THE FULTOti COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. "Outwitting the Hun By LIEUTENANT PAT O'BRIEN Copyright. 1018. by Pit AJy O'Brien 1t " .... A I - - I. . . I ...III, 4 I . I I . lnla Mnencut flAWItV CHAPTER XII. The Forged Passport. rnr obvious reasons, I cannot de rll,e tlio man to whom I applied for IT. passport nor the house In which h. lived. While. In view of what sub- neatly happened I would not be ...... ,.nnninaf lr nn poi 1IUIJ Lble for liuvlng denlt with mc. I " .. . i. Iinnlulilna lift llllll m realize " "" i , Led In common with the other In hsbltnnts of that conquered city may oosslbly have distorted his Idea of risht and Justice, and I shall not de liberately bring further disaster on him by revealing his Identity. This man we will call 1dm Huy ,lcr because that Is os unlike his name as It Is mine-was very kind to pe on that memorable night when I aroused him from his sleep and la a feW words of explunutlon told him of ny plight- Ho Invited me Inside, prepared somo food for me and, putting on a dress ing gwn cnI" ond Sttt by mo w,'"e 1 ,le, listening with the greatest Intor- ent'to the short uccouut of my adven tures. He could speak English fluently, ond k Interrupted me several times to ex press his sympathy for the sufferings I hud endured. "O'lirlen," he snld, ofter I had con cluded my story, "I am going to help jou. It mny take several uuys per haps as long as two weeks but event' tally we will provide the meuns to en' hie vou to get to Holland." I thanked him a thousand times and told him that I didn't kuow how tould possibly repay him. "Don't think of that." he replied; the satisfaction of knowing that have aided in placing one more victim of the Huns beyond their power to hnnn will more thun repay me for all the risk I shall run In helping you. You'd better turn In now, O Prion, and In the morning I'll tell you whut I plan to do." As 1 removed my clothes nnd noticed that my knees were still swollen to mice their normal size, that my left ankle was black nnd blue from tho wrench I hud given It when I Jumped from the train und that my ribs showed tlirmij;li my skin, I realized what n lot I hud been through. As n matter of fact, I could not have weighed more limn one hundred and fifty pounds at that time, whereas I had tipped the wulcs at one hundred und ninety when I was with my squadron In France I lost no time In getting Into bed and siill less In getting to Sleep, don't know what I dreamed of that night, but I had plenty of time to go through the experiences of my whole life, for when I was aroused by knock on the door nnd Huyllger en bred In response to my Invitation to enter, be told me that It was netirly mmn! I hud slept for almost twelve hours. I cannot snv that the thought did not run through my head that per hups lifter all I was living In a fool's paradise, and that when Huyllger re ippeiired It would be with a couple of (linniin soldiers behind him, but I dlS' mls.cl Mieb misgivings summarily, re' tilling that I was doing Huyllger nn Injustice to let such tilings enter my head even for nn Instant. I had no right to doubt his sincerity and It would do me no good to entertain such suspicions. If he was going to prov treacherous to me, I was powerless nj way to cope with him. In n few moments my host reap penred with a tray containing my brenkfnst. I don't suppose I shall ever fcrget t tin t meal. It consisted of n up of coffee real coffee, not the kind I tod bnil nt Courtrul several slices of lirenil, Nome hot potatoes and a dish of scrambled eggs. Kvery mouthful of that meal tasted like nngel-foud to me and Huyllger "it on the edge of the bed and watched me enjoying It, ut Hie same time out lining ti,o panH ho bud iiiiule for my escnpn, lo brief, the scheme was to conceal "'e In o convent until conditions were flpe for me to muke my way to the border. In the meanwhile I was to be dressed in the garb of a priest, und Mice the time came for me to leave "ie city I was to pretend that I was a Slmiilsh sullor, because I could speak a "'Ho Spanish, which I had picked "I n the coast. To attempt to play 'he purt of a Belgian would become In creasingly funiculi, he pointed out, and "oulil bring Inevitable disaster in the v,'iit that I was called upon to speak. Huyllger suld I would be given-suf' nclent money to bribe the German fiord nt the Dutch frontier, and he ssuroil me that everything would work out in-cording to schedule. "Vouis Is not the first cuse, O'Brien, e have lumillcd successfully," be de clared. "Only throe weeks 111:0 I heard '"'"in nn Hngllsli merchant who had 'scaped from a German detention camp "ml enme to me for assistance und hotn i had been able to get through lie lines. His message telling me of Ids safe arrival In Itottertlam anno to In nn Indirect way, of course, but "e fuct that the plans we had made fun-led through without mishap makes hll fful that we ought to be able to do much for you." I told Huyllger I wm ready to follow ils Instructions and would do any mlng he suggested. 'I want to rejoin my squadron as '" s I possibly can," I told him, '"it I realize that It will take u cer In leugtii ...f tinii for you to make the iii-cissiiry nr.-iiiinements, und 1 will be luillcnt as I eun." The llrst thing to do. IIiiili:or told "'. was to pi'i'imrc n passport. He had "lank one ami It was a comparatively '"'I'le matter to nil In the spaces, us- " " genuine passport which Huyllger l'"-n's.sid as a sample of the hand ' ' the nusxpoi-t Klerk. My oc- utmtlon was entered as that of n sailor. My birthplace we gavo as Spuin, and we put my age at thirty. As a matter of fuct, at that time I could easily huve passed for thirty five, but wo figured tbut with proper food and a decent place to sleep at night, I could soon regain my normal appearance, and tho passport would have to serve me, perhaps, for several weeks to come. Filling In the blank spaces on the passport was, as I have said, a com paratively eusy matter, but that did not bogln to fill the bill. Kvery genu ine passport bore an official rubber stnmp, something like an elaborate postmark, and I was at a loss to know how to get over that dldlculty. Fortunately, however, Huyllger had half of a rubber stamp which had evi dently been thrown away by tho Oer- mnns, and he planned to construct the other half out of tho cork from a wlno bottle, He was very skillful with a penknife, nnd although ho spoilt a score or more of corks before he suc ceeded In getting anything like tho result ho wus ofter, tho finished nrtlcle wns fur belter than our most sanguine expectations. Indeed, after wo had pared It over here ond there, nnd re moved whatever Imperfections our re peated test disclosed, we had a stamp which made an Impression so closely resembling the original that without a magnifying glnss, we wore sure, It would have been Impossible to tell that It was a counterfeit. Huyllger procured a camera and took a photograph of mo to paste on tho passport In the place provided for that purpose, and we then had a pass port which was entirely satisfactory to both of us und would, wo hoped, prove equally so to our friends tho Huns. It had tnken two days to fix up the passport. In the meanwhile Huyllger Informed me Hint he had changed his plans about tho convent und that In stead he would take me to nn empty house, where I could renin In In safety until he told me It wns advisable for me to proceed to the frontier. This was quite agreeable to me, as I had had misgivings as to the kind of a priest I would make nnd It seemed lo mo to be safer to remain aloof from everyone In a deserted house than to hnve to mingle with people or come In contact with them, even with the best of disguises. That night I accompanied Huyllger to a fashionable section of the city, where Hie house In which I wus to be concealed wus located. This house turned out to be n four story structure of brick. Huyllger told me that It had been occupied by n wealthy Belgian before the war, but since 1014 It bad been uninhabited save for the occasional habitation of some refugee whom Huyllger wns befriend lug. Huyllger had a key nnd let mo In, but ho did not enter the house with me, stating that ho would visit me In the morning. I explored the ploca from top to bot tom ns well as I could without lights, The house was elaborately furnished, but, of course, the dust lay a quarter of an Inch thick everywhere. It was a large house, containing some twenty rooms. There were two rooms In the basement four on the first floor, four itiji Outlining the Plans He Had Made for My Escape. on the second Ave on the third and Ave on the top. In the days that were to come I was to havo plenty of oppor tunity to familiarize myself with the contents of that house but at that time I did not know It and I was curious enough to want to know Just what tho house contained. Down in the basement there wns a huge pantry but It was absolutely bare, excent of dust ond dirt. A door which evidently led to a sub-basement at tracted my attention nnd I thought It might be a good Idea to know Just where It led to In case it beenmo neces sury for m'e to elude searchers. In that cellar I found cuse after case of. choice wine Huyllger subsequently told me that there were 1,WH) bottles of It I 1 was so happy at the turn my affairs had taken und In tho rosy pros pects which I now entertained Hint I was half Inclined to Indulge In n little celebration then and there. On second thought, however, I remembered tho old warning of the folly of shouting before you are well of it of tho woods, nnd I decided that It would lie Just us well to postpone the festivities for a while and go to bed Instead. In such an elaborately furnished house I had naturally conjured up Idcus of u wonderfully lurge boa with thick hair mattress, downy quilts and big soft pillows. Indeed, I debated for a whllo which particular bedroom I should honor with my pres ence that night. Judgo of my disap pointment, therefore, when after vis iting bedroom uftcr bedroom, I discov ered Hint there wasn't a bed In any one of them that was In a condition to sleep In. All the mattresses had been removed and tho rooms were abso lutely bare of everything In the way of. wool, silk or cotton fabrics. Tho Germans had apparently swept the houso clean. There was nothing to do, therefore, but to make myself as comfortable as I could on tho floor, but as I had grown accustomed by this time to sleeping under fur less comfortable conditions, I swallowed my disappointment as cheerfully as I could and lay down for the night In tho morning Huyllger oppearcd and brought me some breakfast, and after I hud eaten It he asked me whut connections I hnd In Frunce or Kng land from whom I could obtuln money. I told him Hint I banked at Cox & Co., London, nnd that If ho needed any Money I would do anything I could to get It for lilm, ulthough I did not know Just how such things could be ar ranged. "Don't worry about that, O'Brien." ho replied. "We'll find a way of get ting It all right. What I wunt to know Is how fur you are prepared to go to compensate mo for the risks I am rendering you!" The change In the man's attitude stunned me. I could hardly believe my ears. "Of course I shall pay you as well as I can for what you have done, Huyll ger." I replied, trying to conceal as fur as possible the disappointment his de mand hnd occasioned me, "but don t you think that this Is hardly the proper time or occasion to talk of enmpensn Hon7 All I have on me, ns you know, Is a few hundred francs, and that, of course, you ore welcome to, nnd when I get back, If I ever do, I shall not easily forget that kindness you have shown me. I am sure you need have no concern about my showing my gratitude In a substantial way." That's oil right, O'Brien," ho In sisted, looking at mc In a knowing sort of way: "you mny take cure of me nfterwords, and then again you may not. I'm not satisfied to wait. I wunt to be taken care of now!" "Well, what do you want mo to do? How much do you expect In tho way of compensation? How can. I arrange to get It to you? I am willing to uo anything that Is reasonable. "I want pounds," lie replied, nnd he named a figure that staggered me. If I hnd been Lord Kitchener In stead of Just an ordinary lieutenant In Hie 11. F. C, he would hurdly have asked a luriror sum. I'erhups he thought I wns. "Well, jny dear man," I said smiling ly, thinking that perhaps ho wus Jok ing, "you don't reully mean Hint, do you?' "I certainly do, O'Brien, nnd whnt Is more," he threatened. "I Intend to get every cent I have asked, and you are eoing to help me get It. He pulled out nn order enlllng for tho payment to him of tho amount ho had mentioned and demanded tfiut sign It. I waved It aside. "Huyllger." I sold, "you have helped me out so far nnd perhaps you huve the power to help mo further. I appro- cluto what you havo dgno for me, ni though now, I think, I see what your motive was, but I certainly don t In tend lo be blackmailed nnd I tell you light now that I won't stand for It." "Very well," lie said, "It Is Just ns you say. but before you iiiako up your mind so obstinately I would advise vou to think It over. I'll bo back this evening." My llrst Impulse, after the man had left, was to get out of that house Just ns soon ns I could. I had the passport ho had prepared for me, nnd I figured that even without further help I could now get to the border without very much diniculty, und when I got there I would have to use my own Ingenuity to get through It wns evident, however, Hint Huy llger still hud an Idea that I might change my mind with regard to tho iiiiyment ho had demanded, and I de cided thut It would be foolish to do iinvthlnir until he mild mo a second visit. ' , At tho beginning of my dealings with HiiyliVr I hnd turned over to htm some pictures, pnpers, nnd other things that I hod on me when I entered ins house. Including my Identlflcntlon disk und I wus rather afraid that he might refuse to return them to me, All day long I remained In tho house without a particle of food other than the brcakfust Huyllger bad brought to mo. From the windows I could see plenty to interest mo nnd help puss tho time away, but of my experiences whllo In that house I shall tell In de tail later on, confining my attention now to a nurrutlve of my dealing with Huyllger. That night ho nppeufld as he had promised, "Well, O'Brien," he asked, as ho on tered the room where I wus awaiting him, "whnt do you soy? Will you sign tho order or not? It hud occurred to me during the day that the amount demanded wns so fabulous that I might have signed tho order without any danger of Its ever being paid, but tho Idea of this man, who had claimed to bo befriending me, endeavoring to make capital out of my plight galled mo so that I was deter mined not to glvo it to him whether I could do so in safety or not. . "No, Huyllger." I replied, "I have decided to get along ns best I con with out uuy further usslsUiuce from you. I shnll see that you are reasonably paid for what you hove dono, but I will not accept any further assistance from you nt any price, nnd whut is more I want you to return to mo at onco all the photographs and otlior pnpers and belongings of mine which I turned over to you a duy or two ago I" "I'm sorry about that, O'Brien," he retorted, with a show of apparent sin cerity, "but thut Is something I cannot do." "If you don't give me back those papers at once," I replied hotly. "I will take steps to get them, and d d quick too!" "I don't know Just whnt you could do, O'Brien," he declared coolly, "but as a matter of fuct the papers and pictures you refer to ore out of tho country. I could not get them buck to you If I wanted to." Something told mo tho man was lying. "Seo here, Huyllger!" I threatened, advancing towards him, putting my bund on his shoulder nnd looking him straight In tho eye, "I want those papers and I want them here before midnight to-night. If I don't get them shnll sleep In this place Just once more and then, at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, I shall go to tho German au thorities, give myself up, show uicm tho pnssport that you fixed for mc, tell them how I got It, and explain vcrythlng." Huyllger paled. We bad no lights In the house, but we were standing near a binding ut the time and the moonlight was streaming through a stnlned-glnss window. The Belgian turned on his heel and started to go down tho stairs, "Mind you," I culled after him, "I shall wult for you till the city clock strikes twelve, and If you don't show up with those pnpers by that time, the next time you will see me Is when you confront me before the German au thorities. I nm a desperate man, Huy llger, nnd I menn every word I soy." Ho let himself out of tho door and I sat on tho top stair and wondered Just what he would do. Would he try to steal a march on me nnd get In a first word to the authorities so that my story would be discredited when put It to them? i Of course, my threat to glvo myself tip to tho Huns wus a pure bluff. While hud no deslro to lose the .papers which Huyllger had and which In tuited tho map and tho last resting ploco of my poor chum Iluney, 1 cer tainly had no Intention of cutting off my nose to spite my fuco by surren dering to tho (ioniums. I would huve been shot, us sure as fate, for lifter all I had been able to observe behind tho German lines I would be regarded us a spy and treated ns such. At tho same tlmo I thought I de tected a yellow streak In Huyllger, nnd I figured Hint be would not want to take tho risk of my carrying out my threat even though he believed there wns but a small chance of my doing so. If I did, ho would undoubtedly share my fate, and the pictures and pnpers he had of mine were really of no use to him, nnd I hnve never been able to ascertain why It was he wished to re tain then unless they contained some thing some Information about mc which accounted for his complete chnngo of attitude towards me In the first place, nnd he wanted the papers as evldenco to account to his supe riors for his conduct townrds me, When he llrst told mo that the plan of placing me In n convent disguised as a priest hod been abandoned ho ex plained It by snylng that the cardinal had Issued orders to the priests to help no more fugitives, and I have since wondered whether there wns anything In my pnpers which had turned Mm ngnlnst me and led him to forsake mo after ull ho hud promised to do for mo. For perhaps two hours I sot on thot staircase musing about the peculiar turn In my affairs, when the front door onened und Huyllger ascended tho stairs. "I hnve brought you such of your bc longings as I still hud, O'Brien," ho suld softly. "Tho rest, ns I told you, I cannot glvo you. They are no longer In my possession." I looked through tho little bunch ho banded me. It Included my Identifi cation disk, most of the papers I val ued, and perhaps half of the photo graphs. "I don't know whnt your object Is In retaining the rest of my pictures, Huy llger," I replied, "but as a matter of fact, the ones that are missing were only of sentimental value to mo and you nre welcome to them. We'll cull It a beat, I don't know whether ho understood the Idiom, but ho sat down on the stairs Just below me and cogltuted for a few moments, "O'Brien," ho stnrtcd finally, "I'm sorry things have gone the way they have. I feel sorry for you ond I would really like to help you. I don't sup nose vou will believe me, but the matter of the order which which nsked you to sign wns not of my doing, However, we won't go Into Hint. Tho nronosltlon wns made to you and you turned It down, nnd that's the end of It. At the snme time, I hnto to leovo you to your own resources and I nm going to make one more suggestion to vou for your own good, l nave nn other plnn to get you Into Holland nnd If you will go with mo to another house. I will Introduce you to a mnn who 1 think will bo In a position to heln you." "How many millions of pounds will he want for his trouble " I answered sarcastically. "You can arrange that when you see him. Will you go?" I suspected there was something fishy about the proposition, but I felt that I could tako care of myself nnd decided to seo the thing through knew Huyllger would not dure to de liver mo to Hie authorities because of tho fact thot I hnd the tell-tale pass port, which would be his deathknell ns well ns my own Accordingly I said I would bo quite willing to go with him whenever he wns rendv. and ho suggested that we go tho next evening. I tmlnted out to him that I was en tlrely without food and nsked him whether ho could not rrrnnge to bring tr send me soiuctliliui to cat while I remained In the house. "I'm sorry, O'Brleu," he replied, "but as best you can. When I brought yon your breakfast this morning I took a desperate chance. If I had been dis covered by ono of the Germnn soldiers entering this house with food In my possession, I would not only hnve paid tho pennlty myself, but you would have been discovered, too. It is too danger ous a proposition. Why don't you go out by yourself and buy your rood at the stores? Thnt would give you con fidence and you'll need plenty of it when you continue your Journey to the border." There wns a good deal of truth In what he said and I really could not blame him for not wanting to take any chances to help me In view of the rela tions between us. "Very well," I suld ; "I've gono with out food for many hours at a time be fore and I suppose I shall bo able to do so again. I sliull look for you to morrow evening." The next evening he camo nnd I ac companied him to another house not very fnr from tho one In which I hnd been staying and not unlike it In np- pcaronce. It, too, was a substantial dwelling house which hud been unten anted since the beginning save perhaps for such occasional visits as Huyllger and his associates made to It. Huyllger let himself. In and con ducted mo to a room on tho second floor, where he Introduced me to two men. One, I could readily seo by the resemblance, wns his own brother, The other was a stranger. Very briefly they explained to me that they had procured another pnss port for me a genuine out which "Your Lives Won't Be Worth a Damn." would jirove far more effective In help ing to get mo to the frontier than the counterfeit ono they had manufac tured for me. I think I saw through their game right at the start, but I listened pa tiently to what they had to say. "Of course, you will huve to return to us the passport we gave you before we can glvo you the real one," suld Huyllger's brother. "I haven't tho slightest objection, 1 replied, "If the new passport Is all you claim for it. Will you let me see It?" There was considerable hesitation on the part of Huyllger's brother und the other limp nt tills. "Why, I don't think Hint's necessary at all, Mr. O'Brien." suld the former. "You glvo us the old passport nnd we will be very glad to give you the new ono for It. Isn't that fair enough?" 'It may be fair enough, my friends, I retorted, seeing that It was useless to conceal further tho fuct that I wus fully aware of their whole plan and why I liiid been brought to this house. It may be fair enough, my friends, I said, "but you will get the passport that I have here," nutting my side ami Indicating my Inside breast pocket, "only off my dead body!" I suppose the three of them could hnve mode short work of mo then and thero If they had wanted to go the limit, nnd no one would ever have been Hie wiser, but I had gone through ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE Small Girl's Efforts to "Fudge" on Un- fortunate Remark Could Not Be Called Successful. a minder of women were discussing Liberty bonds ono afternoon In a neigh bor's house. Almost unnoticed a little neighbor girl hnd entered, ai uu point In tho discussion she exclulmed: 'Well, my aunt says she might Just ns well buy u Liberty bond us to be taxed!" . , Her remark caused a good bit or comment. One guest, who tins a son in tho service, became very lndlgnunt, and exclaimed: The Ideal Buying a bond to es eapo taxation t That's patriotism for you! That makes me tired anybody as able as she Is to buy bonds, or any thing." . , . With Hint Inst remark tho speaker "flew" out of the house. Tho little girl, UhoMIng tho strife nnd bad feeling she had stirred up. tried to "fudge" on her remark, ex plaining that It wasn't her aunt who iniido the reninrk, but some other wom an The neighbor women held her to her first remark, and were making It pretty "worm" for the little girl, when she llnnlly burst out with: "Well, you don't know how much It costs m.v aunt to live; and how much its costs her to tuko that trip to Nl ugara Fulls 1" The laugh with which the women fiwtort this Innocent remark was suf- n.li.nt to send the loyal and Innocent girl running from tho room. Truly, her "lines had not raiien in pieusnm pioccs" that afternoon. so much and I was feeling so mean to wards the whole world Just at that moment that I was determined to sell my life as dearly as possible. "I have that passport here, I re plied, "and am going to keep It. If you gentlemen think you can take It from me you are welcome to try I" To toll the truth, I was spoiling for a fight, and I half wished they would start something. The man who bad lived In the house had evidently been a collector of ancient pottery, for thai walls were lined with great pieces of earthenware which had every earmark of possessing grent value. They car tninly possessed great weight. I fig ured that If the worst came to the worst that pottery would come in mighty handy. A single blow with one of those big vases would put a man out as neatly as posslblo ond as there wns lots of pottery nnd only three men, I believed I had an excellent chance of holding my own In the combat which I had Invited. I hud already picked out In my mind what I was going to use, nnd I got up, stood with my back to tho wall and told them thnt If they ever figured on getting the pnssport, then would bt their best chance. Apparently they realized that I meant business nnd they Immediately begun to expostulate ut the uttltude 1 wus taking. Ono of the men spoke excellent English. In fact, ho told me' thnt he could speak five languages, and If he could lie In tho others as well as I knew he did In my own tongue, he win not only nn accomplished linguist, but a most versatile' Uor into the bargain. "My dear fellow," snld the linguist, "It Is not that we want to deprive you of the passport. Good heavens! If It will aid you In getting out of tho country, I wish you could have six Just like It. But for our own protection, you owe It to us to proceed on your Journey as best you can without It because as long ns you have It In your possession you Jeopardize our lives, too. Don't you think It Is fnlrer that you should risk your own safety rather than pluee tho lives of threo innocent men In danger?" "That mny bo ns It Is, my friends." I retorted, "nnd I nm glud you realize your danger. Keep It In mind, for In enso nny of you should happen to feel Inclined to notify the German authori ties thot I am In this part of the coun try, think It over before you do so, Itenieniber nhv.iys that If the Germans get me, they get the passport, too, and If they get tho passport your llvej won't bo worth n damn! When I tell the history of that clever little plec of pasteboard, I will Implicate nil three of you, und whoever Is working with you, and as I am nn otllcor I rnthet think my word will be taken before yours. Good night!" The bluff evidently worked, becnuse I was able to get out of the city with out molestation from the Germans. I have never seen these men slnea I hope I never shall, becnuse I oiu nfruld I might be tempted to do some thing for which I might otherwise be sorry. I do not mean to Imply that all Bel glims are like this. I bod evidently fallen Into the bunds of n gang who were endeavoring to make capital out of the misfortunes of those who were referred to them for help. In nil conn tries there are bod as well as good, and In a country which has suffered so much ns poor Belgium It Is no wonder If some of the survivors hnve lost thelt senso of moral perspective. I know thnt the average poor pens ant In Belgium would divide his scanty rations with a needy fugitive sooner thnn a wealthy Belgian would dole out a morsel from bis comparatively well-stocked larder. I'erhups the poor have less to lose than the rich If their generosity or chorlty Is discovered by the Huns. There huve been ninny Belgians shot for helping escaped prisoners nnd other fugitives, nnd It is not to be wondered at Hint they ore willing to toko os few chances ns possible. A man with a family, especially, does not feel Jus tified In helping n stranger when he knows that he and his whole family may be shot or sent to prison for their pains. Although I suffered much from the attitude of Huyllger and his associates, I suppose I ought to hold no grudge against them In view of the unenviable predicament In which they nre In themselves. (TO DE CONTINUED.) HAS HELPING HAND FOR ALL AMERICAN FLYER'S STORY OF ESGAPE Took French Leave of German Guard. His WALKED A HUNDRED MILES Unusual Experience Of Lieut. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., Of The Lafayette Flying Corps Treatment In German Hospital. Red Cross Most Appropriately Deslg nated as the "Greatest Mother In the World." Stretching forth her hnnds to nil In need; to Jew or Gentile, bluck of white, knowing no favorite, yet favor ing all. Iteady and eager to comfort nt time when comfort Is most needed j helping the little homo that's crushed benenth an Iron hand by showing mercy In a healthy, human way; re building it, In fact, with stone on stone; replenishing empty bins and empty cupboards; bringing warmth to hearts and hearths too long neglected. .Seeing nil things with n mother'i sixth senso thnt's blind to jealousy and meanness; seeing men In their true light, ns nnughty children snatching, biting, biter but with a hidden side thnt's quickest touched by mercy. Benching out her hnnds across the sen to No Man's Lnnd; to cheer wltb wnrnier comforts thousands who must stand nnd wait In stenched and crawl Ing holes nnd water-soaked entrench mcnts where cold nnd wet bite deeper, so they write, than Boche steel or lend, She's warming thousands, feeding, henllng thousands from her store; the grentest mother In the woild the Bed Cross. Wurren Anderson In "I'ncfc oges." Paris. Lieut. Thos. Hitchcock, Jr., or Westbury, N. Y., the youthful mem ber of the Lafayitte Klylng Corps, who was captured by the Germans some time ago, but esoaped ani reached Switzerland, August 28, de scribed Ws experience while a captive and his flight to neutral territory, which was accomplished through cvaflJng his guard on a train. 'l!ie guard was taking a nap at the time. Hitchcock was forced to walk n;on than a hundred miles. This be did In eight consecutive nights, hld!nn during the day time. He lived on thn food he had saved from his meager rations In the prison camp. He was entirely Ignorant of the country through which he passed, but guldtd himself by a small pocket compass. On the eighth day of his tramp he found himself In a smnll village. He inquired of a small girl whether he was In Switzerland and, being told that he was, he made- his way direct to Berne, where he arrived August 30 and called at the American Legation. Hitchcock was captured March 6, when he was forced to land after an aerial combat with three German ma chines. He was wounded ,ln the thigh and his machine became disabled at an altitude of a thousand meters, but he managed to land safely Inside the German line. He was Immediately seized by several Germans and taken to a dressing station. From there he was sent to a hospital at St. Arnold. Later he wus transferred to Suar brucken. It took two months for the wound In Hitchcock's leg to heal. He cald ho was not maltreated by the Ger mans, but that there wns plenty of suffering anion; the p:ioni-rs, who were barely existing. Ho said lie had been saved by the arrival of packages containing food from France. "After landing Inside the German lines," said Hitchcock. "I fainted twice. The second time I did not come to my si-nses until I had reached the dirming station. In the luii-pltai I received fair treatment only. There was one doctor for the ISO patient nnd the food was not very good. "I escaped while being transported with two other Americans from Laeh feld to Knstadt. There was one Ger man guard for the three of u. "While the train -stopped at a sta tion near I'lm tiie guard fell Into a dose. I snatched the railway map which was near hi in and also my money. We were not allowed to handle our money. "Presently the gusrd awoke and missed the monev. Picking up my package of food which had been saved from my rations, but leaving the map bfhlnd, I rushed out of the doo- ' poslte, nnd ran as fast as possible away from the railroad track, 'llio guard ye'.led after me, but I knew he could not follow because of the two other prisoners he had in rharx! "I then slowcJ down and besan lo walk toward the frontier. During the day time I always hid in the woods and at night I evaded towns and vil lages, walking around them. I was always on a close watch for tho Ger mans, for I was In t!ie uniform of a French aviator. Most of the territory I traversed was forming land, with the people working durlns the day. When they left the field in the even ing I would bel'i my tramp. "I made excellent progress, except now and thro when I encountered marHhes, fences und hedges. 1 slept during the day time, after having made sure of the safety of my sleep ing place. "Arriving nt whnt I thought was the Swiss frontier. I watched for traps such as electrically charged wires nnd automatic signals. Appar ently, I evaded all such things. "One morning I fe'.t sure that I was In Switzerland, but before Inquiring I added a few extra miles to my tamp nnd found mvself In a little vl'.lnge. There I nsked a girl who spoke French, whe-e I wns. She snld I was In Switzerland, nnd then I knew I was safe." Culinary Camouflage. Our first recollection of tho art of camouflage Is tho way they used to put a nice brown meringue on top of the brenil pudding, making It look like I'm afraid you will huve to got uloug ( goiuothlug good. Ohio Stute Journal.'! Russian Sturgeon Fisheries. Sturgeon of various species nre cspe clnlly abundant In Russia, where the sturgeon fisheries nre of grent value. The flesh Is eaten when fresh, but Is chiefly used In the preserved form, ci ther smoked or stilted. More thnn 10, 0O0 fish nre sometimes caught at a slnglo fishing station during the up stream migration, which Insts for a fortnight. The eggs nre removed In qnnntlty from the ovaries and sepa rately prepared as "cuvuuV YANKS NEEDN'T SKIMP ON GAS. Plenty Of Mas's Blnq Sent Them For Protection. Washln-ton. Production of e.ia pnd of rns mnsks In the Fnlted States has reached the point where shipments In great quantlt'eg are being mnde at reg lilar Intervnls, Major-General Slbert.' chief of the Chemical Division, an nounced. Enough masks nre being pro vlded to supplv all the needs of the American forces. In the last year larce quantities of gas masks and other pro tective supplies for Amerlenn troops were obtained from the British. Improvement lt the protective equip ment of the Allies has resulted In a niaykcd deerensf In pus casualties, It wns stated officiary. JAMES' SUCCESSOR NAMED. Governor Stanley Appoints G. B. Mar. tin To Late Senator's Place. Frankfurt, Ky. Gov. A. O. Stanley announced his decision to appoint Geo. Drown Muitln. an attorney of Catletts burg, to fill the unexpired tern! of the lute United 'Stutes Senator Ollle M. James ending March 4 next. Gov ejrnor Stanley himself lr the party nominee for the full term to which Senator James ui nominated at tiie Stae-wlde prlutary lret rrouth.
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