Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-10

coHte 10 me IN two minutes. Just two
minutes. he Numbered.
Ihen entered the two Uhlans drag
ENG the young daughter of the inn
Her Lieutenant. we discovered her
In the act OF leaving this house." they
told their superior.
However. that is II small matter"
Turning to his uhlans he shouted. sec
mat I'M NO one leaves this house without
Am 1 included in your order, Herr
.Lieutenant?' asked.
NO. You may go anytime. like II
inc more II you leave the house this
moment"
Very well my dear Herr Lieutenant.
gu must have your way. l shall re-
turn To you tomorrow morning early.
Then l shall expect you to accompany
me to a nearby village where l need
your assistance in capturing several
The Uhlan officer had already drunk
f dn glasses OF wine. He was getting
daughter Of the inn-kecpcr come to
the room at once.
volver to spare. | am afraid to jour-
| said TO him
one OF my men will loan you one
But wait. if the Belgians should
catch you with a German revolver they
WI wlii XII you at once" he said con-
NO fear of that Herr Lieutenant.
l do not expect that any Belgian Of
HCeF OF soldier VIII ever see THIS re-
volver," said with an innate sneer.
PROVIDES WAY Of ESCAPE
FOR INN-kEEPEt'S DAUGHTER
ran to the back room and bcckoncd
the inn keeper. his wife and his
door ] handed the revolver to the
young woman and told her she could
choose between What vas was surely to be
still better use Of the weapon. You
understand me?" / said suggses,ively.
will not waste one shot. not even
one shot" said the young Belgian wo-
man.
This is one act in my career to which,
/ can look back with some pride anu
declare myself that at least once in
these long twenty years ! have acted
70 s sds the Souns S
to defend her honor and in the mean
time To punish the brutal Chlan Of
ficer and his low dogs. And l was at
once rewarded by that same woman
for my good work.
lust as l started to leave her she
Dear Madame. / heard that you
are in reality French Secret Ser
vice woman. They tell me that you
have promised great reward for the
discovery of German spies. Well, do
not want your reward. But ] am told
by the young girl who was just killed
by the brute in the Other room that
living at the farm of BclEian at
Bemale They are sending i,ash-light
messages every night TO some of thc!r
con:cdcrates further in the west. She
told me where the exact farm is she
said not knowing that she was sur
rendering herself into my, clutches.
l had to act quickly. l had TO come
to 4 decision. ] did not want to re-
main in that house longer as ! knew
that the Herr Lieutenant was by this
time fully drunk and that he would
soon meet his fate at the hands OF tn"
indignant and patriotic young Belgian
girl. End from the bottom Of my heart
wanted to see him meet his fate
He would not come with me that
night on the next day, IL l let him
live. he would act in such a manner
that | myself would be exposed to the
Bcig!ans.
'Bu,, my dear child, now are you
going TO escape from this house: es-
pecinlly II YOU should use that re-
volrer?" l asked.
BRING ENOUGH BELGIANS
TO Kill MuRDERoUs HUNS
DO not worry. madame. have
ALREADY sent message 10 Lieutenant
even to you. my kind madame. | have
vowed not to mention his name to
any one. not even 10 belgian. You
Will know tomorrow" she said in
whispers.
Il take it that the Belgian officer
whom you eYpect presently is your
interest in her affairs.
Not word, not word!" she whis-
pered again.
How many Belgians do you expect
asked
Enough to kill every one of the
murderous Prussians." she replied con-
fidently.
Tow I pitied that poor girl when I
left yer fathers inn! had attempted
10 save her honor and here l was plot
ting to asSaSSinate her country.
VIII save the life of the herr lieu
tenant and his unworthy dogs? ] ask cd
myself several times during my jour
quarters. about ten miles to the east !
No! | will leave them TO their deserved |
fate! L answered myself each time.
started back 20 the town of Tirle- |
mont leading company Of uhlans |
about mile behind.
Six of the Uhlans were disguised |
near behind me-
Knocked at the inn door while the |
disguised Uhlans waited at q little dis
lance.
The innkeeper appeared and Let me
in After boiling the door he said in
great jubilaiion: The Prussians are
tiently.
In answer he pointed his finger to
the he ground There. and until the
Judgment day they shall remain there"
he said with grin on his lips.
KILLED PRUsSIANS AND
BURIED THEIR IN CELLAR
She led our heroic Belgian soldiers
TO the farm house where one of our
treacherous Belgians has been secret
ing five German spies. You see. my
daughters betrothed. O madame. ma |
dame, how heroic he is. Fe led his
men here and inside of half an hour
he finished every one of the dirty !
lrussians And we buried them i'm the |
cellar No one Will ever find them"
he said proudly.
Your daughter told me of the place
Yesterday. In behalf of the French |
government ! want them. would /
like to put my hands on them There |
Is a great reward for their arrest /
must take them with me. Can you |
help me: can you tell me where the
farm ISL" I demanded
Yes, madame, yes. My daughter told /
me TO tell you that Monsieur Lieuten-
ant ------'s man will take you to
the place"
You Just describe the place to me- |
I .,