The Washington times., 1916-07-25

and was soon on the wav back to the
o"BRRcse' s fetarnsds to sennelaser. my
escape tcseths1 % %feRe cerpors e~ erD1s
set, Besides getting out Of the bar
racks. which was easy, we had this
two and a half yards In height in three
unes. the second of which had sort
OF metallic trellis in the middle through
which passed an electric current Of
Sr %s erep sen at e anssS
the the ground as we could until we. got to
the barbed wire. Brousset cut the first
n ,ne; r; and we WE, were approaching the
ss here b obstacle tSs Nipper' were no
underneath. Brousset went Hrst and /
Watched him breathlessly until he drew
M, nis loot safely from under the wire on
holding my breath. until also had gone
under the dangerous barrier.
The most difficult work had not
been done; on the other side Of the
three barbed wire lines were the Sill
houttes OF two sentinels scarcely twen-
~ yards away. When we got through
the parbed wire we were In plain view
Of them and had nothing to do but
near by. We succeeded in Eeachins inen
without being observed. The sentinels
went away, and we took up our journey
toward the frontier. Three peasants
until we finally threw them on our
tracks In a wood. Near Beiefeld two
hunters set their dogs upon us. For this
eyentuality we had provided ourselves
avoided the village Of Rheines by fol-
lowing q route OF the woods and
marshes, and crossed Meteien at mid
night; then more marshes that seemed
interminable. II took US two nights to
get over them. sleeping in the daytime
among the bulrushes and eating mea-
gerly or the little provision that we had
calculated might keep US alive ten
After nine days Of privation and ex-
haustion we arrived at Adams toward
midnight, close to the frontier town OF
breden. Again liberty was within few
hundred yards OF US when We had the
man frontier custom house. In our
flight stumbled over a stone at the
very instant a customs officer fired at
officer. thinking / mad been nit. ,o,neS
MS comrades In the pursuit or Brousset.
As soon as the officers had disappeared,
! got up and went to hide In the bushes
near by. At that moment 1 was on
Dutch territory. but unfortunately / dii
not suspect It. I thought l was safe
though until a half hour later 1 heard
The steps OF q patrol. then the rays or
strong electric light searched the
where had fallen. had come back to
look for me.
Suddenly the rays Of the electric
lamp struck me fun in the face ana
almost blinded me. Surrender or we II
nre on your cried one OF the subaItern
ofncers rose and advanced toward
him. and had only made about four
yards between my husband the patrol
when the Germans began to smoker. II
Is unfortunate for you. but you nave
just come out of Houand! Inc oniy
thing that consoled me was that
brousset had not been taken. He was
now In safety.
Twenty Days in Dark.
Again returned 70 the camp at Sem
nelager and again brought before the
|eourt-martial. was sentenced to TWEEN
ty days OF close confinement In an I'M
lighted cell and afterward sent to the
prison Of Recklinyhausen where the
Germans thought / would find no fur
Their opportunity TO escape. There I
met Adjutant Bienvenu, of the 18th
infantry; Messrs. Mai. Durupt de Be-
laine ard two civilian prisoners, Messrs.
Van Calster and Yves Leguen. We all
Of US decided to attempt an escape at
the first opportunity and We fixed on
Christmas as the most favorable time.
We succeeded in breaking out OF the
barracks from the second floor cell oc-
cupied by Van Calster. and with the
aid of a barrel got over the courtyard
wall. not unperceived, however. for i'm
mediately we were outside there came
the cry Halt wcr da!' Some boys had