The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
CHAPTER XII.
The Eoraed Passport.


no lived. While, in view OF what SUD
Doonently happened. l would not be
Wv, much concerned II he got into
,.onh,e for having dealt with me,
.oolIze that the hardships he had en-
anrod in common with the other In
S'htonts of that conquered city may
DossIbly have distorted his idea OF
f'cht and Justice, and / shall not de-
"sorotely bring further disaster on
him by revealing his Identity.
This man--we will call him Huy-
ucor because that Is as unlike his
nome % as 1t Is mlne-was very kind to
no on that memorable night when /
oroused him from his sleep and In
low words of explanation told him OF
my plight.
lie invited me inside, prepared some
,ood for me and, putting on a dress
Inp gown, came and sat by me while
ote listening with the greatest inter
oet 10 the short account Of my adven-
lures.
He could speak English fluently, and
he interrupted me several times to ex-
press his sympathy for the sufferings
| had endured.
"OBrlen," he said, after / had con-
ruded my story, 81 am going to help
vou. II may take several days-per-
hans as long as two weeks-but event
ually we will provide the means to en-
able you to get to Holland"
thanked him thousand times ana
told him that didn't know how l
could possibly repay him.
"Dont think of that" he replied;
"the satisfaction Of knowing that |
have Sded In placing one more victim
Of the Huns beyond their power to
harm will more than repay me for all
the risk / shall run in helping you.
You'd better turn In now, O'Brien, and
IN the morning I'll tell you what plan
to d."
As | removed my clothes and noticed
4 that my knees were still swollen to
/ twice their normal size, that my left
4 ankle was black and blue from the
wrench | had given 1t when | jumped
1 from the train and that my ribs showed
through my skin, | realized what lot
/ had been through. As matter OF
fact / could not have weighed more
than one hundred and fifty pounds at
that time, whereas had tipped the
scales at one hundred and ninety when
/ was with my squadron In France.
| lost no time in getting into bed
and sill less in getting to sleep.
don't know what dreamed Of that
1 night, but | had plenty of time to 20
through the experiences Of my whole
life, for when | was aroused by q
knock on the door and Huyllger en-
tered in response to my invitation to
enter, he told me that 1t was nearly
noon! | had slept for almost twelve
/ hours.
cannot say that the thought did
not run through my head that per
haps after all ! was living In n fools
paradise, and that when Huyllger re
appeared II would be with couple oi
German soldiers behind him, but dis
missed such mlsgiyings summarlly, re
allzlng that was doing Huyliger al
Injustice to let such things enter m!
head even for an instant. | had M
right to doubt his sincerity and l
would do me no good to entertain sucl
suspicious. If he was going to prov
treaCherous to me, was powerles
any way to cope with him.
In few moments my host rear
peared with n tray containing m.
breakfast. ] don't suppose ! shall eve
forget that meal. II consisted of
cup Of cofree-real coffee, not the KIM
lhad had Mt COurtrai-several slices o
bread, some hot potatoes and a dis
Of scrambled eggs.
Every mouthful Of that meal taste
like angel-food TO me and luyllSe
sat on the edge of the bed and watche
me enjoying II, at the same time on
lining the plans he had made for III
escape.
In brief, the scheme was TO cOncei
me In convent until conditions wer
ripe for me to make my way to I'll
border. In the meanwhile was to !
dressed in the garb Of n priest, an
Wher the time came for me to leay
The city was to pretend that was
Spanish sailor, because could speak
little Spanish, which had picke
up on the coast. To attempt to pln
The part of Belgian would become Il
creaslngly difficult, he pointed out, M
would bring inevitable disaster in Il
event that | was called upon to spea
lluylger said | would be given su
hcient money to bribe the Germi
guards at the Dutch frontier, and
assured me that everything would wo
OUT according to schedule.
Yours Is not the first case, O'Brle
We have handled successfully" he d
clared. "Only three weeks ago hea
ron an English merchant who hi
escaped from German detention can
una came to me for assistance al
whom l had been able to get throu
uie lines. His message telling me
MS safe arrival in Rotterdam came
m'e IN an Indirect way. of course, b
he tnct that the plans we had ma
Wrrlcd through without mishap NAL;
'pe feel that we ought to be able to
us much for you"
told lluyllger | was ready to foil,
MS Instructions and would do al
mlhg he suggested.
want TO rejoin my squadron
S'oa us | possibly can" told hi
put realize that 1t will take u C