THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA. HHIHCIH MM 1MHHMM1MMMMMMMMMMMHHMMMMUHM MMMMMtMMMMMMMmMMMMMHfMMMMH Mf HERICUIILT ' PLANES IH ACIi -OUTWITTING THE HUN 99 By LIEUTENANT PAT O'BRIEN Coprrltfht. 1018. by Pat Alva O'Brltn First Reconnaissance Flight by Complete Squadron ' 74l, iniiiiittitiitnitititniit LIEUTENANT 0 BRIEN NEARLY STARVES AS HE CRAWLS THROUGH GERMANY AND LUXEMBOURG. Synopsis. Pat O'Brien, n resident of Momenee, III., nftor net ln rvlr In the American Flying corps on the Mexican border In lu'O. iniiiH British Iloyul Flying corps In Canada, und after a brief train ini: period Ih sent to Franco. Hu In unsigned to n squadron In active Lrvlcu on the front. He engages In several hot HkIiIh with German livers from which hu emerges victorious. Flnull.v, In a flght with four (irriniin flyers, O'Brien Ih shot down. He fulls fe.iJOO feet and, escaping .' ll, ,y 0 miracle, uwnkes to find himself n prisoner In a Gorman hospital. '" 0 ,,l'"''t h"10 ,llm,,n' Aft,'r n feW ,luyS ln 11,9 linspltiil', lii! N Hfiit to a prlHon cnnip at Courtrnl. After a tdmrt stay there lie Ih placed upon a tniln bound for a prison cnnip In Germany. Hu decides to take a desperate chance for liberty. He leaps through the open window of the car while the train In traveling thirty miles nn hour. CHAPTER VII. 5 Crwlino Through Germany. The exact spot at which I made my driers tc leap I don't .know. Perhaps, ,flcr the war Ih over, someone on that train will be good enough to tell me m linn 1 may K' 1,l''k uu, ,,),,k f,,r the di nt I must have made In the rock ballast. I liuve said, I didn't Htop very long that morning after I once regained my I ttiis bleeding profusely from tho wounds ciiiiHcd by tho fall, but I (lipclii.il It somewhat with handker chiefs I la id to my face, and I also Mil Hie tall of my coat ho as to catch the lil.iod as It fell and not to leave ulltale traced on the ground. Itefnre I stopped I had gone about a mile. Then I took my course from tho slurs mid found that I hud been going Juit opposite to the direction I should lie tanking, but I could not go back urns the track there. , Heading west, therefore, I kept this cmiise fur about two and a half hours, lint iih I was very weak from loss of IiIiuhI I didn't cover very much ground In that time. Just before daylight, I ciuae to a canal which I knew I had to cross, nml I swam It with everything I hud on. This swim, which proved to be tho first of a series that I was destined te miike, taught me several things. In the first place, I had forgotten to remove my wrist-watch. This watch Imil heen broken in my fall from the air, but I had It repaired at Courtral. In the leap from the train. 'the crystal hud 1 a broken again, but It was still going and would probably have been of great service to me In my nulisi (iient adventures, but the swim tirross the canal ruined it. 11i. ii, too, I had not thought to take my limp out of my sock tind the water (IuiiiIikimI that, too. Thereafter, whenever I had any nwlinmliig to do, I was careful to tuke wkIi mutters Into consideration, and my usual practice wan to make a Immlle of all the tilings that would bo iliinmged by water and tie It to my lieiul. In this way I was able to keep them dry. It was now daylight and I knew that It would be suicidal for me to attempt t travel ln the daytime. My British uniform would have been fatal to me. I decided to hide In the daytime and travel only at night. Not far from the canal I could see a henviiv-wooiled piece of ground, and I wide my way there, lly this time I Imil discovered that my left ankle had lieeu strained In my leap from the trnln, and when I got to the woods I clad to lie down and rest. Tho "mind In my month bad been opened, when I Jumped, and It would have Wen dllllcalt for mo to have swallowed hud not the piece of bread, which was to serve for my breakfast, got wet II hen 1 swam the canal. I found a safe ddlag place In which to spend tho I")' mid I tried to dry some of my rim lies, but a slight drizzling rainfall 'mule Hint out of the question. I knew that I ought to Bleep, as I planned to Ifivel at night, but sore as I was, caked with mud and blood, my cloth lag soaked through a ml my hunger not nearly apprised, sleep was out of the 'inestliui, This seemed to mo about the longest day I had ever spent, but I was still to learn how long a day can really H. nn,j h,,vv much longer n night. When night camo I dragged myself 'igelher and headed northeast. My clothing consisted of my Flying ('"i'l's uniform, two shirts, no under weiir, leather leggings, heavy shoes, a good pair of wool socks and a (iermiin ' ip- I bad n wallet containing sev ci'ul hundred francs In miht money ami various other papers. I also had Jnckknlfe which I had stolen one day before from the properly room at ''"iirirnl, where all the personal ef fects taken from prisoners were kept, ''or n day or two I had carried a knap K"'k, but us i im, nothing to carry ln It I discarded It. 1 traveled rapidly, considering my dllllcultics, and swam it cniiplo of ennuis that night, covering In all per '"in ten miles before daylight. Then ' located In Home loV bushes, lying there nil ,ny niy WPt t.()(1(,s nn,i "'iMiliig my sausage for food. That wh the Inst of my rations. That night 1 made perhaps tho name distance, but became very hungry and "irsiy ben the night was over. For the next six days I still figured I was In Germany, ind 1 was llv on nothing ,t cabbage, sugar '"'('Is and nn occasional carrot, always " the raw state Just us I got them "f the fields. The water 1 drank '' oflen very rank. Ono night I lay ' u cabbage patch for an hour lapping "io dw from the unu with my tongue I "ring mis period I realized that I "'Hut avoid noting nnyone at all ha1 I wm in 1.1,,, enemy's rutin try and my uniform would have been a dead glvc-uway. Anyono who captured me or who gave Information from which my capture resulted might have been sure of u handsome reward. I knew t liii t It was necessary for me to muko progress as fast us possible, but the main consideration was to keep out of sight, even If It took me a year to get to .Holland, which was my objective. From my map I estimated that I was about thirty-live miles from Strassburg when I made my leap from the train, and If I could travel in a straight lino I had perhaps one hundred and fifty miles to travel. As It was, however, I was compelled to make many detours, and I figured that two hundred and fifty miles was nearer the extent of the Journey ahead of me. In Heveral parts of this country I had to travel through forests of young pine trees ubout twelve feet high. They were very close together and looked nlmost as If they bad been set out. They proved to be a Berlous obstacle to me because, I could not see the stars through them and I was relying upon the heuveii to guldo me to freedom. I am not much of un astronomer, but I know the I'olo Star when I sec It. But for It I wouldn't be here today I I believed It mined every night and day while I was making my way through (iermany and Luxembourg. My Invurlablo program ot this stage of my Journey was to travel steadily all night until about six In tho morn ing, when I would commence looking around for a place whereto to hide during the day. Low bushes or woods back from the road, as far as possible from tho traveled pathway, usually s.Vved mo for this purpose. Having found such a spot I would drop down and try to sleep. My overcoat was my only covering, and that was usu ally soaked through, either from tho rain or from swimming. The only sleep I got during those days was from exhaustion, and It usu ally came to me towards dusk when it was time for me to start again. It was a mighty fortunate thing for me that I was not n smoker. Somehow I have never used tobacco In any form, I was now fully repaid for whatever pleasure I had foregone In the past as a result of my habits In that purtlc ular, because my sufferings would cer talnly have been Intensified now If, In addition to lack of food and rent, had had to endure a craving for to bacco. About the sixth night I was so drowsy and exhausted when the time came for mo to bo on the move, that I was very much tempted to sleep through the night. I knew, however, that that would be n bad precedent to establish and I wouldn't give In. I plugged wearily along and nbout It o'clock, after I had covered perhaps four miles, I sat down to rest for n moment on a shock of brush which was sheltered from the drizzle some what by other shocks which were slacked there. It was daylight when "I Found Myself Right In a German Back Yard." I awoke, and I found myself right In a German backyard. You can Imagine that I lost no tlmo In getting out of that neighborhood nnd I mado up my mind right there and then that I would never give uwny to that "tired feeding" again. In tho daytime, In my hiding place, wherever It happened to bo, I had plenty of opportunity to study my map, and before very long I know It almost by heart. Unfortunately, however, It did not show all the rivers nnd canals which I encountered, nnd sometimes It fooled me completely. It must have been about tho ninth night that I crossed Into Luxembourg, but though this prlnclpnllty Moltlclally neutral. It offered me no safer a haven than IWIglum would. Tbi Huns have ttnttiif t violated the neutrality of both, and dis covery would have been followed by the sumo consequences as capture In Germany proper. In the nine days I had covered per haps seventy-five miles, and I was that much nearer liberty, but the lack of proper food,, tho constant wearing of wet clothes, nnd tho loss of sleep and rest had reduced me to n very much weakened condition. I doubted very much whether I would be uble to con tinue, but I plugged along. CHAPTER VIII. Nine Days In Luxembourg. I was now heading northwest and I thought that by keeping that course I would get out of Luxembourg and Into Ilelglum, where I expected to he a little better off, because the people of Luxembourg were practically tho sumo as Germans. One of the experiences I hnd In Lux embourg which I shall never forget occurred the first day that I spent there. I hnd trnveled ult night nnd I was feeling very weak. I' camo to a small wood with plenty of low under brush, nnd picked out a thick clump of brushes which wns not In lino with any pat Iih, crawled In and lay down to spend the day. Tho sun could Just reach me through nn opening In the trees above and I took off nil my clothes except my shirt and hung them on the bushes to dry In the sun. As the sun moved I moved the clothes around correspondingly, be cause tired us I was 1 could tuke only cat nap)11. That afternoon I awoke from one of these naps with n start. There wero voices not a dozen feet from me I My first Impulse was to Jump to my feet and sell my life as dearly us I con Id, hut on second thought I decided to look before I leapt. I'eeplng through tho underbrush I could Just discern two men calmly chopping down a tree, and conversing ns they worked. I thanked my lucky stars that I had not Jumped up on my first Impulse, for I was ap parently quite safe as long us I lay where I was. It then occurred to me that If the tree upon which they wero working should happen to fall In my direction It would crush mo to death! It was tall enough to reach me nnd big enough to kill me If It landed In my direction and ns I could only see the heads of the men who were chopping It down, I was unable to tell which way they planned to have It fall. .There was this much In my favor; the chances of the tree falling In Just my direction were not very great nnd there wns more than un even chance that tho men would be wise enough to fell It so that It would not, because If It landed In the brushes the task of trimming tho branches from tho trunk would be so much harder. Hut even without this feeling of se curity, thero wiih really nothing else I could do but wait and see what fato had In store for me. I lay there watch lug the top of the treo for more than nn hour. Tlmo nnd time again I saw It sway and fancied It wan coming my direction, and It was all I could do to keep my place, but n moment later I would hear tho crash of the men's axes, and I knew that my Imagination had played me a trick. I was musing on tho sorry plight was In weak, nearly starving to death, a refugee In a hostllo country, and waiting patiently to see which way a treo was going to fall, when thero came a loud crack, nnd I suw Jho top of the tree sway and fall almost op poslte to the place where I lay I I had guessed right. Later I heard somo children's voices and again peering through the under brush I snw that they had brought tho men their lunch. Yon can't realize how I felt to sec them eating their lunch so near at hand, nnd to know that, hungry ns I wns, I could have none of If. I was getting templed to go boldly up to them nnd take a chance of get ting a share, hut I did not know whether they wero Germans or not, nnd I hnd gone through too much to risk my liberty even for food. I swallowed my hunger Instead. Shortly afterwards It began to rnln and about 4 o'clock tho men left, I crawled out as fast as I could and scurried around looking for crumbs, but found none, and when darkness camo I went on my wny mn'o more. That night I cumo to n river and as It was the llrst time my clothes had been dry In a long time, I thought I would try to keep them that way ns long as possible. I accordingly took off all my things arid made them Into t.vo bundlcH, planning to carry one load across and then swim back for the other. Tho river wns qulto wide, but I nm a fairly good swimmer nnd I figured I could rest awhile nftcr tho first trip before going back for the second bundle. The first swlra was uneventful. When I landed on tho other sldo I drank till my thirst was quenched nnd then swnm back. After resting awhile I stnrted across a third time, with my shoes and several other things firmly tlod to my head. Just ubout ten feet from the opposite bank one of tho shoes worked Its way loose nnd sunk ln ubout eight feet of water. There was nothing to do but finish tho trip nnd then go back and dire for tho missing shoe, ns I could not go on with a single shoo. Diving In my weakened condition was a considerable struln, but I hnd to hnvo that shoo and I kept nt It for nearly nn hour before I eventually found It, nnd I was pretty nearly all In by that tlmo. That was the last time I ever took my shoes off, for my feet were becom- Ing so swollen that I figured If 1 took mv mIwi.i ntr T l. nnt ha otitii tn eet I rt A nm mum ui crunmiiK '. diving for the lost shoe had consumed about three hours, nnd after resting some fifteen minutes I went on my wny again. I had gono nearly a mllo when I came to another river, about the ... .i Riimn size n Dm one T Imil lust rroHSi I walked along tho bank awhile, tliliiK mil iiiikiii uc iim.hj I'liinik" l" i"11. I boat or a bridge, but nftcr walking Ing I might be lucky enough to find nbout half an hour I received ono of ihmiiii mm un iiiiiir i rt:iM'iru uim i those disappointments which "como once In a lifetime." I found that this river was tho ono I had Just swum I I iivt-i vun niu Mm? i iiiki jimi dwuiii i i had swum It on the bend nnd wns still . . i on the wronir side. Hnd I mado only short detour tn tho first place I wouh il mini i ui'linir ill lllu llini iiihjw wun. , have avoided all the annovnnco of tho past three hours and saved my strength and time. I was never so mnd In my life at myself as I was to think that I had not paid more ntten tlon to the courso of tho stream be- fore I undertook to cross It, but as a matter of fact, there was really no .. ... M.t. - . Hn. t way of telling. The river was not shown on tho map at nil. Now I had to cross It. whereas be fore I could have turned It. I walked holdlv Into tho water, not bothering to take my clothes off this time, nor did I ever bother to take them off after wards when swimming canals nnd rivers. I found It wus Impossible to keep them dry anyway, and so I might Just us well swim In them and save time. All the next day I spent In a forest, to which my night's travel had brought mo nbout 5 o'clock In the morning. I kept on my way through the woods until daylight came, and then, thinking the placo would afford fairly good con cealment, I concluded to rest until night. Tho prospects of even a good sleep wero dismal, however, for ubout tho tlmo tho sun's face should have ap peared, a drizzling rain began nnd I gave up my search for a dry spot which would servo me ns a bed. Some of tho leaves wero beginning to full, but of course there was not enough of them to form a covering for tho ground, nnd tho dnmpness seemed to have penetrated everywhere. I wandered around through the woods for two or three hours looking for shelter, but without any success, for. although tho trees were large, tho forest wns not dense, and thero wns practically no brush or shrubbery. Consequently one could get a fairly clear view for some distance, nnd I knew It would be unwlso to drop off to sleep Just nny place, or someone would surely happen on to me. Once I came very near to tho ends of tho woods nnd heard voices of men driving- by In n wagon, but I couldn't mnko out Just what they were, and Instinct told mo I had better not come out of the woods, so I turned back. Here nnd there smnll nrtlflelnl ditches had been dug, which at a dry season might hnvo cradled n weary fugitive, but now they, too, were filled with water. Once I singled out a good big tree and large branches nnd thought I might climb Into It and go to sleep, but the longer I looked at It tho more I realized that It would requlro moro energy than I hnd In my present weak and exhausted condition, so dldn t at temnt that. Flnnllv I chose a snot that looked a bit drier than tho rest, concluded to take a chance on being discovered nnd threw myself down for n nap. I was extremely nervous, though, throughout that whole day. nnd would scarcely get settled Into a comfortable position nnd dozo off for a few minutes when, startled by some sound In tho woods, I would Buddenly awake. After what seemed like a year or more, night flnnlly camo, and with a "dud" sky. low-hanging clouds nnd still more rain. There wns not a star In the nitv of course, nnd that made It very bad, because without tho nld of the stars I had absolutely no wny of know Ing which direction I wns going. It wus lust n caso of taking n chance. I probably would have been better off If I bad simply picked out n pinco ami staved there until tho weather Un proved, but naturally I was Impatient to bo on my wny when eacn day wun out food only lessened my strength nnd my ultimate chances of reaching the frontier, So I left the woods nnd struck off In the direction which I thought wns north. I hadn't been at all sure of my bearings tho day before, and ns It had rained the sun failed entirely to help mo out, but I wns almost sure I had tho right direction nnd trusted to luck. That night I found moro rivers, canals and swamps than I ever found In my nr.. !nfore. but I hnd tho good fortuno to stumble on to some celery, nnd nftcr my diet of beets It surely wns a treat. i,,rtinns It's unnecessary to add that I took on a good supply of celery and for dnya I went along chewing ceiery like a cow would a cud Along towards morning, when I sup posed I hnd gotten In a fairly good lap of my Journey perhaps seven or eight Iiuien i" k" " Jccts ns familiar landmarks. At least, miles I began to recognizo cortnin on ns 1 irnvciou iuuiik i mu-w iumi.uij - . a I T I. n,.lllnilu f hnl noon cortnin objects very reconny, UflU n:vii - Off at my right not over n qunrtcr of 1 I K.iik nl1 a tttA mile I noticed some fairly good a llllie A UU1IH-. D....w ....... n sized woods nnd thought I would go . .t.i Jl 14 over tnore to nino umi unj, uuunw tc . . i.n...it Vi i sun us n a trnlniT trt innUod ns thouch the sun was going to shine nnd I hoped to get my clothes dry, and perhaps get a decent Bleep. I hnd this celery and a large beet, so I knew I would be able to live the day through. Finally I made my wny over to tho woods. It wns still too dark tn among the trees to do much lu tho way of ...leetin my uuarters for the day nnd , ..mm nut so a stes fr;W. So 1 waited nn the pdirn of the forest until r .i .. .i ... . . , - . t. ounu iiiiii men nei oiu io explore ins hlnee. with n view tn flnillnff somn nook - " where I might sleep. Imagine my dls- gust, nnd discouragement, too, when an '"'r r Inter I came upon the exact plnce where I had sppnt tho day before, mil realized that ull night long i mm i ,, i.. f ..... been circling the very woods I was try ing to get away from. I think perhaps I had gone all of a quarter of n mile In " . the right direction, but then had lost my bearings entirely, and daylight - - - found me with nothing accomplished. The sun. however, did come out that day, nnd I welcomed Its warm rays, - ns they, perhaps, have never been wel- . . ...... coined In-fore. I wns verv tired Just about all In but I spent a better day .'. ... ....b i" ... In tho woods than the previous one, That night tho stars came out; I located my friend, the North Star, and tried to make up for lost time. Hut when ono Is making only seven or eight miles a day, or rather a night, ono night lost means n whole lot, especl- ally when each day keeps him from u C....ft. Ill lllfl- freedom. Such 111 fortune nnd (lis courngements ns this were harder to j endure, I believe, than tin actual I hunger, nnd the nccompniiylng worry j naturally reduced my weight. At times ; I was furiously angry with myself for I the mistakes I made nnd the foolish I thlni:s I did. but I always tried to see something funny about the situation, j whatever It might be, that relieved the strain of habit and helped to pass the time away. I think If n man Is overburdened with a sense of humor and wants to get rid of It. this trip I took would be an excellent remedy for It. Itlght at this time I would hnvo welcomed anything for n compan ion. I believe even a snake would have been a Godsend to me. With a nnine ns Irish ns 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 op- nortunlties for milking them fewer than tho cows themselves because they are housed In barns adjoining mo homes and always alertly watched by their fortunate owners. I did hope that I mlL'lit Hnd n goat staked out some place In the fields, hut In all my travels I never saw u goat or a pig, and only a few cows. Several times I searched nests for eggs, but somebody nhvnvs had beaten me to It, ns I never even found so much as n nest egg. Thero was no chance of getting away with uny "bullying" stulT In Luxem bourg. I knew, because the young men hnvo not been forced Into tho army am! are still nt home, and as they aro decidedly pro-Gorman, It would have been pretty bard for mo to demand anything In that .part of the country. It wns not like taking things away from old men and women or robbing people that could not slop me If they eliose to do ho. I thought at this time that I was suffering about the worst hardships any human being could ever bo called upon to endure, but I was later to tlml that the best of my Jour ney was made along about this time. There were plenty of vegetables, even though they were raw, nnd these were much belter than the things I was afterwards compelled to eat or go without. Wo frequently hear of men who have lived for a certain number of days on their own resources In the woods Just on n bet or to prove that the "back-to-nnture" theory still has the merits and will still work. My advice to some of those nature seekers Is that If In tho future they wish to make a real good record, try tho little countries of Luxembourg and Ilelglum with a slice of Germany thrown In. I suppose that during this experi ence of mine I made many mistakes nnd traveled many unnecessary miles which ono with n knowledge of wood mansblp might have avoided and I fiiiinil tn take advantage of many things which would have been quite RANK WITH EAST'S WONDERS Famous Temples at Mandalay, In Up per Burma, a Spectacle That Few Tourists Care to Miss. Of the many strange buildings and temples In tho far Fast, says a writer In Wide World Magazine, there are none moro wonderful than the 4ri0 Temples of the Law at Mandalay, In I'pper liurina, known ns the ltulhol daw, or "Uoyal Merit." Tho group consists of a large central pagoda sur rounded by hundreds of smaller white temples, or shrines. They were erect ed by Alnshny-intn. w ho ascended I he thrnno on the death of his brother In 18(57. The latter was cruelly murdered by his two nephews, and It appears that this very much affected the new king. Not only did ho devoto his ener gies to pence, but erected this strange group of temples, ench ono of which contnlns a slab on which Is engraved a portion of the Buddhist bible. These holy tablets are made of soft marble or alabaster, ench slab being nbout i, ! nf n lnriro old fashioned tomb- I Stone. wn umu " ' "n cnnpters from the Buddhist scriptures. sides nro engraved .a tl.t...l H,.i.i,.ii,.el' rt inrmnnntpil bv n uUM frnmework of mntni with Riiinll tinkling bolls. Tito I II II" I II I temples are situated In a beautiful a 1 1 .1 .n.tai ft, ll it tl. Mil P. ooded valley, nnd seen from tho sur- I WOOIltMl Vllll-J, ' " I roundlng hills they present a fuselnit- I .... I tjng picture. I Filipinos Play Flute with Nose. It Is not nn uncommon spectacle, to see n negro piny n harmonica with his nostrils. Among the Filipinos a flute Is never played In nny other wny, nnd It would create much surprise in that country to see n mnn play a flute with tho mouth. These nose-flutists ran play the ordinary music with ease, hut fust ragtWi . oo much for them. nnnnrent to one who knew. It must not be forgotten, however, that I did not undertake thla adventuro volun tarily. It wna "wished on me." I simply hnd to make the most of the knowledge I hnd. At nbout this time blisters began to appear on my legs nnd my knees swelled. In addition I was pretty well convinced that I had lost tho Bight of my left eye. I hadn't Been a thing out of It since my leap from tho train. When I Imagine tho villainous ap pearance I must huve presented ot this time my unhealed wounds, eighteen days' growth of beard and general lmggnrd nnd unkept vlsnge I think tho fear I felt about meeting strangers was perhaps unwarranted. The chances nro they would hnvo been In finitely more scared than I! As It wns, I was neurly out of Lux embourg before I enme faco to face with anyone. It was about 0 o'clock In tho morning nnd I was traveling along 1 Ml V ft 'Mr v n , v . iv Map Showing the Progress O'Brien Made In Passing Out of Luxembourg Into Belgium. The Heavy Dotted Line Shows the Course of That Part of Hit Journey Toward Holland. a regular path. Just ns I was np prouchlng n cross-path, I heard foot steps coming down It. I stopped short, stooped over nnd pretended to be nd JuHtlng my shoelace, figuring that If tho stranger turned Into my path he would probably pass right by me. As luck would have It, he continued on tils wny nnd never noticed me at all. After that I frequently iutlccd groups of Luxembourg pennants In the distance but I usually saw them first and managed to avoid them. On the eighteenth dny nftcr my leap from the train I crossed Into Ilelglum. It had tuken mo Just nine days to get through Luxembourg n dlstnnce which a man could ordinarily cover In two, but considering tho handicaps under which I labored I was very well satisfied with my progress. CHAPTER IX. I Enter Belgium. I have said It was about Ibe eighteenth day after my escape that I entered Ilelglum, but that Is moro or less guess work. I was possibly well Into that country before I real ized that I hud crossed the line. About the third day after I figured I was In Ilelglum I started to swim n canal Just before daylight. I was thi n heading due north In the direc tion of the German lines. I wns Just about the wade Into the cnnnl when I heard n German yelling violently, and for the first time I knew I was being followed. O'Brien reaches Belgium and, facing starvation, he risks cap ture by going boldly to a Belgian home and asking for aid. With an Improvised weapon In his hand,, he la prepared to go to any extreme in order to get food. Read about this exploit in the next Installment Mode of Life Differs Little From What It Was In the Time of Abraham. It appears that In certain pnrts of tho Arabian desert life Is ns primitive ns In Abraham's time. Sheep nre still slain to seal a vow. The salt or bread covenant Is observed and when a man dies his tent Is torn down and destroyed. Old names like Joseph, Moses, Alex ander, etc., nre still In common uso among Arabs, although pronounced "Yusnf." "Musa" and "Skandar." To dlvorco his wife n man may repeat tho formula "Hut telok." three lUnesj usu ally uttering It once makes tho woman behave nnd the repetition Is not nec essary. The evil eye superstition Is common, nnd tho first Injunction giv en a foreigner by experienced Arabian travelers is that lie must not point at animals or persons In Arab settle ments. Arabs say thnt n man possessed of this malign power can look nt a bird flying In tho nlr nnd It will drop dead: that If ho chooses to cast his wlckol spell on n camel it may go lame, or a child may be struck blind. ' Vm of the lower class can rend or write, but the Arab Is noted for his ready wit and his habit of speaking In allegory. Lucid English. A recent advertisement contalus the following: "If the gentleu?u who keeps the boot shop with the red heud will return the umbrella of a young lady with whalebone ribs and nn Iron handle to tbo slate-roofed grocer'a shop he will henr of something to his advantage, n the same Is tho r.ft of n deceased mother now no more with the uumo engraved uuon If ' tTO 11 10 CUNTl.NUKD.) . .Mi.nviur IIIIVA IM HDAUIA rKIMIllVfc WAI5 1 1 Hnui DE HAVILAND FOURS USED American Commandar. In -Chief ll Franca Advises War Department That Mission Was Successfully Carried Out. Washington. General Pershing ad vised tho War Department that early In 'August a complete squadron of eighteen De Havlland four airplanes, built In the Unltpd States and equipped with Liberty motors, success fully carried out the first reconnais sance flight of American-built ma chines behind the German lines. They returned without loss. In making this announcement Sec retary Baker said that Brigadier Gen eral Koulola, of the American Air Service, led the expedition. This wa.4 tho first report from Genera! Pershing on the performance of Amerlcan-bullt De Havllands to be made public. Secretary Baker said his advices contained no other Information re garding the flight, except thnt Lieu tenant Blair Thaw also was on the trip. Tho time and place of the flight, Mr. Baker considered it advisable to withhold. The announcement was considered by ofilcers as setting at rest rumors that the He llavlland machines were not a success, and also as showing that the Liberty motors have now provpn themselves In actual war con ditions. Whether the squadron was attnrked was not stated. It would have been well able to take care of Itself, however, as the machines, each carrying - a pilot and observer, are equipped with four machine guns on recommendntlon of General I'ershlnt mado months ago. The flight undoubtedly was a scout ing trip, and probably many photo graph of the enemy's works wore brouuht back, the American photo graphic equipment for this service, devised since the war began, also coming In for a final test. No recent figures on the produc tion of the De llavlland fours are available, and Secretary Baker would not sanction discussion of this phase of the matter. It Is recalled, how ever, thnt the production of the one thousandth machine at the plant of the Dayton-Wright Company was re cently celebrated, and since then an other great plant has come Into quan tity production. It Is assumed that the squadron mentioned Is now regularly operating at the Tront. which means that a large number of reserve and replacement De Havllands are ready behind it. Prob ubly General Pershing has now at hi disposal the majority of the craft of this type so far produced. There was much discussion of the Di llavlland fours recently, due to critical reports from the aviation lervlco abroad on the machines first received. Investigation here showod however, thnt the specific complaints were minor In character, and the fact that a full squadron has been organ Ized nnd put Into operation at the Tront shows this to have been the case. AMERICAN FLIER DOWNED. Lieutenant Miller Lost In Unequal Battle. rarls. Lieutenant Walter B. Miller, of New York City, a former member of tho Lafayette Krailrllle, who was transferred to the American service, was killed In an aerial combat on Au gust 3. His patrol, consisting of eight machines, was attacked by a German squadron of 30 airplanes. He foil Inside the American line. Tho other members of the patml escaped after a fierce struggle. FOCH THANKS AMERICA. Expresses Appreciation Of Moral And Spiritual Aid. rarls. Marshal Foch has asked Rev. Charles S. Marfarlnnd, general lerretary of tho Federal Councils of Churches of Christ in America, to con vey to the American people his deep appreciation of their moral and spirit ual support. Mr. Marfarlnnd visited Marshal Foch at his headquarters, and during their conversation the Allied generalissimo was enthusiastic In his praise of Amorlcan generals, offlcera and men. TELEGRAPH TICKS. A conference of district presidents kof the United Mine Workers will be held In Indianapolis August 22 to dis cuss tho proposal of "a substantial flat Increase of wages to be applied in all classifications of mine labor." A million dollar endowment fund to establish a Catholic publicity service was proposed at the annual conven tion In Chicago of the Catholic Press Association. The National Assoolat'on of Retail Clothlors In convention In New York elected William A. Bodenhausur, of St. Louis, president. Steps to complete the organisation of a national body to be I nuwn as the American War Mothers were taken at Indianapolis. Two men wera killed and one seri ously Injured In an explosion at the St. Jullea Creek Naval Magaalne near Norfolk, Va. Aliiert Metln. head of the French economic mission now In the United 1 St""" "d ""ddonly a' Psclflc per.
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