The Dolores star., 1918-08-30

and came to me for assistance and
whom had been able to get through
the lines. His message telling me Of
his snfe arrival In Rotterdam came to
me In an indirect way. Of course, but
the fact that the plans we had made
carried through without mishap makes
me feel that we ought to be able to do
rs much for you"
told Huyliger I was ready to follow
his instructions and would do any
thing, he suggested.
II want TO rejoin my squadron as
soon us l possibly can," told him.
''but I realize that II will take n Ger
tin length Of time for you to make the
necessary arrangements, and will be
as patient MS ] can"
The first thing to do. Huyliger told
me, was to prepare a passport. He had
n blank one and 1t was comparatively
simple matter to fill In the spaces. u.s.
ing a genuine passport which Huyliger
possessed rs a sample OF the hand
writing of the passport clerk. My Oc-
cupatiOn was entered rs that Of a
sailor. My birthplace we gave as
Spain, and we put my age at thirty.
As n matter Of fact, at that time
could ensily have passed for thirty
five. but we figured that with proper
food and a decent place to sleep at
night, ! could soon regain my normal
appearance. and the passport would
have to serve me, perhaps. for several
weeks to come.
Filling In the blank spaces on the
passport was, rs have said. COM
parativcIy easy matter. but that did
not begin to fill the bill. Every genu-
inc passport bore an official rubber
stamp. something like an elaborate
pOstmnrk. and I was at loss 70 know
how to get over that difficulty.
Fortunately. however, Huyliger had
half Of a rubber stamp which had evil
mans. and he planned t. construct the
other half out OF the cork from wine
bottle, He was very sklllful with a
penknife. and although he spOilt n
score or more Of cOrks before he sue
ceedef In getting anything like the
result he wus after. the finished article
wns fnr better than our most snngulna
expectations. Indeed, after we had
pared 1t over here and there. and re-
moved whatever imperfections our re-
peated test disclosed. we had stamp
which made IN impression so closely
resembling the original that without a
magnifying glass. we were sure, 1t
would have been impossible to tell
that It was a cOunte~'feit.
Huyliger procured a camera and
took photograph OF me to paste on
the passport in the place provided for
that purpose. and We then had a pass
port which was entirely satisfactory
to both of us and would. we hoped,
prove equally SO to our friends the
Huns.
1t had taken two days to fix up the
passport. In the meanwhile Huyllger
informed me that he had changed his
plans about the convent and that in
stead he would take me to IN empty
house. where could remain In safety
until he told me it was advisable for
me to proceed to the frontier.
This was quite agreeable to me, as I
had had misgivings as to the kind
of a priest would make and 1t seemed
to me to be safer to remain aloof from
everyone in deserted house than to
have to mingle with people or come in
contact with them. even with the best
Of DISCUSSES.
That night I accompanied Huyliger
to fashionable section Of the city,
where the house In which was to be
concealed was located.
This house turned out to be q four
me that it had been occupied by q
wealthy Belgian before the war, but
since 1914 it had been uninhabited save
for the occasional habitation of some
refugee whom Huyliger was befriend-
ing.
Huyliger had key and let me In.
but he did not enter the house with
me, stating that he would visit me in
the morning.
explored the place from top to bot.
tom as well rs I could without lights.
The house was deliberately furnished,
but, Of course, the dust lay a quarter
of an inch thick everywhere. 1t was q
large house, containing some twenty
rooms. There were two rooms in the
basement four on the first floor, four
on the second five on the third and five
on the top. In the days that were to
come was to have plenty Of oppor'
tunity to familiarize myself with the
contents of that house but at that time
I did not know 1t and was curious
enough to want to know just what the
house contained.
Down in the basement there was q
huge pantry but 1t was absolutely bare
except Of dust and dirt. A door which
evidently led to q endorsement at
tracted my attention and thought II
might be q good idea to know just