New-York tribune., 1916-07-20

nothing but cheese, and eating snow
for drink" said the adventurous SOL
der. FINALLY, on the third day, |
heard the bark of a dog. 1t was an
uncanny sound at that height.
thought at first that | must be going
mad, as the sound was not repeated,
although | shouted my lungs out
about an hour later | heard men
speaking in Italian, and shouted again.
This time | received an answer They
lowered a rope and after much diff
Guilty succeeded in dragging me to the
surface. They proved to be Italian
monks of a large monastry situated
not far from the town of Simplon.
told them my story, and they were very
kind to me. stayed at the monastery
about a week, and they took me over
the mountain on skis, one holding on
either arm, and made the necessary ex-
plantations in Italian TO the frontier
guards, so that ! was enabled to cross
into Italy and not France, as | had
wished"
He told of his long tramp across the
plains of Lombardy and his meeting
with the Belgian Consul in Genoa, who
provided him with the necessary papers
to enter France, as he wished TO go 70
Marseilles to pass before the military
board and reenter the Belgian army.
Spy Is Denounced.
In the same compartment or the
trip to France was a man who said
he was Russian and was going 10
Nice. His accent aroused Liaudiat's s
suspicious, and when the former asked
the Belgian to look al his papers be-
fore reaching the border TO see that
they were entirely zen regle," Liaudiat
noticed that the stamp was dated
"Oktober," instead Of the French SOC
tobre," and, accordingly, when the
guard entered az Vingtimille. the bor-
, der station, he denounced the man as a
German spy. The man was arrested
and after confessing his nationality
and business was shot, and Liaudiat
was given a bon" for 10000 francs
$4,000, which he can collect at the
end of the war.
The war council at Marseilles re-
fused him permission to enter the
| army, as during his travels he had
lost more than twenty pounds, and was
far under weight, but gave him papers
of an honorable discharge. He pro-
! ceeded north to Paris to find his father
mother and two sisters. He learned
from refugees. that one brother had
been killed at Liege, while the other
was still fighting His father had
been taken into the interior of Ger
many, prisoner; his mother had died
and his two sisters had been abducted
with their whereabouts unknown.
His only other relative was an aunt
living in Philadelphia, and so ne de-
cided to come 20 America, first going To
Spain in search of work.
Works His Way to United States.
At Barcelona the ex-soldier received
a little work, but living expenses were
so high all his profits were eaten up
and, as he had made the acquaintance
OF the captain of the Belgian oil steam
er kasbek, he came 20 America as a
cabin boy. Instead of landing at Phila.
delphia, as promised. the ship docked
al Newport News. and from there pro-
ceeded to Galveston, Tex Afraid some
OF the crew would desert, the captain
anchored far out in the harbor and
placed police officer aboard.
"One dark night, in a high wind, |
decided 20 make for land. | dropped
overheard, and managed to paddle
ashore, despite the high sea running.
] have worked my way north BY various
stages, oftentimes difficult, because |
don't speak the language, and am i'm
posed upon, but here am in New York
IN search OF a position as head gar
dener."