Semi-weekly herald., 1915-06-07

By that name. did not know whether
this war the particular one that they
were wanting, so l offered to pay the
expenses. of the policeman if they
would lee him go on to Vienna with
US, where our cases could be exam
ired ard the matter cleared up. This
the commissioner said could not be
cone
Young Expostulates.
| therefore told him that l wanted
to go on to Vienna alone, or that
wished to take the evening train back
IL, Berne. / told him that l was a
newspaper man and was looking the
country over to find out the truth
about everything, and that my conduct
was not costing the Austrian govern
.pent anything, | suggested the folly
Of sending missionaries to America to
tell the people about the war while
f. bidding an American journalist toI
enter and see things with his own
eyes. l assured him that l had no
DIEJuhlItS anu lOlnuiH " PlCNCht
from me from seeing and knowing
the truth. He told me that what /
said was true, and that he regretted
very much having to detain us. He
also said that rather than have me
go back to Berne and not go any
farther into the country, he would
permit me to go on to Vienna on the
evening train, but that he would have
to hold Frankinthall. So l prepared
to depart for Vienna. The policeman
took me to the train, conducted me tc
the sleeping car manager and got me
a good berth.
| was fully equipped for a good
nights rest, so l had good supper
in the dining car and really had re-
sumed my normal nervous peace.
. had been under arrest from O'Clock
one evening until Z o'clock the follow
ing evening.
Not Pleasant Experience.
/ If the reader has never been under
arrest in a strange country, knowing
scarcely word of the language of
: the people around, knowing that the
country was at war, with all civil law
suspended, he still has soma expert
ences coming to him. If the reader
has never sat for hours listening for
| the footsteps of judge who has the
power to announce his fate, he scarce
. ly knows what real anxiety is But we
, gained in the esteem of the commits
sioner almost from the start. For
, the first few hours he seemed to look
upon us as a pair of spies of some
! kind from Switzerland. was told that
: that in Austria and Germany they re-
gard Switzerland as a nest of spies.
The fact that l secured my guide in
= Switzerland may have been a mis-
= fortune to me, although he was the
t best qualified man for such work in
: the community.
Talks of Australia.
: The policeman who had specific
: charge of me seemed to become my
l fast friend, and l am satisfied that
2 there was nothing that he would not
have done for me had he been per-
mitted, He was an Austrian and had
for many years lived near Vienna, al
though in his early manhood he had
, lived for four years in Australia
/ During our lengthy hours of waiting
1 always called up the Australian"
and got my policeman to talk We
5 fought kangaroo" fights verbally for
hours; his knowledge of the kangaroo
was far superior to his knowledge Of
t the English language, but he made
e himself understood. He had powerful
| shoulders on him and had great re-
= spect for manly strength.
In Australia he was stationary en-
gineer earning five pounds a week,
= which he considered liberal compensa-
D tion. He talked freely of the bush and
e the bushmen and expressed his admir-
alton for Australia like a press agent,
but was free in his criticisms of
droughts, lawlessness and many other
thlnSS Whlcn ne dld not commend. He
/ liked the wild life of Australia, and
. except that he was married with a
e wife and two children he would love
1 to go back. His prejudice against
t the English was not great. Franklin
thall accused me of being chummy
r with my policeman with the intention
( Of eventually effecting my escape,
| but this was a vague and unfounded
suspician.
| What would do alone in Austria,
not knowing more than seventy-five
, words of German?
: Vienna Excited.
duly rarived at Vienna and found
! nv old friends at the Hotel Bristol.