Show THIRD ESCAPE OF INTERNED FRENCH AVIATOR RIVALS MOVIE THRILLERS prison Air shaft iri div switzerland brings liberty to airman gilbert fellow townsmen motor manufacturer and a paris newspaper back of exciting adventure takes advantage of gastronomical trono mical weakness of guard perls never two without a third Is a french proverb which lius has proved true tree in tile the case of 0 aviator gilbert forced to descend in switzerland erland owing 0 ing to ills his motor falling failing gilbert was inas h ills his first attempt to escape ns as successful success ful but the french government handed jilin him buck back to tile the swiss authorities because the letter in which gilbert tool took back ills his pledge not to try to escape had not readied reached the authorities lit in sufficient time little ul it 1 though hough it had been posted early enough A second attempt MIS as morn blied as the hie aviator anns ai recognized on a train before getting out of the country and once wore more made a prisoner with greatly increased Inc reused pre castioni to prevent another attempt the third attempt which the cables have already reported to liae been it a complete success involved it story that ovles ovies the movies at the back of it tire are gilberts fellow townsmen 11 en from the auvergne province the I 1 manufacturer rif of tile the motor that gil ili rt bcd on ills his aeroplane and a paris newspaper news nes paper with the largest circulation in the world gilbert closely guarded gilbert was imprisoned in the third tory antory of a large barracks in zurich aud and was watched night and day by special guart guards 19 one day a frenchman arrived on olt the scene a M 1 robere adelard ostensibly a dealer in wool hilt but really it a general commissioned agent who iio hall noted acted ns as a sherlock on vu rious occasions especially since tile aa var or it took me three months to arrange affairs boffoli A SI 11 li lelard relates for I 1 met inet with nth several fai failures lares the first arst thing I 1 had to do was ivas to In inspire pIre confidence in someone around gilbert who ho would fi allow me without being aware of it to kv get into close touch with the man mail whose escape I 1 wished to aid such a nian man I 1 found in captain starlit who ilio was mas charged charge with watching Nat ching over the prisoner and was inflexible as to hi hili duties 1 I made no secret of being a friend of gilberts but I 1 explained that although I 1 was glad to see hiro him again I 1 had come to switzerland on business buRtne sg to convince the captain I 1 talked to bill and showed hin heavy orders I 1 had given in accordance with aith orders received from various ol atlon and other firms in france I 1 ordered all sorts of things lings ti ono on day buying several cords of wood all these orders started stor ted but somehow or other oilier some combination presente I delivery and in III the end few went tl ough escape cleverly contrived 1 I soon found Cul captain curtain tain sturms ins weak point it was we lunched together we had dinner and supper together and the fare was always ways so good that lie soon allol allowed ved me to see lits his prisoner almost daily ko BL fore the captain we talked about tile the weather and such excite exciting ig t topics 0 ties I 1 but we wrote each other dozens dons of little notes which we used to slip under tile the table as we raised our glasses to the th captains health lic alth that lasted three whole months by which time saturin and I 1 were inseparable and gilbert and I 1 had formed our plans A certain person was to pass in front frent of the barracks at 70 0 p in it if he lit Ms his cigarette twice in front of the railing be between teen the barracks and the police station the attempt was to b be made that night but if 1 lie blew its ills nose ostentatiously it meant tile attempt was to be postponed gilbert knew that he could escape by a ventilation shaft that passed throng lk the lavatory on ills his landing the guards at his door were changed each night at 2 a ni in the plan was to go to the washroom lit at a in and hope that the departing guards would fall to notify the newcomers of ills his absence on monday and tuesday nights the relieving sentinels were informed but on wednesday night this duty was overlooked gilbert dressed in uniform let himself slip down the narrow ventilating ti shaft onto the ground floor from NI ilch he escaped by a key that I 1 had provided I 1 should flint when everything had beel arranged I 1 said goodby good rood by to captain stunner nier and left for france just before the escape was tried gilbert climbed the wall around the barracks and found civilian clothes clothe in the automobile waiting tor him tit at the point arranged Is hidden away gilberts friend arnold the newspaper nian man nho lio worked 1111 alist escape then took charge ot of ill proceedings it was hopeless to think ot of smuggling gilbert out of the hie country nt at once however well lie might be allf guised the hue and cry would be too strong 1 I took him to a safe place where we were sure tile the police would never think of coming just beca because lube tile the apartment was one open opan to any visitor said melard tills this operation took fifteen min ailt eb and live minutes later tile the alarm was nas given gilbert was stowed away in a closet of which he be could leave the door ajar closing it on the least sound at night only lie he could take some borne rest there lie he remained six els flays to let the storm roll by french papers announced his hig arrival in paris declaring that lie he had been seen keen by friends arid and this lulled sus suspicion picton in 8 liz erland 1 I returned to zurich with a disguise for hini false beard spectacles heavy shoes etc and gilbert took tile the train having bought it a ticket for Bi bienne biering erinc there we walked some nome miles toward geneva when tin an automobile antarr bobile met us which tooted its horn three ti tunes liles in a I 1 beconi e w wre were re I 1 inside as III e an and taking a side bide roll road to avoid the high roud rono reached a little wood near geneva where here we receded the latest iles IKUS about nebout the direction police activities aties were taking crossing the frontier we decided to start next day i which aich was ns ascension day which heeled appropriate prop for no an ai ator the lost last night light was as passed lit in a tillage near geneva and after some home hours Nal walking klug text next ti morning lorning we saw the frontier the railroad ant and the road front from anne to bellegarde Bello garde tills this was the point we lad had cilien for ci the letl the actual crossing cro irig probed easy llie hie siss gard happened to be some yards imay away and gilbert took to ills ies ach ond and got into france lr ance before the guard reached liim him 11 the french guard hoN hannever lioe Never vcr challenged him find and the only papers all it bart could abow were nere its ills legion of honor cross his military medal und and lii ili war cross when lie he gave ills his name tit th brave guard accepted these deco i as proof of ef no and telephoned lilio ned liis ills superior bu officers who nho brought lirou glit tin an automobile for gilberts use ii e A trum triumphant welcome met jilin him tit at lyons where lie he was mas able to borrow an aviator officers uniform A at still more inore enthusiastic welcome awaited jilin at paris where the minister of war nor congratulated him and gale gaie him a permission so that lie he can call take a short rest before resuming ills place at the front gilbert needs so some erest rest as in addition to his irksome I 1 life fe its as a prisoner lie had to thin himself f down considerably in it order to be ure sure of 0 passing down the ventilation lenti lation staff shaft |