The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-06-22
Fleeing From
War
BY DONALD CHAMBER IN

DeSiues the troops, being novel yrost
""ru' mat / concluded TO wait IN
lhe Trains were less crowded ca
manned where l was, and finally ,,oro
ame uihe when felt that couId
go through comfortably.
chose way train, because tho
main exodus was on tho avnro.
trains. The former are comnosa, 90
compartments holding eight nereons
petWeen which there is no connec,io,,
Inc latter are also Compartments Inn,
there Is paSsageway SO that ono con-
WAX through the train, as In America
Inc compartment in which I started
vas iuIl, but travellers kept getting
out at the stations until there woS
OUT one person left, woman WIZ
Wore q veil thick enough TO conceal
her features. '''
AS soon as she and were oIo,,,,
sne began TO show signs Of illness.
asked her If could do anything for
her' and she replied-in a coarse voice
TOT woman. | thOught-askinp mo ~
L mad any liquor. l told her b.d
ho'' "hereupon she said that she had
some very fine brandy which she b.d
INTENDED TO make q present IN hos
mother, but she must use II TaLI,o
10 from handbag. she poured n little
Oh IL into glass she produced and
drank II on. Then, suddenly remeu.
perlng me, she poured the rest OF tba
hquor into the glass and handed e.
to me. 4"
Drink It," she said. my Gift is
spoiled" e"'
But it is more than 7 care for"
protested.
Drink what You like and throw the
rest out Of the window"
ala not propose TO throw away sucb
good liquor and drank 1t all. A few
minutes after had done so began IN |
feel dizzy and the power to move or
speak leaving me. The woman ut once
discarded all appearance Of illness and
asked me how | liked her liquor. I
could not reply, and when she was sat. /
lsheu that | could not she threw off
her FEMININE attire and appeared az n
man. Then he took my travelling can
OH my head and put it on his own. His
next act was to go through my pock.
cts till he found my passport, which
he appropriated
Ills German speech had been with n
Foreign accent, and now that he had
taken my passport suspected that he
was a foreigner to the country trying
TO get out of it. l was completely
helpless from the effects Of the LIQUOR.
which had been undoubtedly ,lrugged |
nevertheless, was perfectly conscious
'f all that was taking place. The man
put his woman's apparel under the
cushion Of the seat, and when the train
stopped at the next station and the I
guard unlocked the door OF the com.
)artment he got out and hurried away. {
endeavored to tell the guard to stop 6
lin, but was powerless even TO point {
o him. The door was again locked.
nd the train moved on.
The effect Of the drug did not last |
ong, and when l righted found my q
ELF on a train leaving Germany and
equired to show passport that did 4
OF have. l was not permitted to re- {
laln undisturbed, for later on I'm the Y
ay, when the train stopped, a couple I
German officials appeared at the p
oor OF my compartment, evidently n
'oking for some one. They bounced
pom me and demanded my passport.
l told them how / had been robbed
1t, and / had but half finished my II
DRY when one Of them exclaimed, p
He is our man. Then they ordered | u
e to produce any secret papers had 7
bout me. protested. and they 4,
arched me. e
1t was evident that they were after a II
", and / believed that he was the Il
an who had drugged me and taken Il
Y passport. They took me out Of the Il
ain, and we boarded one going to | d.
erlin. When We reached the capital
as taken before an officer and ques-
med. l did not correspond with the
scription he had Of the spy, and | sa
ard him tell my captors that they
a made mistake. | was able to tn
oduce letters received from America tn
d told him that If he would permit te
W WIFI AIleTlCHn | WI
lbassy, where my passport had been
'ed, / could further substantiate my
nifty.
They were about to call a messenger ca
: this purpose when a telegram was tn
'eived stating that man had been
'ested with military information on of
person and bearing the passport of lal
American. the name being the one | ev
] given. This proved my case, but
Tas held till the spy was brought to
Rim and to the office where / was de.
ned. AS soon as saw him ! recOg- nj,
ed him for the man who had drug. q
me. He was a Frenchman and ha
gathered a lot of military informa- III,
l.
here was not much fOrmality about
b matters, and instead of trying the +
the officer who examined him told on,
captors to take him away. / fan loo
I that this was an order to shoot 10,
aving recovered my passport,
lie another attempt to leave the /"
ntry. This time l accepted no in
tiOn off hnr IN drink or tn SnOEn