The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02

| This same fellow, who at one per iod ha d to stand at attention for IS Gays had a most unusual experience.
 One night he bolted from the others,
 but on getting clear of the camp he lost his pals, who had his rations, to-
 gether with the necessary plan and
 compass. He trekked the country side searching for his comrades, and went so far as to shout for them. He re-
 Ceived no reply, however. After trav-
 cling about three kilometres without
 tracking down his pals, He came to the conclusion that it was no use him
 trying to get out of Germany without a bite or sup to help him on his
 way, so he decided to return to the
 camp. He crept through the hole
 in the wall through which he had escaped, went back to his hut, threw
 himself on his bed, and no one was any the wiser that he had ever been
 cut of the lager.
 Whilst at Burgsteinfort heard of a
 French airman who is being kept in
 close confinement. Ever since this
 officer was taken prisoner he has
 never been allowed to leave his celi
 for any lengthy period. By some
 means or another he managed 70 get word through to our camp about his
 imprisonment, and a French non commissioned officer told me the req son for his comrades treatment.
 It appears that this airman,
 through some means which I need not
 mention here, was aware of the fact
 that the Kaiser was on a visit to the Western front. The airman also knew
 where the All Highest was stationed,
 so he swooped down upon the spot,
 but luckily for the Kaiser, a had
 just left his headquarters about three
 minutes before the airman made his attack. The Frenchman was so anxi-
 ous 10 complete his work that he
 swooped within range of the men in
 the trenches, and unfortunately was
 rought down. He was taken prison
 CT, and afterwards brought before
 superior officer. He was asked to
 divulge the secret of how he had
 learned that the Kaiser was on this part of the front but he refused to give any information. His c,ptors , then informed him that he would be Fept in close confinement until he mad the sense to give them the infor- nation they so badly needed.
 The airmar retorted that they could !. Eeep him in the cells for the rest ot his life, as he would never divulge , his secret.
 {. Determined to Escape One day the news leaked out that ! party of Us were to leave Burgstein' t furt for a working command. Wt were not told of our destination, anC . it was not until some time iater tha ; discovered we were going to a Flact like Herbede, a working camp con
 nected with Miud4n Lager.
 A party of five of us were entraiieC " fer our new destination. On the trail y stopping at station number O school children entered the compart 0 ment, and they seemed to be quit, e delighted to talk to US. They got ol G about football and when they learned s that we all knew a little about tn T game, suggested that we should ge a team together and they would ii: = kheir college team up and play us. w n accepted the challenge in a good-hu
 mored manner, just to please tn } youngsters. Later on these same col g Iege boys tried their hardest to le u the officer of the working comman - play us at football.
 On dTTNlnS dL our ueSlludIlOH W o were rammed into a room which wa 1T part of an old picture house, whic 'i was run in connection with a public y house, in pre-war days. A part c L. the hall had been partitioned off t 'I house the new arrivals, and when W 70 got in it we could not see ourselve! g It was almost pitch dark.
 'e There were seven Russian with u!
 
 1t that the work was soft, but the gru V terrible. The information was col le rect, and before I had been in tn at camp very long I had pawned all m u' kit in order to buy my own food. S We were all very anxious to gt at away from this camp, but we kne or that it would be best if we waited Id little while, so that we could bull st ourselves up from what we receive h. in our parcels, which had not V, It. come to hand. When these arrive to we made up our minds there and the
 to escape as soon as possible. ha tn managed to get several useful ar 'le necessary articles, and felt certa ca that, given decent luck, 1 would g ut through.
 h. The day at last arrived when v ep determined to try to escape when ( ep cur wayNto work. We arranged ever nS thing. To our joy we found that tl OK atmosphere was thick with mist. Tn suited us to a tee!
 fly (Nearly 1,2OO words cut by the ce 1ls sor.)
 OK Arriving at Bank, after spendil Ut IA days in clink at Minden, I disco ho cred that we were only 40 kilometr try from the frontier. I was glad. The " "iiu was hope in the knowledge. ms On the morning following our 9 e rival we were ordered to go to wo
 in the brickyard, but for about ser weeks I kept the lead we'll on t vas swing and rested as many days as len worked, so that, when the nome he came for the dash for the frontier ks, should be fresh and equal to the 'es, fort
 Then the day Of our great adve