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

III, ana learned from tneIIl d lie" WoEus
and expressions in Magyar.
Now. one of these Austrian soldiers
(as Gen. Korniloff afterward related
to the delegates of the Czech Brigade,
when they welcomed him in Kiev and
congratulated him on his escape) hap
ural than that he should sympathize
with the prisoner and agree to help
him to regain his liberty In exactly
what way he did this no one knows
save Kornilof himself, and as regards
such points he is naturally discretion
itself. Anyway, one morning. as he
was returning to his apartment from
the park in which he was allowed to
stroll he passed a guardroom. the door
of which was open. On a table just in
side lay a private soldiers uniform,
with forage cap and everything com
plete. No one was in sight. though he
heard somewhere in the rear the voices
of men a their morning tasks. 1t was
the work of second to slip in, snatch
up the kit. hide it under his cloak and
hasten to his own room. Had it been
placed there, by arrangement, by the
Slovack? Presumably. considering what
followed next.
For two days after that the gen.
eral kept to his apartment, suffering
from a fictitious cold. He feared that
inquiries might be made as to the
missing garments, but to his heartfelt
relief he heard nothing further about
Is dy
considerable coming and going of SOL
diers, he trusted that during the two
days he remained invisible there might
I've some new arrivals who would not
be familiar with his person when the
time came for action.
On the second evening KornilofY
who had already experimental with
the borrowed uniform and found that
it fitted him fairly well. dressed him
self in it and. shaved off his beard.
For some time past he had practiced
to himself before a mirror his knowl-
edge of the German language which
was fairly good. and its pronunciation
with the soft Austrian accent.
At nightfall. arrayed in his dis
guise. he went down into the court
yard and across into the park, where.
at a certain spot and hour. he had ar
ranged to meet his Slovack friend.
Here he hung about near the gate
for some time, talking to soldiers.
smoking a cigar and cursine in the
best military slang. Nobody suspected
tinefs back was turned he slipped
out, At first he strolled along non
chalantly. hoping that If he had been
observed the others would think he
was only one of themselves going off
for spree without leave AS soon as
he was out of sight, however. the gen.
eral put his best leg foremost" and
made the utmost haste he could toward
a figure which he recognized to be
that of the man who had promised to
guide him toward Russia. They had
provided themselves with a map and
a compass. and had also accumulated a
little store of money. But Russia was
long way Off, and their plans for the
future were somewhat vague.
All that night and most of the next
day Korniloff and his unknown friend
the general confessed that he never
knew the name of his benefactor)
walked IN an easterly direction. They
slept for some hours in a lonely field
and then got on the move again. Here
and there peasants helped them on
their way: they were offered food and
drink and rest. Though they avoided
small towns. they were making their
way to Budapest. thinking that some
thing might happen in that great city
to help them, and that they could easily
pass unchallenged where so many races
intermingled-
But before reaching the great city
on the banks of the blue Danube an
unexpected and most unhappy incident
occurred. The plan of escape was al
most entirely wrecked.
I'VE had noticed that wherever we