CAPTAIN BLANKBURG.
“When Greek meets Greek.”
I
They knew he was a German—
They thought he was a spy—
Toujours they “covered” him and said,
“We’ll catch him by-and-by.”
They tried to find, by word or act,
In front-line trench or rear,
Some circumstance that would betray
His treacherous dealings clear.
They scanned his face when hostile flares
Set No Man’s Land alight—
They watched him when the Hun barrage
Tore craters left and right.
They noted every move he made,
With ever wakeful eye,
Reiterating o’er and o’er,
“We’ll catch him by-and-by.”
II
At last the opportunity
Loomed large in fact and view,
And every near-sleuth in the bunch
Saw that his hunch was true.
Because, upon an inky night,
When mist hung o’er the nation,
The captain took a picked patrol
To gather information.