Show r A 4 WITTING 11 11 iff ag I 1 N HE HUN N ly by lieutenant PAT OBRIE OBRIEN N 0 br 1 at 1 U briba SYNOPSIS 1 I introductory rat 1 0 brien 1 tell tells of his hi purpose in the tile lory story of big hi adventure adventures II tell tells of his hi enlistment la in the th royal baing gylnn corps hie his training in Cana canadia dip and nd I 1 lu in transfer to byance for ac tive duty uial III flatts in aho brought down two tiso ci ervian airplane an d him ill final light in which I 1 a va vas brought down wounded houi ded within tb tr ger trian tin 11 a and nd wax was made a 46 primon joner r sp C war 1 dc that german 1 0 1 1 1 11 1 staff barbarously reflected the 1 tally pa 1 wounded wound e d and devoted their on ener or lc to io reit those who might h be g earned to tho 11 luing tins lines sea death in nett light of him belt beat chum aleut out r CHAPTER V lle IS resell in fin fleer car 0 arieon ramp at Court t ral 1 itaro u f mian v planning an M 1 to escape by kreft r lat lac ac vibes km u vait manke nages to rave gave aal a ll 11 hid d alep a 6 a 17 ravona re run of bread vl VI ue ite conict conn conne cates ct a mep ot germany an ani I 1 alt halt an hour later in I 1 t on train bound for a prison 1 camp kit 3 lie Ite leaps t a while the train is travel traveling int at a raf rate ot of SO 30 bill Frill pt an hour vir vit nine days he crawl crawls through Ger germany h hiding 11 1 1 u rl the he day tins at matir nis i re d b by t tare antill nd vib elatin on n raw vegetables vegetable i its I 1 coven covers tb 76 nitle lite before f are reaching lux emburs CHAPTER VIII for nine day days more he cele lee on in a weakened condition Eru ciso MI 1 burs in the ill direction r action ot of IX he ife on endure durei terrible wim rivers uhl while Is rom from bun gor alsing like a hunted a animal and nd on the day after jumping jumping from the train lite hec crosses roea into be aburn CHAPTER X when whon well on hia big way through he if Is befriended one J 1 cht by a bemish who h 0 f feed el bim m and rl bl directs him t to a a man min 1 in hea bel jia flan city nty who will he help p him to ret got a pae page XI dy by mingling with wt beli g lan in p pr f ananta at Is IT he Z 6 J t to elude ludo get aa etian a n s teri a and r reach oa cb v the t h 1 lle 3 lalan city c lt y where g he rind rithie the home of th the man tro from in whom he CHAPTER XII wilur forces a paw pass port for 0 arten and grimli prim m loss li to assist rl V to dim in getting into H hallai ou I 1 al d la later er bluy uy alier ami his hi associates d dmund fa an an exorbitant or ant um sum for or their and obrion 0 brien breaks with them CHAPTER XIII ite spends rye tro days day and nights in an unoccupied hour house without food except to or the araps ai rap he pick picks up la in night foray CHAPTER XIV T to gain ain con confidence flaonce wr the adventures to come in his hi attempt to got et into holland he ven turp s one nishi night into a moving novin picture theater tey ity german gold old lere 11 XV bonie some observations in belgian cuy city CHAP THIt X I 1 ira 6 leave leaves it tie a city the and atler 1 some heir halt adventure adventures the of ajol 1101 ih lilea mell ot of it 11 nolue planner te oc burred to me but I 1 searched arched ep hour hour in vidu 1 for lumber or fallen out of khith I 1 could construct one I 1 could anly ollit obtain aln something would enat le me reach a about nine feet in the air it U would R 11 comparatively simple mutter matter to 4 jump from front that polut over the fence than I 1 thought that per I 1 construct a ladilik and lean agal agnant nit one of the in posts upon the el electric act rl e wl wires res m were pre t ru a r I 1 im 1 t 0 the top mul arid inn thin hup lap oer mer ever eyer the tile are r ancee in frame way may this bemel seemed to lie ipe the tile inot plan anti all night long I 1 rat constructing a R ladder for this thi I 1 I 1 van mas fortu fortunaot natt enoi enough ith to find a number of fallen pine tree from ten to twenty feet long I 1 selected d ot of them which strong and nil broke off ort nil all the branches chilli I 1 uel ar eving them to the votes 11 with gru 4 1 and stripe from front wf in W f gaii ILer chef and shirt ast lest I 1 could it ana not a it very workmanlike looking lookin it lader when I 1 dinsil got ot through th rouel with it I 1 lennel it nta luit a arte to tent tt it ind it cobl led conid it was ti ire like it roin ind fler ider lhnn a on ont 1 li it I 1 strai nath oncil it liero anil ani there ant decided hat that it mould i ro bally s ane r e the pur pe I 1 kept tho ladder in the woods nil all day and could herdly unit until dark to inanc att t if it smet saul my lily blot ere oer mer It liln a fe fen hour hours I 1 moul I 1 he be in it n neutral country countr out of nil daniker dai iKer if I 1 tidied 1 I tile id euln maril v is no me morrine about failure the thin tiling to do wit it to succeed the lew low hours that were nere to pais pa is before nit ht came on teemed endito but I 1 utilized them thein to rc enforce my iny ladder 1 the runge more 1 with long gatts i which I 1 pl blaed td in lit the lite 1 at lait last night nune came and anti with milli my ladder in it iud I 1 anade for lie the barrier in front of it there mas wn n cli cleared ared pace of about ane ne huldred aris bards had been prepared to make the 1 work worl of c the euarda guards caska la in watch vatch ing it 1 I muffed eted in the belij boyhood until I 1 heard tile sentry ims im 11 s he the spot where I 1 wan wall in hiding and then I 1 hurried aar the clearing hinte k roy my ladder aidee tin lite barbed mire lre ant I 1 ored to follow it sly lothing clothing caught j in the wire tut lut I 1 cd myself clear eid ald trawled to the electric bar bur arter my plan wai to ilace the lispier ind ler manin t one nf of the pox pota climb up lip to the top and then jump there would lie e a fall 1 t f nine mile or ten feet and I 1 ti might gilt prula nn an anlie or k brook my leg but lout if that wax as tit 11 thai that stood helwe n me and freedom I 1 a boing u to top stop to consider con sider it I 1 iut put my cur to the ground to listen for or the coining coming of the sentry there w is not a bound sound Ia angerly gerly but carefully I 1 placed the landtr agni the pout post end started up tip only it few feet fee t separated me vie from liberty ami nuil my heart beart baat fan faid I 1 had climbed perhaps three rungs of iny my ladder when milen I 1 became ewar pt art unlinked for difficulty dini culty the ladder mos slipping juat just us I 1 tok the next rune rung the ladder slipped came la in contact with ith the live wire and the file current passed through the wet met ticks sticks and into my body eliere here mas a blue llah lla h li my illy hold on tl relaxed anil anti I 1 fall i the round ground of course I 1 lind not relied rete ived the tile full forie force of the cumont or I 1 would mould not now bo be here I 1 must ajie re nd 1 for it A f w moment but I 1 came carne to just in time to hear hie the german euard guard coming and 11 ito thought cagne to me m if I 1 illin t get 1 tint flint ladder conceded nt at once ho lie would see it lit n fur me it was v as a ain unusually dark likht nl ait I 1 the and hular ler out of hie ills path and lily lay down lint on oil the ground not riot seven feit fett noy from froin bin bis feet lie PI birned r so 0 1 flint I 1 could have the kuldir out and tripped him up it occurred to me that I 1 could have climbed well under the lie barbed wire fine frice and united arr the sentry to return and nd llin ilan felli d him hirn with n blow OJ tilt lie lit ml as he had no 1141 idea of course there uns navone oue in the I 1 t have liue he stated to take ln t e because lec nue iny illy only ali mas to gat into hi ih iljin but amt I 1 thought flint n na long as he lie ilten 1 other me he tile safest thine thing to tit 41 ane fill not dot to bother film but to continue my efforts during ills periodic per lodle absence nt ance ills beat at tl IJ li point uan ue apparently fairly lone lotic and allowed me more time lo 10 work rk than I 1 had hoped for sty mishap with v ith the ladar ladd r had con minted me hat that my escape in that way WB mas not feasible the shock that I 1 had received had unnerved me and I 1 was max afraid to rik it ngali lurly fairly a air I 1 realized that I 1 had fared more fortunately than I 1 could hope to tu again 1 it I 1 met with a similar mis min han hap there was no way may of making that ladder hold and I 1 gave up the idea of using it I 1 was wa now right in front of if thie this electric barrier and as a I 1 studied it I 1 linov another way may 0 of getting by it I 1 ret get over oer it what hat wan vas the matter with getting under it the bottom wire ire wae was only two inches incites from the ground and of course I 1 touch tonch it but my plan wae mas to illg underneath it and then crawl through the hole in the ground 1 I had only my bunds to gitig with 1 but tit I 1 went at it with a wilt and fortu bately the ground wae As as not very hard bard finhen I 1 had due clug about six incha making a distance dt in all of eight lathes from tile lie lowest electric I 1 came to an un tin lerr round wire I 1 knew enouch about electricity to real ize that this wire mire could r not be charged as it was in contact with mill the krould hut but mill still here thero wan mas not rint room between betseen bet seen the live lle wire mire and tits underground ground wire mire for me to carmil through and I 1 ether had to go hack back or dig deep enough tin under 1 or 10 11 vwe to crawl under it or elie ene pull it up thie this ali aran about na big around as n a lead pencil and there als ane no chance of breaking it th jack kuie I 1 had had at the this start of my lily I 1 lind long since loft anil nil even men if it I 1 had had something to hammer with fill the nole nolle would have buie made mado tho the method I 1 went ment on digging ahen the tile total distance berneen lie bet tween Neen the live lite vire wire and the bottom of the he hole hol I 1 had dug wa map Inc binche lieg I 1 fok hold of tha ground wire mire and on it with lift nil tilt nil strength it w t aldu t bu lee go it was mas stretched taut acro the arrow ditch I 1 had drig about fourteen inches wide mide and nil all the tugging serve servo to looden it I 1 mris jd filst t about to rive give up tip in despair when a staple gave gme way illy in the nearest 14 t that enabled me tile to pull the wire mire through the ground a little and I 1 rene renewed ived my effort after a it moment or two cf kf pulling as I 1 hat tin I 1 lulled in my me before it on the nt po at ave gae anny and nd my work mork 1 telzie easier I 1 bad hion leeway now nou pulled aal pulled again until in all tight 1 id 11 given gl ell vany oy 1 lart arv v time tinie a stople ganve dinv it in my en oars like tho report of a gun I 1 it diola didn t make very rinh not 1 w nl mtr ehtle 4 inch itch lino I 1 anil nul I 1 put my car c nr to he the around to llan for ho tho glaid if it I 1 hard him I 1 mould top working arid HP lie still in lit the dark till he ike lind had cone gone by ily pulling on the wire I 1 uni now alle a ie to drag it through the krouzil enough to place it anek from the fence anti g RI on the tile deeper I 1 vent ment tho lutwiler lut riler be cattle the th work nork lt tuc e liy by this time tittle my ling lir dinits anero broken ami and I 1 wag nervous afrula aery moment flint I 1 touch the cheriel atre ire t nt at it I 1 hoever with mith my nand constantly instantly ti on in tho ali hie I 1 wn na jigging anti the hp liberty blitch its with it ir in ili reach I I 1 that I 1 had enoah enough epic spice to t crawl anti still leae it 11 en ie of inches between my I 1 neb and the lite me alv wire ire before I 1 ident ent under iier fiat flint aire I 1 no n elcel flint like lie lure lace MOO the hid ml given me ns as a it fir Ill my illy pocket 1 and lest wit it mir might ht be the lite Inn 11 int ingims of electrocuting tro cutill me lite 11 1 tou bing the live wire I 1 took tol it out rolled it up and threw it eer der the barrier iret first then I 1 toy lay down on it y sio and craded craI era ed or rather writhed under the tile wire like a snake with iry try fet fket first fir and there any que question tion of 0 roy my hugging mother earth us cl closely na as possible because I 1 realized that lut even to touch the wire mire above ne tip with my lay back instant death anxious a as I 1 was uns to get on the other bide lite I 1 diani didn burry thi this aper awu 1 feared that there might be some little detail that I 1 dmd b c c ch aked anti I 1 er ex the greatest kalble care in going under nothing Both liiK tor for granted ullen I 1 finally sot got through find straightened up there were ere still bev ernt 1 feet of bl bavitz vita re rie and anti liberty saed by the adz feet which I the barrier from froin the lat last barbed mire fence but before I 1 amt crit another nii olber step I 1 melt down doun on ray my knee cud pad 6 lied od for roy lily ing I ng eerie of esen escapee lies and arid es e pec lall fier this lust ement which It leli act enji 1 to 10 tin 1111 to be lie nil till that wa isas to bring ne ine free frel doin then I 1 crawled anler the barbed wire ire fance and ln ithel ithe I 1 the tree free air of holland I 1 had no elbur ids juit where I 1 was mas and I 1 dl di in lit t care cure nuli I 1 NN waa ap out oc of tin po air ot tho the germa as and that flint waa enouch I 1 had balked perhaps a hundred bards hn I 1 remembered be the luce I 1 had tin till 0 own n 0 ft er the barrier and dangerous nd ns I 1 real rent ibid the undertaking to be I 1 deur to walk I 1 tick ani ket get it tit my kolni going baci back onto ilet klan glan noil soll again ln but it hnud a alne to leave the ince lace here there and by exer ising it little tar cart I 1 sigund I 1 could get it egiy I 1 lun wit I 1 taine it to the froot at wald I 1 had made islade my way illy andr the barad wire mire I 1 i ut tit in lit s tur di r tip t the ground td i i d listened for the sentry I 1 heard I 1 alm ilm im coining coming and la in prine ne on the glouid d till he lie had find pasted the fact that lie plight might t dserve ahe hole in the groin d or the tile ladder occurred to me at a t I 1 lay laxy there and it denied like an nize be lie for he finally fin tilly idi it ot of tur shot then their I 1 went ent under the barad wire again retrieved the tile lace arid once ameln made my way may to dutch territory it does not tale take long to describe the events just referred to but ille ini ante 14 tits consumed several hours in all to dig the hole bolo auit have taken me more than two to houra hours unit I 1 had to stop frequently to hide while the gentry sentry punned many tims in indeed lee d I 1 tho thought aig ht I 1 heard him film comil coming rig and topped stopped roy my work mork and then discovered that it wa was only my Ima glatt ion tion 1 I certainly suffered enough that night flight to last me a lifetime alth ith a oi it rann guard on one ri itt ie benth frona fir OT on thu other ald starra lion staring me in the fact roy my plight m ana as anything but tout a comfortable one it was ins on the of november 1917 nhan I 1 got through tb the 0 wire I 1 had find made my leap from front he the train on StiVer riber oth dill altogether therefore tin retire just seventy two days hail had elapsed fince since I 1 aped from froin the ming it if I 1 me ti to he be a its old a as I 1 new never expect to live through another ser cuty aio oio dai s no so crammed full of incident and li aard and lucky escape f chapter CHAPTER experience ir in florland Fl i olland S pa I 1 IL 1 w 1 la Is not quite out 0 of the wood I 1 now knew that I 1 wae was in Hol collani lani 11 but just where I 1 had no idea I 1 walked for about thirty minutes and rame came to A path ending to tit the right and I |