The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-21
|eelng from
War
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L
=. as soon as possible, for /
interruption of travel. But
: such a crowd Of fugitiyes,
h troops, being moved west
hi / concluded to wait till
we're less crowded, so ] re-
There | was, and finally there
|time when l felt that ! could
n comfortably.
q way train, because the
rodus was on the express
The former are composed of
Iments holding eight persons,
| which there is no connection.
h. are also compartments, but
passageway SO that one can
rongh the train, as in America.
nnartment in which ] started
but travellers kept getting
the stations until there was
person left, a woman who
I veil thick enough to conceal
lures.
ou as she and | were alone
In TO show signs Of illness. I
H. If | could do anything for
she replied-in q coarse voice
soman, l thought-asking me II
Inv liquor. l told her | had
preupon she said that she had
y fine brandy which she had
Il to make a present to her
Il but she must use 1t. Taking
handbag, she poured a little
hto a glass she produced and
of. Then, suddenly semem-
me, she poured the rest Of the
! into the glass and handed 1t
BIZ IT," she said shy gift is
It is more than I care for" I
bed.
ii what yea ffke and throw the
u Of the window"
not propose 'totthrow away such
1quor and drank 1t all. A few
after l had done 90 I began ia
ny and the power to move OF
eavfng me. The woman at once
Id all appearance Of illness and
NE how i liked her liquor. ]
bot reply, and when she was sat
That ! could not. she threw OF
minine attire and appeared as
Then be took my travelling car
head and put 1t on his own. Hi
let was to go through my peck
be found my passport, which
bropriated.
German speech had been with |
b accent, and now that he ha,
|my passport I suspected that b
foreigner to the country trying
out Of 1t. I was completed,
es from the effects Of the liquor
had been undoubtedly drugged
theless, l was perfectly consciou
that was taking place. The ma
Rls woman's apparel under tn
Rn Of the seat, and when the trai
ID at the next station and til
unlocked the door Of the con
|ent he got out and hurried away
Favored to tell the guard to sto
put / was powerless even to poin
p' The door was again locket
Pc train moved on.
effect of the drug did not las
||and when l righted I found my
n a train leaving Germany an
|ed to show a passport that / di
ave. | was not permitted to r.
undisturbed, for later on in til
Fhen the train stopped, a coupl
frman officials appeared at til
Of my compartment, EVIDENT
Is for some one. They pounce
|me and demanded my passport.
III them how l had been robbie
and | had but half finished m
When one Of them exclaime,
I our manw Then they ordere
produce any secret papers I hs
me. ! protested, and the
ped me.
Ias evident that they were after
Hhd believed that he was Ii
|Nho had drugged me and take
fssport. They took me out Of ii
ana we boarded enc going
4 when We reached the capital
EaAeh before an officer and que
l did not correspond with II
i puoh he had OF the SPY, and
nim tell my captors that the
uaue a mistake. I was able
~ letters received from AmeriC
/ wa him that II he would perm
communicate with the America
~ where my passport had bee
! could further substantiate N
were about to call a messeng1
purpose when q telegram W.
81 stating that a man had bee
- with military information Z
P son ana bearing the passport ,
the name being the one
| This proved my case, b
/ aela TIL the spy was brought
! alu TO the Office where I was d
r as soon as I saw him I reeo
!, uiin Tor the man who had dru
He was a Frenchman an
red a lot Of military inform
~. was not much forma1ity abol
4. a'tefs, and instead Of trying Il
80 = oHicer who examined him to
,s.' to take him away. I IA
a' this was an order to shoi
vino