Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-03

" ..".r 4i OUT quar- I'T0 ~ II 'lE -
du-.ar ~ rA. -ur4l engineers. and
r..-r,G ..-f our '.-rr- actions. This
du-. .' a.- .u 'l,- edge of a large
c-a,t--s anI -.,rrHI Times at night
IN r,r.-ur. r. - ar got many fall
stu f..r. r,,.- ''.,. ..-u,,.~ o' English.
Fr-r.l .n' rf,-. ..- Arw'.I. on thcs"
oc.r-..-- n-..-r .aia.g"h 10 swearing.
rl.r-r % arr -.f,r '.a.r. az ;h" least
sre- '..,. Pee. w,u' v-r the air hlue!'
A ,......u -.-..'Du uf our trenches
WI h,rt by rAr latal Irish rifles For
s-yrrv. ..ss 90 F,-, strong rGm"r vent
TIL s,ul 3, 'lat GrrmHu spy WAS IN
our m.G-, IL- 81. uH- ~upp">"d TO
BE- H-,---.-l lu rt- un.sn-m Of o British
siuT r'',,r. Several stories had been
tuld H-.' nu rr.rr wearing r~i
hnrH ..r.r.,H f.- ,a'. vhn Ua'rulIcd N"
from gr" nrf crmrwun'rn'."n trenches
as ~ -'-i. .n.- o. ...-'u.u~ as Z" I'"a
u"r = l..''.-,.~ n....r.' -un "upa,.-
mo-. naN 's.r.N '..-rn-s II % she'll
drur'a-. .r.a 'a,.-s "n % ,a1rh.ur gun
or ".,.n hear a.-.u' 'h- spy wu-
blum,d
The -ora- raIu,i -grh ,tr"nr'h that
an "r,l-- vn- a-.r,rl .ur nu rr""ps TO
ir,u"Fn'.Iy pn.r ur.!,r arrest anyone
answer ~ 10 the description Of the
sIE
A'w,I' and v"-" on N" Out vive.
". .,. '.uNF fa'ru.''d N" trenches
a. n.-', nd ,s,n 'n 'h,. day but the
sIE a.wrE- ,u'd u-.
Or. aJy With" In communication
trrr.h Nr urr. l.r-.NrI to So. uur
brig Her general urd Pepper. being
hr"r-h' down II hy % hg private nf the
Royal Irish rifles. The general WIS
vu'4.rc 10 FRONT and M" rrDynt" with
fx,eI huyuu"t was following In the
rear
w.. salu'..d ns n" general passed us
tn" I-l~hmnn hld broad grin on his
face and wc could scarcely believe our
ey"~-rh" general was under arrest.
After passing a few feet beyond us. the
general turned. and said in wrathful
voice to Atwcll:
Tell this d--n fool who am. He's
arrested me as a spy"
Atw"lI was specChless. The sentry
butted In with:
"None o that gassin' out o. you.
Back to headquarters you goes, Mr..
Fritz. open that face o yours again.
an I'll dent In your napper with the
butt o. me rifle"
The generals face was sight to be-
hold. He was fnIrly boiling over with
rage, but he shut up.
Atwcll tried to get in front OF the
sentry 10 explain To him that II really
vas the general he had under arrest,
but the sentry threatened to run his
bayOnet through him, and would have
done 1t, too. So Atwell stepped aside.
and remained silent. | was nearly
bursting with suppressed laughter. One
word. and | would have exploded 1t
IL not exactly diplomatic to laugh at
your general in such a predicament
The sentry and his prisoner arrived
at brigade headquarters with disas-
trous results to the sentry.
The joke was that the general had
personally issued the order for the
spy's arrest. II was a'habit of the gem
eral TO walk through the trenches on
rounds of inspection, unattended by
any Of his stan. The Irishman, being
new In the regiment, had never seen
the general before, so when he came
across him alone in a communication
trench, he promptly put him under ar
rest. Brigadier generals wear a red
band around their caps.
Next day we passed the Inshman
tied to the wheel Of a timber. the be-
ginning Of his sentence of twenty -one
days, field punishment No. /. Never
before have seen such n woebegone
expression on a mans face.
For several days, Atwell and I made
ourselves scarce around brigade head
quarters. We did not want to meet
the general.
The SOY was never caught