The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-05

Esssy osksr u,4xuRsx - p6slrs
aEle~fng. We were taken 20 Z large
swimming pod and were Aiistvd TO
have a hath There we're s~o poca@
cns for TIE German oc.ccrs aal cne
for tie nsn- Al;hosxA we wvwS Oh
cer~. we had 30 use the pool oe<rpa~d
~ tAe r,cn. While we were IN swim
rzlng a German guard with . rho
across his kn<<s as 81 each cssnrr cf
the prd and wztch<t us cioeAy -
We dres~sd and undre~~d Eagifsh
Interpreters accompanied Us On al cf
these trips. 80 a. no time ccch ~
sxlk without thar knowing what ~
golrs On /.
wheneves We wer~ taken ouf o< ~
priSca for any purpose they sfvay9
T1ra6e. us thruuyh the most crcuded,
ssrc~ss-evstentay 20 give the p0p~
iace an i<s~a that they ver~ gessn9
lots of prisoners The Gerrsan -.
diers we p4ss<d On tAese cteAszon1
n.de no effort 10 hide their aufics
aud snesrS
The Belgian people were srpervnf-
I ~ very curious 10 Sc Us. and they
used to turn out In large usne~rs
whenever the word was passed Int
We wer- COT. Al tiB~s the German
grarts would strike tht women 80
chlldren Who crowded too close 70 ~
one day I smiled and spoke - .
pretty girl and when she reviied. >
German made . run for her. Luckily
she stepped into the house before ~
reached her. or Am afraid my saiu-
tation would have resulted s<rfcuEsy
for her and l woult have been pcvee
} less 70 have assisted her.
Whenever we passed . Belg1an.
hone or other building which hs4
been wrecked by hoEnlss by our airnea
cur quarts madc Us stop . nofneus
or t~o while they passed &esr09
remarks snong themselves
one OF the most interesting auuv&,
Mrs ! have of my imprssoGEaent q
ccr--rxf Is g photograph of &ro~p
F of Us taken In the prison COURTYARD
The picture ASS made by ose of The
quarts. ~ho sold copies Of Il 70 tnoss
of us who were able 10 PAY h1s
prscs-coe mark apiece.
A we faced the camera I suppcss
we all tried to look cur hsppiest. cue
the majority Of Us. an afraid. were
too sick az heart 10 raise . ssnsie.
even for this occasion one OF our
Han quarts Is shown IN the pscsusa
seated az the table. l an standing
directly behind him. st.ired In my nv
Ing tunsc, which they allowed ne =.
wear all the time was In prison. as
Is the usual custom with prisoners o.
war. Three Of the British ofic6S
shown In the picture. In the fore
ground. are clad in shorts"
through ell ny subsequent adveo-
lures I was able 20 retain prfns of
this interesting picture. and altaoosh
when I gaze at IL now II o1ly serves
20 Increase my srxtidcatsoa Al my 11o-
rate escSpe. II Ellis me With regret 10
think that my fellow prisoners were
not so fortunate. All Of them by this
tine are undout,eify essinx sn~fr
hearts up IN the prtson canps cf In
terror Germany. Poor fellevpi
pesysse tire scsnty fare snd the ~
s-rscsioas we we're under ia this p<tscn.
we did mana<e on one occasion TO ar
-anre a regular banquet The plan
mig which Was necessary heiped -
pass the tine
Al this time there we're eight Of IA
We decided that the principal thing
xe ree-s.d TO make the sSslr a soc-
cess was potatoes. and ! conceived .
rlsn 70 get them Every other afses>
ncoa they took ~ for Q walk N the
country. and lt occurred 70 ne thar
il would BE q comparatively Simple
natter for rs 10 pretend 70 be t1s0a
and sit down whea we cane TO u
first potato patch "a
IL worked out nicely. whsn -
cane 70 the first potato patch ~
sfternoon. xe tofd oar Srsrss u1s -
wanted to re~s . BIT srl ~ were
allowed n sff down In sAs e>urss
| q the nerf sxs mfraies es<h ~ ~
managed 70 get q potato cr fTo- Be
ing lrish. I go Il
whea ne ~ot back - the prsscn. l
managed q snxi Q haa1sercaief fun
- sa-Ar ehlch- Sith s-asae aE'pie- thsf
ne So allowed to p4rrhase. re cas-
uy avsr-ed irts = ~prt of Jan
tse 1o~ had posato~s snd Jan. bet
m bread II happened thxt the Hen
= 10 had charge q th= I-ytsfc>s rrs
great rns<ran- II vs~ ncs v~yy
fierulr 10 prevail upcn hin 70 pay
u so1e nus.c. and shiie BE veot cut
% .-~t his zssher I ~ent isss the brad
p-ntyy ani stole q loaf Il tread
~. of ~ lad saved some bsft<r
fruzl sae aay before. AID ne Dsed II
70 ~ oar potatoes BIZ hrfbing one
= fhe - -. - bourtt sore eSU soy
"a Thvc- . e~nts sre-rs. tut 90
ws~r tete--lsaef - r,=<~ shi- hss7es<
q s,rce<z. No r7rf-er silss u CO.
The cD><fnz % oaaa ~ tie prfssn
e,-<. vh---. - co---. -r hzd -
brhe-
whsz TIRE ncsi vas ready 70 serss