Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-16

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ana mixed with the crowd, which
consisted largely of Germans. |
went from one place to another to
see What our 'strating" had accom-
plished. Naturally 1 avoided speak
ing TO anyone. If a man or woman
appeared about to speak to me I
Just turned my head and looked or
walked away in some other direc-
ton. | must have been taken for an
unsociable sort of individual a good
many times, and if l had encounter
ed the same person twice L suppose
my conduct might have aroused
suspicion.
1 had a first-class observation of
the damage that was really done by
our bombs One bomb had landed
very near the main railroad station
and if it had been only thirty yards
nearer would have completely de-
mollshed 1t. AS the station was un-
douptedly our airman's objective L
was very much impressed with the
accuracy of his aim. 1t is by no
means an easy thing to hit a build
ing from the air when you are go
ing at anywhere from fifty to one
hundred miles an hour and are be-
ing shot at from beneath from a
dozen different angles-unless, of
course, you are taking one of those
desperate chances and flying so low
that you cannot very we'll miss your
mark and the Huns can't very we'll
miss you either!
l walked to the station and min
gled with the crowds which stood
in the entrances. They paid no more
attention to me than they did to real
70 mt
were all out in this city at night
made it impossible, anyway, for any
one to get so good look at me as
if it had been light.
Tempted by German Flag
During the time that / was in this
city l supposed l wandered from one
end of it to the other. In one place,
where the German staff had it's
headquarters, a huge German flag
hung from the window, and | think
| would have given ten years of my
life to have stolen it. Even if L
could have pulled it down, however,
it would have been impossible to me
to have concealed it, and to have
carried.it away with me as a souve-
nier, therefore, would have been out
of the question.
AS 1 went along the street one
night lady standing on the corner
me and spoke to me. Ny
first impulse, of course. was to an
Swer her, explaining that 1 could not
but l stopped myself in
time, pointed to my ears and mouth
and shook my head, indicating that
was deaf and dumb, and she nod
ded. Incidents of that kind were
not unusual, and I was always in
fear some inquisitive and suspicious
German would encounter me and
not be so easily satisfied.
There are many things that saw
n this city which, for various rea-
sons, it is impossible for me to re-
late until after the war is over.
Some of them, I think. will create
more surprise than the incidents l
am free to reveal now.
Touched Elbows With Death
1t used to amuse me as went
along the streets of this town. look
ing in the shop windows with Ger
man soldiers at my side looking at
the same things. to think how close
was to them and they had no way
of knowing. / was quite convinced
that If / were discovered my fate
would have been death, because /
not only had the forged passport on
me- buI Heiu DGGl So many 0aXS
behind the German lines after I had
escaped that they couldn't safely lei
me live with the information l pos
sessed.
One night 1 walked boldly across
a park. / heard footsteps behind
me and turning around saw two
German soldiers. I slowed up a trifle
to let them get ahead of me. 1t was
rather dark and 1 got a chance to
see what a wonderful uniform the
German military authorities have
picked out. The soldiers had not
gone more than few feet ahead of
me when they disappeared in the
darkness like one of those melting
pictures on the moving picture
screen.
AS I wandered through the streets
I frequently glanced in the cafe
windows as / passed. German off,
GERS were usually dining there, but
they didn't conduct themselves with
anything like the ight-heartedness
which characterized the Allied off,
GERS in London and Paris. was
rather surprised at this, because in
this part of Belgium they were much
freer than they would have been in
Berlin where, understand, food Is
comparatively scarce and the re-
strictions are very strict.
Often Half Famished