| Show OUTWITTING e t II A LIU NAN t PAT OBRIEN t I I I r 1 rd aired no longer longcr Running down the theto I to rs I flew fiew Into the wine wino cellar and though gh It was almost pitch dark dark dark- J ci only light coming from a grating which led to the backyard I I soon found n a satisfactory hiding place Inthe in inthe inthe the extreme rear of the cellar I lead had bad had the pr presence ence of mind to leave the thedoor thedoor door of the wine cellar ajar figuring I that if the soldiers found a closed door they would be more apt to search for fora a fugitive behind It than If It the door were open My decision to get away awny from that r front door had been made and carried out ut none too soon for I had only Just justs located myself between two big wine s f cases eases when I heard the tramp of soldIers soldIers' soldiers soldiers' sol sol- diers' diers feet marching up the front stoop i a crash at the front door a few hasty words of command which I did not understand un un- and then the noise of scurrying scurf f tying feet from room to room and such sucha a banging and hammering and ond smashIng smashIng smash- smash Ing fog and crashing that I could not make out what was going on OIL If U had revealed my hiding place to tho the Huns as ns I was now confident confident confident con con- I I he had I felt that th there e was tit lit b ut l I 1 Figured I Could Put Up a Good Fight tie prospect of ot their overlooking me They would search the house from top to bottom and L If necessary raze It to 4 the ground before beCore they would give up the search To escape from the house through the backyard through the Iron grating which I had no doubt I 1 could force seemed to be tho the logical thing Ing to do but the chances were that the f Huns flan had throws thrown a 0 cordon around the entire block before the squad was sent to the house Tho The Germans do these things In an efficient manner always The They take nothing for granted My one chance seemed to be to stand pat at In the hope that the officer In tn charge might come to the conclusion ron eon i. i elusion that he had arrived nt at the house too late that late that the bird had flown down My position in n th that t wine cellar cenor was walt but a comfortable one Rats Hats and mice were scurrying across 8 tho the floor am and tho the smashing and und crashing going on overhead o was any anything thins but promising Evidently those soldiers Imagined that I ought to be hiding biding In Inthe Inthe inthe the walls for It sounded as though they were tearing ofT off the the picture molding and lind In tact fact e everything f that they could tear or pull apart part Before Detore very long they would finish their search upstairs and would come comedown comedown comedown down to the tho basement What they ther would do when they discovered the d lne lne I had no Idea Perhaps they t Would let themselves loose on it t and andrt rt Yg Live Jive me my chance With a bottle of ofIne Wine Ine lne In each hand I fi figured red I could put y 44 tip uP a good fight In the dark especially es I M U I was becoming more and more accustomed ac ae- to it t and aud could begin to dl dis distinguish y things here and there whereas where where- as when they entered the pitchy dark dark- fleas Dess of at the cellar they would bo be as blind us as bats in the sun Perhaps It was twenty minutes before be be- tore ore I 1 heard what sounded like Uke my death knell death knell to me the soldiers were F coming corning down do the cellar steps 1 I I 1 clutched a wine bottle In each hand and waited with bated breath Tramp I 1 Tramp I Tramp Tromp I 1 In a moa moment moment mo mo- a ment meat they would be In n the cellar proper I could almost hear my heart henrt beating The mice scurried across the ther I floor tJ by the scores no po r t 4 11 5 i.- i. i ddt doubt dollot t Dy ny 1 the vibration and anO noise maae mane by the descending soldiers Some of the creatures ran ron across me where I stood between two t wine cases but I Iwas Iwas Iwas was too much Interested in bigger game to pay any attention to mice Tramp I Tramp I 1 Halt I Again an order was given glen In German and although although al 01 al- al though I did not understand it I am willing to bless bleBs every word of It it because because be be- cause It resulted in to the soldiers turnIng turnIng turn- turn Ing log right about face tace marching up the stairs again through the hall hail and out o of the front door and away I II I could hardly believe belle my ears It seemed almost too good to be true tree that they could have bavo given ghen up the se search Just as they were about to come upon their quarry but unless my ears deceived de de- me that was what they had done The possibility that the whole thing might be he a German ruse did not escape I me and I remained In the cellar for nearly an hour after they had apparently apparently apparently departed before I ventured to move listening Intently In the meanwhile mean mean- while for the slightest sound which would reveal the presence of a sentry upstairs Not hearing a sound I began to feel that they had bad Indeed given up the tile hunt for I did not believe belle that a German officer would be bo so cO considerate of ot his men as to try to trap me rather than carry the tho cellar by br force If they had the tho slightest idea Iden that I was there I took off my shoes and crept softly and slowly to the cellar steps and then step by step placing my weight down gradually so as to Ir prevent ent the steps from creaking I climbed to the top The sight that met my eyes as aR I glanced Into the kitchen told me the whole story The water faucets had been ripped from the sinks the tile water pipes been torn torn off oft and nd gas fixtures cooking utensils and I everything else which contained even eten the smallest proportion of the metals the Germans so 80 ba badly ly needed had been taken from the kitchen I walked upstairs upstairs up up- stairs now with more mOle confidence feeling feel teel- i ing fug tolerably assured that the soldiers hadn't been after niter me at all but had been merely collecting metal and other materials which they expected an on elaborate dwelling house like theone the theone one In which I was concealed to yield Later I heard that the Germans have taken practically every ounce of at brosS brass copper and wool they could lay their hands on In Belgium Even the tho brass out of ot pianos has been ruthlessly removed removed re re- moved the tile serious damage done to valuable property by the removal of ot only an Insignificant proportion of metal never being taken taleen Into consid consid- I learned too that all dogs over fourteen Inches high had been seized by the Germans This furnished lots of speculation among the Belgians ns as to what use the Germans were putting put ting the animals to to the general Impression Impression impression Im Im- app apparently being that they were being used for food I I This however seemed much less likely to me than that they were being employed as ns dispatch dogs In the trenches the same me as we use them on our side of tho the line Une The They might possibly possibly pos pos- sibly kill the dogs and use their skins for or leather and their carcasses for tallow tallow tallow tal tal- tal- tal low but I 1 feel quito quite sure Bure that the Huns are by no means menns so short of food that they have to eat dogs yet awhile Indeed I 1 want to repeat here what I have mentioned before if It anyone has the Idea that this war can be won by br starving the Huns he hasn't the slightest slight est idea how well provided the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans are in that respect Th They y have considered their food needs In connection connection connee tion with their resources for Cor several years to come and they have ha gone at atIt atIt atit It In such a methodical systematic way taking Into consideration every possible contingency that provided l there thre Is not an absolute crop failure there Isn't the slightest test dou doubt t in my mind that they can cnn last for years and the worst of ot It Jt Is they ore are very cocksure cocksure cocksure cock cock- sure about it themselves It Is true tree that the German soldiers want peace pence As I watched them through h the keyhole In the door 1 J thought how unfavorably they compared compared com corn pared with our men They TIley marched along the street without lau laughter without with with- without out Joking without singing It was quite apparent that the war In li telling on them I dont don't believe I saw a single German soldier who didn't look as L If ho he had lost his hia best friend friend and and ho probably had bad At the tho same time there Is a big difference dlf- dlf difference of sev sea several ference Terence certainly certainly a eral years years between between wishing the war was over and giving Ing up and I dont don't believe the German rank and 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A 11 r 4 I t 4 r 1 V f A i s 44 11 Jt t f 7 lf fi d I If Ii Price List of Drinks OBrien O'Brien Picked Up at a F Free Motion Picture Show In a Beer Bee Garden i tiger Uger or rather he had hud gotten Jotten nil all he was going to get out of or me During my concealment In the house bouse I had made various sorties Into the tho city at night and I was beginning to feel more comfortable even en when German Ger Gei man soldiers were about Through the tho keyhole I had studied very closel closely the tile gait of the Belgians the slovenly droop that characterized most roost most of them and their general appearance and I felt that In n m my own dirty and ond unshaven unshaven un shaven condition I must have looked as ns much like the average poor Belgian as 88 a man could The only thing that was against me was my height I 1 was several se Inches taller taUer than even the tallest Belgians I had often thought that red hair would have gone good with my name but now of ot course I Iwas Iwas Iwas was mighty glad that I was not so 80 endowed for red haired Belgians aro are about as ns rare as German charity There pre are many no doubt who will wonder why I did not get more help than I did at this time It Is easily rosily answered When a man Is In hourly fear tear of oC his life Ufe and the country Is full fuU of spies as Belgium certainly was ho hoIs hois Is not going to help Just anyone that comes along seeking aid One of the Germans German's most successful ways of ot trapping trapping trap trap- ping the Belgians has hus been to ro pose asan as M. an nn English or French prisoner who has escaped appeal to them for old aid implicate cate as many as possible and then turn the whole German police force loose on them As I look back on those days I think It remarkable that I received as M much help belp as I did but when people are starving under the tho conditions now forced upon unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate un un- fortunate people U It is a great ten temptation tion to surrender these escaped prisoners pris to German authorities and receive receive receIve re re- the handsome rewards offered for them them them-or or for alien allen spies as I was classed at nt that time The passport which I had described me as a Spanish sailor but I was very dubious about Its value If It I could have spoken Spanish fluently it might have hun been worth something tome to tome me but the few words I knew of the language would not have carried mo me very far tar if I had hud been confronted with witha a Spanish Interpreter I decided to use the passport only as a last resort preferring to ro act the part put of a dealand deaf deal and dumb Belgian peasant as os far for as asIt asIt asIt It would carry me Before Detore I finally left the house I had hada a remarkable experience which I shall shaD remember as long loni as 81 I live CHAPTER XIV A Night of Dissipation During tho the first two days I spent with after I had first arrived In n the big city he had bad told me among other things of a moving picture show In town which he said I might have a chance nce to see while there It Is free every c night In n the week except Saturdays and Sundays Sundays- be he said bald and once you are inside you would not be apt to be bothered by anyone except when the they come to take your O order for something to drink Willie White there Is no admission lon patrons urn tare expected to eat or drink while enJoying en en- the pictures i iA A day or two later while walking tho the streets at night In search for to food I hud had passed ged this place and was very nry much tempted to go JO In and spend a afew afew afew few hours particularly as it would perhaps give me au nn opportunity to buy something to eat although I was wasat nt at a lo loss to know how I was going to ask for what I wanted w While trIn trying to make up my mind whether It was safe taCe for tor me to go In 1 walked half halt a block past the tile place and und when hen I turned back again und and reached the entrance with m my mind made up that I would take toko the chance I ran full nIl tilt Into a German officer who was Just coming out That settled all my hankerings for Cor moving pictures that night Where you ou come came from my friend I 1 figured there must be more like you 1 I I 1 guess It Is n a good night for walking Tho The nest n It day however In recalling the Incident of the evening before It t seemed to me that I had hod been rather foolish What I needed more than else che at that time was ae dence Bence ce Before I could get to the frontier frontier fron tron- tier I would have to confront German krman f many times Umes because there were ere more of at them between this city and Holland than In any section of the country through which I had bud BO so far traveled Safety in these contingencies conting conting- endes would woul depend largely upon the tho calmness I displayed It wouldn't do doto doto doto to get all excited at the mere sight of ofa ofa a spiked helmet The Belgians I had noticed while careful to obey the orders of the nuns Huna showed no partie- partie particular ular t fear r of them and it seemed to tome tome me mc tho the sooner I cultivated the some same feeling of |
