Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-14

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overs tile poie-vault gaaa seemed t8 ue
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Ae fqet tl8t on elsaag slie his elae
trts geneo. eir faet frsm I'd. pas si&
foot barbed Wlra barrier. To vault
safely ever a nuafo0t electrically
charged fences WAS one thing, but to
combine with Nj tweyeloot bread
yauit was d Feat which even a college
athlete IA .ha pink of condition would
be aut to funk. Indeed, [ don't be-
neve Il Is possible.
Another plan that seemed halfway
reasonable was 20 build a pair OF stills
about twelve or fourteen feet high and
walk over the barriers one by one. AS
yOnnrster had acquired consider
able skill IN stilt-walklng and | have
no douht that with the proper equip
mont II would have been quite fcas-
lble TO have walked out of Belgium
as easily as possible In that way, but
whether or not | was going to have a
chance 70 construct the necessary
stills remained to be seen.
There were n good many BICYCLES In
use ~ the German soldiers In Belgium
and It had often occurred to me that
If could have stolen one. the tires
would have made excellent gloves and
Insulated coverings for my feet in
| case II was necessary for me to at.
tempt to climb over the electric fence
bodily But as I had never been able
"a steal n bicycle this avenue Of es-
cane was closed To, me.
| / decided to wait until | arrived at
the barrier and then make up my mind
how to proceed.
To find decent place to sleep that
night, ! crawled under barbed WIRE
fence, thinking 1t LED into some helu'
AS passed nhder' one Oh the palps
caught IN my coat anu ~ ..S'ns "
pun llysell lloii ~ siiooA 'NS AeiV0
lor seYerai yarus'
instantly thele euine ou' VI '"1 IS, =.
the herFe-rachlns eoin'l"lu '
Asaih ! ieaieu WIS 49,
croucheu CLOSE uoWn oii 'he s'ounu :"
the uarkness' MOI SHOWING "ne'uI -, "
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inisoins me ~ 'Ne @ ~ los fnooy
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from mo + decided n stand. or rather
luo not +h,nb INV haort made almost
90 much noise "a the rattIInp Of the
wire IN the first place. and 1t was a
tense few moments to me,
hoora .ho nor,oon sov a faw words
% h,nsoIf Int didn't understand them.
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hof perhaps nNe MINUTES uiuu :
sur anu tneh figuring ',ial llie yer il", |,
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.ouei .ie wiz anu n'"uV -, -
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ammunition oepot OF something Oh the
klno anu u was NOT a neiu d. a'i 'i'a'
hau trieu u get ineo'
i figured that other sentrles were
probably In the neighDorhood ana
proceeded very gingeriy.
After ! had got about mile away
from this spot came to an humble
Belgian house and l knocked at the
door and applied for food In my usual
way, pointing to my mouth to indl-
cate / was hungry and to my ears and
mouth to imply that was deaf and
dumb. The Belgian woman who lived
In the house brought me piece of
bread and two cold potatoes and as |
sat there eating them she eyed me
very keenly.
haven't the slightest doubt that
she realized | was fugitive. She lived
so near the border that. II was more
| o.. tho+ rooeon anproaiatad rnora