Show 44 outwitting THE HUN by lieutenant PAT OBRIEN 9 4 up ar lebl 1918 au tf by A alva 0 SYNOPSIS 1 introductory I pat rat 0 distri tell tells of f tills hi purpose li in writing the a ory ary ot at bill adventures it 11 11 telle talle ot of t MB to enlistment in trie the I 1 lying corps hie his training in aanada and lit ti under to k rance tor for ac uve live duty ill in which be lie brought brough t down two german en and nd ain 1 fi lenal nal tight fight in wl tell fell he was vu broucht brought down founded within the german lines and was wa mad made a prisoner 1 ol 01 war at CH lv IV discovers Dl that german aerman hospital tare staff barbarously neglected tl it 0 fatally roundel anil aud their thel r ener glen 1 to restoring chose who vilo alit be re reamed arnod to the tile tiring firing lines 1 V s 1 in tight ot at ha his be hes chum vue vito V ue ito is 18 taken lo 10 rj 9 fleer M prison camp at L ourt ral imre I 1 ue cn planning his escape cy by creat great mag ille 1 1 im to saveUr auvo nj ld bid ar r sl rf A 7 ladona at 0 tire vl vi iia ronn conn cata a map ot at germany and juet just i alt nit an hour later in on a train bound fur for a prison carup t rat put n i germany he lie leupi leaps through a u window ahl while the train is I 1 tia tinseling ut t a rat rate ot of 89 30 mile an hour CHAP mi laior NII por nine day days ne no crawl rl w Is through irh bermay Jer jermany hi ailing line buting fh the dav trav U n if at may ill milled by ur tin tar and d pub si s q on raw vegetables vese lable tables I 1 cover v bors 7 76 6 mues before reaching lux fishum e 1 V III tor ane day days nore note he h struggles on in ln s weakened 0 million U ta n graah through lux 0 mb u rz in the diro 0 1 4 V ot t IX ke endures tea able hardships hinr swims giors sahit wm burger living like a hunted animal and k the tile eighteenth 1 day after ter jumping grola it the 0 tr train a 1 I 1 he roenee into ane cine tn in my couris took ne me through a desolate stretch of country which seemed to be absolutely uncultivated I 1 insist have covered twelve during lurl ni the night without passing Iian aing 0 farm farin or cultivated held field bly stock of v I 1 had find picked the night before vas gone stud I 1 planned of course to get enol enolliah ligh to dairy darry me through the following tol lowing day the north star was lilu lne brightie 11 that and there ans absolutely nothing to prevent iny steering an ill tit nol sol direct cobrae for holland and anti liberty but my path seemed to lie ile through arid pasture pastures far par to the east or to the vest I 1 could hear beer faintly the striking of village billi and anti I 1 knew blat if I 1 hadeed my I 1 would undoubtedly strike barnis ant and but the star seemed to plead N with me to follow it and unit I 1 would A not turn aside hen daylight innie tamp the uny conro quence as 1 ani empty aundel anal had to find a hiding veste fir for the da do 7 thought I 1 would mould approach th ill first Isca penant vant I 1 came crime to and ak ask for fad id but that day I 1 had hall a hunch that I 1 would ret get into trouble it I 1 did till and I 1 decided to go without food altogether for that day it n its a frolish thine thing to do I 1 found because I 1 not only kutT ertil grantly from hunger all lint that day but it inter fer 41 alth ny my littee I 1 wulin N drop oft to sleep for halt an hour perlian s nd dining that time I 1 would dream that I 1 nas as free back home lising a life of comparative anike nud anti then I 1 would wake up tip with a start and anti catch it gili clise of the bushell tn ilien o 0 arding vie feel feet the tile hard ground round I 1 eneith the hunger carign gnawing nt at iny my rides ond and then I 1 would realize how fail from front home I 1 nally nus and I 1 would lie there and anti wonder monster whether hether I 1 would mould r nully ree fee tay hone home arnin again tatu I 1 fall asleep again an I 1 dream this till time little i crimp of 0 the da I 1 arit in courtial Cour Court trat ral or iny my leap fri ariti to the train anlon do of the tile bava llan ilan pilot whom I 1 it ant ant to eternity la in my last air fil flight lit of f ma in tracer bullets getting cli cl pr er and anti alwo loar r to ids his head ant and then I 1 would wake like up miln ain with it start tind thank 10 lo tile I 1 ord that I 1 was only dren drenning ming it all dignin instead of hung ih it that billit I 1 jat tin be cotui I 1 e j A atit to hae line fowl fossil and i lilt d that tia t rather thun than tool look for vegetable vegetables I 1 A would take a ch chance lace ant an I 1 apply to the 1110 glan penant pen ant 1 I come to I 1 it was nna about 8 ii when lien I 1 came to a email small hou i 4 had picked up 11 i henvy htone and had hail bound it in roy my handkerchief and I 1 v win its re rebelled toled to use it ail a n i at n if it bec iun after all I 1 had bine through I 1 was wits resolved to win my liberty eventually fit what whatever eier cost As it carpene har hal pene I 1 foard that night the fiebe real friend I 1 had hail encountered in all my tr when I 1 knocked timidly on the door it wad opened by a belgian pea peasant pant about fifty years of ase age lie ile naked asked me in I 1 l lemloh what hat I 1 wanted hut but I 1 shook my head and po aing to my aars and mouth antl mated that at I 1 was isais deaf drat and dumb and then I 1 opened and closed my mouth several times to r show him that I 1 wanted food lie ile showed me ine inside and eat sat roe me at the table he ile apparently liked alone for hia his lit room had hut but one chair and the plate and knife and fork he put before me ne seemed to be all he lie had ve brought ime some cold potatoes and awl slices of itale bread and he tarried Tar nied me some on a small oil move I 1 ate ravenously fad pad all alt ahe the vivo ine I 1 wae an engaged I 1 knew know thet he Ws eye trig in nn na af A a wit 1 al IT yul wo s luit ti tai cr r py T nic flie me tile bov alt lit mul anin and ofer lit olt that hi III eipl i oba ay ear at be lie aifili aid in i I 1 ll 11 kirp ak broat 11 I 1 ngi I 1 you tire an eng I 1 know it 11 and you can a biear and arid talk if awls oil aw mish lh nip arn I 1 not righta there syn iiii t sk 0 stallo org hie his face ace end and 1 a attitude about him that told me we unit that he lie could be rid azil 1 7 r rt alle you have blits Kii tid aid rutlt oni I 1 bitt nin an amerl can not ati all lie looked at ht me pityingly and filled my cup again with warm milk III kindlier kindne q and appan apparent illing to help me almost over cane zui and I 1 atit like him illin of the lift lie donld buffer suffer it if the be diun he lie had befriended tile I 1 lind halt heard that 11 had ail ben been pilot for helping to escape into lat II olland stud I 1 hated to think ahat hat might huppen happen to this good old 1 1 if the kifuri i ever knew that he lie had hit helped an escaped american prisoner after my meal WH finished I 1 told him litin in fit is lis simple language 1 as I 1 could 11 of some of the experiences I 1 had gone through and I 1 outI outlined lined my future plans lou III be able to let to holland lie deli tred without a pap ft the he nearer you ret get to the front frontier lir the inore german soldiers Bold lere VOU alit and without a you yott III he lie it mar marlitta man I 1 asked him to suggest a ray way by 1 vi chidi hit I 1 could overcome ahe he difficulty lie ile for ite eral 11 and till studied me cosely ull kill the time perhaps to nake abao 1 6 you can and talk if it you wish am rn I 1 not righta luteff eure sure that I 1 was not a derman and then apparently deciding in my afaf anor told me what he thought it v as I 1 eab u for me to do it if suu will mill X call all on this man mentioning the natie of a belgian in a city through which I 1 bad to pays he lie advised you tj be able to arrangements with ath him littin to secure a lamport paM par port sport and he will fil do to everything he can to get you out of belgium lie tom wit me ihmle the man in question cou if d be ile found and ant rave gave me some ut u taul t ful direction directions t to ct c my jour alln ni and then lie in ho lie tile it to the door I 1 thank tinn kd 1 I him film n floit and tinis 4 and wanted to pay him for ats kindness and help but he would accept nothing he ile did lve ive alt hie his name find you may be euro sure I 1 shall never fogdt t it but to mention it hire hi re might of cour w ie autt suit in t crillis cri olis consequences con equen cea for him AN hen the ni anc it r Is over hou however ever or the germans are thrown thron out of belgium I 1 hall shall make it my duty to find gust that kind belgian if I 1 have to TO go through again all that I 1 have buffered already to do it 11 CHAPTER af X I 1 encounter germin german soldier soldiers alint the belgian be el told me abo abolt t tile need of a passport gave me we fresh dawie fur for worry orry I 1 should run into a n ot 0 t itrel I 1 lf in oue 1 1 10 40 1 that hat until I 1 readied the city which the had mentioned and which I 1 cannot naine for fear of ill nit f ing soy eone ie oc oe the ps people ople tl tit re ahu iio befriended mi int 1 I would mould proceed with the utmost at precaution since I 1 had discarded my un uniform onn and had obtained florhea flo lhea PA I 1 hild not bet ben n quito quite us ni careful us I 1 r vaa as t int ualle title I 1 had hail donw in iny trai eling at night I 1 had not gone into hiding so early in lie he morning before and I 1 had sometimes om ellmes started again bitone it was quite dark relying upon the fact that I 1 would mould pro llly illy r I 1 ie e mistaken for a 11 on oil hi hta way to or from work ork as the aibe light be ile from now OD 1 I resolved ho however weer I 1 would mould toke no more chances that evening I 1 came to a rive tire per haps evenly ne yards wide ide and I 1 was as retting getting ready to efim it when I 1 I 1 woud walk a little nay to find if it po possible a better place to gel gc to the riter arc fram in the bank I 1 find not walked more apin a few hundred yard yards when hen I 1 taw saw a boat it was the first time I 1 had keen seen a boat in all my experiences experienc ee it was mas firmly chaired lut as the takes stake i were in the mott bank it wae not much of a job to pull them out I 1 rot ant tn in dranic dranit to my heart hearts content shoved over to the other aide side ft pt out droe a stake into the ground and nj moored the bout boat it would her here been a simile nutter twitter to hae drifted down tie the liui hut tto tl river wai L 4 AW 0 MY 77 1 9 ir ar last photograph of lieutenant Lieue nant obrien before ills hi capture him ie Is his HI churn chum lieutenant paney panty aaion on tile filp aim anti I 1 title no latil where it liht kid mi nit very reluctantly thero therefore fore I 1 lid had to abandon the boot boat ond und jisc iacca zd on ou foot 1 I made creran mile th t night nud and before daylight found a safe place in ill to bildo for the diy daiy erom iny my hiding filding i ante I 1 coul coull I 1 see through the lie burlus a heavy thlik wood only it efort illiane ill tane awny I 1 that I 1 would start curlier earlier than usual 1 hurry ovir to the th 00 wool oo I 1 and in that way I 1 could coer two or ehrke miles in the and ruin gain just so much time uli ulli the li voel mood would I 1 te e comparatively isaf there was a catl wl ad going the wood hut but I 1 did not flure figure that that would make it any the lesi les safe about three that afternoon therefore I 1 enier ged fd croul my hiding hitting piece place and hurried into the mood acter after proceeding for halt half a mile or lio 0 o I 1 came to the railroad I 1 tons took a sharp look in both 1 d I erections lons ions and seeing 1 no signs of trains or soldiers ol diers I 1 walked boldly oker the tracks and continued on my way nuy I 1 hoon moon came upon a clearine clearing and knew that someone mu neuit it bj bi living 11 vine in the vicinity an A I 1 turned a group of tree trees I 1 bow baw a small home houie and in the distance diH tance an nit eld old nan man in a garden I 1 oe clde to enter the houe and it nak k for food figur inic flie the woman would be ile old anil anti would be no tor for me even it if ehe she proved hostile the old woman oman vats vho came to the door in re ponce to my ray knock was older thao than I 1 expected if she itri loc to hundri hund rd I 1 nia 1 I ss my sua vry bulb she site could not speak english aud I 1 could not 1 link ak I 1 it intosh of c course but ne I 1 made her tier anjer stand tint that I 1 jated to eat pat blie cann came out of thi dor dow itna hoi hot loed for her husband in r shrill voice that would have done credit to a girl of ellit itri TOP old man came in from roin the tile rarden and betten the two tit them hey they manard to iet the idea continued nol not week |