Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-27
would not and it undressing.

would not find it uninteresting.
AS he sat there he smoked a
light cigar and took an occasional
sip from the goblet of beer the old
servitor had placed on a little table
81. before him, and then ats o'clock !
1t wass 10 o'clock their time-he
rose and said that inasmuch as we,
should have to arise early in the
part and get some rest. Then. amid
universal bowling and clicking OF
1spurred heels, he withdrew.
At the dinner table, there were.
besides his royal highness. the
count on my left, and Villalobzr,
. Lancken, Harrach and /, four other
officers; one of them, red-faced.
heavy German. who said nothing
during the entire meal; next TO him
and across from Villaobar was a
well set up chap with head some
what like that of Louis Philippe
He spoke in heavy voice and when
he was not talking German he seem
ed to prefer English, which he
spoke with an English accent In-r-,
deed, he may have belonged to that
class of younger Germans who, as
the French put it, "singent les
Anglais." Cape the English-) D There
was another young officer Of the
same type, wearing a monocie and
English puttees, also speaking Eng
lish with a pronounced English ac-
cent. The first of the two. a Captain
had been detailed by the crown
prince to conduct US on our visit
Of inspection on the following day. !.
AS we were about to leave he ex-~e
planned to me that we must be ready
and awaiting him at the hotel at.
6:40-that would be twenty minutes
to six. Belgian time. es
Villalobar, knowing that 1 had
neglected to cultivate the habit of
early rising, perhaps the easiest
device known to man for acquiring
cheaply reputation for virtue,
laughed and said:
That's too early for you"
I'VE chose this hour" our cap
tain explained, because naturally
we do not wish to expose you more
than is necessary. We are going in
the trenches opposite the English >.
and at that houE things are more
quiet than at any other time of the
day; it is the hour when the Eng
lish breakfast, and they don't like
The captain said this with perfect
seriousness and without the slight
est suspicion, am sure, of the rea-
son why Villalobar@ gave, me an =
amused glance of compfehension.s
And then we drove away through
the darkness of the park, and a spy
in civilian dress emerging from thu
bushes under the trees. snatching
of his hat and standing stiffiy -at-
attention as we rode by and through
the great gates. t-s
We went to the hotel, asked to !.
be called at 5:30-4:3o our. time
and went at once to bed. When 1 getss
to my room and opened the winddw
I could hear the booming of rhee
heavy guns, and when I got to bed.Is-
discovered that there were two town 8
clocks in Lille, within striking dis-r4
lance of each other. and between the
ugly booming Of the guns and the
still uglier striking of the clocks IT,
was not easy TO get to sleep--ifs
only the Germans, before they .areA
defeated. will melt down into what 4
ever their fancy dictates all the
bells of all the striking clocks in-v
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