostOn Transcript.
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