The Washington times., 1919-01-05

suggestion Of the young major the sum was fixed at 500
francs minimum
The next afternoon the sergeantmajors in every lit
tie village or city in the entire district perhaps two hun
dred or more separate communities their soldiers to
the front doors of houses with that peremptory knock
which every resident learned to know so well
Within few hours hundred courtsmartial were in
progress Every householder who was fortunate enough
to possess clock and who had forgotten to change its
hands In keeping with the time of Germany was awaiting
the pronouncement of sentence Those who were Door
were fined 500 francs and given from five days to three
months in which to pay. Those who belonged to what
was the richer class before the ravages leveed us
all In pride and station, assessed as high in some
cases, Is 900 francs Those of whom the spies who
continually circulated among reported that they prob
bly, could raise the money quickly necessary were given
only few hours day in most cases to bring the en-
tire sum of their fines to the office of the civil officials
In these cases the penalty for failure was death
Three prominent men, one from Epinoy from Cam,
bral and one from village few miles north of my home
were executed because they could pay their fines at
the minute they due. These executions were per-
mitted by Won Hrschberg warning More than three
hundred thousand francs collected by this plan of
the young jors in district. Won Hrschberg COM
plimented the major upon the of the scheme
Mile Grard, the nineteen yearold daughter of one of
the Epnoy families caught about this time writing
letter to relative who lived outside the Cambria zone
as our district officially termed For this oHense
Mile Girard fined $4,000 francs When the Door girl
pleaded her utter inability to raise among her friends
martial told her young girls had been treated too eneny
In the matter Of oenSes and that if she did not make
substantial payment upon the fine Immediately she would
be suitably punished an example to others
Mile Glrard went among her friends to collect enough
money for first payment But nearly all of those who
had money were being forced to pay it out in fines for
their violation of the tmelock orders The young woman
was frantcthe Germans would accept less than o0o
francs as first payment They brought an iron cage into
the city big cage large enough for human being to
walk around inside. Every knew what that cage
meant-they intended to make fexample of some one
while Won Hrschberg trying to dig horded francs
and gold by shutting him her in the cage and leaving
exposed In the main streets until some exorbant fine
was paid Mile Girard the cage and knew the Ger.
mans we'll enough to know that the most likely prisoner
of all would be herself.
The girl came stealing into my house at sundown Of
the first day after the fine had been imposed upon her
had not known her, but she knew Won Hrschberp had
bieted himself upon and thought perhaps mipht
have some influence with him. knew well enough by
that time nothing could soften the heart of this AGED
devil. L had few francs hidden away-buried under
my cellar floor L watched my opportunity to 90 into
my own basement unobserved, and brought out Mile
Glrards first payment Thus the Germans were cheated
in whatever plans they may have had for making Mile
Glrard an example for this ofense-writng letter to
some one outside her own But this poor girl was
destined to more tragic fate-for even still sshter
offense. will tell about it next week