A Noble Woman

postulating with Baron von der Lancken, the Rev. H. S. T. Gahan, the British Chaplain in

her gentle lips was no execration of her enemies, but only sentiments that make us infinitely proud of her, that shall be repeated by gene

r all her friends to know that she willingly gave her life to her country, she said, 'I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.' She further said, 'I thank God for this ten weeks' quiet before the end. Life has always bee

message of consolation with all her heart; and when he repeated the words

cross before m

e gloom and poin

reaks, and earth's

eath, O Lord,

e him final parting messages for relatives and friends. 'She spoke of her soul's need at the moment, and she received the assu

r, additional details were available from various accredited sources. The Telegraaf records that the soldiers of the shooting party were greatly impressed by the courage and fortitude of the nurse, and much distressed at their enforced partici

roic spirit. She swooned and fell; and the officer in charge of the soldiers stepped forward and

impulses to which their superiors are strangers. The rough soldiers would appear as veritable angels compared to Baron von Bissing and von der Lancken, his companion in crime. These ruffians consigned thems

. The visitor says that during the interview Miss Cavell was quite herself, wonderfully calm, and preferred to talk on ordinary topics. Originally it was stated that the execution took place at 2 a.m. in the prison of St. Gilles, but Miss Wilkins, who took over the management of the hospital after Miss Cavell's arrest, was at the

stian burial. He told Mr. Gahan that 'she was brave and bright to the last. She professed he

ath scenes, the brutal end of the gentle victim so horrified him that he himself sank to

w days in November, 1914, but was released when the Americans represented that they required a clergyman. All other British men were deported, but many British women an

d hands. But more than that, according to later information, the Germans, with one of their acute refinements of cruelty, allow

r displayed on the walls of Brussels baldly announcing that the execution had taken place; and lett

in the Brussels district, to conform to all the regulations of the German authorities. Mr. Whitlock remarked that he felt sure that His Excellency would make no objection to the request, and that the institution to which Miss Cavell had generously devoted a part of her life would be permitted to perform a pious duty. Baron von der Lancken did not sen

entiment may demand its ultimate recovery. Her memory will lack nothing. It is en

were condemned to death. Upon strong representations made by the King of Spain and the Pope, however, the German Emperor hastened to pardon these two ladies, because he was aware of the universal horror caused by the deliberate political murder of Miss Cavell. Von Bissing, too, evidently was warned by the Kaiser to moderat