Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-15
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OF his adventures.
CHAPTER II-Teils Of his enlistment in
the Royal Flying corps, his training In
Canada and his transfer to France for 40
tive duty.
CHAPTER III-Descrlbes lights IN which
he brought down two German airplaneB
and his final fight In which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made prisoner OF
war.
CHAPTER IV-Discovers that German
hospital stan bEbarously neglected the
fatally wounded and devoted their ener-
gteB to restoring those who might DO
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death In night Of his best chum. Lieut..
Paul Rainey.
CHAPTER Vile Is taken to the Of
flcerB' prison camp at Courtrai There he
began planning his escape. BY great sac
two daily rations OF bread.
CHAPTER VILE confiscates a map OF
Germany and just half an hour later is
put on q train bound for prison camp
In Germany. He leaps through q & Windo% Hs "
miles an hour.
CHAPTER V1I-For nine days he
.,rawls through Germany, hiding during
the day, travelling at night. guided by the
stars and gubssting on raw vegetables.
He covers 76 miles before reaching Lux
omburg.
CHAPTER vIII-For nine days more he
struggles on In q weakened condition
through Luxembourg In the direction OF
Belgium.
CHAPTER IX-He endures terrible
hardsh!ps Bwims rivers while deirious
from hunger, living like hunted animal
and on the eighteenth day after Jumping
from the train he crosses into Belgium.
CHAPTER X-when we'll on his way
through Belgium he is befriended one
night by a Flemish peasant. who feeds
him and directs him to a man in a Bel
CLAN city who will help him to get pass
pnrt
CHAPTER XI-By mingling with Bel
giRn peasants he manages to eiude Ger
man soldiers and reaches the Belgian city
where ne finds the home Of the man from
whom he expects help
CHAPTER xII-Euyllger iorges pass:
port for o'Brien and promises to assist
him in getting into Holland Later Huy-
Tiger and his associates demand an ex,
Orbitant sum for their services and
O'Brlen breaks with them.
CHAPTER XIII-He spends FIVE days
and nights In an unoccupied house with
out food except for the scraps ne picks up
In night forays.
CHAPTER XIv-To gain confidence for
the adventures to come In his attempt 70
get into Holland, he ventures one nighi
into a moving picture theater patronizeu
by German soldiers.
CHAPTER Xv-some observations in
Belgian city.
CHAPTER xvI-He leaves the city in
tha daytime and after some hatr-ralslng
adventures reaches the frontier OF Aoi-
land.
CHAPTER XVII-He passes the elec-
tricalIy charged wire barrier that sepa-
rates Belgium from Holland by digging
under the wire. Seventy-two days aLtsI
he had leaped from the tram ne prea'hes
the air OF freedom.
CHAPTER XvIII-AssIsted by the Brit
ish consul at Rotterdam he finally reaches
England and gets summons from '"e
king.
CHAPTER XIX-He IL presented to the
king who listens with deep interest 10 'he
story OF his adventures.
CHAPTER XX-ArrIves safely In his
home town Of Momence, III.
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For the next five days was kept
very busy answering questions put to
me by the military authorities regard
ing what l had observed as to cOndl-
lions In Germany and behind the Ines'
What l reported was taken down
by a stenographer and made part OF
the official records, but / did not give
them my story In narrative form. The
information l was able to give was
naturally Of interest to various
branches Of the service, and experts
in every line of government work took
II In turns to question me. One morn
ing would be devoted, for instance
TO answering questions Of a military
nature-German methods behind the
front line trenches, tactics, morale OF
troops and similar matters. Then the
aviation experts would take a whack
at me and discuss with me all / had
observed Of German flying corps
methods and equipment. Then, again
the food experts would interrogate
me as to what had learned OF food
conditions In Germany, Luxembourg
and Belgium, and as had lived pretty
close to the ground for the best parl
of seyenty-twO days was able to give
them some fairly accurate reports a'
to actual agricultural conditions
many of the things told them prob
ably having more significance to then
than they had to me.
There were many things i had Oh
served which I have not referred to II
these pages because their value to NJ
might be diminished II the Germani
knew we were aware Of them. bu1
Shev were all reported to the authori'
lies and 1t was very gratifying to mt
70 hear that the experts considered
some Of them Of the greatest value.
One Of the most amusing Incident
NJ INV return occurred when ! called n
mt bankers In London to get my per
sonal effects.
The practice in the Royal Flying
eorpa when q pilot is reported mis-
oIna a 10 have two Of his comrndei
aaTiRned to 90 through his belongings
rheck them over. destroy anything
nat Il might not be to his interest e
I-.u.rvA and send the whole busi
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