The Raymer enterprise., 1918-09-05

whom I had been able to get through
the lines. His message telling me Of
his safe arrival In Rotterdam came to
me In an indirect way. Of course. but
the fact that the plans we had made
carried through without mishap makes
me feel that we ought to be able to do
as much for you"
told Huyliger I was ready to follow
his Instructions and would do any
thing be suggested.
'T want to rejoin my squadron as
soon as l possibly can," l told him.
but I realize that It will take GER
tin length Of time for you to make the
necessary arrangements. and will be
az patient as I can"
The first thing to do. Huyllger told
me. was to prepare passport. He had
a blank one and It was comparatively
simple matter to all In the spaces, us
Ing genuine passport which Huyllger
possessed as a sample OF the hand
writing Of the passport clerk. My oc-
cupation was entered as that of q
sailor. My birthplace we gave as
Spain. and we put my age at thirty.
As matter Of fact. at that time !
could easily have passed for thirty
five, but we figured that with proper
food and a decent place to sleep at
night. l could soon regain my normal
appearance. and the passport would
have to serve me. perhaps. for several
weeks to come.
Filling In the blank spaces on the
passport was. as have said. a COM
paratively easy matter. but that did
not begin to I'LL the bill. Every genus
Inc passport bore an Official rubber
stamp, something like an elaborate
postmark. and I was at loss 70 know
how to get over that difficulty.
Fortunately. however. Huyliger had
half Of rubber stamp which had evil
IDENTIFY been thrown away by the Ger.
mans. and he planned to construct the
other half out of the cork from q wine
bottle. He was very sklllful with q
penknife. and although he spoilt a
score or more of corks before he sue.
ceeded In getting anything like the
result he was after. the finished article
was far better than our most sanguinp
expectations. Indeed. after We had
pared 1t over here and there, and re
moved whatever imperfections our re-
peated test disclosed. we had stamp
which made an impression 80 closely
resembling the original that without a
magnIfying glass. We we're sure, II
would have been impossible to tell
that II was counterfeit.
Huyliger procured a camera and
took a photograph Of me to paste on
the passport in the place provided for
that purpose. and we then had pass
port which was entirely satisfactory
to both OF US and would. we hoped
prove equally SO to our friends the
Huns.
1t had taken two days to flx up the
passport. In the meanwhile Huyligef
Informed me that he had changed his
plans about the convent and that in.
stead he would take rue to an empty
house. where l could remain In safety
until he told me 1t was advisable foq
me to proceed to the frontier.
This was quite agreeable to me, as
had had misgiylngs as to the kind
Of priest would make and 1t seemed
to me to be safer to remain aloof from
everyone In a deserted house than to
have to mingle with people or come In
contact with them. even with the best
Of DISCUSSES.
That night I accompanied Huyllger
to fashionable section Of the city.
where the house In which was to be
concealed was located.
This house turned ont to be four
story structure of brick. HuylIger told
me that 1t had been occupied by Z
wealthy Belgian before the war, but
since 1914 1t had been uninhabited save
for the occasional habitation Of some
refugee whom Huyllger was befriend.
Ing.
Huyliger had key and let me In
but he did not enter the house with
me, stating that he would visit me In
the morning.
l explored the place from top to bot
tom as well as could without lights
The house was deliberately furnished
but. Of course, the dust lay quarter
Of an inch thick everywhere. 1t was Q
large house. containing some twenty
rooms. There were two rooms In tht
basement four on the first floor, foul
on the second five on the third and fvs
on the top. In the days that were t.
come I was to have plenty Of oppor
tunIty to famlliarize myself with thu
contents of that house but at mat time
! did not know It and I was curiou.
enough to want to know just what thu
house contained.
Down in the basement there was Z
huge pantry but It was absolutely bare
except Of dust and dirt. A door which
evidently led to a sub-basement at
tracted my attention and i thought I,
might be a good idea to know just
where II led to In case It became neces
sary for me to elude searchers.
In that cellar found case after case