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Show El imiHimiiimmn.iHi.H.Mffl..ifflmim.i GUNN I J II Qy: ALBERT N. DEPEW Copyright, CHAPTER XXIII , Continued. 2(V It certainly was hard, when the next day came, to give up your whole ration and go without lhat day. liut I never saw a man hedge, or even speak of It. And we did not have any food pirates among us either: we were not captains of Industry by any means. There were time's when some of us could not eat certain of our rations. For instance, many and many a time I was as hungry as anybody could be, and I wanted to eat my bread", but It neemed as If I could not get It Into my mouth. Then I would trade It with someone else for his "shadow soup" or his barley coffee. We were dying every day In Brandenburg and after each death the senior men of that barracks would detail twelve of their number to go out for half on hou and dig the grave, while others made little crosses, on which they wrote or carved the man's name, when he was captured, and his regiment or ship. In the middle of the cross were always the letters, It. I. P. Rest m Peace. One time we were ordered to report to the German doctors for a serum treatment of some kind to receive an Injection, in other words. There was no choice about It this time, as we were simply herded together to the hospital barracks. Now, I knew what these things were like and ho brutal the German doctors were in giving an Injection, so I wanted to be the very first man and not Jiave to witness the other men getting theirs. So I pushed up to the head of the line, with the crew of II. M. S. Nomad, who had been captured In the Jutland battle, and by the time we got to the hospital was the very first man In line. But the sentry threw me back and there were several men ahead of me. Each of thera bared his chest and the doctors slashed them acros the breast with a very thin knife, so you can see that it was very painful. When it came to my turn they slashed me three times In the shape of a triangle Just to one side of the breast. And that was all there was to It no Injection, nothing on the kulfe that I could see, Now I do not know what the Idea was. Every man of us was dizzy for the rest of the day and could not do anything but lay around the barracks. And hurtlly any of us bled a drop, though the gashes were deep. I do not think we had any blood in us to run, and that Is the truth of It. It was just jinothor German trick that no one could explain. One day a war correspondent named Bennett, from a Chicago paper, came to the camp and went through all the barracks. When he came to our barracks I told him I was an American and asked for the news. Instead of answering he began to ask all sorts of questions. Finally, after I had told htm I had been In the French service, I asked him If he could help me In any way. lie answered that I had only myself to blame and that It served me right If I had been In one of the allied armies. I did not like his looks much and he seemed unfriendly, but when he began 'smoking a cigarette It almost drove me crtrey and I could not help asking for one. He refused me and said I should have stayed in my own country, where I could have had plenty of cigarettes. After a while he threw away a cigarette stub and not only I but three or four others who were near made a dive for it. A man named Kelley got It ft crazy man who went around trying to ent wood and cloth and anything he could find. . When my three weeks were up and I had not heard from Mr. Gerard I was just about ready to go down to the lake and pick ont a vacant spot and lay down In It- - I really do not think I could have lasted two weeks louger. And Just about that time, as I was walking back to barracks one day, a Frenchman showed me a German newspaper, and there in large type on the top of the firstajiage It said that Mr. Gerard had left the country, or was getting ready to leave. They had to drag me the rest of the way to the barracks and throw snow on me before I came to. I do not know what happened during the next few days. (Gunner De pew's Interview with Mr. Gerard took place at the Dulmen prison camp on or about February 1, 1917. On demand-e- l February 1 our state department Americans tl.e release of sixty-tw- o eantu"ed on British vessels and held as prisoners in Germany. On the same day. President Wilson severed diplomatic relations with Germany. Ambassador Gerard left Germany exactly one week later. The newspaper that Gunner Depew saw must Jiave been Issued after February 10. It was not until March 9, 1917, however, that Gunner Depew was actually released from Editor's Not. ftranriocHonr . 1918, DEPEW vV . Navy and Chief Petty Officer, US of France Member of the Foreign Legion Cassard Battleship French Capuin Gun Turret.the Croix de Guerre Winner of Ex-Gunn- er , With the George Matthew Adam. Serrlc. by Bellly and Britton Co.. Through Special trr.ngement But a week or so later the Spanish ambassador and four German otlicers and Swatts came to our barracks and the- ambassador told res I would be released I It was all I could do to keep from fainting again. Then Swatts asked me in English if I had anything to say about the treatment In the camp, and I began to think maybe of some kind, so all It was a frame-u- p I said was, "When will I get out of here?" and he said, "Why, you will be released tomorrow." to hear any more, but I did not-a- it rushed Into the barracks again, singing and whistling aud yelling as loud as I could. The boys told me my face was very red and I guess what little blood I had In my body had rushed to my head, because I could hardly walk for a few minutes. Then the men began to think I was crazy, and none of thera believed 1 would really be released, but that I was going to be sent to the mines, as so many were. But I believed It, and I just sat there on my bunk and began to dream of the food I would get and what I would eat first, and so on. I did not sleep that night Just walked from barracks to barracks un-ti- ll they chased me away, and then walked up and down In my own barracks the rest of the night When I got to the Russian barracks and told the two doctors my news, they would not believe me at all, although they knew there had been some important visitor at the camp. But when I waited out of their door I said, "Dobra vetshav," which means "Good night I" Then they must have believed me, for they called me back, and all the men gave me addresses of people to write to in case I should get away. They were all talking at once, and one of the doctors got very excited and got down on his knees with bis hands In the air. "Albert," he said, "If you n luck to get out of have the Germany not for my sake, but for the sake of us who are here In this promise me you will tell all the people wherever you go what they are doing to us here. Tell them not to send money, for we can't eat money, and not meat just bread, bread, God-give- hell-hol- and I found that the windows were I not smashed I could not believe it at first until I remembered that this was not a prisoner train. We had a forty-eighour ride to Linduu, which Is on the Lake of Constance, and no food or water in that time. But still I did not mind It much. At Llndau they drilled me into a little house and took away all the addresses that I had, and then marched me over to the little boat which crosses the lake. As I started up the gangway the last thing I received in Germany reached me a crack across the back with a rifle! The women and children on the dock had their fists up and were yelling, "American swine!" But I Just laughed at thera. And when I looked around the boat and saw no German I soldiers only Swiss civilians rubbed my eyes and could not believe It. When 'they gave me bread, which was what I had decided I wanted most of all back in the eamp, I thought I was In heaven sure enough, and when, minutes later, we arrived at forty-fiv- e Rorschach ini Switzerland, I finally knew I was free. ht CHAPTER XXIV, Back In the States. After I arrived at Rorschach I was taken to a large hall, where I remained over night. There were three American flags on the walls, the first I had seen In a long time. I certainly did a fine job of sleeping that night I think I slept twice as fast to make up for lost time. In the morning I had a regular banquet for breakfast eggs, coffee, bread and a small glass of wine. Even now, although I never pass up a meal, that breakfast is still easy to taste, and I sometimes wish I could enjoy another meal as much. But I guess I never shall haVe one that goes as good. After breakfast they took me out on the steps of the hall and photographed me, after which I went to the railway station, with a young mob at my heels. It reminded me a bit of Germany it It in Switzerland. .1 nnnvotlatAfl was a amner, anu iuu not menby one guest, at least I need tion his name, but he ate so much that he felt ashamed afterward. I do not think he got in tad for It though, for afterward Mr. and Mrs. McCormlck each gave him a valuable present which he needed badly. After the dinner Mrs. McCormlck made a little patriotic speech. In which she said that the Huns would never trample on the United States flag, and some other things that made all the Americans there very proud, especially Mr. Keene and myself. So you see I was having a great time. But I was having a little trouble, all the time, for this reason: there were Zuquite a few Germans interned in rich, and they went about in uniform. Now, when I saw one of these birds and remembered what had been happening to me just a short time before my hands began to Itch. Believe me, It was not "good morning" that I said to them. I "enjoyed it all right; they were not In squads and had no arms, so it was hand to hand, and pie for me. But Mr. Keene did not like It, 1 guess, for he called me to his office one morning add bawled me out for a while, and I promised to be good. "You're supposed to be neutral," he said. And I said, "Yes, and when I was torpedoed and taken prisoner, I was supposed to be neutral, too." But I said I would not look for trouble any more, and started back to the hotel. But no sooner was I underway than a Hun private came along and began to laugh at me. My hands itched again, and t could not help but slam him a few. We went round and round for a while, aud then the Hun reversed and went fown Instead. Mr. Keene saw us, or heard about it, so he told me J had "better go to Berne. So off I went, with my passport. But the same thing happened in Berne. I tried very hard, but I just could not keep my hands off the Germans. So I guess everybody thought It wy3 a good thing to tell me good-btayway I was shipped Into France, gof&ig direct to St. , Nazaire and from toere to Brest. I made a short trip to Hull, England, with a letter from a man at Brandenburg to his wife. She was not at home, but I left the letter and returned to France. I was in France altogether about three weeks, and then went to Barcelona, Spain. Then I took passage foe the States on the C. Lopez y Lopez, a Spanish merchantman. We had mostly "Spigs" on board, which Is navy slang Tor Spaniards. Almost every one of them had a large family of children and a raft of pets. We sailed down through Valencia, Almerla, Malaga, Cadiz and Las Palmas in the Canary islands. )Vhen we left Las Palmas we had a regular menagerie aboard parrots, canary birds, dogs, monkeys and various beasts. The steerage of that boat was some sight, believe me. We had boat drill all the way across, of course, and from the way those Spigs rushed .about I knew that if a submarine got us the only thing that would be saved would be monkeys. But we did not even have a false alarm all the way over. I arrived in New York during the month of July, 1917 two years and a half from the time I decided to go abroad to the war zone to get some excitement. I got it, and no mistake. New York harbor and the old Statue of Liberty looked mighty good to me, you can bet. So here I am, and sometimes I have to pinch myself to be sure of it. I certainly enjoy the food and warmth I get here, and except for an occasional I have no trouble .with anybody. My wounds break open once in a while, and I am often bothered inside, on account of the gas I swallowed. They say I cannot get back Into the service. It is tough to be knocked out before our own boys get into the scrap. But 1 do not know. I am twenty-thre- e years old, and probably have a lot to live for yet. I ought to settle down and be quiet for a while, but comfortable as 1 am, I think I will have to go to sea again. I think of It many times, and each time it is harder to stay ashore. THE E!fO. aca., y bread" And when I looked around all the men were sitting on their beds crying and tearing their hair and saying, "bread, bread, bread," over and over again. Then each tried to give me something, as if to say that even it they did not get out, perhaps their button or belt or skull cap would get back to civilization. When I left their barracks I began to cry, because it did not seem pos sible that I was going away, and already I could see them starving slowly, just as I had been starving. , The next morning a sentry came to my barracks, called out my name and took me to the commander of the camp. They searched me, and then drilled ne back to barracks again. Then the men all thought they were just playing a joke on me, aud they said so. The same thing happened the next day, and when one of the men suit! that probably I would be slammed up against a wall and shot, I began to feel shaky, I can tell you. But the third morning, after they had searched me, the commander said, "Well, you'll have to have a bath before you leave the country," and I was so glad that I did not mind about the bath, although I remembered the last one I had, and It did not agree very well with me. After the bath, they drilled me out into the road. There were four sentries with me, but not Swatts, nor did I see him anywhere around, for which I was sorry. But all the boys came down to the barbed wire, or to the gate, and some were crying, and others were cheering, and all of them were very much excited. But after a minute or two they got together again and the last thing I heard was the song about packing up your old kit bag, and then, No!" They "Are we downhearted? were certainly game lads. They did not take me straight to the station, but took me, through all the streets they could find, and as usual, the women were there with the bricks and spit But I did not mind: I was used to it, and besides, it was the last time. So I Just grinned at them, and thought that I was better off than they, because they had to stay in the hole called Germany. I was still half miked, but I did not wait on the station mind the two-hoplatform. I noticed a little sign that read, "Berlin 25 miles north," and that was the first time I had much of an Idea where Brandenburg was, Waen we gut Into the compartment . sum nne wort wuu and the Belgian after and are looking The Swiss Certainly Treated Me Well was so different. Instead of bricks and bayonet jabs, .the mob gave me cigarettes and chocolate and sandwiches. They also handed me questions enough to keep me busy to this day if I could. I got on the train to Zurich, and at every stop on the way there were more presents and more cameras and more questions. At St. Gallen they had cards ready for me to write on, and then theywere going to send them to anybody I wished. The station at Zurich was packed with people, and I began to think I was a star for sure. Francis B. Keene, the American consul general at Zurich, and his assistant, were there to meet me. We walked a few blocks to his office, and all the way the cameras were clicking aud the chocolates and cigarettes piling up until 1 felt like Santa Claus on December 24th. After a little talk with Mr. Keene. he took me to the Stussehof hotel, where my wounds were aresseo and believe me, they needed It The Swiss certainly treated me well Every time I came out on the streets they followed me around, and they used to give me money. But the money might just as well have been leather or lead I could not spend It Whenever I wanted to buy anything the shopkeeper would make me a present of it I also visited the Hotel Baur au Lac the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold of Chicago, who are doing Should Think He Was. The temperance advocate who declared that "drunkenness is found himself reported in folly" and the papers as having said "drunkenness la Jollv". must have been annoyed, Weekly HeafiTJ A Word About tHs Kidneys BY DOCTOR WAJSOX. People are easily frightened whea think eomething is the matter with t2 lungs or heart, and well they nay .7 few people understand the dangera of dk eased kidneys. These organs lave a cf vital importance to perform, and if tu are diseased, there is no telling how where the symptoms may appear, Tv kidneys are filters, and when they healthy they remove the poisons froa ft, blood and .purify When the iken are diseased, the poisons are spread evej. where, and one of these poisons it acid. The uric acid is carried aU throng the system and deposited in various it in the form f urate saltsin the fet ankles, wrists and back-of- ten formhj bags under the eyes. Sometimes the remit ing trouble is called rheumatism, hunbaa, sciatica and backache. Finally, come ib in the bladder, diabetes and Bright' d ease. Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, in meat years, discovered that a certain combi tion of remedies would dissolve uric acid (urate salts) in the system. He fouai thi combination to be harmless, so that it made it up in tablets, of double streagH, and called them Anurie Tablets. Thej dissolve uric acid in the human system a hot coffee dissolves sugar. If you an uric acid troubles, don't delay in takiaj Ancric Tablets, which can be secured ii the drug stores. You can write Dr. Pkra; too, and he wiD tell you what to eat taj how to live so that more Uric acid will form in your system. Dr. Pierce will not charge for this advice. - A Preference. "For $10 you can take my memory ' course." "Urn." "Which teaches you how to "Pd rather take a course forget" Louisville remem-ber.- In how to Courier-Journa- l An Attack of- - Influenza Often Leaves Kidneys In ' Weakened Conditio! Doctors in all parts of the country ln been kept busy" with the epidemic of fluenza which has visited so many hornet The symptoms of this disease are verr distressing and leave the system in t rm down condition. Almost every victa complains of lame back and uraaij troubles which should not be neglected, as these danger signals often lead dangerous kidney troubles. 'Druggist report a large sale on Dr. Kilmefi Swamp-Roo- t which so many people ay soon heals and strengthens the kidneji after an attack of grip. being an herbal compound, has a gen U healing effect on the kidneys, is almost immediately noticed in nt cases by those who try it. Dr. Etas & Co, Binghamton, N. Y offer to a sample size bottle of Swamp-Eoreceipt of ten cents, to every fifes who requests it. A trial wiU convms of it WJ any one who may be in need w lar medium and large size bottles, sale at all druggists. Be sure to meatus t, Swamp-Eoo- o this paper. Adv. Surprise Natural. "You ought to have seen the suwhentH rprised look on the cop's face scooted." prisoner suddenly tM "That was natural. A bolt from blue is alwnys surprising, you Boston Transcript know. To Have a Clear Sweet Skin. Touch pimples, redness, reughnes On ar Itching, If any, with Cutlcura W Cutlcura with ment, then bathe and hot water. Rinse, dry gently i dust on a little Cutlcura Talcum .9 leave a fascinating fragrance on tf Everywhere 25c each Adv. A Precedent tr "The manager of that salt tnai said they would have to keep them. eyes open and look around l 'He had better be careful. maoe. the way the first salt pile was Then Dad Had to Leave.oo of "Pa, what's the feuiiuiue Tiki?" "Mother-In-lnw- , I guess." Spanish Influenza can At the first sign of a be prevented easier than it can be cured. O'.V shiver or sneeze, take CASCARA ()UININ fg Standard cold remedy, for mill wuc,iurerwwy" In 24 hour. relieve grip W. N. U, Salt Uk ta'tSiSrft. City, N |