"Outwitting the Hun" By Lieutenant Pat O'Brien (Copyright, 1918. by Pat Alva O'Brien.) CHAPTER IX (Continued) In Enter Belgium Copyright, 1918, by Pat Alva O'Brien The next day I was so worn out! \ frimi exposure and jIH exhaustion that I , |]threw away my 31 coat, thinking that 1 ; ..'. ?! had to carry the l .: for me. but when t night came I re- j gretted my mistake because the nights were now getting! • older. I thought at first it would . be best for me to retrace my steps! iind look for the coat I had so. thoughtlessly discarded, but I de- j -ided to go on without it. I then began to discard everything I that I had in my pocket, finally j throwing by wristwatch into a canal. 1 A wristwatch does not add much j weight, but when you plod along! and have not eaten for a month it j iinally becomes rather heavy. The i next thing I discarded was a pair of ' ■flying mittens. These mittens I had gotten at Vamp Borden, in Canada, and had; "become quite famous, as my friends i termed them "snowshoes." In fact. | they were a ridiculous pair of mit- | tens, but the best pair I ever had, ' and I really felt worse when I lost ! those mittens than anything else. | 1 could not think of anybody else ' • ver using them, so I dug a hole in | the mud and buried them and could i not help but laugh at the thought if ( my friends could ever see me bury ing my mittens, because they were a j standing joke in Canada, England | and France. I had on two shirts, and as they > were always both wet and didn't > keep me warm, it was useless to! wear both. One of these was a shirt j that I had bought in France, the i other an American Army shirt. Th.ey ; were both khaki and one as apt to give me/away as the other, so I dis carded the French shirt. The Amer- j lean Army shirt 1 brought back with jne to Kngland and it is still in my possession. *'j Kuries 111* Red Cup When I escaped from the train I I still had the Bavarian cap of bright j red in my pocket and wore it for many nights. It also had proved ! very useful when swimming rivers, j for I carried my map and a few oth- < r belongings in it. and I had fully made up my mind to bring it home I as a souvenir. But the farther I [ •went the heavier my extra clothing' became, so I was compelled to dis- I card even the cap. I knew that it would be a tell tale mark if I simply threw it away, so one night, after swimming a riv er. I dug a hole in the soft mud on I the bank and buried it, too, with! considerably less ceremony than my j living mittens had received perhaps;* KII that was the end of my Bavarian hat. My experience at the Belgians' house whetted my appetite for war food, and I figured that what had beeli done once could be done again. Sooner or later. I realized. I would probably approach a Belgian and TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG frfaWfr TELEGRAPH APRIL 30,' 1918 And a German instead, but in such a contingency I was determined to measure my strength against the Hun s if necessary to efTect my es cape. As It was, ho%-ever, most of the Belgians to whom 1 applied for food gave it to m e readily enough, and if some of them refused me it was only because they feared I might be a spy or that the Germans would shoot them if their action were subse quently found out. About the nfth day after I had en tered Belgium I was spending the day as usual In a clump of bushes, when I discerned in the distance what appeared to be something hanging on a line. All day long I strained my eyes- trying to decide what it could be and arguing with myself that it might be something that I could add to my inadequate wardrobe, but the distance was so great that I could not identify it. I had a great fear that before night came it would probably be removed. As soon as darkness fell, however, I crawled out of my hiding ' place and worked up to the line and got a pair of overalls for my Industry It was a mighty joyful night for me. The pair of overalls was the first bit of civilian clothes I had thus far picked up with the exception of a civilian cap which I had found at tin- prison and concealed on my per son. and which I still had. The over alls were rather small and very short, but when I put them on I found that they hung down far enough to cover my breeches. Raid* Barn nnd Gets Cont It was perhaps three days later that I planned to search another house for further clothes. Entering Belgian houses at night is anything but a safe proposition, because their families are large and sometimes as many as seven or eight sleep in a single room. The barn is usually connected with the house proper and, there was always the danger of dis turbing some dumb animal, even if the inmates of the house were not aroused. Frequently I took a chance of searching a backyard at night in the hope of finding food scraps, but my success in that direction was so slight that I soon decided that it wasn't worth the risk and I contin ued to live on the raw vegetables that I could pick with safety in the fields and the occasional meal that 1 was able to get from the Belgian peasants in the daytime. Nevertheless. I was determined x to get more in the way of clothing and when night came I picked out a house that looked as though it might furnish me with what I wanted. It 'a> a moonlight night and If I could get in the barn 1 would have a fait chanco of (fnding my way around by the mconlight which would enter the windows. The barn adjoined the main part of the house, but I, groped around very carefully and soon touched something hanging on a peg. I didn't know what it was, but I con fiscated it and carried it out into the field. There in the moonlight I examined my booty and found that it was an old coat. It was too short as an overcoat and too long for an ordinary coat, but, nevertheless, I made use of it. It had probably been EXHIBIT OF BIRD BOXES AND APRONS IMlMinrjr. Pa., April 2 7.—An en- ( tertainment with a "Bird Day" and! "Apron" program was given by the A-lntermediate School of Dillsburg, recently. The program included: Singing, "Happy Hours" by the school; dialog, "Bold For the Right" by three boys; Recitation. "What the Choir Sang," Maxine Karns: diolog, "Economy Club," by eight girls; dialog, "Good-bye," j Frances Eveler and Esther Fishel; J exercise, "Bird Day Verses" by eight | hoys; singing, "The Oriole Babies,' by school; dialog, "Dialog in Name Only" by three boys; recita tion, "When Company Comes." Eth el Williams; lialog. "The New Man." Maxine Karns and Bertha Si- I dlef piano duet, Margery Eveler and I Frances Eveler; recitation, "The' an overcoat for the Belgian who had I worn it. f Port* With Hi I nlforni Some days later I got a from . a Belgian peasant, and with this ! equipment I was able to conceal my j uniform entirely. I-ater on, however. I decided that i !t was too dangerous to keep the I Raggady Man." Ruth Irvgang; rfeci- Itation, "Our Hired Girl." Bertha Si dle: music. "Spring in the Orchard," by the school; recitation, "A Boy's Composition on a Mule." Marshall Smith: recitation. "A Composition on Pins." Esther Fishel; solo, "The March Wind," Pearl Walls; exer ; else. "Bird Dialogue," by eight girls; lialogue, "The Eost Knife." Marion Wolf, Adelle Nelson. Blanche j Cassel and Bertha Sidle; dialog, I "What's in a Name," by four boys; I dialog, "Entertaining Sister's Beau," by Marion Wolf, Adelle Nelson, Ruth Irvgang and Fauck Smith: singing, "What the Bird Sang." by the school. The boys brought in bird boxes and ; the girls aprons which they had I themselves made during the winter, j Miss Maxine Karns is the teacher of 'tlie A-Intermediate school. I uniform on, anyway, and when night joame I dug a hole and buried It. j I never realized until I hd to j part with it just how much I thought |of that uniform. It had been with j me through hard trials and I felt as if I were abandoning a friend | when I parted with it. (To Bo Continued.) Dry Federation Wages Registration Work - I a Dr. John Royal Harris, superin- j c tendent of the Dry Federation of d Pennsylvania, issued nn appeal from j t state headquarters in Pittsburgh 1< yesterday, to the unregistered dry ; '' voters of all third class cities, urg- | ing them to register at their polling j places tomorrow. May Ist, and thus qualify themselves for participation in the May primaries when the rat ification of the national prohibition amendment will be one of the para mount issues in the nomination of candidates for tt*e general assem bly. The statement is as follows: "On behalf of the Dry Federation of Pennsylvania. I wish to strongly urge all of those residents of third class cities -who are in sympathy with the effort being made to make our state dry and who did not regis ter last fall, to be sure to do so on the only day for so doing. Wednes- i day. May Ist, so far as participation in the May primaries is concerned. AVe (believe that if all those who! • I are interested in the abolition of the liquor traffic will vote for the proper men at the May primaries, a major ity of the next legislature will be elected which will vote to ratify the national prohibition amendment. It is in the third class cities that the tight now centers and it is up to the dry forces to do their full duty and register themselves and all their friends and be ready to vote for the dry candidates? for the legislature." i Teutons Prepare For Final Drive Push j Koine. April 30.—"The Germans ! | are preparing for a final push," de- j olares the Zurich correspondent for j I Corriere d'ltalia. They ae ready to ; laacifice one-third of their men, it is: | said. All available troops have been ! I drawn from the garrisons. Even I I the little Grand Duchy of Lippe fur- ■ ■ nished two divisions (24,000 men), j j while Wurtemburg furnished eight, i Despite German denials, Austrian i j divisions have crossed Brenner j | Pass, en route to Flanders. "The I j enemy is determined to stake all on i i a great effort before the full I ! strength of America materializes," | the report states. I "MOONLIGHT WORKERS" j IX ENGLISH GARDENS' London. —A new type of garden ia-j ; borer, known as the "moonlightsr," j j has appeared in the suburban conn-' try districts, owing to the shortage I of general laborers. The moonlieht-j er is a workman who is employed all: day, but who is willing to earn a lit tle extra money by working during the moonlight nights in the gardens! and allotments. His is the only sort! of labor that the suburbanites can now employ in the digging and sow ing of the vegetable plot "which every suburban householder regards as an essential part of his household. "BIJCE DEVILS" ARRIVE An Atlantic Port, April 30. —One! i hundred Blue Devile, French soldiers. 1 j specially trained, who "will go i through hell itself for their officers," j arrived >;esterday to tell Americans 1 about the war and the necessity lor, success of the Liberty Loan. Owing i | to special orders to U-boat command-: I ers to "get" the blue devils not even' J the Liberty Loan managers knew[ they were coming here. CANADIAN TROOPS SAFE I Ottawa, April 30. Safe arrival of 2,905 Canadian troops in England is announced through ' the chief press ! censor's office. They include Infantry; ! drafts from British Columbia, ; tario, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, S.is-; ! katchowan and Quebec, field artil-| i iery from Vancouver, London, On- |§@JF.\Where Beauty Ppf J NEVER saw a motorist who \ W -*- ■. somest tire equipment he ever saw. \ wsm But im here to teil b° u that you l\lw diamond • l 1111* SQUEEGEE TREAD TIRES sll\ mileage. You read about it on ■ SLA M Mi your speedometer after thousands jm "d: * Take my "tip!" If you want to save ■SHI some money on tires, put one Diamond II 11 ||i on your car and try it. It'll cost you less I A p[ WU@9 than the average tire, and before long, youl * want diamonds "all around." jjjf Diamond Tubes don't deteriorate 'm while you carry them as "extras. " Jfif mw¥ They hold their life for years. MYERS' ACCESSORY HOUSE tarlo and Toronto, forestry, cavalry, railway and water transport detail, airplane pilots and a Serbian draft. SELLS ENTIRE VILLAGE Pliocniivilie, Pa., April 30. —\Vy- lian-. McKinley, former coroner of Chester county, has sold, the entire village to Harry Schmell, of the 5 same place, on private terms. This little village is on the Philadelphia and Heading Railway, and consists cf a store and dwelling, three small houses, blacksmith shop, old grist ['■ mill, barn and other farm buildings, 'I with several acres of ground. si , s Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad.
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