The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-28
GIRL TURNS SPY
JUST TO PLEASE
her hun LOVER
War Book, 1.-THE Big Fight
Tells Thrilling Story Of
Capture Only After Fatal
Shooting Of Man. ~.
BY Marguerite Moesrs Marshall,


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BY Marguerite Moosrs Marshall.
The story OF Girl spy tale Of low
ard treachery In the house OF VA. =
one Of the most interesting and thrilling
chapters In the newest mans sixe hook
about the world strife. The Big Fight
described by Captain David Fhllon,
NJ G.
THE Big Fight" Is the sort OF book
to send your soldier boy. for In init
mate. humorous man-talk CAPITALS
Fallon tells of an exciting and unusual
! ~ varied military career. An lriah.
man OF fighting stock. with years tof
distinguished service In India, and
other years as military Instructor 10
New South Wales. Captain Fallon
went through the terrible Oallipon
campaign. fought in scores of trnnch
bLt tiles on the western front, did scout
duty back Of the German lines. oo1n.
manded "A tank. acted as aerial, OBJ
server and bomber, spent three days In
u shell hole suffering from half .
dozen serious wounds after pitch
nnd-toss bomb game with two Ger.
mans, and finally received the Mill
tnry Cross from King George.
II fell 10 his lot to unmask the g1ft
spy and write the tragic dsnouefaes,t
oil her trickery while he was reatinG
with his regiment. tho Oxfords AID
Bucks. near tho little shell -wrsclke1
village OF ST. Eloise. in Belgium.
"Our most welcome visitor" he
writes in THE Big Fight" was
young peasant girl. decidedly attrAe-
tive because OF raven hair and very
! blue eyes. She brought us the con-
! tinental mail. she served us with
home newspapers. she sometimes
| brought us roast fowl and other
homelike ediblcs to enhance our SOL
! der food. She was frequently In.
| trusted with our letters for mailing.
About this time became remark.
able the accuracy with which the Ger.
mans were planting shells along the
road OF our very rest camp; also how
neatly they seemed to be able to time
their ahots and how accurately along
the roads which the supply wagons
travelled toward the front lines. r Il
| I
uncanny, ana none Of us for q mi1-
ute believed It to be guesswork.
One evening IA private OF my pla.
J toon came to me with tho information
that he had happened upon the e3ri
seated In n small dugout In one Of our
trenches most stndiously studying a
paper spread upon the top Of tho bar
kct in which she usually brought
edibles she sold us In camp This pSi-
vate had the good sense to saunter
along as though he had observed moth.
ing ! warned him to continue to sav
. nothing and vent looking for the gin.
4 observed her In her free >paAeaSe
in our lines. joking with our soldloros
smiling. hffable and. you would ray.
the most simple minded and innocent az
maidens, She never asked questions.
| but if you watched her you would find
her standing near group Of men who
might be discussing our own immediate
affairs-our position. what they had
learned or guessed Of their command
er's plans Every one had pat on
the cheek and n smile for Marie.
| 1T did not seem possible there could !
| w any IdIHi III HeT3 ttOWeSeTs -
| Americans say, IL Is bad business To
dismiss such matters in war with q
wave Of the hand. l decided TO follow
the girl"
And captain Failon noticed, first,
that no peasants in the neighborhood
appeared acquainted with Marie. Hn
saw her steal into a roofless house.
half destroyed by gunfire. Still. he was
not sure that she might not be a ri.
ucee. unable TO find better quarters.
But as a light appeared in the interior
of the house he heard a deeply signi.
fcant sound--the cooling OF carrier
pigeon, much used In this war, AZ IN
earlier ones, for secret communities
ton
Stealing up 10 the lighted window.
Captain Fallon goes In. II saw the
girl IN closest conversation with q
man OF peasant type. They were GO
ing over bundle OF papers % .
roughly hewn table with the lamp be-
tween them. They were SO interestsd
In the papers that II was obvious the
opportunity was as good as l could ex-
pect to take them by surprise. 80 I
stole away from the window and b
the back door OF the house. which
: opened directly into this room.
sfS
Il managed to open the door with.
out alarming them. but WAS 90 q.
tently keeping my eyes on them . h
crept into the room that l stumbDf
over a loose brick In the floor oe r.
!. shell -shaken house. Man and
= leaped to their feet. He lost no 1l
reaching under his blouse Tor i + W.
(Contruued On HaaA AGnlf& ssszsE