Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
WOOS OVER BORDER
Barbed Wire flinders Course Of
True Love.
Dutch suItor Parted by Frontier Fence
From Sweetheart on Next Farm
Has Lively Experience Get
ting Past Sentriea
BY w. J, L. kIEHL.

The Hague.-The course Of true Low
runs anything but smoothly ON tn
Belgian-Dutch frontier. especial
when the sweethearts reside ON Of
posite sides OF the barbed-wire fenc,
Pete Is Netherlander, Mieke is
Belgian; his farm stands securely O.
Dutch soil, hers precariously in Lii
tie Germany las the Germans cal
Belgium. At first the lovers had no
noticed much Of the war. which ha
left their district almost untouched
then strong wire fence was put vi
and German detachments of cavalr.
continually patrolled the Belgian side
while sentries were placed at inter
walls with loaded rides and fixed bay
onets.
Now II was no longer possible Il
hold sweet converse at eventide aftel
the farm work was done. All that re
NAMED was to walk. he on one side
Of the wire. she on the other, and cast
loving glances at each other, for the
Germans would allow no talk across
the border.
At last the swain spoke of his sad
plight to an acquaintance who for a
consideration made 1t his business to
conduct Belgian refugees into Hol-
land. Would Louis (that was the &C
Quaintance's name) take him across
on Saturday night so that he could
pass the whole Sunday with his Mieke
And Louis promised to do SO on the
very next Saturday. when he was due
on the other side to meet fugitives at
q certain prearranged place to take
them safely into Holland.
That Saturday evening was damp
and misty. "Just the right sort of
weather for u.s." Louis enthusiastically
put 1t. but his companion could no;
quite agree with him. as he waded
through marshes to the dixie beyond
which stretched the wire fence. He
was wearing his Sunday best and the
seeping mud did not improve the ap.
pearance of his neither garments. But
Louis assured him this marshy land
was just the safest spot to get across
As they approached the dixie Louis
cautioned Pete not to whisper or even
breathe loudly. Cautiously they
crawled up the dixie. reached the top
and raised their heads for a hasty
glance around. but at once dropped
them again. For there-though luck
lily with his back toward them-stood
q sentinel.
Down the dixie slid the adventures
as noiselessly as they had come.
Louis assured him that few hundred
yards farther along he knew OF an
other safe place. This time they were
more fortunate, and, like rabbits, they
burrowed under and through the wire
and stood on Belgian, or perhaps we
should say German, ground.
Now just few hundred yards Of
marsh and then we get into good
hard road" Louis exclaimed, and they
deemed their troubles over. Then they
heard the tramp Of feet along the
good hard road and distinguished the
form of German patrol. The men
came straight up to the gate that led
into the marshy meadow where the
frontier runners had hurriedly dropped
10 the earth. They're only resting"
.aid Louis.
And so 1t was. The Germans clam.
oered on to the gate and sat there |
.alking for about quarter of an
hour, that seemed like q century to |
he two cramped and bedraggled men. |
Now. however. their troubles were
'ver. They came out into the road
md soon reached the small farm
where Louis was to meet the refugees.
Pete felt somewhat better after
hearty supper and dry clothes had
,een provided for him by the farm
RS sympathetic wife and she had
promised to clean his Sunday attire
md have 1t ready for him to wear
Iext morning.
Sunday dawned fine and sunny.
Somewhat stiff from his unwonted
xercise, the strenuous sutton pro-
eeded to the farm where his Mieke
lved. Mieke, her mother and Pete
we're eating the meal when suddenly
hey heard the thud of horses hoofs
nd down the bend in the road they
aw a patrol of uhlans heading straight
or the house.
Mieke hastily pushed her gallant
INTO the stable, then rushed back to
emove the third plate and seat her.
elf at the table as II nothing had
appened. Pete hurriedly crept into q
neal bin and drew down the lid. He
aust have been there for hours,
'hen toward evening Mieke came into
he stable.
Where are you, Peter" she whis-
cred, and Pete crept out from his
iding place as white as a miller
iieke stopped for laugh, then told
i'm to get away back into Holland
s fast as possible. as the uhlans were
OF all asleep and this might be his
My chance. for the whole patrol had
cen billeted on the farm and would
e In and out at all hours.
So the sweethearts babe each other T,
hasty farewell and Pete FASTENED t.
eturn by the same arduous way b