The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-13
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ing the story of his adventures.
CHAPTER TI-Tells of his enlist
ment in the Royal Flying corps, his
training in Canada and his transfer to
France for active duty.
CHAPTER III-Describes fights in
which he brought down two German
airplanes and his final fight in which
he was brought down wounded within
the German lines and was made a
prisoner of war.
CHAPTER IV--4Discovery that Ger.
man hospital staff barbarously neglect
ed the fatally wounded and devoted
their energies to restoring those who
might be returned to the firing lines
Witnesses death in fight of his best
ehum, Lieutenant Rainey.
CHAPTER Vile is taken to the
officers prison camp ali Courtral.
There he began planning his escape
BY great sacrifice he manages to save
and hide away two daily rations of
bread
CHAPTER Vile confscates
map of Germany and just half an hour
later is put on a train bound for a
prison camp in Germany. He leaps
through a window while the trains is
travelling at rate of 80 miles an
hour
CHAPTER vII-4Fcr nine days he
crawls through Gerns my, hiding dur
ing the day, travelling al night, guild
ed = the stars and subsistinS on raw
yege ables. He covers 10 miles before
reaching Luxembourg.
CHAPTER VIII-For nine DAYS
more he struggles on in a weakened
condition through Luxembourg in the
direction of Belgium.
CHAPTER IX-fIe endures terrible
hardships, swilns rivers while deliri-
Gus from hunger, living like hunted
animal and on the eighteenth day af-
ter jumping from the train he crosses
into Belgium.
CHAPTER X-When we'll on his
way through Belgium he is befriended
one night by Flemish peasant, who
feeds him and difec3 him to a man
in Belgian city W. viii help him
to get a passport.
CHAPTER XII. nlngling with
Belgian peasants he manages to elude
German soldiers and rslol,es the Bel
sian city where he e Is tie rene eff
the man from whom he a=2ects HELM.
CHAPTER XII-Huyligar FORCES a
passport for O'Brien and promises to
assist him in getting into Holland
Later Huyliger and his associates de-
mand an exorbitant sum for their
services and OlBrien break with
fhem
CHAPTER XIII-IIe spends five
days and nights in an unoccupied
house without food except for the
scraps he picks up in night forays.
CHAPTER XIV-To gain confidence
for the adventures to come in his at.
tempt no get into Holland, he ven.
lures one night into a moving picture
theater patronized by German soldiers.
CHAPTER XV-Some observations
is a Belgian city.
CHAPTER XVI-He leaves the city
in the daytime and after some hair
raising adventures reaches the from
Tier of Holland.
CHAPTER XWIIlHe passes the
ectrically charged wire barrier that
separates Belgium from Holland by
digging under the wire. Seventy-two
days after he had leaped from the
train he breathes the air of freedom.
CHAPTER XVlIII-Assisted by the
British consel at Rotterdam he final
ly reaches England and gets a sum-
mons from the king.
CHAPTER XIX-iIIe is presented to
the King who listens with deep in
terest to the story of his adventures.
CHAPTER XX-Arrives safely in
his home town of Momence, Ill.
QContinued from yesterday
| had heard many times that before
being presented to the king a man is
coached carefully as to just how he is
to act and what he is to say and do,
and all this time / was wondering
when this drilling would commence.
I certainly had no idea that / was to
be ushered into the august presence
of the king without some preliminary
instruction.
Earl Cromer and the other noblemen
talked to me for a while and got me
10 relate in brief the story Of my ex
pciltA~e. and they appeared to be
very much interested. Perhaps they
eia It only to give me confidence and
us Il sort of rehearsal for the main
performance, which was scheduled TO
take place much sooner than l ex-
pected.
! had barely completed my story
When the door opened and an attend
ant entered and announced:
The king will receive Lieutenant
O'Brien p
ne had announced that the kaiser
was outside with a squad of German
guards to take me back to Courtrai
my heart could not have sunk deeper
Earl Cromer beclsoned me TO follow
uiih ana we went into large ROOM
wnere supposed I was at last to. re-,
eelve my coaching but I observed the
earl DOW to a man standing there and
realized that / was standing in the
presence of the king Of England
your majesty, Leftenant O'Brien r
Inc earl announced, anu then imnedi-