The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-09-26

Flemish. but at any rate. obseevine
that he was more Interested In the
others than he was In me at the mo-
ment, put the bottle In my pocket
and walked on.
After I walked . few steps. took .
furtive glance backward and noticed
the soldier who had searched me re-
Join his comrades at the curb and then
stop another fellow who had come
along. and then disappeared In the
darkness. s
cannot say that the outcome Of
this adventure left me In the same
confident frame Of mind that followed
the earlier one. was sure had
come. out OF II all right, but I could
not help thinking what terribly close
shave I had.
Suppose the soldier had questioned
mel The ruse had been following
In my dealings with the Belgian peas.
ants pretending was deaf and
dumb--mlght possibly have worked
here. too, but a soldiers German
soldier--might not SO easily have been
! fooled. 1t was more than an even
chance that It would have at least
aroused his suspicion and resulted In
further Investigation. A search oe
my {tuthing would have revealed Q
dozen things which would have estab-
lished my identity and all my sham-
ming Of deafness would have avaiied
me nothing. ID
As I wandered along I knew that
was. now approaching the big city
which my Belgian friend had spoken
Of and which wouid have to enter
II l was to get the passport, and !
: realized now how essential 1t WINS to
have something to enable me to get
through the frequent examinations
to which I expected to be subjected.
While ! was still debating In my
mind whether 1t, was going to be pos
sible for me to enter the city that
night, saw In the distance what aps
| peared to be an arc light. and az !
i neared It that was what II turned out
4 to be. Beneath the light could
| make out the forms OF three guards
and the thought Of having to 60
| through the same kind Of ordesl hat
\ I had Just experienced fillcd me with
| ~
Il could be fortunate enough to gee BY
Il againf
Al AZ I slowed up littlo. trying to
make UP my mind what was best to do
] was overtaken by group OF Bel
gian women who were shuffiing along
the road, and decided to mingiG
Il with them and see II couldn't convey
n the impression that I was one a
q their party.
a As we approached the arc light, the
j figures Of those three soldiers wit1
II their spiked helmets loomed before
like q regiment. I felt AZ II wer(
81 walking right into the jaws Of death
a Rather than 60 through what was Il
4 store for me. I felt that would n
a nnitely prefer to be fighting again u
the air with those four desper4tl
Huns. who had been the cause of =,
present plight-then. ct 1eatt,
would have . chance to nght bae1
but now had to risk my life ~
n take what was coming to me withou
n chance to strike blow In my on
W. defense.
shall never forget my feelings .
at we came within the shaft Of light pre
ne jected by that great arc light nor b
lld faces Of those three guards a. "
TN passed,by them. didn't look directl
~ at them. bdt out Of the corner Of a
eye never missed q detail. held
III handkerchief up to my face a. n
en- passed them and endeavored TO iml
eit tate the slouching gait Of the Belgian
ne AZ well a. could. and apparently
ny worked. We walked right BY thos
guards and they paid absolutely. .
ket attention to us.
No II ever . fellow felt like going dow
on his knees and praying did at tha
~ moment. but It wouldn't have dous I
'at show my elation or gratitude In tn
conspicuous way. r.
loI knew II would be unsafe for me
'.c attempt to find lodging place In a
" city. and the only thing for me 10
~ wasto locate the man whose name u
ny Belgian had given me. He had give
~. - me q good description of the stre(
'u and had directed me how to get ther,
and I followed his instructions closel,
After walking the streets for abos
half an hour. came upon one Of u
=, -. landmarks my friend had described
me and ten minutes afterwards W
- knocking at the door Of the man VI
~ was to make II possible for me to reas
~ Holland-and libertyi At least. IN
~ was what hoped.
; a@- a
rs o'brlsn 10 promlssd help In
'ne getting across the frontier 70
my Holland, but Just % no 10 ~