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thaokdiks
of treason.
* Iifthe World war France was over,
ran by spies* many of them natives of
the very country that was fighting
with every breath to stop the invaders.
One of the most successful spv
hunters In the service of France was
fVpt. P. Hnuehardon of the lotellli
?-ncr> service. In a recent number c.f
the Paris magazine. Ijectui'e:? Pour
Tours. Cnpt. R>ueVe-don tolls
t some of the dramatic scones when
t'ese miserable creature*; 'need till
avenging rifles of the republic on
Jbo polygon ;? Vlnoennes. A part
of Fapt. Itoneha rdf n's artlee has been
translated for the Kansas City StirMow
do they meet death? Hut
iirst how did they receive the sentence
of death? It was In the vast
dilapidated room of the Palaeo of
Justice, eommonlv known as the
"t ?deon." that the condemned spies
? . .. . . - * t 1 _ >.1. Tk?
worn otncinny mm m umir iuic. >
cracked walls and wormoaton woodwork
gave the place a truly sinister
a; pool in tho light of the waning
day; sentence always was pronounced
in tho evening and executed tho r.oxt
morning. Tho military IuiIkc and
tho spoetntnvs all had. loft tho room.
Tho dofondnnt would ho ordered to
stand, facing tho 'squad of guards,
who would come to "present arms."
Ilo would stand with staring eyes
and ears strained for tho faintest
sound. At last the terrible words
would ooino from the lips of the
emirt elork and tho wretohod victim
would oollat>so. lie wottld he half
carried, half dragged out. his legs
at romlde. As ho wont ho would
oast a hist look at tho Utile cabinet
r-otu which the paper containing h's
doom had been taken. Spy. you must
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i ino woman, awaiting her sentence.
Tainted and foil backward over a
bench when the guards snapped
their rifles to "'present arms." S-'ho
supposed that she was to bo shot ns
she sat huddled there tin tho hard
seat. When she was revived she was
.told that the court had spared her
life. Iler sentence was Imprisonment.
/tome of tho soies mot death as a
sportsman who has made .1 ho; and
lost; some as fatalists, some as ca?'e
free vagabonds, hut most of them as
cowards. The lirst to expiate his
rime before ;i linns squad at Vlneenes
waa "T> P.." a dissolute loafer.
Iiut keen of mind. That morninp.
February 22. It'lii. snow was fallinp
in heavy flakes, and the newspapers,
sold l>y the llpht of candles on the
street corners, contained disquieting
news. The Germans had launched
their attack on Verdun. Anxiety
seized every heart in France.
When an olllcer aroused "D. P."
he awoke with a start, hut he at-once
not' control of himself. lie dressed
with prent care, puttinp on silk socks
and patent deathor shoes, the last
vestipe of his splendor, and then,
calmly smoklnp a ciparette, ho
awaited the eomlnp of the puard.
"May I say a word?" he asked
suddenly, in a shrill voice that echoed
through the old prison. "You
say that I am a master spy. Simple
spy wouldn't do. I la. you will see
some master spies some of these
lays." And he proved to he a pood
prophet.
Gil the lirinp pronnd he was coin apeouH
without hrnvado. The execution
was somewhat improvised. There
was no post to which to hind hint
and when tin- puards unlocked his
handcuffs the spy was absolutely
unfettered. lie s'ood there faclnp the
lirinp sipiad with their rifle butts on
l,?i irrnnml Rrdlind loin WIS I 'OV1
wull ami Immediately Imok of I hat
the thick woods. One jump of his
tall, muscular l?o?ly and ho could
, have boon over that wall and away
iu the lioavy woods before the soldiers
could' have raised their rifles.
Why did he not make the attempt?
Apparently the project never ontoiod
his mind. And as he stood t tie re f*"o
locks of the rifles clicked, '* ? ciarks.
men pressed -their chocks to the
slocks. "P. I'." seemed to defy tlieill
The volley echoed through the .m.ow
shrouded woods and the spy made a
movement as if to hurl himself upon
the squad, then fell backwards at
full length.
The next to meet death on the polygon
at Vtncennes was "C," an oxtragcdlan.
with the profile of a bird
of prey. The majestic carriage that
he acquired in his stage days still
was with him. At the end of August,
1!114, when he returned to the
Germans, after his lirst mission he
was told: "France's fate Is sealed.
You need noi return there. We may
want to send you into Russia." "hey
had reckoned wit hot the victory of
the Marne.
Still imbued with his memories of
the stage, and thinking only of the
drama in which ho had a role to en
net. "C\" awoke t\te morning sot for
his execution believing that it was
only ono of the adventuros of his oaroor
and that in a tittto time the
doors would open wide to hint itittii.
For an hour ho told fantastic stories
that had no possible hearing on his
otiso. When the time eatne for the
trip to the held of death an otlleer
rudely called hint to the realm ol reality.
"You have just live minutes," he
said. "If you have anything serious
to say, you would hotter say ii qickly."
"P." was awakened front his dream;
he leaped to it is feet, his eyes flaming.
anil in broken French he cried:
"Is it really true, then? You insist
that 1 be shot?"
The silence became the heavier as
he stopped talking for a moment
stnd then he broke fo^th again itt
boundless rage: * "Assassins'" he
screamed. "You are assassins! My
blood will lie upon your heads."
Even more dramatic was the death
of the dancer known as "Main HaIrl."
After 'having spent her youth
in the Dnteh Fast Indies she came to
Paris itt 1904 to seek her fortune
She was tall, graceful, of attractive
figure and she made a specialty of
Japanese dances. Mv nte ins of mystic
oriental movements she was able
to give to Iter dancing a personal
charm and for a time she had a
great vogue. But years advanced and
she had to. And other means of livelihood.
Of her spying methods one must
say nothing, hut an Idea of her ability
In that line may be tmugined
when It is known that she knew several
languages so well as to be able
to speak them Idiomatically without
hesitation and could pass herself as
of any one of half a dozen nationalities
without fear of detection. One
day at the Guirnct museum, before x
specially selected nudienoe, she held
forth in live languages, chaglng fiom
one to the other without the slightest
hitch. She wus a horn spy.
jWhen she was awakened the
morning of October is, H>17. for her
lust time, it was a changed woman
that arose from the miserable pullet.
She little resembled the "Matu llut'"
of the happy dancing days. Her hair
was gray and her face deeply wrinkled.
She sighed deeply and several
limes she passed her hand across
her forehead as if it felt too heavy.
Then, all at once, there was a trans
figuration. snc twistoa nor nice into
a smile that did not leave it while
she was on earth. Nimbly arising,
the fallen queen dressed herself in
the gown she was wearing at the time
of her arrest, carefully put on her
large hat. arranged her long veil
and put on a pair of silk gloves. She
did not wnlk, she tripped along. She
danced down the" wormcaten old
stairway of Saint Lazare two steps at
a time. The guards could hardly
keep up with her. In the courtyard
a motor cur. brightly lighted, hut
with shades drawn awaited her.
At Vincennes, with death dose at
hand, she was a study. Svelte and
affected, she alighted from the motor
car while the escor.t of dragoons sat
their mounts with drawn sabers. The
Held was sodden after a heay rain
and the cars that had preceded hers
had cut It into ruts and puddles.
"Matn Ifarl" hopped lightly across
the muddy plaees. tier feet barely
touching the ground, and almost ran
to the exertion post. While she was
being bound she waved farewell to
the priest, to the commandant of
Saint Laznre and to her lawyer.
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chantlise.
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of Serge and Tricohne, any styl<
ing in price from $15.00 to $5(
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Our Skirts are the prettiest w
Plaids are both stylish and beai
Milli
We ure expecting our millin<
stock of the latest Pattern Hats.
Silk and Cre
Shir
Beautiful patterns of Crepe
$2.0U to $3.00 per yard.
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