The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-15
,bie you to get to Holland"

l thanked him thousand times and told him that 1 didn't know how l could possibly repay him.
 Don't think of that" he replied; "the satisfaction of knowing that 1 have aided in placing one more victim of the Huns beyond their power to harm will more than repay me for all the risk l shall run in helping you. You'd better turn in now, OBrien, and in the morning I'll tell you what plan to do."
 As I 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 I had given 1t when l jumped from the train and that my ribs showed through my skin, 1 realized what lot l had been through. As n matter of fact, l could not have weighed more than one hundred and fifty pounds at that time, whereas l had tipped the scales at one hundred and ninety when 1 was with my squadron in France.
 I lost no time in getting into bed and still less in getting to sleep, l don't know what l dreamed of that night. but l had plenty of time to go through the experiences of my whole life, for when l was aroused by q knock on the door and Huyliger en- tered in response to my invitation to enter, he told me that 1t was nearly noon! l had slept for almost twelve hours.
 1 cannot say that the thought did not run through my head that per haps after all l was living in d fools paradise, and that when liuyliger re- appeared 1t would be with couple of German soldiers behind him, but l dis missed such misgiyings summarily. re- uliZing that l was doing Huyligcr an injustice to let such things enter my head even for an instant. 1 had no right to doubt his sincerity and it would dc me no good to entertain such suspicious. If he was going to prove treacherous to me, was powerIcss any way to cope with him.
 In few moments my host reap peared with tray containing my breakfast. l don't suppose l shall ever forget that meal. IL consisted of cup of cofree-real coffee, not the kind l had had at Courtrai-several slices of bread. some hot potatoes and dish of scrambled eggs.
 Every mouthful of that meal tasted lik" angrI-food to me and IIuylig"r sat on th" edge of the bed and watched me enjoying it. at the sam" time out lining the plans he had made for my escape.
 In brief. the scheme was 10 conceal me in Il convent until conditions were ripe for me tU make my way to the border. In the meanwhile I was to be dressed in the garb of n priest, and when the time came for me to leave the city l was to pretend that l was Spanish sailor, because I could speak n little Spanish, which I had picked up on the coast. To attempt to play the part of Belgian would become in- crcaSingly difficult. he pointed out, and would bring inevitable disaster in the event that l was called upon to speak.
 IIuylgcr said I would be given Suf- ficient money to bribe the German guards nt the Dutch frontier, and he assured me that everything would work out according to schedule.
 Yours is not the first case, O'Brien, we have handled successfully" he de clared. "Only three weeks ago heard from an English merchant who had escaped from German detention camp and came to me for assistance and 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 1 was ready to follow his instructions and would do any thing he suggested.
 "I want to rejOin my squadron as soon as I possibly can." l told him. but I realize that it will take n Ccr- tin length of time for you to make the necessary arrangements, and l will be