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ing gown, came and sat by me while
ate, listening with the greatest inter
est to the short account of my adyen
lures.
| He could speak English fuently, and
he interrupted me several times 10 ex.
press his sympathy for the suffering
l had endured.
| "OBrien." be SAID. after had con.
ciuded my story. Il am going to help
you. II may take several days---per.
haps as long as two weeks--but event.
uaily we win provide the means to en-.
able you b get to Holland"
thanked him a thousand times and
told him that / didn't know how I
could possibly repay him.
Don't think Of that" he replied I;
the satisfaction Of knowing that
have aided In placing one more victim
OF the Huns beyond their power to
harm VIII more than repay me for all
the risk ] shall run In helping you.
You'd better turn IN now, O'Brien, and
In the morning III tell you what plan
to do.
As ] removed my clothes and noticed
that my knees were still swollen to
twice their normal size, that my left
ankle was black and blue from the
wrench had given II when I jumped
from the train and that my ribs showed
through my skin, ! realized what a lot
+ / had been through. As a matter of
fact, ! could not have weighed more
than one hundred and fifty pounds at
that time, whereas I had tipped the
scales at one hundred and ninety when
] was with my squadron In France.
] lost no time In getting into bed
and still less In getting to sleep. r.
don't know what dreamed Of that
night, but ! had plenty Of time to go
through the, experiences Of my whole
life. for when I was aroused by a
knock on the door and Huyllger en-
tered In response to my Invitation to
enter, he told me that 1t was nearly
noonl / had slept for almost twelve
hours.
I cannot say that the thought did
not run through my head that per-
haps after all / was living in a fools
paradise. and that when Huyllger re
appeared 1t would be with q couple Of
German soldiers behind him. but / dis |
missed such mlsgivings summarily, re-
alizing that | was doing Huyliger an
injustice to let such things enter my
head even for IN instant. / had no |
right to doubt his sincerity and ii |
would do me no good to entertain such |
suspicious. II he was going to prove |
treacherous to me. was powerless
any way to cope with him.
: In few moments my host reap
peared with tray containing mg
breakfast. don't suppose shall ever
Forget that meal. II consisted of a
cup Of coffee-real coffee, not the kind |
I had had at Courtrai-several slices OF
bread, some hot potatoes and dish
Of scrambled eggs.
Every mouthful Of that meal tasted
like angel-food to me and Huyllger
sat on the edge Of the bed and watched
me enjoying II, at the same time out
lining the plans he had made for my
escape.
In brief, the scheme was to conceal
me In a convent until conditions were
ripe for me to make my way to the
border. In the meanwhile / was to be
in the garb Of priest. and /
when the time came for me to leave
the city was to pretend that was
Spanish sailor. because I could speak
little Spanish. which ] had picked |
up on the coast. To attempt to play /
the part Of a Belgian would become In
creasingly difficult, he pointed out, and
would bring inevitable disaster In the
event that I was called upon to speak.
Huyliger said I would be given suf-
ficient money to bribe the German
guards at the Dutch frontier. and he
assured me that everything would work
out according to schedule.
"Yours Is not the first case, O'Brlen,
we have handled successfully" he de-
clared. "only three weeks ago l heard