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

6treefi The ~ q thuse 0ermana b.
ing 10 interested In that window Dis
play - 70 stand IN front Of the VIM
dow fcR two, tfree or four minutes ut
. time. however. certainly seemed
funny to nc, and when I rot bach TO
the house sat ut the keyhoie again
and found just Ne much interest a.
before In watching the Germans stop
In their tracks when they reached the
window. even though was now aware
what the attraction was.
One Of my chief occupations during
these days was catching dies would
catch ny. put him In . spiders web
(there were plenty Of them in the old
house). and sit down for the spider to
come down and get him. But always i
pictured myself In the same predicn-
Snent and rescued the ny Just NJ the
spider was sbout to grab him. Several
times when things were dull was
tempted to see the tragedy through.
but perhaps the same Providence that
guided me safely through all perilB
was guarding. too. the destiny Of those
flies. for 1 always weakened and the
mes never did suffer from my lust for
amusement.
The house wns well supplied with
books-in fact. one Of the choicest II
braries think ever saw--but they
were all written either IN Flemish or
French could read no Flemish and
very little French. I might have made
little headway with the latter, but
the books all seemed TOO deep for me
and gave Il up. There was one thing
though that did read and reread
from beginning to end; that was q
New York Herald which must have ar
rived turt shout the time war was de-
eiared- Several things In this i'm
terested me. and particularly the base
ball scores, which l studied with as
much care as \ real IAN possibly could
an upto-date score. ! couldn't refrain
from laughing when ! came to an &C
count Of Zimmerman (of the Cubs)
being benched for some spaf with the
umpire. and IL afforded me Just n
much interest three years after 1t had
happened-perhaps more-than some
current item Of worldwide interest
had at that time.
<ummazed the house many times
from cellar TO gnrret In my search for
something to eat. bur the harvest Of
three years OF war had made any sue
cess along that line impossible. was
like the man out in the ocean in q boat
and thirsty with water everywhere but
not drop to drink.
was tempted while In the city to
go to church one Sunday. but my better
judgment told me II would be a useless
= ~ n
say something to me and / didn't
know how many Germans would be
there or what mixk happen. % 1 gave
MP that idea.
During all the time was concealed
In this house saw but one automobile
and that was u German staff otlicer'R
That same afternoon had Que OF the
frights OF my young life.
had been gazing out Of the keyhole
as usual when I heard coming down
the street the measured tread of Ger
mnn soldiers. II didn't sound like very
many, bat there was NO doubt in my
mind that German soldiers were
marching down the street. I went up
stairs and peeked through the window
and sure enough squad Of German In
fantry was coming down the street
accompanied by military motor
truck. j hadn't the slightest idea that
they were coming after me. but stu
the possibilities Of the situation gave
me more or lezs alarm. aud cons;ti-
cred how I could make my escape II
BY chance I was the man they we
after. The idea Of hiding In the wine
cellar appealed to me a. the most
practical: there must have been
plenty Of places among the wine kegs
and cases where q man could conceal
himeelf. but. as q matter Of fact, did
not believe that any such contingency
would arise.
The marching soldiers came nearer.
could hear them at the next house.
In Q moment would see them pass
the keyhole through which was look
ing.
'.Halti-
AT the word Of command shouted by
junior ofiicer the squad came to at
tention right In front Of the housel
WAITED no longer. Running down the
stairs 1 few into the wine cellar and
although II was almost pitch dark
the only light coming from q grating
which led to the backyard-I soon
found q satisfactory hiding place In
the extreme rear Of the cellar. I had
had the presence OF mind to leave the
door OF tho wine cellar ajar. ngurinr
that n the soldiers found closed door
they would be more apt to search for
fugitive behind Il than n the door
were Open
Ny decision to ret away from that
front door had been made aud carried
out none too soon. for had only inst