The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-06


emerging from them. "One's tele-
graph and telephone and the others
this freak thing that shows mems pho
tographs. Yes" he concluded, your
picture taken in five different posi-
lions has been in there since you first
| tried to cross the line to-day, and
anyway If you'd got past us fellows.
you'd have been picked up before you
| got very far into the interior"
Hitler sat stupefied. Has anybody
ever really got across this line?"
Yes, three or four Of them, here
| and there, mostly out west where the
hills is rougher; but they all got gath
cred in sooner or later. One OF em
who tried it was Jap. and the boys
accidentally shot him. Another fell
low was an Englishman, who made it
over from Canada into Detroit, so I've
heard"
What happened to himy' Hitler
asked suspecting that this was the
first bearer of the message who had
preceded him.
They didn't want to turn him loose,
because he knew too much; so they
decided he was a vag, and run him in
till the war is over"
4 Hitler knew now what had been his
predecessors fate, but made no reply.
His informant after pause con-
tinued: There's been only one &C
cident besides that which happened to
the Jap, and that was poor devil that
| 10 10 M In of
newfangled airships. He certainly
got his tire punctured all right, and
came down mighty sudden" The SOL
der stopped for moment and heaved
long sigh, and then concluded in
softer voice: Il was awfully sorry
for that fellow. He want no spy nor
nothing like that, but just a young
newspaper chap doing the best he
knew how to get the goods. He was
done for when the boys picked him up.
The colonel felt about as sorry as any
body else, and got special permission
from the Canadian government to send
a squad back with him as guard OF
honor"
BY this time Hitler had donned the
dry garments that had been provided,
and stood awaiting the further instruc.
tons of his captor. We'll, what am
to dor" he inquired, seeing that the
man stood motionless
"Oh. you can go back across the
line, or If you want to one of the boys
will find place for you to bunk till
morning. You see, you're kind of a
distinguished guest. We all had or
ders to treat you nicely, and the colo
mel will have machine here to take
you back wherever you want to go to
morrow"
Bafied by vigilance and overcome
by courtesy the secretary. after bid
ding his captor good-by, retired for the
night to a camp cot in the quarters Of
lieutenant of infantry. 1t was long be
fore he succumbed to a sleep of utter
exhaustion. He was awakened by 9
bugle call in the morning. and found
his host shaving himself before a
small mirror suspended from the TEN
pole.
Good morning, Mr.. Hitler" tht
oficer said. Not quite as pleasant
quarters as the secretary Of the Brit
ish embassy is entitled to, and no
many conveniences; but you're wei
come to my razor If you'll wait min
ute"
Hitler sat up, rubbing his eyes
Neatly stretched out on camp stoo
before him were his shabby clothes
improved by washing, not only dry Blu
pressed. He stared at them in sur
prise, while the officer laughingly con
tinued:
Yes, we did the best we could 70
them: but l don't think you made
friend of my orderly, as he swears h.
has worked on them all night long
and has requested days leave o.
the strength of It,"
Thanking the officer for his hosp
and stepped through the tent fly. BIZ
low him and stretching away as far a
the eye could discern were gray
brown entertainments, one line With
] the other, and excavated with militar
precision.
'1ntrenchments," came voice b
a hind him, observing his curious IL
a. spection. I'VE have to keep the boy
OF busy, and besides the government
lis didn't want to take any chances Thos
he pits stretch across this continer
Ike now, and there won't be any troubl
for good many years to come fc
|" people to tell just where the border
Mt located. Like 'em?" he concludes
nd whimsically.
is. mo, can't say that l do Hillie
us responded with equal good nature
he "but thew loo, business like"
nu "Oh, they're the goods sure enough
ue his informant continued; but tn: