The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-05
HUNTINGA
SPY
BY DONALD CIAMBERLIN


besides myself, and noticed thai
while waiting for the train to start h'
was very III at ease When the guarc
shut and locked the door he seemed
to breathe easier bus was still EVIL
IDENTITY impatient FOR the train to be-
of. When at last 1t began 70 roll out
OF the station he put his head out OF
the window eagerly.
Following the direction Of his eyes !
saw man, whom l knew TO be a Turk
by his fez, running for the train. He
ran like deer, my fellow passenger
watching him breathessly. The latter
occupied the window so that l could
not see IL the Turk caught the train,
but presently my companion fell back
gasping.
LOST he moaned.
had some knowledge of one or two
Of the many languages spoken in the
Balkans, so that understood the
word. | also spoke some French and
German and tried the man In both,
getting an understanding in the latter
tongue.
what is your troubleT' | asked.
Are you GermanT he asked instead
of replying.
"No; American"
"Oh, American. You then are a low
er Of liberty. Certainly you have no
sympathy with Turks. | am doomed
/ have been In Adrianople spying on
the Notifications, | was arrested, and
drawings were found on me. / was
sentenced to death. While waiting to
be executed | caught my guard nap
ping and escaped. hoped to get away
by this train, but this man. in whose
charge | was placed. will 60 through
the train when 1t stops and recov-
er me-"
Then, taking out pencil and tear
ing bit of paper from an old letter,
he wrote his name and address on II
and handed 1t TO me.
when you reach Sofia" he contin-
ued. will you tell my wife what !
have told you and what follows? Say |
that my last thoughts were of her and
our dear children"
IF you are sure to be executed, why |
not take the chance of jumping from
the train7"
IL am going to do that, but death is
as sure as If suffered myself to be
taken back 10 AdrianOple."
"You may strike soft ground"
BY the time had spoken the words
he was out on the footboard. put
my head out through the window aud
saw his dim figure not far from It II
was very dark Presently ceased TO
see him and believed that he had
jumped.
The first stop the train made was at
Tchiymen. which we reached in about
half an hour after the spy had disap-
1eared. The guard unlocked the door,
but would not let me alight till after
he compartment had been examined
~ the man whom / had seen running
or the train. AS soon as be had pass
a | stepped down on TO the platform
ind followed him 20 see II be got his
quarry. He did not find him. and the
rain moved on.
| wondered what had become OF the
by. He must have jumped or he
would have been found on the train.
Yearly all the passengers were Turks.
nd | noticed the moment ! alighted
hat there was chain OF men wear {
Ok fezzes surrounding the train. prob
bly, passengers who had volunteered {
D help the official in bk efforts TO ar {
EST the spy. Q
Before we passed over the Turkish 4
ne TO enter eastern Roumelia the {
ain stopped for long while. and ! o
Fit sure that IL was for the purpose b
Z making a final search for the spy. v
. time we started on and IN few
inutes were among different nation
ity what a pity" said 10 myself
hat the mau could not have conceal 9
] himself on the train TIL we had
assed the borderi In that case be 81
ould have been safe"
The frst stop we made IN Roumelia
as az Hermann There ! alighted 10 7
reich my legs. slowly walking toward
e forward end OF the train. I saw
Nihh NNHlAhA WIZ HAfFNHNa Waa
al shoveler on the engine. only be
as blacker than any stoker I ever .,
W. What was my surprise when. A.
shing toward me. be threw bis be
med arms around me.
Don't you knew mef- be said 4
} the spy" .,
Then IN the blsckened features ! rec.
nized the man with whom ] had -
mpathized.
1s IL you. and aIivsY" asked
Yes 81 il !. and YsTy much alive" II
How did you DO iiY II
I walked forward on tire footb0and
I reached the locomotive tender
mhinE over the coal told the en-.
Ieer. who wns a Servinn. my story. -
suggested that since TIE train
ND he searched ] had better hide
Ger the coal 50 lay down On the
b. ~ the tender. and they covered
with the coal ~,
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% a. bot that { Should = d The eat
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beTrimsd pas BE- nat be family
not 81 Hrvt reeornize him mta
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