Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-11-08
"Outwitting the Hun :
BY Pat 0'Brien

i liver me 10 ltlt nulHOFiHeN Defhuse or
the fact that had the tell.tale pass
port. which would be his 1IeathkneH ns
well as my own.
| Accordingly said would be quite
willing 10 go with him whenever he
was ready. and he suggested that we
20 the next evening.
pointed out to him that was en-.
tirely without food aud asked him
whether he could not arrange to bring
or send me something 10 eat while l
remained In the house
'Tm sorry. O'Brlen,' he replied, "but
I'm afraid you win have TO get along
as best you can. When brought you
your breakfast this morning / took
desperate chance. II / had been dis
covered by one Of the German soldiers
entering this house with food in my
possession, would not only have paid
the penalty myself but you would have
been discovered. too. II Is too danger
Gus a proposition. Why don't you 20
out by yourself and buy your food at
the stores? That would give you con-
hdence and you'll need plenty OF It
when you continue your journey TO the
border" s..
There was a good deal Of truth In
what he said and really could not
blame him for not wanting to take any
chances to help me in view Of the rela-
tons between us.
"Very well." said; i've gone with
out food for many hours ut time be-
fore and suppose shall be able to
do 80 again. shall look for you to-
morrow evening"
| The next evening he came and ac-
companied him to another house not
very far from the one In which ! had
been staying and not unlike II In ap.
pearance. II, too. was a substantial
dwelling house which had been unten-
anted since the beginning save perhaps
for such occasional visits as Huyliger
and his associates made to II.
| Huyllger let himself in and con-
Quoted me 20 room on the second
floor. where he introduced me to two
men. One, could readily see by the
resemblance. was his own brother.
The other was stranger.
| Very briefly they explained to me
that they had procured another pass.
port for me--a genuine one-which
would prove far more effective In help.
Ing TO get me to the frontier than the
counterfeit one they had manufac-
tured for me.
/ think / saw through their game
right at the start, but / listened pa
uently to what they had to say.
"of course, you Will have to return
to US the passport We gave you before
we can give you the real one,' said
Huyliger's brother.
Il haven't the slightest objection" /
replied, IF the new passport is all you
claim for 1t. WIN you let me see it?'
There was considerable hesitation on
the part OF Huyllger's brother and the
other chap at this.
"Wby, l don't think that's necessary
at all, Mr.. O'Brien." said the former.
"You give US the old passport and we
Will be very glad to give you the new
one for 1t. Isn't that fair enough?'
| ut may be fair enough, my friends"
l retorted, seeing that 1t was useless to
conceal further the fact that was
fully aware of their whole plan and
why l had been brought to this house.
1T may be fair enough. my friends" l
said, ''but you win get the passport
that | have here" patting my side and
indicating my inside breast pocket,
"only of my dead bodyl"
l suppose the three of them could
have made short work of me then and
there II they had wanted to go the
limit, and no one would ever have
been the wiser. but had gone through
80 much and l was feeling so mean to-
wards the whole world just at that
moment that was determined to sell
my life as dearly as possible.
Il have, that passport here" l re-
piled, "and am going to keep 1t. If
you gentlemen think you can take it
from me you are welcome to tryw
To tell the truth, was spelling for
q fight, and half wished they would
start something. The man who had
lived in the house had evidently been
a collector of ancient pottery. for the
walls were lined with great pieces of
earthenware which had every earinark
Of possessing great value. They car
tainly possessed great weight. fig
ured that If the worst came to the
worst that pottery would come in
mighty handy. A single blow with one
Of those big vases would put man
out as neatly as possible and as there
was lots of pottery and only three men,
believed had an excellent chance of
holding my own in the combat which l
had invited.
/ had already picked out In my mind
what was going to use, and got up,
stood with my back to the wall and
told them that If they ever figured on
getting the passport, then would be
their best chance.
Apparently they realized that l
meant business and they Immediately
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