Show L L. F. F SPEER Bangor Pa Man In Charge of Collecting Income Tax ti tir r M I I HISS MISS EVA BAILEY DAILEY SAYS SUE SHE IS SAfE IN BERLIN Ephraim Girl Gir Who Is Studying Music In Europe Is l Loyal al r t Germany Germany Mr and Mr William Bailey received re re- rived a letter th this wl week ek from their dao daughter Ev Evi who III Aru ing music in in tells telis about about the war time in Germany At t Attha Atthe Atthe the tha b beginning of hostilities s Miss Misa Bailey Dailey was wa in Switzerland She Shu writes We had to to lea leave e Switzerland Swit in order order order or or- der to get et over the border before Germany German Germany Ger Ger- man many moved her s soldiers there We Wa came to Berlin about ten days as a's a ago e. e It is impossible r I to BJ ravel in Germany now as J no lid o passenger i trains are running running running run run- f ning except those carrying soldiers to toI the border and aud the forts or Th The trains I were packed when we returned to Berlin erlin We tat sat up dp three e days day's and two ni nights You cant can't imagine the excitement there here was in Europe when the Va war threatened Two million tourists left Switzerland within three or four days das The big uig hotels hotel and stores stoies ci closed sed and the waiters and clerk clell were all out of I work left Before bJor left we En Engelberg elberg- elberg four I thousand tourists were stranded in hi hiI Ba Basel as as there were not trains I enough to lo carry them All All along the way we saw soldiers leavin leaving for the battlefield Wives swe sweethearts and children were bidding bidding bid bid- din ding them thew good good by It IIi was a sad sad sight The fhe tr tram as was guarded by two soldiers Two were were taken off our I thought rain ram thought te to be e spies During During During Dur Dur- ing the first few days l A number 1 of spies were caught Eighty French officers came cam into Germany as aR spies They were were caught caught and shot News Newt came out in the papers p warning the people to beware of spIes Every Evely person per per- person son suu they caught speaking peaking in to a foreign language they took to be a spy py Ed Kimball Mr Spencer a missionary two Dinwoody boys and Mr Wickman an American pianist were taken to the police ponce s station stat A Af After ter tel an examination they w were re ed was I coming horn coming fl m Prof Lowes Lowe's where I had been taking a lesson AsI As AsI AsI I was crossing the street a woman stopped me and asked where I was going I told her in German t that hat Iwas I Iwas Iwas was on my way wa home My Ger German nan of course had a foreign n accent and she bhe he at t once that I perceived was wa not nota a tl German n he lipid held me by the arm and shouted pie U l I I atthe at atthe atthe the tP of top her high soprano voice The autos and carriages es on the street stopped and in lets less than a a. a minute amob a amob mob gathered around me Those near me clung to my coat to prevent my escape They asked me if U I spoke English and I told them Yes They of course couise th thought I was an English spy I I told them I was an American bho ed them my P. P passport passport s p rt and they were s satisfied One Ono t Of f the men picked picked picked pick pick- ed up my grip and carried it about two blocks for forme me lie he went with wilh meso me mee so I could get out of the crowd in safety The fhe people killed a man on the street here one day He was wal a foreigner foreigner foreigner for for- I eigner and made some disrespectful remark about Germany The Americans Americans Amer Amer- Americans havo every protection and aud Ill I'll tell ten you we are all for Germany If Ame America America ca calls for her people we will all go o to America But we Ve want to stay if we can We are perfectly safe iu in In Berlin so dont don't worry about me |