The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-10-10
CHATTER xIi.
The Formed Passport.

scribe the man to whom applied for
the passport nor the house in which
he lived. While. In view OF what sub
sequently happened. would not be
very much concerned II he got into
trouble for having dealt with mo,
realize that the hArdships he had en-
dured In common with the other In
habitants Of that conquered city may
possibly have distorted his idea Of
right and Justice, and shall not de-
iibenteiy bring further disaster on
him by revealing his Identity.
This man-we will call him Huy-
ugcr because that In AZ unlike his
name as Il is mine-was very kind 20
me on that memorable night when /
aroused him from his sleep and In o
few words Of explanation told him Of
my plight.
He invited me inside. prepared some
food for fns and, putting on . dress
Ing gown, came and sat By me- while
ate. listening with the greatest inter
est to the short account Of my adven-
turea.
He could speak English Auently. and
he interrupted me several times to ex-
press his sympathy for the sufferings
I had endured.
'O'Brien.- he said. after had con
Guided my STORY. Il am going to help
you Il may take several days-per-
haps as long M two weeks-buf event.
ualiy we viii provide the means 10 en-
able you 70 get TO HoIland-
thnnked him q thousand times and
told him that / didn't know how
could possibly repay him.
Don't think Of that be replied I;
''the satisfaction Of knowing that
have aided In placing one more victim
Of the Huns Seyond their power to
harm will more than repay me for all
the risk ] shall run in helping you.
You'd better turn In now. O'Bracn. and
In the morning I'll tell you Whist plan
TO do"
As I removed my clothes and noticed
that my knees were still swollen 10
ankle WAS black and blue from the
wrench had given IL when I jumped
from the train and that NY ribs showed
nrvugII my sxtB. 4 rexiixen wnas TO-
1 had been through. As II matter of
fact. could not have weighed more
than one hundred and fifty pounds nt
that time, whereas ! had tipped the
scales at one hundred and ninety when
/ was with my squadron In Frnnce- $,
lost no time In getting into bed
and still less In getting TO sleep.
don't know what dresmcd of that
night. bu. had plenty OF time TO go
through the experiences OF my whole
life. for when 1 was aroused by .
knock on the door and Huyligcr en-
tered In response 10 my invitation to
enter. he told me that IL wRs nearly
noooi ! had slept for almost twelve
hours.
cannot sny that the thought did
not run through my head that per-
haps utter all I WAS living In n fo0l's
paradise. and that when HuSiiger re-
appeared IL would be with q couple OF
German soldiers behind him, hut ] dis
missed such misrlvlngs suInmnrily, re-
nlizing TINT was doing HuyiiRrr an
injustice TO let such things enter my
head even for an instant. l had no
right to doubt his sincerity and II
would do me no good to entertain such
suspicious. II he was going to prove
treacherous to me, was poweriess
any way to cope with him.
In a few moments my host reap
pcnred with tray containing my
breakfast. don't suppose shall ever
forget that meal. II consisted of =
cup Of coffee-real coffee. not the kind
l had had at Courtrai-seversl sIices Of
bread. some hot potatoes and . dish
Of scrambled eggs.
Every mouthful OF that meal tasted
like angei-food 10 me mud Huyiigcr
sat ON the edge of the bed and watched
me enjoying Il. at the same time out
lining the plans he had made for my
escape.
IN brief, the scheme was to conceal
me In convent antil conditions were
ripe for me to mnkc my way to the
border. In the meanwhile wes to be
dressed In the gnrb Of priest. aud
when the time came for me to leave
the city was to pretend that was a
Spanish sailor, because / could speak q
little Spanish. which had picked
up on the coast. To attempt to play
The part Of a Belgian would become In
creaslnsIy diflicrIt, he pointed out. and
would bring inevitable disaster IN the
svent that was called upon to speak.
HuyIleer said I would be given suf.
f,clcnt money to bribe the German
guards ut the Dutch frontier, and he
assured me that everything wcpld work
out according to schetiule
~Yonrx y NOT the frst cnsc, 0ErieAs
" havo handled sliccesafullysw = ~ de.
clare6. s.SQnly three Meelsg ekQ AaMz2