The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-13

right; you may 60 on" or he may
have been talking to the others In
Flemish, but at any rate. observing
that he was more interested in the
others than he was In me at the mo-
ment, put the bottle in my pocket
and walked on
After walked few steps, took
furtive glance backward and noticed
the soldier who had searched me re-
join his comrades at the curb and then ~
stop another fellow who had come
along, and then l disappeared In the
| darkness.
l cannot say that the outcome OF
this adventure left noe in the same
confident frame of mind that followed
the earlier one. l was sure I had
come out of it all right, but | could
not help thinking what terribly close
shave had.
Suppose the soldier had questioned
mel The ruse ! had been following
In my dealings with the Belgian peas
ants-pretending was deaf and
dumb-might possibly have worked
here, too, but a soldier German
soldier-might not SO easily have been
, fooled. 1t was more than an even
chance that It would have ut least
aroused his suspicion and resulted In
! further Investigation. A search of
: my clothing would have revealed a
? dozen things which would have estab-
lished my Identity and ali my sham
? ming Of deafness would have availed
. me nothing.
As wandered along I knew that
was now approaching the big city
which my Belgian friend had spoken
r Of and which would have to enter
6 II I was to get the passport, and I
realized now how essential 1t was to
have something to enable me to get
II through the frequent examinations
i to which l expected to be subjected.
Il While I was still debating in my
Il mind whether 1t was going to be pos
Il sible for me to enter the city that
! night. l saw In the distance what APP
Il peared to be an arc light, and as l
Il neared 1t that was what 1t turned out
Il to be. Beneath the light l could
/ make out the forms Of three guards,
il and the thought of having to go
through the same kind of ordeal that
had Just experienced filled me with
& misgivings. Was 1t possible that
a could be fortunate enough to get by
n again?
Y AS I slowed up little, trying to
make up my mind what was best to do
was overtaken by group of Beb
gian women who were shutting along
the road, and / decided to mingle
al with them and see IL couldn't convey
81 the impression that was one O
al their party.
W As we approached the arc light, tn
III figures Of those three soldiers wit
s their spiked helmets doomed befor
;Sz like a regiment. / felt as IL l wer
walking right into the jaws Of dealt
;SS Rather than go through what was
E store for me- / felt that I would Il
"a finitely prefer to be fighting again
IA the air with those four despera
"a Huns who had been the cause of n
E present plight-then, at least,
~ would have q chance to fight bac
but now / had to risk my life AN
M take what was coming to mo wfth0u
~ chance to strike blow In my ow
w. defense.
shall never forget my feelings a
lat we came within the shaft of light pre-
ne jected by that great arc light nor tn
10 faces of those three guards as W
I'm passed by them. l didn't look directl
~ at them, but out Of the corner Of M
eye l never missed a detail. l held
M handkerchief up to my face as W
On passed them and endeavored to I'M
Ell tate the slouching gait Of the Belgian
ne as well as I could, and apparently
my worked. We walked right by thos
guards and they paid absolutely n
Aet attention to us.
~ II ever fellow felt like going dow
on his knees and praying did at tha
NV moment, but 1t wouldn't have done t
'"' show my citation or gratitude In the
conspicuous way.
.lu 1t was then well after II o'clock an
~. l knew 1t would be unsafe for me I
attempt to find lodging place in th
~ ~ city, and the only thing for me to
NJ was to locate the man whose name tn
Belgian had given me. He had give
80, me good description of the sire,
and had directed me how to get Their
and followed his instructions closet
After walking the streets for abo,
NJ. half an hour, came upon one Of tt
~, landmarks my friend had described I
=. me and ten minutes afterwards / WI
-. knocking at the door of the man wi
"a was to make 1t possible for me to reat
-. Holland-and libertyl At least, tn,
was what hoped.