Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

much!"
ia, mein Iieber. but he's a general.
you see." explained the woman. II
wish / could find him. 1t would be
better than making munitions.
So there was price of 10000 kronen
left the restaurant. He felt strangely
elated at the thought that he was
calmly passing among the enemy un-
known and nnsuspected with such a
reward offered for his capture He
bought a newspaper to obtain con-
firmation of the womans announce
ment, and there he found the notice in
large type. with a curiously inaccurate
portrait of himself.
The darkness was now falling. and
he walked on until he found himself
in the. Franz Josefplatz. A large num-
Der of soldiers were camping IN the
square. lying upon the benches or on
the ground. and evidently preparing
wagons were lined up all round.
man he passed. an Austrian artillery
man, looked uD at him and smiled.
He was fixing his haversack against
the trunk Of a tree to serve as a sort of
pillow.
AS good here as anywhere else"
said the man in German.
ITO be sure" kornilofr replied. Bet
ter than the trenches. anyway. Why
is the regiment bivouacking here?"
NO room elsewhere. comrade." said
the solder. Wounded and soldiers
everywhere-all the barracks full.
everything full: Well. it's nice night.
Have a smoke?
He offered a cigar. which the dis
guised general accepted. sitting down
beside his new-found friend.
Where have you come from and
where are you going?' asked the
Austrian.
"Rejoining my regiment after conva-
lescence," replied Korniloff.
They sat and exchanged condolences
for some time. the Austrian asking nu-
merous questions. which korniloff par
ried as well as he could. The gunner
confessed that he was heartily sick OF
the war. as were all his comrades. He
heard nothing but complaints from his
home. where conditions were getting
harder and food was becoming scarcer
IT'S the same with you. eh. com
rade?' he said. Il don't suppose you
come from part Of the world that's
any better OFF,"
The Austrian was a simple soul. and
he told korniloff many things that in
terested him. Finally, after he had
babbled in this way for some time, both
men fell asleep side by side.
korniloh babe his chance host good
bye and was off on his journey again
before the regiment was stirring. He
decided that he must trust to his feet
He would march right across Hungary
and by means of his map and compass
he hoped to make so straight a line
that 1t would not take him more than a
month. He was now in good health
and in excellent trim generally. and he
had no fear of the journey If he could
only get enough food to keep him alive
He must not linger on the way. how
ever for every hour was now of i'm
portance to him.
Having taken a crust and cup of
coffee at wayside tavern full of sol.
diers. he got out of the city while the
day was still young. Then began a
long and dreary tramp. mostly alone, 70,
the peasants in this region were no,
communicative. for the simple reason
that he could not speak their language
He tramped for whole days withou,
passing anything bigger than small ham.
let's, and his conversation was limited
TO asking most frequently a. farmhouses
for kruh tbread) or viz water.
Sometimes the peasants would look
him up and down and ask him
"Osztrak?" t'Austrian?"). and he would
nod his head.
Very rarely did he get anything with.
out paying for it. and as he saw his
small stock of heller gradually disap
pearing he had to be as economical as