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DRIVEN TO DESPERATION BY HUNGER, O'BRIEN GOES
BOLDLY TO A BELGIAN HOUSE AND ASKS FOR FOOD.
Synopsis. Pat O'lirlen, a resident of Momonco, 111., after seeing
,.rvlo In tho Amorlonn FlyltiR corps on Uio Mexican border In l'.'lfl,
, tie Ilrltlsh Itoyitl Flying corps In Ciiniidn, imd nftor n brief tru!n
T ....ruM h sent to France. Ho Ih assigned to u squadron In netlvo
Lrvlci on tho front. lie engngos In Severn! hot fluids with German
livers from which bo emerges victorious. Finally, In u fight with four
(iriniiin flyers, O'lirlen Is shot down. Ho fIl S.imh) feet and, escaping
uViiih by n miracle, nwakes to find himself n prisoner In a Oennuti
liospitnl. with a bullet, hole In his mouth. Afl'-r a few days In tho
hospital' ho Is sent to a prison camp at Coiirtral. After a short stay
there ho Is placed upon-a train bound for a prison camp In Germany.
Ho decides to take a desperate chance for liberty. He lenpH through
the open window of the car while the train Is traveling 3.") miles
nn hour. His wounds reopened by tho fall, O'Hrlon almost literally
crawls through Germany and Luxembourg, traveling at night nnd
(deeping by day, living on garbage and raw vegetables stolon from
gardens.
CHAPTER IX Continued.
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I rim up the bank of tho canal quite
I distance and then swam to tho op
posite Hide, as I reasoned they would
not lie looking for mo there. I found
i sheltered clump of bushes that were
In i swamp near tho canal and In the
driest part that I could find I crawled
In and made myself as comfortable
u possible. The sun come up soon
mil kept me warm, and I planned to
camp right there, food or no food,
until tho Hun got tired of searching
tt inc. I think I heard them once
or twice that day, and my heart nearly
stopped n each occasion, but evi
dently they decided to look In some
other direction and I was not further
molested, v
At the samj time I figured that It
ns absolutely necessary for mo to
change my course, even at the ex
pense of going somewhat out of my
ny. I decided to go duo west and
I kept In that direction for four days.
As I was In a very weak condition,
I illil not cover more than five tulles a
nljjlit. I kept away from tho roads
anil did all my Journeying through
fields, beet patches, woods, swamps
anywhere provided I was not likely
to lie seen and captured. Food was
an linj xtrt nn t consideration to me, but
It tvus secondary to concealment.
At last I brought up at tho Mouse
river ut a place between Namur and
"I Kept Pulling and Crawling Up
That Infernal Bank.
lay, and It was hero that I came near-
of all to giving up the struggle.
Tlie Mouse ut this point Is about
half a ndlo wide as wide as the Hud
twin Itlver at West Point. Had I been
In ii'innal condition I wouldn't have
lieslinted u moment to swim across.
Sun lUego bay, California, Is a mile
mil a half wide, nnd I had often swam
uei'uss and back, and tlie Sun Jaoipiln,
which Is also a mile and a half wide,
Imd never proven an obstacle to mo.
la the wretched shape In which I
then was, however, tho Mouse looked
like tho Aliunde ocean to me. I
looked for a boat, but could llnd none.
I tried to get a piece of wood upon
which I InipeU In ferry ucross, but I
eipially unsuccessful.
let across I must, and I decided
there was nothing to do but to swim.
It was then about II o'clock In the
tniiruliig. I waded In and wus soon
In hcyimd my depth and had to swim.
After about an hour of It I was very
much exhausted, and I doubted
whether I could make tho opposite
hank, although It was not more thu
thirty or forty feet away. I choked
nail gasped, unit my arms and legs
itu completely fagged out. I sank a
little and tried to touch bottom with
my feet, but tho witor was still bo
i " 1 1 1 my depth.
There are timed when everyone will
Kay, and I was no exception. I
played for strength to make those
lew wicked yards, and then, with I'll
Uio will power I could summon, struck
'"I for dear life. It seemed a life
time before I finally felt tho welcome
'"ud of bottom ami was able to drag
jnyselt up to the bank, but I got there.
Tim bunk was rather high and I was
"'mklng so violently that when I took
hold of the grass to pull myself up,
1J grass shook out of my hand. I
ould not reinln my grip. I was afraid
I Would faint lliitu niwl tlu.ru loir I
kPt pulling iiml crawling frantically
I that Infernal hunk jtvd finely
"'nun it,
Then for tho first time In my life I
fainted fuluted from utter exhaus
tion. It wua now about 4 o'clock In the
Vu,tdu3 and I was entirely uunro -
By
tectod from observation. If anyone
had come along I would have been
found lying there dead to the world,
Possibly two hours passed before I
regained consciousness, and then, nn
doubt, only because the ruin wus
beating In my face.
I knew that I had to get away, as
it was broad daylight. Moreover,
there was a tow-path risht there nnd
any minute a boat nrght come along
and find mo. Hut It was equally
dangerous for mo to attempt to travel
very far. Fortunately I found some
shrubbery near by and I hid there all
day, without food or drink.
That night I made a little head
way, but when day broko I had a
dreadful fever and was delirious. 1
talked to myself and thereby In'
creased my chances of capture. In
my lucid Intervals when I realized that
I bad been talking, tho thought sent
u chill through me, because in the
silent night even the slightest sound
carries far across the Ilelglan country,
I began to fear that another day of
tills would about finish me.
I have a distinct recollection of
ridiculous conversation I carried on
with an Imaginary Pat O'lirlen a
sort of duplicate of myself. I argued
with li I in as I marched drearily along
and ho answered me back in kind
and when we disagreed, I called irpon
my one constant friend, the North
Star, to stand by me.
"There you are, you old North Star,"
I cried aloud. "You want me to get
to Holland, don't you? Put this Pat
OT.rleu this Pat O'llreln who calls
himself a soldier he's got a yellow
streak North Star -"nnd ho says It
can't ho dune! Ho wants mo to quit
to lie down hero for tho Huns to
find too mid lake me buck to ('our
I nil after nil you've done, North
Star? I don't want to follow him I
Just want to follow you because you
you are taking me away from the
Huns and tills Put O'lirlen this fel
low who keeps after me all the time
and leans on my neck and wants me
to lie down this yellow Pat o'llreln
wants mo to go back to the Huns!
After a spell of foolish chatter like
Unit my senses would come back to
mo for a while and I would trudge
nhng without a word until the fever
i n mi on me again
I knew Unit I hud to have food be
cause I was about on my last legs,
was very much tempted to lie down
then and there tin' call It n beat
Tilings seemed to bo getting worse for
me the further I went, and all the
time I had before me tho spectre of
that electric barrier between Ilelglum
and llnlliiiiil, even If I ever reached
there alive. What was tho use of
further suffering when I would prob
ably bo captured In tho end anyway t
lteforo giving up, however, I decided
upon one bold move. I would ap
proach one of the houses In the vl
chilly and get food there or die In
the effort
I picked out a small house because
I figured there would be less llkell
hood of soldiers being billeted there,
Then I wrapped u atone In my khaki
handkerchief as a sort of camoullaged
weapon, determined to kill the occu
pant of tlie house, German or Ilelglan,
If Unit step was necessary In order
to get food. I tried the well In the
yard, but It would not work, and then
I went up to the door and knocked.
It was 1 o'clock In the morning. An
old lady came to the window and
looked out. She could not Imagine
what I was, probubly, because I was
still attired in that old overcoat. She
gave a cry and her husband and a
boy came to tho door.
They could not speak English nnd I
could not speak Flemish, but I pointed
to my flying cunt nnd then to tho sky
and said "Fleger" (tiler), which I
thought would tell them what I was.
Whether they understood or were
Intimidated by tho hard-looking ap
pearance, I don't know, but certainly
It would have to be a bravo old man
and boy who would start an argument
wlili such a villainous looking char
actor ns stood before them that night!
I had not shaved for a month, my
clothes were wet, torn and dirty, my
leggings were gone they hud gotten
so heavy I had to dlscnrd them my
hair was matted and my cheeks were
Hushed with fever. Ill nty bund I
carried tho rock In my handkerchief
and I made no effort to conceal Its
iircHcnco or Its mission.
Anyway, they motllinod mo Indoors,
gave mo my first hot meal In more
than a month I True, It consisted only
of warm potatoes. They had been
previously cooked, but the old woman
warmed them up In milk In one of tho
dirtiest kettles I hud ever seen.
asked for broad, but she shook her
head, although I think It must have
been for lack of It rather than be
cniiso she begrudged It to mo. For
If ever a man showed ha was flmUhod,
1 1 did that night. X swallowed those
Lieutenant Pat O'Brien
(Copyright, 1018. by Ptl Air O'Brien)
warm potatoes ravenously and I drank
four glasses of water, one after an
other. It wag tho best meal I bud Iintl
slnco the "banquet" la tho prison at
Coiirtral.
Tho woman of tho house was proh
ably seventy-flve yenrs old and had
vldcntly worn wooden shoes all her
life, for she had a callous spot on tlie
side of her foot tho size of half a dol
lar and It looked so hard that I doubt
whether you could lmvo driven a nail
Into It with a hammer I
As I sat there drying myself for I
was In no hurrry to leave tho first
human habitation I had entered In
four weeks I reflected on my un
happy lot nnd the unknown trouble
and dangers that lay aheud of mo.
Here, for more than a month, I had
been leading tho life of a hunted
unlmal--yos, worse than' a hunted
atilmal, for in inro clothes her loss
favored creatures more appropriate
ly for tho life they lead than I was
clothed for mine nnd there was not
the slightest rcuson to hopo that con
ditions would grow any better.
Perhaps tho first warm food I had
oaten for over a month had released
unused springs of philosophy In me,
us food sometimes does for a man.
I pointed to my torn and water
soaked clothes and conveyed to them
ns best I could that I would bo grate
ful for an old suit, but apparently
they were too tsior to have more than
tlley actually needed themselves, ami
I rose to go. I had aroused them out
of bed and I knew I ought not to keep
them up longer than was absolutely
necessary.
As I approached the door I got a
dunce at mvself In a mirror. I was
tho awfulest sight I bad laid eyes on 1
Tho glimpse I got of myself startled
me utmost as much as If I had seen a
dreaded German helmet ! My left eye
was fairly well healed by tills time
and I was beginning to regain sight
of It, but my fuce was so haggard and
my beard so long and unkempt that 1
looked like Santa Claus on a bat I
As they let mo out of tho 'door I
pointed to the opposlto direction to
the one I Intended taking nnd started
off In the direction I bad Indicated,
Later I changed my course completely
to throw off any possible pursuit.
Tho next day I was so worn out from
exposure and exhaustion that I threw
away my coat, thinking that the loss
weight I had to carry tho better It
would be for mo, but when night came
I regretted my nilstako because tho
nights were now getting colder. I
thought at first It would be better for
mu to retrace my steps and look for
tlie coat I bad so thoughtlessly ill
carded, but I decided to go on with
out it.
I then began to dlscnrd everything
that I had in my pocket, finally throw
Inu my wrist watch Into a canal.
wrist-watch does not add much
weight, but when you plod along and
have not eaten for a month It finally
becomes rather heavy. Tho next
tiling I discarded was a pair of flying
mittens.
These mittens I had gotten at ramp
P.orden, In Cnnudii, ami had become
quite famous, as my friends termed
them "snow slioes." In fact, they
were a ridiculous pair of mittens, but
the best pair I ever hud and I really
felt worse when I lost those mittens
than anything else. I could not think
if iinvliodv else ever using them, so I
dug a hole In Uio mud and btirli
them and could not help but laugh
at the thought if my friends could si
me burying my mittens, because they
were a standing Joke III Canada, Lug
bind and France.
I bad 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 win; a shirt that I had
bought In France, the other an Amor
lean army shirt. They were both
khaki and one as apt to give mo away
as tho other, so I discarded the French
shirt. The American army shirt I
brought back with mo to F.ngbmd and
It Is still In my possession.
When I escaped from tho train I still
had the llnvnrlun cap of bright rod In
my pocket and wore It for many
nights, but I took great care that no
one suw It It also had proven very
useful when swimming rivers, for I
carried my map and a few other be
longings In It und I hud fully made
up my mind to bring It homo us a
souvenir. Hut tho farther I went
tho heavier my extru clothing became,
so I was compelled to dlscnrd even
the cap. I know that It would be a
tell-lulo mark If I simply threw It
away, so one night after swimming n
river, I dug a hole In tho soft mud on
tho bank and burled It, too, with con
siderably less ceremony than my fly
ing mittens had received perhaps; so
that was tho end of my Hnvarlnn hat.
My experience at tho Itelglan's
house whetted my appetite for more
food and I figured that what had been
done once could bo done aguln.
Sooner or Inter, I reall.ed I would
probably npprimih a Ilelglan and find
u German Instead, but In such a con
tingency I was determined to meas
ure my strength against tho Hun's If
necessary to effect my escape.
As It was, however, most of tho Pel
gluns to whom I applied for food gave
It to me readily enough, and If somo
of them refused mo It wus only be
cause they feared I might bo a spy
or that the Germans would shoot them
If their action were subsequently
found out.
About tho fifth day after I had en
tered Uelgluiu I was spending tho day
as usual In a clump of bushes when I
dlscorned In tho distance whnt ap
peared to be something hanging on a
lino. All day long I strained my eyes
trying to doddo what It could be and
arguing with myself that It might be
something that I could add to my In
adequate wordrobe, but the distance
was so great that I could not Identify
I hud a grout fear that before
night came It would probubly be re
moved. As soon as darkness fell, however, I
crawled oat of my hiding place and
worked up to tho lino and got a pair
of overalls for my Industry. Tho pair
of overalls was tho first bit of civil
ian clothes I had thus far picked up
with tho exception of a civilian cap
which I bad found at tho prison and
concealed on my person and which I
still had. The overalls were rather
small and very short, but when I put
them on I found that they hung down
fur enough to cover my breeches.
It was perhaps three days later that
planned to search another house for
further clothes. Filtering Ilelglan
houses at night Is anything but a sufo
proposition, because their families are
large and sometimes as mnny as seven
or eight sleep In a single room. The
barn Is usually connected with tho
house proper, and there was always
tho danger of disturbing somo dumb
animal even If tho Inmates of tho
house were not aroused.
Frequently I took a chance of
searching a hack yard at night In tho
hope of finding food scraps, but my
success In that direction wus so slight
that I soon decided that It wasn't
worth tho risk and I continued to
live on raw vegetables that I could
pick with sufety In tho fields and the
occasional meal that I was able to get
from the Ilelglan peasants In tho duy
time.
Nevertheless I was determined to
get more In the way of clothing and
when night enmo I picked out a house
that looked ns though It might furnish
mo with what I wanted. It was a
moonlight night and If I could get In
the burn I would have a fair chance of
finding my way around by tho moon
light which would enter tho windows,
The barn adjoined the main part of
tho houso, hut I groped around very
carefully and soon I touched some
thing hanging on a peg. I dli.n t
know what it was, but I confiscated
It and carried It out Into the fields,
There In tho moonlight I "examined
my booty and found that It was an old
coat. It was too short for an over
coat and too long for nn ordinary
coat, but nevertheless I tnado use of
It It had probubly been nn overcoat
for tho Ilelglan who had worn It,
Some days Inter I got a scarf from
a Ilelglan peasant and with this equip
ment I was able to conceal my uul
form entirely.
Later on, however, I decided that It
was too dangerous to keep the uniform
on anyway and when night came I
dug a hole and burled It.
I never realized until I bad to part
with It lust bow much I thought of
that uniform. It had been with mi
through bard trials and I felt as If I
wro iibumlonliig a friend when I
parted with It. I was tempted to keep
tho wings off the tunic, but thought
that would be a dangerous concession
to sentiment In the event that I was
ever captured. It wns the only dis
tinction I hud left, as I had given
I ho Itoynl Flying Corps budges and
tho stars of my rank to the Gorman
flying officers as souvenirs, but I felt
Unit It wus safer to dlscnrd It. As
It finally turned out, through all my
subsequent experiences, my escape
would, never have been Jeopardised
had I kept my uniform but, of course
I hud no bleu what wus In store for
mo.
Thero wns ono thing which surprised
mo very milch as I Journeyed through
Ilelglum and that was tho scarcity of
dogs. Apparently most of them had
been taken by the Germans nnd whnt
are left arc hensia of burden who aro
too tired at night to bark or botlu
Intruders. This wns u mighty good
thing for mo, for I would certainly
have stirred them up In passing
tliroudi back-yards as I sometimes
did when I was making a short cut
One night as I came out of a yard
It wns so pitch dark that I could not
seo ten feet abend of mo nnd I wns
right In the back of a little village,
Diagram Showing How O'Brien Lost
Precious Hours by swimming Riv
er and Later Finding That He Was
on the Wong Side and Had to Swim
Back.
although I did not know It. I crawled
alone fearing I might come to a cross
roads at which thero would In all
iirobablllty bo a German sentry.
My nrecautlon served mo In good
stead for bad I come out In (he main
street of tho village and within twenty
feet of mo, sitting on some bricks
where they were building a llttlo store,
I could seo tho dim outline of a dor-
man spiked helmet I
I could not cross tho street and tho
onlv thing to do was to bnclt track
It meant making a long detour and
losing two hours of precious time and
effort but there was no noip ror it
so I plodded woarlly back, cursing
the Huns at evory -stop.
The next night while crossing some
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fields I enmo to a road. It was ono of
tho main mails of Ilelglum and was
paved with cobblo stones. On theso
ronds you can hear a wagon or horso
about a mllo or two away. I listened
Intently before I moved aheud and
hearing nothing concluded that tho
way was clear.
As I emerged from tho field and got
my first glimpse of tho road, I got Uio
shock of my life I In either direction,
ns far as I could seo, tho road was
lined with German soldiers! What
they were doing In that part of Ilel
glum I did not know, but you Can be
mighty sure I didn't spend any time
trying to find nut.
Agnln It was necessary to rhnngo
my course nnd lose a certain amount
of ground, but by this time I had be-
cotno fairly well reconciled to these
reverses and they did not depress me
as much as they !M at first.
At this period of my adventure, If a
day or night passed without Its thrill
began to feel utmost dlappolnted,
but such disappointments were
rather rare.
One evening ns I was about to swim
a cumil about two hundred feet wide,
suddenly noticed about one hundred
ynrds away a canal boat moored to
tho side.
It wns at a sort of out-of-the-way
plnco and I wondered what the canal
boat had stopped for. I crawled up
to see. As I nearcd tho boat five men
were leaving It and I noticed them
cross over Into tho fields. At a sufo
dlstunce I followed them and they had
not gono very far before I saw what
they were after. They were commit
ting tho common but heinous crime of
stealing pot n toe!
Without the means to cook them,
potatoes didn't Interest mo a bit and
I thought that tho bunt Itself would
probably yield mo more than tho po
tato patch. Knowing tho canul-hnnds
would probubly tuko their time In the
fields, I climbed up the stern of tho
bout leisurely nnd without any pnrtlc-
ulur plans to conceal myself. Just as
my head appeared above tho stern of
tho boat I saw silhouetted iigulnst
tho sky, tho drend outline of a Ger
man soldier spiked helmet and all I
A chill ran down my spine ns I
dropped to the bank of tho niiiul nnd
slunk uway. Evidently the sentry hud
not seen mo or, If ho Inn!, he hud prob
ably figured that I was ono of the
foraging pnrty, but I realized that It
wouldn't pay In future to take any
thing for granted.
CHAPTER X.
Experience In Belgium.
I think Hint ono of tho worst things
I bad to contend with In my Journey
through Ilelglum was the number of
small ditches. They Intercepted me
at every hulf mile or so, sometimes
more frequently. The canals and tho
big rivers I could swim. Of course, I
got soaked to tho skin every time I
did It, but I was becoming hardened
to Unit.
These llttlo ditches, however, were
too narrow to swim and too wide to
Jump. They had perhaps two feet or
water In them and three feet of mud,
nnd It wns almost Invariably a case of
wading through. Some of them, no
doubt, I could have Jumped If I had
been In decent shape, but with a had
utiklo and In tho weakened condition
In which I was, H was almost out of
tho question.
Ono night I came to n ditch about
eight or nine feet wide. I thought I
was strong enough to jump It and It
wns worth trying ns tho discomfort I
suffered nftor wilding theso ditches
was considerable. Taking a long run,
I Jumped as hard as I could, hut I
missed It by four or five Indies and
landed In about two feet of water and
three of mud. Getting out of that
moss was quite a Job. The water was
too dirty and too scanty to enable me
to wnsh off tho mud with which I was
covered and It was too wet to scrape
DO NOT APPEAL TO VISITOR
Writer Frankly Expresses Feeling of
Disappointment at sight of Build
ings Within Kremlin Walls.
To mo none of tho ten churches with
in the Kremlin walls Is Impressive.
Ivan Veliki towers the highest, but It
Is fur from Imposing, writes Mnynard
Owen Williams In tho Christian Her
ald. From one side It resembles a tow
er rather than a church, yet It has no
such quiet dignity as ono finds In tho
Kutah MInar, near Delhi, or tho tow
erlng dome of St. Sophia with Its
flanking needle minarets. Tho other
cathedrals aro dropped around with
careless abandon nnd a nice disregard
for tho cost of gold lenf. but none of
them dominates a vista or gathers
about Itself the other musses In plena
lug nrrny. The Kremlin Is a mighty
whole, composed of many unlmposlng
parts. Its long red walls nnd splendid
gates produce nn effect of slmplo
strength which cannot ho found within
their portals.
The Interiors are ns disappointing
as are tho groups of domes which ills
tlngiilsh the exteriors. None Is largo,
nono Is truly Intimate. The effect Is of
surplus gilt and multiplicity of r.alnts
which remind ono of the gopurnms of
India. Spindle-shanked saints, whose
emaciated figures seem too wenk to
support their gilt haloes, alternate
with knights In armor.
Bad Language Astonished Horse.
A horse's surprlso was recounted In
court the other day when a gamokeep
or was fined a dollar at Thaxted, Us
sex, England, for using bnd language.
A woman who preferred the chnrge
said that a horso near her cottage
"laid back Its ears and turned Its eyes
In -great astonishment toward tho
swearing gamekeeper." '
oft. I Just bad to wait until It dried
and acrupe It off then.
In many sections of Ilelglum through
which I hud to pass I encountered
largo areus of swamp and marshy
ground and rather than wnate the
time Involved In looking for better
undorfootlng which I might not have
found anyway I used to pole right
through the mud. Apurt from the
discomfort of this method of travel
ing and the slow time I made, there
was an added danger to me In tho fact
that the "squash, squash" noise which
I made might easily bo overheard by
Belglana and Germans and give my
position away. Nobody would cross
a swump or marsh In that part of the
country unless he wns trying to got
awny from somebody, and I realized
my danger but could not get around It
It wus a common sight In Ilelglum
to see a small donkey and a common
ordinary milch cow hitched together,
pulling a wagon. When I first ob
served tho unusual combination, I
thought It was a donkey nnd ox or
bull, but closer lnsioctlnn revealed to
mo that cows were being used for the
purpose.
From that I wu nblo to observe
thero must be very few horses left In
Ilelglum except those owned by the
Germans. Cows and donkeys are now
horses and mules. Altogether I spent
nenrly eight weeks wandering through
Ilelglum, and In ull that time I don't
believe I saw more than half a dozen
horses In tho possession of tho native
population.
One of the scarcest things In Ger
many, apparently. Is rubber, for I
noticed that their motor trucks, or lor
ries, unlike our own, had no rubber
tires. Instead heuvy Iron bunds were
Burying His Uniform at Night.
employed. I cSuld bear them cotnf
rumbling along the stone ronds for
miles before they renched tho spot
where I happened to be In hlldlng
When 1 saw these military mads In
Ilelglum for tho first time, with their
heavy cobblestones that looked ns II
they would last for centuries, I real
ized at oiieo why It was Unit tho Ger
mnns had been nblo to make such a
rapid advance Into Pelglum ut the
start of tlve war.
I noticed that tho P.elgluns used
dogs to n conslderuble extent to pull
their enrts, und I thought iiiiiny timet
that if I could have stolen one of
those dogs It would have been n very
good companion for nie and might, II
tho occasion arose, help me out In a
fight. Hut I had no way of feeding II
und the nnlmul would prolmlily have
starved to death. I could live on veg
etables, which I could always depend
upon finding In t.ie fields, but n dog
couldn't, und so I gave up the Idea.
In Belgium, after weeks of
hardships and narrow escapes
from recapture, O'Brien finally
finds a man whom he believes
to be his friend. Cheered by
the prospect of final escape, he
gains courage to continue his
heartbreaking tramp through
Belgium. Don't miss the next
installment
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PEANUT PUT TO MANY USES
Nutritious Oil and Palatable Butter
Derived From the Humble "Goob
er," Beloved of Childhood.
Tho peanut Isn't n nut at all, but
a member of he pen, bean nnd clover
family. It l a legume and gathers
nitrogen from A air. Peanuts do not
grow from roots, but on shoots which
grow out from the plant above ground,
bear n little sterile yellow blossom and
then shoot directly Into tho ground,
where they "peg," that Is, where pen
nuts begin to grow on them. The pea
nuts are pulled from the vines or roots,
and tho roots nre then plowed buck
Into the ground to allow tho nitrogen
to feed the soil. The pennuts are then
taken to peanut fnctorles. In those
buildings tho pennuts nre cleaned nnd
sorted. The largest are saved and put
through n nimbler, which polishes tho
shells. Theso are sold In tho shells.
Other first grndes nre shelled and sold
for salting; and one big packlug com
pany buys only first grndes for peanut
butter.
If the pennuts nre pulled roots and
nil, tho pennuts are dried out by stuck
Ing on poles, then pulled off nnd sold.
Itroken peanuts nre pressed and tho oil
extrncted. Much of this oil Is sold as
"puro olive oil." In fact, It Is qulto
ns rich and nutritious ns ollvo oil. The
refuse Is pressed Into cakes and sold
ns oil enkes for feeding stock and
especially dnlry cows. St. Nicholas.
Strive to Keep Soul Youthful.
My hody'a old, but that's not my
fault. I'm not to blame for an old
body, but I would bo to blame for an
old soul. An old soul ta a ihamoful
thing. Margaret Doland.
A new oil-burning apparatus heats
and Ufhti the room at U iUm
HER REWARD
By MARGUERITE HAGGERTY
Situated on a lofty height, nestllntf
nmld a grove of nature's luxuriant
pines and elms, stood an old-fashioned
country mansion. On the shady veran
du of this Ideal beauty spot was seat
ed a sweet-faced girl of seventeen.
Her thoughts were not all sunshiny
ones, for every once In a while there
would flash across her fair coun
tenance a mirthful smllo, which, how
ever, would soon become enveloped by
s. more serious expression. Julia Cuv
prly wns loved both homo and abroad.
Julia bud ono pet grievance. Ev
ery yenr she eagerly looked forward
to spending her summer at River-
.view, but the only obstacle to mar
her blissful reveries wns tlie forbid
ding remembrance that her father
could spend but ono week encb sum
mer with them, ns his business was
such that be could not remain awny
for nny longer period of time.
Suddenly Jullu ran In from the
norch, as she spied tho postman.
i'Mninmn, you know daddy promised
to try and spend two weeks with us
Ibis summer. I feel sure that I will
receive some welcome news from dear
lid dad todny." She leaped In front
t the good-nuturoJ letter carrier who,
bowever, was not In the least sur
prised, for he hnd become accustomed
o the young girl's Impulsive manners.
With a roguish smile she snntched tho
tetter from his hand, and headed to
ward her mother with all possible
ieed. She hastily tore open the en
. . . . in
retope ana oevourea me coniemm
her Joy hnd fled, as she threw tho let
ter to tho floor. "Oh, mamma, I can
oot read It aloud I think the very
words would choke mo. I don't see
how business could be so pressing
,i...f 1! nnt nnrn ns lit lenst
one measly little week."
"Try to forget your troubles for the
present, dear," replied her mother,
"and run along and prepare for lunck
eon."
After lunch a bevy of her denres
lrl friends arrived, and announced
Unit their yacht was ready to sturt for
I long trip down the river. "Tho
xrty will stnrt tomorrow," snld one
of tho girls, "so Julia, I thought we
would run over to remind you to be
i-endy on time, so we enn launch forth
curly In tho morning." "How long
lo you Intend to be nwnyr asked
lulla. "It will bo fully two weeks, my
onny hiss," was the answer of tho
spokesman of the group, "so pack up
a well-stocked wardrobe."
When the girls hnd departed Julia
informed her mother that she Intend
ed to visit Mis. Jackson, a dear old
lady who hnd been an Invalid for a
number of yenrs.
The pitiful eyes of tho sick womnn
diluted with Joy when she beheld In
the doorwny tlie fnce of her generous
little benefactor. A soothing word and
a gentle caress from Julia lightened
the heart of many a lonely soul, but
po lovo was over more reciprocal than
that which sprang up between Mrs.
Juckson and Julia Cnverly. A basket
of tnstlly prepared dainties wns laid
on the table, and after a confident lnl
chat of nn hour-or so, Mrs. Jackson
reluctantly linde good-hy to her little
friend.
The next morning, Julln, In high
Pplrlts, sut waiting with her bnpgngo
to Join tho merry band of sixteen that
were due to arrive In a few minutes.
Hearing tho sound of running steps,
she turned around quickly Just ns a
little fellow bobbed up In front of her.
"Miss Cnverly, do please come In a
hurry; Mrs. Jackson Is very sick."
Julia did not stop to think of her own
enjoyment for nn Instant. Tho mes
sage wns unfolded to her mother, nnd
ho expressed her Intention of leav
ing Immediately to see the sick old
Judy. Mrs. Cnverly protested with her
daughter In vain, arguing that she,
herself, would tend to the Invnlld's
wnnts, and not to sacrifice her trip for
tho sake of being obstinate. Finally
Jullu overruled all her mother's ob
jections. That evening ns Julln was returning
home, after spending the day nursing
her loved patient her heart felt rath
er henvy, but as soon as sho felt nny
minus of regret alio would begin to
hum n popular ulr and linsten her
steps honiewurd. Mrs. Cnverly felt
exceedingly proud of her generous
henrted daughter that evening ns sho
listened to her relating bow Mrs. Jack
aon wns resting very comfortably now,
nnd that she would never forgive her
self If nho hnd neglected to respond
to her pitiable appeal. Feeling qulto
fatigued, Julia sunk Into a lounging
chair nnd soon fell fust asleep.
Creeping cnutlously behind her chair,
her father placed his hnnds gently
over her eyes, while her mother, near
by, laughingly snld: "Wake up. Julln,
dear, and guess who your bllndfolder
Is." "None other thnn my own dear
daddy," exclaimed tho excited girl.
"Aro you glad to seo me, Julln, dear?"
cnaxlngly asked her father. To re
assure him of her sincere affection,
Julln gave blni a hug and a kiss. Her
father chuckled with delight ns ho con
tinued: "That was certainly a huge
Juke to send you that letter yester
dny, but I wanted to completely sur
prise you by paying a full week's vis
it." "Daddy, you surely are a fine
rogue. You can thank Mrs. Juckson,
however, for seeing mo hero today.
Why, I would bo sailing far out on the
wnter by this time, only her tempor
ary sick spell detained me. But oh I
paddy, you old denr, I would gladly
exchnngo any pleasure trip Just to be
with you."
(Copyright, 191. tv h McClure Newipa.
par Syndicate.)
How to Remove a Ptit
Flora The Idea I Here la a doctor
who says that ynwnlng will remove
thnt annoying burning In one's ears.
Laura That's true. Tho other night
.. nnuni, XI r .Tnt as hnd been talk-
pibvi j nim - -
Ing steadily td me for three hours, I
yawned twice and he weut bom.
Heard In Court
"What la your age, madam r asked
the Judge of a witness.
"lour honor," answered the lady
diplomatically, "that Is something I
will leave to your kind Indulgeuco." (