Show fr outwitting THE flu lieutenant PAT abrien i WU 1914 by flat alt 0 urr SYNOPSIS I introductory pt pat obrien 0 it tell lefts or 0 his pur oiste in tit brilin tir the lorje 0 J file hi 11 tella of hia his enlistment 1 lit the th royal corps hie his training 1 in it anada fanada f and like transfer to erno tog of uv tive duty ili III describes ach is in which lie s drouant down two airplanes and hie his inal axtt in which tie ile a brought broil fht down wounded within the german line lines aad ad WM woos made a primmer pr loor ot of war IV discovers that arnin german aff staff barbarously neglected the tb fatally totally wounded and devoted their aner to u restoring 1 uio thus alo 0 might be returned to the firing 11 n e a Wit gettle it in light ot 0 lila film beat best chum churn baut CHAPTER V the th prison camp at courtial Cour Court trat ral from the li it department I 1 wa was convel convened ed to the prison camp at Court courteal ral nI in nn an automobile it as ax about nn an hours ride my aly r ort mas me one of the most eanious in lit the horld orld barring none lie wa was inter later killed in action hut lint I 1 was told by nn ark english airman who mho witnessed ills gamt combat that ho lie fought a lame attl i and billed a heros dhati tite vie prison 1 hold allent cl lent I ln an a civil prison of borne kind im alforo lf foro oro the wr fir was right in the lirt nc of Court courteal ral the first MP le up P prout hed was large 1 and in tit rant of t the bilth formed tile th min ent entrap rare was wait a fentry hox bor here we mo were hy by the he entry who knocked on oil the lnor 1 the genri tillitt if tile bey key lu its tile lock jork and I 1 A Ildi alt fed we kili the 14 arc liway and directly into a court courtyard yord on illch need faced nil all lit the prison tit winsome wIn doMe of oioi anra ire heively barred after I 1 had gilt hn if alleri e rny MY nnnie name ace age etc 1 I wai vas tn to it evil with hars on pie vin lit doe dous mor looking this 1 I 1 was prompts tl told that ut at niola we na mere toot to anup t upa thena ronn but I 1 lini already 1 the tako n account ot tho number ft ef x i i rali and the dair outside and ion on el lithol that my chances of ol iv away from front mome other place coul cold I 1 he be no worse orse than in ili that particular cill As I 1 lind bad no lint mv belm t I 1 ing the k only thine thing I 1 hold worn morn our the alile I 1 as compelled either to ti go bire hooded or benr tin lilt red cap eel t the bavarian a whom 1 lial shot don doun on chait memorable do it tan ie to tin jim agines how I 1 looked attired in lit a larit lh ish uniform and a bright red cup call valrner Vac INA ermer I 1 was uns my outfit aroused considerable curl aguon the larks and geromin is rIllers nhen I 1 arched sit it prison chrit luy day I 1 still wore are alls gnp and an 1 I akin into the th court ard my ni my ruy uni forin all that tin the officers nho to it lit bt inning lies 1 in the ard could st 0 wan alie red cap tiny told ot lue they mothered vun mot mho he the hue flun uns with lilt the bandage on oft ills mouth this ap all I 1 managed to leep with but was never allowed to wear it on jhb alks e took I 1 cither either mt tint bart liada or loirro ted it cap fiort roni some other prisoner ioner at certain hour hours each day tiny lie he 4 arkers were allowed allotted to li tingle in tle tile courtyard and on the first n of this kind I 1 found that hill allela vero veto it 11 officers imprisoned jere dealdia nii efla t it they titer had litre interpreters who could a uld all nit lang 1 tinges one ot of ahem was a mere were boy w hi to I 1 ad md be ie n born in J jj ey city N J ond and had spent all his film life IIA in A tit until abe beginning of 1914 then lie boned with alth ills folka to germany find alien ben ho lie bedaine of tary nee age tile ifune forted him into the army I 1 think it if the truth were known ho ito kulil enuch rather hae been fighting for Air kii than lur bir I 1 found that mt m t of the prisoners boners goners remained at courtroul Cour trul only two ti ir or ahrie day from krom there they are vure in variably taken talen to prisons in lit tle the interior of germany it was 1 I 1 nax an american or I 1 atai at I 1 lout t akst kaw w but this tills rule not fol lowed in my case cube I 1 there t 0 beeks during title tills period courtrair Cour iral trai ku ui 4 con call bluntly bombed by our uIrt birtner ner not knot ft A hingle day or night pa pissed used without one or more air ralda in ili the tile two wicki I 1 mas as there I 1 counted 21 of thiera the to town n suffered tred a great deal of damace damage evidently our people were acre amare that the german germans I 1 nd ad a lot of troops con rated in this town an I 1 tho headquarters stuff tan was as there the kaler kal er Il himself visited courteal Court ral while I 1 aias in tl if a arlon I 1 was wa tot tol I 1 11 I 1 s one of the luter ortto rs but he didn dian t call on me nd for obvious reason reasons I 1 couldn coulden t call en on him the courtes courtyard court of was cot not a wy very popa a lar tar place during air ralda raids several times wh who ts our airmen baided that section in nay time I 1 went out and watched the machines and find the ehrea nel net itil lu all around but the oer bian mans did not crowd out there for their V t 1 nit run avre yvre vt r int Y to kep kit nir aa illicit in tile ali sky ky ax AIA and ere to fall ta ili the ard any moment of course I 1 batchel cliel these hese 1 I 1 at my own oun risk stany eights fro brudi ray prison mildew I 1 watched with Pec peculiar tillar interest the th air raid raids carried on and it was wn a wonderful acht alth the tile german on the sky the flaming nani lne onions biri high unil unit the burnt burst of the gulls but blit rather an un comfortably relation when I 1 idealized that th tile v vs ry next wit ute a lamb might in ile dropped on the building bul lillue in whid width I 1 ann as a prisoner but ler hape haps nil all of tills atom better than no nt at all for prison lift BOOB soon cry monotonous one of the hardest things I 1 had bad to endure throughout the two beks I 1 dbent there man wa the night might of the hurt Pla chines flying over per Court courteal ral knowing lint that perhaps I 1 would have ut lother chance t n and I 1 cuned to ett sit by flip thi hour mat at 4 sing ing the tho grinan machine machines nver over the briwn ion all itry they bud un nit airdrome not far away arm attu cry etry afternoon the student or I 1 to tik tk lilt ll 11 at for students because their flying vim man try ry poor appeared over the ton one ono ct cirtain flun heined to find tint satisfaction in hying right dou down a tit wr er the tile prison nightly for my special die comfort and benefit it ries nied aei cis it hu hit knew an airman lin im id there atae as mainly longing to try hie his 1 again ner oer their alnea lilt I 1 used to console by say baying acier ocr mind old boy there wan was neer neier a bird hird ahoe dingi could not be ClIpP cI it if thy set get him just right und kind 51 31 ur turn will conie come some day lay one jil lit there ae as an lannor cattle at r 30 7 p n when wile wn 1 fillies had a little jam made ninde is ozo out 7 t of augur k lle ts anil and a preparation culled tru chhit fw hail to IR porously or it spilled in tho bottom ot of the tile cup and then bout about a u joel iiii I 1 hot water mater thin tea teal wai man a ead sad blow to the englishmen if it be bet n called tea they it I 1 t have felt to badly about it per hap I 1 tut ut it was wa adding to injury to 0 o call that stuff tuf I 1 tea 14 litch with them la Is almost a national sometimes Smet mii win with this meal rave gave us butter instead of jam ond and once in a while me M had find some kin klad of canned 01 eat teal this lie the usual run of rat eat able ables for the tile 41 li l i I 1 can eat more than titan that ft fr in ili the diya that atre re tn to ef cin I 1 it I 1 learned t hat I 1 it its to faire lera lily more VH we tre rill ti to ien i en I 1 allt and I 1 icv n fert 4 lint hill na K hult most u of the lr liti rn rm v fi ro i m mill lit lit 4 tills wae was but an empty privilege once I 1 took advantage of tha r pY lIfS to r bend ild MY shoes to a belgian sa to he be half soled they barged me 20 marks 51 31 once in a a B iglai ladle ladles itell t society visited the ariso and brought trout ht ue us handl er kerchiefs erch lefa american soap which selin 11 at about 1 a bar in I 1 toothbrushes tooth brushe and mothr little articles all of which were ere american made hut ut whether they wre supplied by the th american relief committee or not I 1 dont don t know at any tiny rule ritte these sifts gifts were ere might useful and were very much appreciated one afy ds I 1 offered a button but tots off my uniform to one of if thee belgian ladlis 4 WN 71 lop 1 r r 14 4 7 V A 1 ma J 4 a e 2 j A im or i 4 4 i rl 4 v 01 il from rom a photograph taken in the th courtyard Curt yard of f the th officer officers prison at Cour courtrell trall which lieutenant obrien preserved throughout hout his HI perilous Pert lu journey geurne obrien Is I 1 shown standing behind the german guard who sits at the th table in the center of the group ally nemy nir air ruia going on A nuni num t f stirman officers mine came into lilt and thi y nil till deemed vt vry y 1 I I 1 jokingly remarked that it ummil t tild lw 1 fill aliu if our airmen I 1 it tl it 0 old i irl on the would bo be pry one I 1 r said about tin ton Gri cues 4 they illint ottin to i predate the joke jole and they were up lilt luru itly too alart ned at chit hit vm on fill 1 nil to laugh eye even at their own otin joki although theme ellit wits bo ein to take ull till the starch out of thi gordiani Gorn Gerni iani uns while they are pi th ahr OffiC Lre were usually na as blaic A mills ll iii the he next luy day ard ad spoke contemptuous ay 0 the raid of 0 the jirgl t work I 1 amov H tit if soldiers in COUN cour arnt und th tho did not ln tin arns i im ink ux as hating cry nery good or aban dint food tiny uart fairly well 11 clothed I 1 do n it tile n to imply im lily eliut t con cook lItI to an curly end it J the mar on oil hi contrary from that I 1 to t ft ts uhle able tf in on alint phit panto walisa atilt ki to to icv an all crip 1 they ciu tit in lit my op opinion lillon c v 4 n tor for 3 ars I 1 the id ld a of cur being 1 able to ile the lilt vur mar 15 I 1 starting thin out alkih is nm lilt ai its il it licu lowi till this ie is u war lilt ina iut 1 I 1 e mon by anil unit lie the cintr att amlize that fact the m it will lie be hour in the prison knork was neven 0 chck ilat alfast came ut at tight tills con cow isted of a nip of courte ani and nothing elm 1 it if tle the prisoner had the fure fore eight to dave save sonie bread from the pre vidua di 1113 he lie it hid id bread for also hut lout that nier hapl hopi Knel la in my cum we had bad two cups of coffee hut that Is latr coerce it ins bently chicory or some cereal pre parn parit tion na e lad had no milk rr r sugar for lunch tho tave us boiled sugar beets or some other veritable vegetable and once in a while fumo kind of pickled meat hut bill that happened hapl nal cry ery we aleo also received retell ed a thin third of a loaf ot 0 breadbar bre bread adwar nar breid bre id tills mar brul as as heavy a n brik black ant an I 1 sour it was wits but 41 1 to lait ua from noon moon one day ti to iron the next kl capt for some soup t alj dij waa was the whole u ats 0 t f ivr out at 11 let aklu saw maw me ine and find I 1 was all never allowed to KO go near the he afterwards a ads the sanitary conditions condition in thia I 1 irl tor camp wire as a gen o 0 eral reposition one night ho howeth I 1 discovered dt covered that I 1 had been captured by TIN was a novel experience to me and ne that I 1 matilu have been very willing to have misled because in the iblas corpa our are a number of ot miles hack of the lines and we have rood good billets an I 1 our acquaint ance with such ng 9 a co otlea and other unwelcome visitors Is 3 very allm in lied when I 1 discovered disco ered roy my condition I 1 dmd muda hollar and rowed row ed the guard and then I 1 rot got another example of german ncy chis guard seemed to be even more p ed about a ma complaint than I 1 myself foi aring that he would by be 1 binnum for my ondi condition tion the commandant rora mandant mas aa summoned antil id I 1 cout cold I 1 etc hut that he lie was very an gry fco cleone rot got 4 be u prini and fi r it I 1 biti taken out of my cell by it i guard N ith a rifle and conducted about a quarter of it wile froin from the prison ti if nn old bull buling line which had bit been concerted comer ted into an clabo ite auml wiling plant thre I 1 was vas riven given a pickle bath in some kind hind of solution and ind 1111 while ile I 1 atas absorbing absorb lne it my clothel cloth eq bel bed clothes and whatever Nhat ever else ela 0 had be beta a in my cell COR waa vas being put through another fumigating ss ihlae I 1 its waiting malting for my things to dry it took PL rh ipa half an hour I 1 had a chance to oben o about one him 1 red other if of coolies co oties german soldiers eold lerg who had become ln lit tested in the trenched ci eq ae were nil all nude of course but apparently it t was uni not dIRl cult for them to I cognize me mos n A a foreigner foret men without Itt lout my uniform on for none of them maile made any attempt to talk to me although they were very busy talling about me I 1 tout kulil not understand what hat they were ere ayley but I 1 knew I 1 waa was the nit tt t t most of their doces aad and they made no effort to conceal the fact that I 1 WB was the of c |