The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-08
CHAPTER XII.
The Forged PASSPORT.

For obvious reasons, | cannot del
scribe the man to whom l applied forI
the passport nor the house in which,
he lived. While, in view of what subj
sequently happened, / would not bel
very much concerned if he got into
trouble for having dealt with me, I
realize that the hardships he had en-.
dured in common with the other in
habitants of that conquered city may
possibly have distorted his idea of
right and justice, and / shall not de-
liberately bring further disaster on
him by revealing his identity.
This man-we will call him Huy-
Tiger because that is as unlike his
name as it is mine-was very kind to
me on that memorable night when
aroused him from his sleep and in a
few words of explanation told him Of
my plight.
He invited me inside, prepared some
food for me and putting on dress
ing gown, came and sat by me while
ate, listening with the greatest inter.
est to the short account of my advent
lures.
He could speak English fluently, and
he interrupted me several times to ex-|
press his sympathy for the sufferingsl
/ had endured.
"O'Brien," he said, after I had conf
cluded my story, Il am going to helpI
you. It may take several days-per1
haps as long as two weeks-but EVENT.
ually we will provide the means to en-I
able you to get to Holland"
/ thanked him thousand times andl
told him that l didn't know how \
could possibly repay him.
Don't think of that" he replied;
'the satisfaction of knowing that Il
have aided in placing one more victim
of the Huns beyond their power to
harm will more than repay me for all
the risk I shall run in helping you.
You'd better turn in now, O'Brien and
in the morning I'll tell you what / plan
to do"
AS [ removed my clothes and noticed
that my knees were still swollen TO
twice their normal size, that my left
ankle was black and blue from the +
wrench | had given it when | jumped
from the train and that my ribs silo#ea
through my skin, / realized what iol
I had been through. AS matter o.
fact, could not have weighed more
than one hundred and fifty pounds ~
that time, whereas I had tipped the
scales at one hundred and ninety Wnea
I was with my squadron in France.
/ lost no time in getting into beu
and still less in getting to steep.
don't know what | dreamed Of lias
night, but | had plenty Of time 70 ~
through the experiences of my Whois
life, for when | was aroused ~
knock on the door and Huylger er
tered in response to my inYltaiioh ~
enter, he told me that it was nearv
noon! I had slept for almost t"eis'
hours.
I cannot say that the th0ught ui'
not run through my head thai p, g.
haps after all / was living IN loo's
paradise, and that when Huylisef III
appeared it would be with COUPE j.
German soldiers behind him, but ~
missed such misgivings summafi!' II
alizing that l was doing Huyisei
Injustice to let such things enter ~
head even for an instant. nau al
right to doubt his sincerity anu .o.I
would do me no good to enteft'iin eel
suspicious. If he was going 10 80
treacherous to me, | was po"s
any way to cope with him. .o.urI
In a few moments my hos' ,ayl
reared with a tray contaihihs .rorl
breakfast. don't suppose ! siiaA = al
forget that meal. 1t consisted t;ndl
cup of coffee-real coffee, mol ln 's.as n
l had had at Courtrai-seVerai 'N~