He would be a hard-hearted man who could read without
sympathy the story of Lody, the first German spy to be cap- tured. He was a very decent, sincere-minded man, a tourist- guide by occupation, who believed that he was doing what was right for his country. He was the kind of man in respect of whom the word " spy " should have no derogatory associ- ations. He was marked down from the moment he began his bungling operations. Just before he was shot at the Tower he said to the British officer who was in charge of him : " I suppose you would not care to shake hands with a German spy ? " "No," replied the officer ; " but I will shake hands with a brave man." We British, as compared with the French, have not a high reputation for the beau geste, but this should surely help us up a little in the scale.
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