"Outwitting the Hun"
By lieutenant Pat O'Brien
(Copyright. 1918, by Pat Alva O'Brien.)
Synopala of l'recedlng Chapters
After recounting- his enlistment in
the R. F. C. in Canada, May, 1917, and
hia transfer to France via England for
ctive duty, Lieutenant O'Brien tells
of bringing down two German air
planes and of his last flight, in which
lie was brought down, wounded, be
hind the German lines.
After recuperating ho was sent to
nn officers' prison camp at Courtrai.
There ho planned his escape, and by
great sacrifice saved two daily rations
of bread, lie also cleverly confiscated
a map of Germany. Just half an
hour later ho was on a train for a
prison eatnp in Gedmany. On the
train, deciding it was his last chance
for liberty, he opened a window and
jumped while the train was going
thirty miles an hour, before his guard
tealized what he was contemplating.
Although badly bruised and suffer
ing from the reopening of his wound,
he was sound of limb and free. For
nine days he crawled through Ger
many, hiding during the d.v, travel
ing at night, guided by the stars, sub
sisting on raw vegetables, sleeping
only from exhaustion. He covered
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TRWAY EVENTS,
seventy-five miles before reaching
Luxemburg', where for nine days more
he struggled on in a weakened condi
tion toward Belgium. Now go on
\vith the story.
Copyright, 1913, by Pat Alva O'Brien
Hero and there
small artl 11 c ial
' ditches had been
' dug, which at a dry
|| season might have
t ' rad ' ed 11 weary
fugitive, but now
II they, too, were tilled
|5 singled out a good
JKfcjjfjF ''lg tree with lurge.
branches and
thought I might
climb into it and go
It the more I realized that It would
to sleep, but the longer 1 looked at
require more energy than I had in
my present weak and exhausted
condition, so didn't attempt that.
1' inally I chose a spot that looked
a bit drier than the rest, concluded
to take a chance on being discover
ed and threw myself do'wn for a nap.
I was extremely nervous, though,
throughout that whole day, and
would scarcely get settled Into a
comfortable position and doze oft for
a few minutes wheen, startled by
some sound in the woods, I would
suddenly awake.
After what seemed like a year or
more, night finally came, and with a
"dud" sky, low-hanging clouds and
still more rain. There was not a
star in the sky, of course, and that
made it very bad, because without
tho aid of the stars I had absolutely
no way of knowing which direction
I was going.
It was just a case of taking a
chance. I probably would have been
better off if I had simply picked out
a place and stayed there until the
weather improved, but naturally I
was impatient to be on my way each
day without food only lessened my
strength and my ultimate chances of
reaching the frontier.
So I left the woods and struck oft
in the direction which I thought was
north. I hadn't been at all sure of I
my bearlngi the day before, and as
it had rained the sun failed entirely
to help me out. but I was almost aure
I had the right direction and trusted
to luck.
That night I found more rivers,
canals and swamps than I ever found •
in my life before, but I had the good i
fortune to stumble on to some celery,
and after my diet of beets It surely
was a treat. Perhaps it's unneces
sary to add that I took on a good
supply of celery and for days X went i
along chewing celery llko a cow
would a cud.
One Whole Day I,oat.
Along toward morning, when T
supposed 1 had gotten in a fairly j
good lap of my journey—perhaps <
seven or eight miles—l began to rec- !
ognize certain objects as familiar j
landmarks. At least I thought I had
seen them before and as 1 traveled !
along I knew positively I had seen I
certain objects very recently.
Oft to my right—not over a quar- |
ter of a mile —I noticed some fairly !
good sized woods and thought I j
would go over there to hide that day, I
because it looked as though'the sun j
was gofhg to shine and I hoped to j
get my clothes dry, and perhaps get ;
a decent sleep. I had this celery and
a large beet, so I knew I would be
able to live the day through.
Finally 1 made my way over to the
woods. It was still too dark in
among the trees to do much in the
way of selecting my quarters for the ;
day, and I could not get a step far
ther. So I waited on the edge of '
the forest until dawn and then set
out to explore the place, with a view
to finding some nook where 1 might
sleep.
Imagine my disgust, and discour
agement, too, when an hour or so
later I came upon the exact place
where I had spent the day before,
and I realized that all night long I
had been circling the very woods 1
was trying to get away from. I
think perhaps I had gone all of a
quarter mile in the right direction,
but then had lost my bearings en
tirely, and daylight found me with
nothing accomplished.
The sun, however, did come out
that day, and I welcomed its warm
rays, as they, perhaps, have never
been welcomed before. I was very
tired—just about all in—but I spent
a better day in the woods than the
previous one.
That night the stars came out;
I located my friend, the North Star,
and tried to make up for lost time.
But when one is making only seven
or eight miles a day, or rather a
night, one night lost means a whole
lot, especially when each day keeps
him from freedom.
Harder to Ilenr Than Hanger.
Sucli ill fortune and discourage
ments as this were harder to endure.
I believe, than the actual hunger, and
the accompanying worry naturally
reduced my weight. At times I
was furiously angry with myself for
the mistakes X made and the foolish
things I did. but I always tried to
see something funny about the situa
tion. whatever it might be, that re
lieved the strain a bit and helped to
pass the time away.
I think if a man is overburdened
with a sense of humor and wants to
get rid of it, this trip X took would
be an excellent remedy for it. Right
at this time I would have welcomed
anything for a companion. I be
lieve even a snake would have been
a Godsend to me. .
With a name as Irish as mine, it
is only natural that I looked for
goats along the way, thinking that
I might be able to milk them. There
are Very few cows in this country,
and the opportunities for milking
them fewer than cows themselves be
cause they are housed in barns ad
joining the homes and always alert
ly watched by their fortunate
owners. I did hope that I might
find a goat staked out some place
in the fields, but in all my travels
I never saw a goat or a pig. and
only a few cows. Several times
I searched nests for eggs, but some
body had always beaten me to it,
as I never even found so much as
a nest egg.
There was no chance of. setting
away with any "bullying" stuff In
Luxemburg, I knew, because the
young men have not been forced
into the army and are stll at home,
and as they are decidedly pro-Ger
man. it would have been pretty hard
for me to demand anything in that
part of the country. It was not like
taking things away from old men
and women or robbing people that
could not stop me if they choose to
do so.
I thought at this time that I was
suffering about the worst hardships
any human being could ever be call
.ed upon to endure, but I was later
to And that the best of my journey
was made along about this time.
There were plenty of vegetables,
even though they were raw, and
| these were much better than the
I things 1 was afterward compelled to
eat or go without.
(To Be Continued)
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