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Show COUNT LUCKNER THE SEA DEVIL . After the Armistice, we were pris-oners for four more months on the north Island near Auckland, but were allowed visitor. One day, a Maori chieftain's wife from the tribe of the Walkatoa, a peo-ple who made name for themselves as warrtora against Ue English la their heroic struggle for freedom In 180041, called with her retinae. This lady, whose name was Kalhan, banded me a letter. It was written In Maori, and translated read aa follows: "I come to you, 0 Illustrious chief-tai-and pass on to you for the future preservation of an old tradition the mat of the great chieftain Wal-Tete.- " Aa she banded me the letter, she brought forth from under her dress a mat that she had hidden there while passing the prison guard. My surprise was great and 1 nudged Klrchelss, but he wss as mystified as L Fortunately, there was a German lady present who bad been living In Mew Zealand for some time. She un-derstood the customs of the handsome aborigines who once ruled In New Zealand, and explained to me that I was about to receive the highest honor that the Maoris can bestow upon anyone. y Lotvelt Thomas Copyright b ttoublsday, Doru A Ce. kir u M CHAPTER XVII Continued 24 We lay off an Isolated bay of Red Mercury island, northwest of the Bay of rienty. for two duys, during which we had a couple of narrow escapes from searching boats. A government cutter had almost sighted us when she dumaged her propeller on the rocks and had to limp back borne. The third day we put out to sea, and as we bounced about on the waves I swore In the cadets as regular midshipmen of the Imperial navy and promoted Vice Corporal von Egidy to the rsnk of naval Junior lieutenant As com-mander of a war vessel, even tboogb she was only the colonel's motor boat I bad the authority to do thla Then aboard, and searched us to the soles of our shoes. Then these gentry robbed os of our personal possessions They were wUdly Jubilant over their victory. I gathered from them that the ship that had escaped as having brought the news of our capture of the Moa to Auckland, the authorities there bad surmised that we must be beaded for the cache of supplies at Curtis Inland. When we arrived at Auckland, the New Bealanders bad their own little Tlctory celebration. 8lghtseers In all sorts of boats came out to have a look as the Iris with the Moa In tow steamed Into harbor, the victor of the Battle of the Kennadeca. We were Jnlled at Mount Eden, the local prison of Auckland, as a punish-ment for our night For a calaboose, It was not bad. After twenty-on- e days there, we were distributed among varl-ou- a prison camps. Klrchelss and I went to River Island near Lyttelton on the south Island of New Zealand. Even the yard of our prison In Fort Jervois wss a veritable cage. It was screened not only around but also across the top with lines of barbed wire. The commander of the camp, Major Leemlng of Tasmania, was one of the best fellows I have ever met He, too, felt himself a prisoner here on this lonely Island and soon became our third man at cards, which we played to while away the hours during the long evenings. A drawbridge that bad been smashed by a hurricane was being repaired, and we prisoners had access to the waterside for a while. In the yard stood a row of empty tar barrels. One of the barrels fell over, and I hap-pened to notice that It was picked op by a small coastwise schooner that often lay at dock farther down the shore. I threw In another barrel It floated. The boat picked It up. My plan was made, I could arrange one of these barrels so that I could float out In It I would pick the time when the little schooner was at shore. Then I would get Into the barrel and roll myself off the dock. The boat would pick the barrel up. It might seem a bit heavy, but they would think It bad tar In It The barrel once aboard. Us lid would open and a man armed wltb a knife would step out like a Thus I would have a boat I would pick up Klrchelss, who would be waiting, and we would go sailing each helped the other cut his hair short In uaval fashion. Two sailing vessels came by. We decided to seize them both, sink one, and keep the other. We went after the first one, but a sudden puff of wind carried her along at a great rate, and we could not catch her. This was very unfortunate, for she reported our cap-tur- e of the second boat which she wit-nessed. Bombs poised, machine gun pointing, and German flag raised, we swiftly approached the Moa, She hove to. My boys and I clambered on deck. With Colonel Turner'a aword In my hand, I ordered the captain and crew herded below, the captain, an excellent old salt, growling: "You're escaped prisoners, eht Our boys are doing their bit In France, and st home they can't even guard prisoners." The Moa was a fine craft but ai flat as a match box. Intended for coast-wise trai.'e, she had no keel and drew only three feet of water, but she bad huge masts. A storm blew up, and we scudded before the wind. The Moa's captain rushed up bristling with ex-citement UIs boat be protested, was cot adapted for sailing on the high sea, much less through a storm. We iters risking our lives, be expostu-lated. We should take down sell. "We are sailing for our lives, by Joe 1 responded, and kept all can-vas up. The deck The chieftain's wife began to dance around me wltb great rapidity and wild abandon. The name of this dance was the Baka-Uak- or some-thin- k like that and at the conclusion of It she presented me wltb a green stone found only In New Zealand. Again she spoke. "0 great warrior from across the teas, we greet yon as a chieftain of the Walkatoa, and among my people you shall be known henceforth aa meaning Holy Water.' We be-lieve that the spirit of our Maori hero has returned to us In yon.' I accepted the stone and pressed the Maori woman's band to express my gratitude. Ai she was about to take her departure, she requested that I bide the mat and stone and carry them to Germany wltb me, which I did. But before concealing them, I had my picture taken wearing nothing but the garb of a Maori chieftain, this simple mat Except for the absence of full war paint and the usual tat-tooing, my friends ssld I made a per-fect aborigine. Perhaps so. Even in Germany there are those who look upon me as more of an aborigine than a civilised being. When the day on which we were to sail for borne drew near, the president of the Soldiers' Mothers' league vis-ited me and wished me a pleasant trip on behalf of the mothers of 80,000 sol-diers. She said she came because New and perhaps get to some neutral Is- Zealand's sons wbo bad been war prls land. Major Leemlng bad been so kind to me that I did not want to embarrass him by escaping under his command He, expecting an addition to his fam-ily, was to take a furlough. I would do my Jnll breaking while be was away. But soon after Major Leemlng went on bis furlough, Klrchelss and I were ordered back to the prison camp at MotulhL Of course, there was a new commandant at Motuihl now, a Major Schofleld. Most of the prisoners there received us wltb enthusiasm. Even the treacberoua Polish doctor brought me a bottle of champagne, hoping that I would not mention our former little business transaction In which be was to get a percentage of that $2.1,000. Some of our own countrymen who had spent so many hours learning parts for that theatrical show seemed to hold It against os. But after all, bad I not treated them to a far better melodrama from the life of a sailor Presently, several fellows came to me and asked If 1 did not think some-thing could he undertaken. They had already contrived to get a few pistols and build a folding canvas boat We could not very well go to sea In that But If we could contrive to station ourselves at some other part of the Island, we could wait until a sailing skipper stayed on ail night and poured out oil to quiet the waves We went on our watches, undisturbed Ordinarily, we would have been some-what worried, but the storm was tak-ing us olong swiftly away from pur-suit The waves began to break over our stern, and the Moa bobbed up and down. She bad a deckload of lumber. Overboard with It We started to work and were ably assisted by a breaker that crashed over us and In an Instant swept most of the lumber Into the sea. We were towing the motor boat we had taken from the commandant at Motuihl. A wave swamped her, and she tore loose from the towllne and sank. We steered to the Kermadec Is-lands, an uninhabited group where the New Zealand government keeps a cache of provisions for castaway sail-ors. Curtis Island, one of the group, came In sight on December 21. It ap-peared In s cloud of smoke, a land of volcanoes and geysers. Presently we spied the sheet-Iro- n shed where the provisions were stored. - Klrchelss and four men landed on the Inferno-lik-coast and In due time returned, their boat loaded deep with provisions. The New Zealand government was kind enough to provide many useful things for shipwrecked sailors and some-times for escaped prisoners 'of war There were tools, oars, sails, fishing oners In Germany bad returned borne In good health to their mothers. There-fore, she considered It her duty to pray God that L too, might soon be re-stored to my mother's arms. So at last we sailed away from New Zealand, "the land down under," where we hod had the last of our ad-ventures, enjoyed a few hardships, spent many weary and delightful hours, and met many hospitable and kindly people. On the whole, I have happy memories of the Antipodes. In July of 1019, I stepped on Ger-man soil again and hurried borne, Just In time to pass a few more weeks wltb my father, who died on September 8. The old warrior held steadfast to bis faith In the Fatherland to tbe last But to bis dying hour be was filled wltb regret because bis government would not let htm take an active part In the Great war. On January 8, 1020, all my men re-turnedthat Is, all save one. Their clothes were faded from the tropical sun and corroded by the sea water, but they returned without a stsln upon either their bonor or their loyalty. Tbe only gap In our ranks after those long adventures was' tbe excel-lent Doctor Pletscb, our ship surgeon. The news of Germany's collapse reached the remote part of Chile where he was living. When he heard It he ship came along, put out in our flimsy little craft, and attack ber. We con-sulted with tbe former governor of German Samoa, Doctor Schults-Ewart- b by name, who was a prisoner at Motuihi. He with his personal serv-ant, a giant fellow, formerly a German baker, was allowed to wander where be pleased on the Island. It was his man who hit upon the Idea of hiding In the Interior of the island by build-ing a cave In the side of a dry river bed that he had discovered, the cave to be so disguised that searchers would not notice IL We could easily get out of the camp and Into tbe other parts of the island, and. at the same time, give the Impression that we had es-caped over a cliff to the shore and been picked up by a bout We could keep to our retreat until the search had died down, and then we could watch for a passing sallshfp and at-tack It. The plan seemed an excel-lent one. We guthered more weapons, while Doctor Schults-Ewart- and bis man, on their long rambles, began tbe con-struction of tile cave. Things pro-gressed rapidly. Then tbe Armistice came. If It had been delayed a week, there would have been another escape ut MotuihL tackle, blunkeis, bacon, butter, lard, canned beef In short, everything. We had Intended to leave our prisoners on Curtis island, but that den of steam and sulphur fumes seemed unfit for anyone. So we decided to tuke them ashore with a supply of provisions, and send a wireless message to sum moo aid for them. "Smoke to the north, behind Island,'' gang the lookout. Two men were still on the Island. 1 sent hastily for them. The Moa raised sail and ran before the wind. The steamer was In sight now. She sailed toward us. We changed our course. She, too, changed her course. The skipper of the Moa recognized her ss the New Zealand government's cable steamer, Iris, en auxiliary cruiser. She had ennnon, and we bad none. Our goose wus cooked. We still tried hopelessly to run sway. She gnlned on us, and signaled us to stop. We kept on. A flash, distant roar, hissing In the air, a splash in front of us. She was firing on us. "Heave to," I commanded, and we were prisoners once again, Tbe Iris was manned, not by naval men, but by a nondescript crowd that out pistols to our backs as we came fell dead of heart failure. Returned to my beloved Fatherland, I found so many things changed and different from what I bad hoped. In this connection, there Is one memory always before me. It is of my mother. I was sitting at ber sick bed when even the doctors had given op hope. Only then did 1 realize how much I loved her, but I also realized with sorrow and regret bow mucb more I should have done for ber. Exactly the same feeling 1 have today when I find my country lying low. Never have I loved my homeland so mucb as now. fTHE END. Hard to Find He was very old, but passionately attached to tbe royal and ancient game. 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There are many other places In the world, too, where the peoples are immune to curiosity of the kind displayed. Not that their men or their animals live, or continue active, long-er than ours, but they have been less Inclined than Americans to seek Im-provements In equipment, and so have clung closer to old buildings and old tools. Here the search Is constant for better design and better materials. The ancient Is discarded when the new makes Its added merit certain. And that Is not the least of the rea-sons for the start the United States often gets In achievement Indianap-olis News. Woaderful The Princess Joachim Albrecht about to sail from tfew York on the , Leviathan, said to a reporter: . "I think America la wonderful, ton Is pay the highest wages, yet yon pro- - duce the best and cheapest goods. I think It Is a miracle." ' The princess smiled and added: "It Is like the German clerk's land-- I lady. The German clerk said, yon know : " 'My landlady la a wonder. We bad a Westphallan bam for supper last night, and she carved It In such thin slices that after we were all served the ham weighed left pounds.' " t Fines Returned to Speeders If you were fined for speeding, knew you were guilty, and were Just succeeding in trying to forget It then received a letter of apology and the amount of the fine from the- - govern-ment how would you feelT That Is what happened to a number of speed-ers In England recently. Scotland Yard bad caught them In a speed trap and fined them. Later officials found that the trap was five yards shorter than It should be. Even allowing for the error the autotsts were still guil-ty of speeding, but the British borne office decided to take the sporting at-titude, return the fines, and send let-'te-of apology. Or Not at All vShe (to bridge expert) In the same circumstances, how would you have played that hand? He (Icily) Under an assumed name. Point of Comparison Hard on the Russians Bonsld McPherson, the rich Pitts-burgh promoter, said on his return from Russia : "The Russian government's moral sense Is about equal to old Gobsa Goald's sense of etiquette. "Old Gobsa Goald, the profiteer, was eating dinner In his tapestry-hun- g dining room when the bishop called for a subscription, you know. "The bishop came In timidly. The butler and the four footmen In the dining room awed him. "'Don't let me disturb you, Mr. Goald,' he said. T can call another time.' "'No, no,' sold Gobsa. Take a chair, do.' "And then be added with a polite society smile: "Yon'll excuse me not eatin' this here rich puddin' with my knife, blsh it's so darn thin and sloppy.' " Sh.ll Still Plowed Up A rich man has many friends. , Although the World war ended more than ten years ago, farmers are still plowing up shells In the rural districts of Rheims, France. In many cases the shells have exploded and caused Injury or death. Some men have a hard time picking out a cor to heaven because the lower berths seem all to be taken. A man who, never made a fool of himself Is unable to appreciate human sympathy. , HeaTenly Cora Why did Muriel Insist on be-ing married In an airplane? Dora Well, she's so conceited that she thought no man on earth was good enough for her. Tit-Bit- For Varificatioa "The chief has Insulted me. He said t was more stupid than the police al-lowed. What do yon make of that?" "I don't know. I should inquire of the police." PRIMEVAL FORESTS BEING PRESERVED BY GOVERNMENT unnecessary Invasion of roads, resorts, summer homes, communities and other forms of use Incompatible wltb tbe major purpose. Wilderness preservation Illustrates the rapid changes that have taken place. Daniel Boone and bla contem-poraries would bare questioned the sanity of any person suggesting set-ting aside wilderness areas in order that such places might not disappear, but to be able to walk through a primeval forest Is growing to be a rare privilege and It Is a source of satisfaction to know that some of the specimens of oar former forest gran-deur will be preserved. Protected Areas Destined to Encour-age Research In Wilderness Conditions. Syracuse, N. T. Setting aside wil-derness areas Is now a current prob-lem with the federal government. One reason why It Is a problem Is because there are comparatively few suitable primeval forests left, says the New York State college of forestry, at Syracuse university. The Yellowstone National park was established in 1S72, but tbt principal reasons were Its rare scenic features and not particularly Its virgin forests. New York state probably was the first to-s- et aside an extensive area of wild land to be kept forever wild because it wos wild. This occurred In 1885, when the forest preserve was estab-lished, but today there are additional reasons for saving wilderness areas. The romantic wild Imd Idea stlU per sists, but other Important consider-ations are now necessary. The wilderness areas, being set aside today for the forest service, are as mucb for research aa for the pres-ervation of the primeval forest Itself, tt Is Intended that these areas will preserve soil conditions and plant and animal species of great potential value to science whlcb are Incapable of sur-viving under modification caused by the Invasion of man and bis institu-tions. These areas will preserve the condi-tions under which the early develop-ment of the nation took place and whlcb Influence the character of our national Ideals, traditions and modes of life. The areas will nol be smaller than 1,000 acres, whlcb Is small enough. Primitive conditions of tray-el- , habitation, subsistence and en-vironment will be maintained and a close guard will be kept against tbe Oregon Girl Has Barber Cut Hair Oregon City, Ore. Shirley May Frank, sixteen days old, probably has the distinction of being the youngest person in Oregon to have her hnlr cut. She "never whimpered a bit," accord-ing to Frank Alldredge, who has been cutting balr bere for a quarter of a century. |