Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-10-11


Of his adventures.
CHAPTER ll-Tells OF his enlistment In
the Royal Flying corps. his training In
Canada and hhs transfer 10 france for nc
tive duty.
CHAPTER IlI-Describes fights IN which
ne brought down tNu Gerlnun airplincs
and his nnal hight IN when lie WAS
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made IA prisoner OF
war.
CHAPTER Iv--Discovcrs that German
hospital stan barbarOusIy neglected tha
fatally wounded ann devoted their encr-
gies TO restoring those wno might be
returned TO the firing lines. Witnesses
death In hight OF has best chum. Lieut..
Paul Rainey.
CHAPTER Vile Is taken 10 the Of
ncers' prison camp at COurtril. There lie
began planning his escape. by great SAT-
rihce he manages To save and hide away
two daily ratiuns OF bread.
CHAPTER Vile confiscates n map OF
Germany and Just half un hour later IL
put on q train bound for a prison camp
In Germany. He leaps through "a window
while the train Is travelling Ut u rate Of 80
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII-For nine days he
iN.rawls through Germany, hiding during
the day, travelling at night, guided by the
stars and subssting OH raw vegetables
lie covers 20 miles before reaching Lux
emburg.
CHAPTER VIII-For nine days more ne
struggles on In weakened condition
through Luxembourg In the direction OF
Belgium.
CHAPTER IX-He endures terrible
hardsh!ps. swims rivers while deriUus
Nom Ia min nj
and on the eighteenth day after jumping
from the train lie crosses into Belgium.
She could not speak English and /
could not speak Flemish, Of course,
but nevertheless / made her under
stand that I wanted something TO eat.
She came out of the door and hOl.
loed for her husband in shrill voice
that would have done credit To Il girl
of eighteen. The old man came in
from the garden and between the two
Of them they managed tn get the idea
that was hungry and they gave me
a piece of bread-a very small piece
which was quite treat.
The house they lived in consisted Of
just two rooms--the kitchen and
bedroom. The kitchen was perhaps
fourteen feet square, eight feet of
one side being taken up by an enor-
NOUS fireplace. What was in the he'd
room / had no way of telling, rs l
did not dare to be too inquistive.
made the old couple understand
that would like to stay in their house
all night, but the old man shook his
head. / babe them gOOd-by and dis
appeared into the woods, leaving them
to speculate as to the strange Tor
eIgner they had entertained.
From the great density of the pOpu-
latiOn in this section through which l
was now passing l realized that l
must be in the outskirts Of the big
city which the Belgian had mentioned
and where / was TO procure pass
port.
Village after village intercepted me,
and although tried TO skirt them
wherever possible ] realized that l
would never make much progress If
] continued that course. To gain Il
mile ! would sometimes have to make
a detOur of two or three. decided
TINT would try my luck in going
straight through the next village
came to.
As / approached It, I passed num-
bers of peasants who were ambling
along the road. was afraid to mingle
with them because 1t was impossible
for one to talk To them and IL was
dangerous to arouse suspicion even
among the Belgians. For all knew,
one of them might be treacherous
enough to deliver me to the Germans
In return for the reward he might be
sure Of receiving.
About o o'clock that evening
came to point where ahead of me on
the right was Belgian police station
II knew it from its red lights-and
on the other side of the street were
two German soldiers in uniform
leaning against a bicycle.
Here was a problem which called
Tor instant decision; II turned back
the suspicion Of the soldiers would
he instantly aroused and IL / crossed
the road so as not to pass so closely
to them they might be equally sus-
plcIOus. / decided to march bravely
By the Huns, bluff my way through
and trust to Providence. II anybody
imagInes, however, that I was ut all
comfortable as approached these
soldiers, he must think 1 am n much
brayer man than / claim to be. My
heart beat so loud I was afraid they
would hear II. Every step / took
hroueht me so much nearer to what
might prove to be the end Of all my
hopes It was nerve-racking ordeal.
/ was now within few feet OF
mem. Another step and
They didn't turn a hairl ] passed
rloht by them-heard what they were
eSvIne. although. Of course, 1 didn't !
tnderstand II, and went right on.
can4 say / didn't walk a little faster
rI left them behind, but tried to
1.eintnin an even gait 80 rs not to
- them any idea Of the inward ex-
-Ilrfion I vas experiencing. No words
- rluaain. however, how relieved
~ fsle-tQ know that 1 h1d s1e-