Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-21

the German CO. kul. the railroad oft-
cials would by 10 means give US tick
cts any fartheri ithans the frontier.
RushcfsPast Guard.
They had reason. AS we came to
the frontier. th word came to close
all the windSws. and presently.
through the gathering dusk. we sd,
the rounded outlines Of Dutch fort,
part on. either tide Of the line. ,Th
precaution was probably to prevent
our surreptitioubly dropping bombs or
banana skins ihto the fortifications
These bulWarks Of the country having
been preserved there was no excuse
for further delay, and we were soon
at Emmerik. Fortunately. there were
still plenty Of porters about. and they
hauled our Luggage out and through
the customs In short order. But that
was not all. A htocky. well-dressed
man with prominent facial scars from
the schlager-bouts on either cheek.
was standing at the door, and beside
and shoulder str4ps indicated rather
advanced rank probably major.
They were questioning every man
who tried to pass. Snow flashed his
American passport under the secret
service mans nose. and went by with
out two words; Burdened with lug
gage. was too slow and two for
eigners got In ahead Of me. They
locked /. Russian. but talked, English;
You cannot 30. in! Two days! a
week, maybe. We shall see. But
now. go back to Amsterdam and
stay!" He was immovable. but they
argued, and i was wondering when
my turn came, and why a German
porter WAS making wild signs toward
my luggage and the train, when IN
jumped. Snow. Hurry up, he
shouted, cutting in on the 9i ..omciai;
much more fluent by his long prac-
tice with the two preceding. The
trains going!"
That did not: in the least seem to
disturb the Germanic Pinkerton. He
took fresh hold Of the English Ian
guage, and started to tell me how
foolish was to-ge into Germany at
been declared! "tIt. hadn't.) Why
Well" But Snow was getting ex-
cited, so we made grab at the re-
naming luggage and went through.
No sooner out than we discovered that
the box Of books was left behind.
Snow amalgamated his store of Ger
man and my supply Of Dutch silver
and by rushing back and "recklessly
,bribing railway .otflcials with pen
:nes:.. Gan example Of Yankee busi-
Courier) managed to get it. I hereby
acknowledge my; indebtedness to him;
had he not courageously and muntfi-
Gently soaped the rails with silver
tuppences (per, the medium OF the
guardJ we should in ~all probability
have been Uudiciously II not judicial
ly) separated. from large quantities
Of Roman Law and English history.
Change in Very Atmosphere.
From the moment we entered Ger
many at Emmertks we seemed to feel
a change in the very atmosphere. In
Holland the dominant note had, Of
course, been military preparation OF
quiet, efficient ssort, with a sort of
t1ndercurrent of.Ewondering appre-
:hension., The peaceful Dutch people
hardly knew Whatatheir position might
be the next morning, with their. pow
.erful: neighbour Fastening to arms.
But the rinstantsI. descended to the
station platform: at. Emmerik and felt,
as 1t were, an electric current crack
ling. through theiformer quiet of the
night There were comparatively few
people, only officials. and porters on
the platform, but there was deter
mined haste, not frantic in the least
ON the contrary, quite disciplined
and orderly-say,. rather an extraor-
dinary tenseness and alertness. min
eled with certain grimness about
their movements. which gave that
high pressure feeling to the very air
we breathed; and made us to feel
alert excited. without knowing just
why. This Is n& after-tmagination'
There. was a. dihers pte as .percentible
as.IShaves rotioea OF c6n5ng- from the
vastly twihgR AiShoes ':of st: PauIs
into the crashingS!r S!roar. Of the traffic
and the garish lights Of Cannon