The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-20

end of 1t to the other. In one place,
where the German staff had it's head
quarters, q huge German flag hung
from the window, and l think / would
have given ten years of my life to
have stolen it. Even if I could have
pulled it down, however, it would have
been impossible for me to have con-
cealed it, and to have carried it away
with me as a souvenir, therefore would
have been out of the question.
AS l went along the street one night
lady standing on the corner stopped
me and spoke to me. My first impulse,
OF course, was to answer her, explain
ing that l could not understand, but
stopped myself in time, pointed to my
ears and mouth and shook my head,
indicating that was deaf and dumb,
and she nodded understandingly and
walked on. Incidents of that kind were
not unusual, and was always in fear
that the time would come when some
inquisitive and suspicious German
would encounter me and not be so
easily satisfied.
There are many things that I saw in
this city which, for various reasons, it
is impossible for me to relate until
after the war Is over. Some of them,
think, will create more surprise than
the incidents l am free to reveal now.
1t used to amuse me as went along
the streets of this town, looking in
the shop windows with German SOL
diers at my side looking at the same
things, to think how close I was to
them and they had no way of knowing.
| was quite convinced that if l were
discovered my fate would have been
death because I not only had the
forged passport on me, but had been
so many days behind the German lines
after 1 had escaped that they couldn't
safely let me live with the informa-
ton I possessed.
One night 1 walked boldly across a
park. I heard footsteps behind me and
turning round saw two German SOL
diers. I slowed up trifle to let them
get ahead Of me. 1t was rather dark
and I got a chance to see what Won
derful uniform the German military
authorities have picked out. The SOL
diers had not gone more than q few
feet ahead Of me when they disap-
peared in the darkness like one of
those melting pictures on the moving
picture screen.
AS wandered through the streets I
frequently glanced in the cafe win
dow as I passed. German officers
were usually dining there, but they
didn't conduct themselves with any
thing like the ight-heartedness which
characterizes the allied officers in
London and Paris. was rather sur
prised at this because in this part of
Belgium they were much freer than
they would have been in Berlin,
where, I understand, food is compar-
atively scarce and the restrictions
are very strict.
AS l have said, my own condition in
this city was in sonte respects worse
than it had been when / was making
my way through the open country.
While had place to sleep and my
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soaking, my opportunities for getting
food were considerably less than they
had been. Nearly all the time 1 was
half famished, and l decided that /
would get out of there at once, since
I was entirely through with Huyliger.
My physical condNion was greatly
improved. While the lack of food
showed itself on me, I had regained
some of my strength, my wounds
were healed, and my ankle was
stronger, and although my knees were
still considerably enlarged, 1 felt that
I was in better shape than had been
at any time since my leap from the
train, and I was ready to go through
whatever was in store for me.