Evening star., 1917-10-14

who openly accused ms Of being Rsssaaass
half maddened with drink. bsosms oS.
| stinate, and a free fight snsued Dur.
Ing the struggle was robbed Of tie
whole Of my money. After the lan4s
,ss ssa msn nas that Rse' h. D':s: Would ;'s s a
police to look into our case and -
satisfy their curiosity. We boltsA ous
bedroom door. but we did not sleep
mean. to r:.s ds s
wish to go back to German prison lifeS
we at once made up our minds to bees
| hasty retreat from the house. OUT
steps which told US that our move.
ments were being watched. and that u
would be impossible to get out thas
way.
the window. and. dropping onto . shs8
below, we soon found ourselves on solid
earth once more. We quickly scaled thS
wall of the yard. but we dared not take q
men were continually on the move IN
this vicinity. We therefore concealed
ourselves in a plantation until about 3
am. We hardly knew what to do now,
remain any longer in Bremen We there
fore decided to so forward toward th4
frontier. which. however. was Quiss Q
long way Off. 90
were In no mood for quick walking.
Eventually we became footsore and ex-
hausted. but nevertheless we went for
ward as best we could. ~
When daylight came on We found oSS-
selves out Of sight Of civilization. -
rested awhile. When dark came on we
pursued our weary tramp. -
We eventually came across . farta.
house. which we entered and partook Of
good meal without rouslng . soul II
the house. The meal put more life fnto
us. and we were able to make quicker
headvay. n
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Escape In a Mineral Train. =
So far we had not had tho best q
| luck, but about midnight we came aerosa
| the railway which runs from Bremen 70
Emden and wiihelmshaven. We made
for the line, which was much easier to
walk upon than the rough moorland. u
We had been tramping some five hours
when mineral train was seen coming
up in the rear We darted from the lif,A
into the brushwood. When the train gut
up to us we found, to our joy, that It
was only going at a slow pace. and, tak-
ing a running Jump, managed to get
my hands over the side and hang on. Ny
fell to the ground. This was q severe
blow to me. for felt the solitude would
grow upon me and thus make me lose
heart. l worked my way over the side
| and fell into the truck. Where the good
| train was taking me l had no idea, e1-,
| cept that 1t was making for q spot which
would be within measurable distance Of
| the frontier.
I was sitting pondering over the loss
of my friend when suddenly feI&
something crawling over the top ok
the sheet which covered the truck. n
/ few seconds later I heard some one call
out Michael! Michaelv' 1 at once rec-
ognized my comrades voice. and tha
next moment we were hugging and
kissing each other like two spoiled chits
dren
After about a run of four hours we saw
| fairly large town in the distance. We
! did not know, however. where we were,
! but we alighted on the train coming
| to stop in some sidings. We mado
for the roadway unseen. and. avoid
! the River Ems. which / knew WAS nO1
| far from the frontier: ~
With renewed vigor We went forward,
We, however. lost ourselves. and had
| to ind hiding In a wood. Here wH
again rested. While doing SO a large
body of soldiers passed us. but we kept
low. and SO escaped detection. The next
few hours tested our nerves to the full,
We crept on our hands and knees Eof
| fully three miles In order to evada the
frontier guards Tinne and time again
l thought we were trapped. but the
| guards passed on without noticing US. !.
When daylight broke the following
| morning we were safe over the from.
| tier. and we stood and waved at the
sentries in kind of delirium Of dee
light. After this all was plain sailing,
| for we were well treated by the nEs
| tives of a small frontier village.
| On reaching my native town I learneo
| that my three brothers had become wAY
| casualties-no one knew what had be-
come of them. and my parents had died
| since the war. So / decided to 20 -
sea again. ! went to Sweden. and from
| there crossed to England. and from q
| British port l shipped as a seaman. NJ
ship has been plying between a Britiab
| and American port for some time. and
expect to serve our cause against thu
| Hun barbarians in this way. Il