The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-20

On the following day, when the three sirens went out for their cus- tomary daily sail on the bay, Greene watched them through his glasses as they made their way directly for the opposite shore. The glasses showed him that they made a landing near our naval hydroplane station, Were they making friendly visit or what were they doing?
 If they were making practice of sienallng each night, it was neces- sary for us to get busy immediately O'Riley and Rich were at once sent down. Their instructions were to check up on those night signals. and if possible, discover the receiving sta ton.
 Hide and Seek.
 Under the cover of darkness they drifted around Arcachon Bay In a rowboat=no child's play. Of all the work entailtd in gathering the eNl- dence in this case, none took the courage shown in these lonely NlSlls out on that bay Rough, cold. blus- tery it grew cut there; and several times thunder storms came up when not only drenched the two men to the skin, but the squalls which accom- . panied the showers threatened to cut short their careers by upsetting them q marshes contributed their share of discomforts by sending myriads of mosquitoes to bite and poster them It seemed as if the very mosquito eS must have been in league with the Germans, they tried so hard to force the men in off the bay. This dismal watch went on for several nights un- rewarded.
 But at length success came. Rich caught the flash. and for the next half hour these two faithful secret service men, in torture all the while from the hordes of mosquitoes watched for an answering flash rom the other shore. The men nc ticed that these women used great precaution In their signalling, not daring to come to the window where all the world might see, but working from he back of the room so that the rays of hght would be directed one way
 The work had speeded up SC fast that a daily, or rather nightly. con. ference between Greene and myseli was a necessity. Extreme care had to be taken in the holding of these meetings so that Greene would not he uncovered. Knowing that some or the American officers on leave there might know me and in answer to casual question disclose my identity to the very Cnes we were shadoWlnS, arrangements were made that tne conferences be held far up the beach. Here. late at night after the con sprators had retired, huddled to- eether, with guards around to keep off any eaVtsdropper. and with the stars looking down, We planned ana plotted the downfall of this chque. These consultations usually lasted until long after midnight; and when they were over that dreary 30-mile trip Sack to Bordeaux had to De made. Many night, while this case was on, the only sleep l had was what could be snatched by curling up on the rear seat of the automobile on the return.
 We knew that the women did not signal every night and we certainly did want them to. But if they were to signal they must have informa- tion; so Greene planned to break his reserve and join in their parties. Through the manager of the httel It was not difficult for Greene to ob- tain an introduction, particularly as the youngest of the three had been casting amorous glances in Greene's direction for some little time. Mile, Brisson at once claimed Greene as her special victim.
 "Ioch"r-The High Command.
 Greene was well supplied with false informatitn n to give them and, before many hours had passed, he was con- fiding it all to Mile. Brisson When this information reached the German high command they must have con graduated themselves on the clever women whom they had sent to Area chon. so voluminous was it. We have often wondered if the German high command acted upon some of the 1n- formation which Greene so gener- ously furnished them. If they did, and later on checked up the results with the original information re- ceived, the air at German headquar- ters must have been very blue and somebody must have suffered for the disastrous blundering.
 Greene's information kept Madame Boudin busy. Each night the flash talked to the other shore; each day the women went out in the boat for a sail. But in spite of cur zeal we were unable to catch these clever op- orators mapping. It was absolutely necessary that we locate the person who was receiving the flashes and at once. before our false information re- dounded to our discredit It was purely a question of angles and lines Exactly how far on the opposite shore did those signals register?
 If they could be seen for miles up and down that coast then we might be months in finding the receiver, if we ever did. It was question of days with us, however. so we ap- pealed to the navy to help us out in our extremity. Two naval officers with chart and compass soon solved this difficulty for us. The results of their survey centered our efforts On a short stretch of the shore. More men were detailed on the case and every night the houses in the district mapped out for us by the naval off ctrs were watched. At last we found