The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-10-17

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tnanss IN M encsent manner alxays.
They tske nothing for szsnted-
~ epe chance seemed to be 10 stand
paf = the hope that the oEacsr IN
chaTGe might possibly come to the CON-
c3usicn that he had arrived at the
house too late-that the bird had
noWn.
Ny position In that wine cellar was
anything but a comfortable one. Rats
and mice were scurrying across the
door and the smashing and crashing
oolng on overhead Was anything but
promising Evidently those soldiers
imagined that l ought to be hiding In
The wallis. for II sounded as Though
they were tearing of the wainscotring.
the picture moldfng and. In fact.
everything that they could tear or pull
~oe.e-
Before very long they would finish
their search upstairs and would come
down TO the basement. What they
would do when they discovered the
wine had no idea. Perhaps they
would let themselves loose on II and
give me my chance. With bottle Of
wine In ench hand figured could put
up good fight in the dark. especially
ss was becoming more and more ac-
customed TO II and could begin to dis
tinguish things here and there. where
AZ when they entered the pitchy dark
ness of the cellar, they would be as
blind. as bafs In the sun.
Perhaps II was twenty minutes BE-
fore I heard what sounded like my
death-kneil to me; tie soldiers were
coming down the cellar steps!
clufehed q wine bottle In each hand
and waited With hated breath.
1rAmpl Trampi Trzmpi In q no
Denf they would be In the cellar
proper. ] could almost hear my heart
beating The mice scurried aeross the
noor by the scores. frightened no
doubt BY the vibration and noise made
by the descending soldiers Some Of
the creatures ran across me where ]
stood between Two wine cases. but ]
was too much interested IN bigger
game to pay any attention to mice.
Tramp! Trampl ~Halt!" Again
an order was given In German, and al
though I did not understand 1t am
willing to bless every word Of It. be-
cause II resulted In the soldiers turn
Ing right about face, marching up the
stairs again. through the hall and out
Of the front door and awayl
could hardly believe my ears. II
seemed almost too good TO be true that
they could have given mp the search
just as they were about to come upon
their quarry. but unless my ears de
ceived me that was what they had
done.
The possibility that the whole thing
might be German ruse did not escape
me. and 1 remained In the cellar for
nearly an hour after they had appar.
entity departed before 1 ventured tc
move. listening intenfiy In the mean.
while .er the slightest sound which
would reveal the presence OF q sentry
upstairs.
Not hearing a sound began to fee
that they had indeed given up the hunt
for I did not believe that German
men as To try to trap me rather than
carry the cellar by force IL they had
the slightest idea that I was there.
l took of my shoes and crept softly
and slowly 10 the cellar steps and then
step by step, placing my weight down
gradually so as TO prevent the steps
from creaking. climbed to the top
The sight that met my eyes as !
glanced into the kitchen told me the
~t..f..
been ripped from the sinks. the wstel
pipes haveing been torn OF. ant
gas fixtures. cooking utensils and
everything else which contained ever
the smallest proportion of the metal,
the Germans so badly needed had beer
taken from the kitchen. / walked up
stairs now with more confidence, feel
ing toierAbiy assured that the soldiers
hadn't been after me Mt ali. but hat
been merely collecting metal ant
other materials which they expected
an elaborate dwelling house like the
one In which was concealed to yield
Later heard TINT the Germans have
taken practically every ounce of brass
copper aud wool they could lay theil
hands on In Belgium. Even the brass
out OF pianos las been ruthiessly n.
moved the serious damage done &c
valuable property by the removal OF
only sn Insignificant proportion OF
metal never being taken into consid
eration- l learned. too. that all dog.
over fourteen inches high had beer
setxed by the Germans. This furnished
lots OF speculation among the Belgians
us to what use the Germans were put
ting the animals to, the general i'm
preston apparently being that the.
were being used for fcodi
This. however. seemed much les,
kelly 10 me than that they were bein