Show r MYSTERY OF LONE FARMHOUSE IS EXPLAINED 1 PARIS P PARIS Feb b 6 The 6 The mystery of or alone a alona alono lone lono t farmhouse u which stood for months undamaged on a a. conspicuous knoll In inthe tho the very heart of ot the tho b battle zone cone near with nothing b l' l all about It ft has has' just boon cleared up by a Fr French Infantry captain From t this ls bun building the Fren French watched the operations of or trio the Germans Gennon In their trenches a n qu quarter ter of t a 1 mile distant They expected every day da- dai i to to become th the target for tor the German ar artillery tillery which played all around anI and even demolished tho the but of ot an old peasant woman woman only a h hundred yards ard away y Every morning at dawn they crept crept up to tho the place from the rear and d nd took task their observations A A. p peasant ant i farther back of th lines suggested l that that the tho owner of ot the farm fann had paid th the Cern Germans ans a a. around round sum to spare paro his hi property and this explanation pro- pro veiled d for some time Woman Informer One morning as as the tha French ap a- approached ap proa preached hed the tho place they were met b b the peasant woman whoso hut but ha had boen hoen demolished and who had taken refuge In tho the cellar of oC the farmhouse A tiP spy came last night Into th the tho gar gar- garrot rot ret of ot the farmhouse she declared declare and h ho made mado illuminated signals to the tho Germans from tho the window The Tha French officers could not b believe It The next day the old p peasant de declared declared declared de- de positively that she she- had again i n na a seen cm the man and had seen oen tha the light shining from the tha the window A A Aspy epy spy couldn't possibly slip through our line lino of ot pickets the tho ottic officer r insisted Tho The following morning tho o woman man asked the officer to take particular notice notice no no- tice of ot the tho stairs leading lending to the garret In a a thin coating of ashes that she had hOod si over ocr the tho steps a mans man's footprints footprints foot toot prints I unmistakably outlined Well Wen B ac about that tonight said the captain Spy Escapes Instead of ot returning to the French lines after completing their days day's ob observations ob tho detachment concealed Itself In bushes around the house and watched tho the garrot garret window At U 11 o'clock though they thoy had seen leon no one ona enter renter tho the building g lights appeared in th the window and tho the captain ordered a a. ru sash rush h upon tho the stairway At th the tho Mm time lima a n heavy hod body cropped to the tha ground on the other side The Tho Germans had tolerated the u use a of ot the b by tho the French during the tha day Y In order to utilize UHF It H th at nt night A complete signaling apparatus tatus was found but the tho spy epy who know the tha Py kuo bett better r than tb the tho French h seaming D chad mado good his hb O. O 1 |