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CHAPTER XIV.
Observations in Belgian city.

OpSSENdhtOtS III q OSiNtdU WY
One night shortly before / left this
city, our airmen raided the place. 1
didn't Venture out of the house at the
time, but the next night | thought |
would go out and see what damage
had been doSe.
When it became dark left the
house accordingly and mixed with the
crowd, which consisted largely Of Ger
mans. / went from one place to an
other to see what our "strafling" had
accomplished. Naturally I avoided
speaking TO anyone. If a man or
woman appeared about to speak TO me,
| Just turned my head and looked or
walked away in some other direction.
| must have been taken for an un-
social sort of Individual good many
times, and IL ! had encountered the
same person twice | suppose my con-
duet might have aroused suspicion.
/ had n first-eIass observation of the
damage that was really done by our
bombs. One bomb had landed very
near the main railroad station and if
1t had been only thirty yards nearer
would have completely demolished it.
AS the station was undoubtedly our
airlnan's objective I was very much
impressed with the accuracy of his
aim. Il is by no means an easy thing
to hit building from the air when
you are going at anywhere from fifty
to one hundred miles an hour and are
being shot ut from beneath from
dozen different angles-unless, of
course, you are taking one Of those
desperate chances and flying so low
that you cannot very well miss your
farl and the Huns can't very well
miss you eitherl
/ walked by The station and mingled
with the crowds which stood in the
entrances. They paid no more at
tentton to me than they did to real Bel
gians, and the fact that the lights
were all out in This city ut night made
it impossible anyway for anyone to
get as good look at me as IL 1t had
been light.
During the time that I was in this
CITY SUPPOSE NidueFtu from one
end OF II TO the other. In one place.
where the German STAFF had its head
quarters, a huge German flag hung
from the window, and think | would
have given ten years OF my life to
have stolen It. Even If / could have
pulled it down. however. it would have
been impossible fer me to have con-
eealed it, and 20 have carried it away
with me as q souvenir, therefore v4da
have been out Of the question.
As I went along the street 0ae niSht'
Il lady standing on the corner STOPPED
me and spoke % me. My first impulse,
Of course. Was % answer her, expIa'na
ing that | cauld not understand, but !
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to be out of the question because Of
the fact that on either side of the e'ee-
trio fence, six feet from it, was a fix-
foot barbed wire barrier, To vault
safely over nlne-foot electrically
charged fence was one thing, but to
combine with 1t a twelve-foot broad
vault was a feat which even n college
athlete in the pink of condition would
be apt to funk. Indeed, l don't be-
lieve lt is possible.
Another plan that seemed halfway
reasonable was to build pair of stills
about twelve or fourteen feet high and
walk over the barriers ono by one. AS
a youngster | had acquired consider
able skill in stilt-walklng and | have
40 doubt that with the proper equip
nent 1t would have been quite feas.
bile to have walked out of Belgium
as easily as possible In that way, but
whether or not | was going TO have q
chance to construct the necessary
stills remained TO be seen Al
There were good many BICYCLES III
use by the German soldiers In Belgium
and it had often occurred to me that
II | could have stolen one, the tires
would have made excellent gloves and
insulated coverings for my feet In
case 1t was necessary for me to at
tempt to climb over the electric fence
bodily. But us had never been able
to steal bicycle this avenue of es-
cape was closed to me.
I decided to walt until | arrived nc
the barrier and then make UP my mind
how to proceed.
To find decent place to sleep TINT
night, | erawled under barbed wire
fence, thinking 1t led into some field.
As | passed under, one of the barbs
caught In my coat and In trying to
pull myself from it | shook the fence
for several yards.
ITO be continued.)
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cafe In, but no one, except those who
sat at my own table, woula notice ME
unless they deliberately turned around
to look
The place began to ill up rapidly.
Every second person who came in the
place seemed to me to be a German
soldier, but when they were seated at
the tables and ! got chance later on
to make rough count, l found that
In all there were not more than a hun
dred soldiers in the place and there
aust have been several hundred civil
ians.
The first people to sit at my table
were a Belgian and his wife. The Bel
gian sat next to me and his wife next
to him. | was hoping that other civil
lans would occupy the remaining two
seats at my table, because l did not
relish the idea of having to sit through
the show with German soldiers within
few feet of me. That would certainly
have spoiled my pleasure for the even
ing.
Every uniform that came in the door
gave me cause to worry until | was
sure it was not coming in my direction.
| don't suppose there was single sol
der who came in the door whom /
didn't follow to his seat-with my
eyes.
Just before they lowered the lights,
two German officers entered. They
stood at the door for a moment look
ing the place over. Then they made a
Decline III my direction and / must
confess my heart started to beat
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stopped myself in time, pointed to my
ears and mouth and shook my head
indicating that | was deaf and dumb.
nhu She nodded Understandings and
walked on. Incidents of that Kind were
not unusual and | yaS always in fear
mat the time would come when some
inquisitive and suspicious German
would encounter me aud not be SO
easily satisfied.
There are many things that saw In
this city which, for various reasons, Il
is impossible fer me To. relate until
after The war is over. Some OF them.
! think will create more surprise than
me ineidents | am free TO reveal now
1t used To amuse me rs I went along
the streets of this town. looking In
the shop windows with German sol.
diers ut my side looking Mt the same
things, TO think how close | was 10
them and they had no way of knowing.
| was quite convinced that &c Iswere
discovered my fate would have been
death because / not only had the
forged passport'on me, but | had been
so many days behind the German lines
after | had escaped that they couldn't.
safely let me live with the informaS
ton l possessed.
One night I walked boldly across a
park. | heard footsteps behind me and
turning round saw two German sol
diers. | slowed UP a triae to let them
get ahead of me. Ii was rather dark
and | get chance to see what a won.
derful uniform the German military
authorities have picked out The sol
diers had not gone more than u few
feet ahead of me when they disap.
peared In the darkness like one OF
those melting pictures on the moving
picture screen.
As | wandered through the streets |
frequently glanced la the cafe win
dow as / passed. German officers
were usually dining there, but they
didn't conduct themselves with any
thing like the ght-heartedness which
eharueterizes the allied officers In
London and Parts. | WIS rather sur
priscd at this because in this part of
Belgium they We're much freer than
they would have been in Berlin.
where, | understand, food Is cumpar-
atively scarce and the restrictions
are very strict.
As | have said, my own condition In
this city was in some respects worse
than it had been when | was making
my way through the open country.
While | had Il place to sleep ard my
clothes were no longer constantly
soailing, my opportunities for getting
food We're considerably less than they
had been. Nearly all the time I was
half famished, and l decided that /
would get out Of there at once. since
was entirely through with Huyliger
My physical condition was greatly
Improved. While the lack Of food
showed itself on me, | had regalned
some Of my strength. my wounds
We're healed, and my ansle was
stronger, and although my knees were
still considerably enlarged, | felt That
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CHAPTER XVI.
/ Leave for the Frontier.

Leave Tor the Frontier.
TO get out of the city, It would be
necessary 10 pass two guards This
had learned in the course of my walks
at night, having frequently Travelled
TO the city limits with the idea Of
finding out just what conditions
would have te meet when the time
came for me to leuve.
4 German soldiers uniform, how
ever, no longer worried me as 1t had
ut first. / had mingled with the Huns
so much In the city that | began to
feel TINT was really Belgian. and |
assumed the Indifference that they
seemed to feel.
l decided, therefore, to walk out of
the city in the daytime, when the sen
tries would be less apt to be on the
watch. 1t worked fine. / was not
held up moment, the sentries evil
IDENTITY taking me for a Belgian peas
ant ON his way To work.
Travelling faster than | had ever
done before since my escape. ! was
soon ont in the open country. and Che
first Belgium | came to | approached
for food. He gave me half of his
lunch and we sat down on the side OF
the road 20 eat Il. OF course, he tried
to talk TO me, but l used the old ruSe
Of pretending | was deaf and dumb
and he was quite convinced that It was
so. He made various efforts to talk
to nae In pantomime. but | could not
IN lA frIi inn ut ft44I
think he must have concluded that |
was net only half starved, deaf and
dumb, but "looney" IN the bargain.
When night came | looked nroWd
for place to rest. l had decided to
travel in the daytime MS well as night,
because | understood TINT it was only
a few miles from the frontier, and |
WIS naturally anxious to get there ut
the earliest possible moment, although
realized that there | would encounter
The most hazardous part of my whole
adventure. To get through the henvily
guarded barbed wire and electrically
charged barrier was problem that |
hated to think of even, although the
hours / spent endeavofing to devise
some way of outwitting the Huns
were many.
1t had occurred to me, for instance,
that II would not be such a difficult
matter to vault over the electric fencS
which was only nine feet high. In col
lege, | knew a tensfuot vault Is consid-
cred a hlgh-scbool boys accomplish
ment. but there we're two great diff
ficulties in the way OF this solution
In the first place it would be no easy
matter 20 get pole Of the right
length, weight and strength TO serye
the purpose. More particularly, how
ever, the nole-vault idea seemed 10 me
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HERE ON eRREF TRIP.

Mr. John IIeIzel, formerly of the
city, now connected with shipbuild-
Ing firm in the east, spent Sunday
and Monday here. He was drafted for
service from this county several
months ago, but was later released
TO work in the shipyards.
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little faster. / hoped that they would
End another seat before they came to
my vicinity, but they were getting
nearer and nearer and realized with
sickening sensation that they were
headed directly for the two seats at
my table. and that was indeed the
case.
These two seats were In front of the
table facing the stage and except when
the officers would be eating or drink
ing their backs were toward me, and
there was considerable consolation in
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was in better shape than / had been
at any time since my leap from the
train, and | was ready TO SO through
whatever was in store for me.
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handed TO me as / came out, still
have aud they are among the most
valued souvenirs of my adventure.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l Introductory. Pat
OBrien tells of his purpose in writ
ing the story of his adventures.
CHAPTER H-Tells of his enlist
meno in the Royal Flying corps, his
training in Canada and his transfer to
France for active duty.
CHAPTER dII-Deseribes fights in
which he brought down two German
airplanes and his final fight in which
he was brought down wounded withtn
the German lines and was made
prisoner Of war.
CHAPTER IV-4Discoyery that Ger.
man hospital staff barbarously neglect,
ed the fatally wounded and devoted
their energies to restoring those who
might be returned to the firing lines.
Witnesses death in fight of his best
chum, Lieutenant Rainey.
ElIIAPTER Vile is taken to the
officers prison camp alt Courtral.
There he began planning his escape.
By great sacrifice he manages to save
and hide away two daily rations of
bread
CHAPTER Willie confiscates
map of Germany and just half an hour
later is put on q train bound for
prison camp in Germany He leaps
through window while the trains is
travelling at rate CT 80 miles an
hour.
CHAPTER VII4For nine days he
cray s through Gernlany, hiding dur
ing he day, travelling a. night. guild
ed by the stars and subsisting on raw
vegetables. He covers rs miles before
reaching Luxembourg.
CHAPTER VIII--For nine days
more he struggles on in weakened
condition through Luxembourg in the
direction of Belgium.
CHAPTER GX-He endures terrible
hardships, swims rivers while deliri-
Gus from hunger living like a hunted
animal and ON the eighteenth dtay af
ter jumping from the train he crosses
into Belgium.
CHAPTER X-When we'll on his
way through Belgium he is befriended
one night by F1eri peasant, who
feeds him and dire Aifn to a man
in Belgian city az csggilI. help him
to get passport.
CHAPTER XI-Bv a.e sling With
Belgian peasants he manages to elude
German soldiers and aaa4es &c Deli
sian city where he finds tae home of
The man from whom he ex@ects help.
CHAPTER XlI-tHuyliger FORCES a
passport nor O'BrIea and promises to
assist him IL getting into Holland.
Later IHuyliger and lis associates de-
mand an exorbitant sum for their
services and OlBrien breaks with
them.
continued from yesterday
There was a raised platform, per
haps two feet high, all around the
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CONTINUED from yesterday

There was a raised platform, per-
haps two feet high, all around the
walls of the place except at the end
where the stage was located. On this
platform tables were arranged and
there were tables on the floor proper
as well.
l decided promptly that the safest
place for me was as far back as pos
sble, where l would not be in the line
of vision of others in back of me. Ac-
cordingly | slouched over to a table
on the platform directly opposite the
stage and / took the seat against the
wall. The whole place was now in
front of me. I could see everything
that was going on and everyone WHO
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-19
More Women p.ntlsts7

Dentistry as a profession may have
few attractions generally, especially
for women Nevertheless, 1t does af-
ford steady and. In many cases, highly
remuneratfve work, candidates for
which cannot but be reduced In num-
Der by the eIigencies Of the "a A
certain branch of dental work known
as dental mechanics offers a field
which seems peculiarly suited to WON
EN-. or. at any rate, to those who have
the natural dexterity and fineness Of
touch usually possessed by them.
Dental mechanics do not. of course,
extend their training to the surgical
side of their undertaking, though
those qualifying as dental surgeons
have to be adequately expert me-
c~hanics-the greater includes the less,
here as elsewhere-but the work is
fairly lucrative and distinctly regular.
so that 1t seems certain that more and
more Of 1t will fall into the hands Of
competent women In the future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-19

war.
Next. mine carriers had to be found
10 carry them across the Atlantic.
Old coast trade boats. some antiquated
naval vessels lone Over in a hurry.
were provided. Some Hudson River
pleasure boats that used TO be daEce
halls, ringing with jazz music. were
loaded down with enough explosives
70 rip up the whole Hudson River val
ley.
While the thousands OF mines were
being brought across. other ships
were prepared for planting them
More unheard-of methods were de-
vised, which may not be now de-
scribed. but speed was the watch
word.
The deadly contraptions were hot
from the ships to tracks-out ana
down with new apparatus almost au-
tomatlcalIy placing them just so, at
required distances.
The Yankee boys all hoped h a the
Boches would attempt Interference,
but the Boches didn't.
Now thousands upon thousands OF
American devised. American-made,
American transported. American
planted mines hang in the water. a
broad belt loaded with concentrated
sudden death. set in hair-trigger
fashion to go off on contact and sure
to do IL.
The Germans are surer than ever
penned In.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-19
Navy Pens Up Hun Subs With
Miles of NeW Yankee Mines

SOMEWHERE IN THE WATERS
Or NORTHERN EUROPE, Oct 49,
The American and the British navies
have just completed the greatest mine
laying job in history hundred times
over.
America did about three-fourths Of
the work. Britain, one-fourth.
A mammoth belt of mines of the
newest and dcadliest type, many miles
long and many rows wide has been
addcd to the mine fields which hem
the Germans closer and closer to their
shores.
1t Is far and away the greatest feat
OF all the war, and when the whole
story is told it will comprise one of
the proudest pages in the history Of
the American navy.
When proposed the project sounded
dreamy. 1t a a dream, for nothing
like 81 had ever been accomplished.
but the American navy was far from
stumpcd. Assigned the bulk OF tho
work. IL rot busy in characteristic
fashion and did It.
First of all. a new mine-a mine
that wa a mine-was needed. The
old mines might go off and they might
not. So a sure firer was perfected. II
Is the deadliest proposition ever
dropped into the sea. How 1t was de-
vised and turned out, thousands upon
thousands, is n story of accomplish
ut like few In the history of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-19
Housewife and War

Al fall comes on the fresh yege-
tables from the war garden are nc
longer available, then the housewife
begins to worry. h has grown &c
depend on a delicious salad for the
chief dish at her luncheon. But by
means of cook books. bulletins and
recollection of good things she mas
prepared. she soon realizes that sne
can continue to serve salads when
are not only palatable and n~ourishing
but patriotic as well. Here are a Few
combinations so that your family Will
not grow tired of sameness In your
salads.
F1aked fish, celery, and m~ayonnaise
Cabbage, nuts. and boiled dressing.
Beets. salmon, and boiled or may
onnaise dressing.
Chopped turnips with boiled dress
ing.
Cold baked beans with chopped
onion and boiled or mayonnafse
dressing.
Cottage cheese with slices of egg
and boiled or ~mayonnaise dressing.
Apples, celery. n nuts with may
~onnaise.
Combinations of different fruits
which have been canned whole
Potatoes and onions with dressing.
Salmon, onion and mayonnaise.
Prunes stuffed with cream cheese
Chestnuts, celery n pimentoes
with mayonnaise.
Every housekeeper will have many
more combinations which she has
successfully tried out. Keep a list OF
them and be sure that they are all
wartime salads.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-19

Just when real estate was begin
ming to make u showing in this city,
better than had been made In months,
the explosion at the Morgan shei
loading plant happened and today the
local real estate market seems TO De
at q complete standstih
People certainly are not going TO
purchase property when 1t is In the
damaged condition 1t is at present
and until this damage Is repaired
there Is little hope that the local real
estate men Will find a great deal DO
ing.
The damage occasioned by the ex-
pIosion, however, a. made a great
deal of repair work for h local con-
tractors, and these men will find
themselves busy for some time to
come. Many of the properties will
have to be extensively repaired both
inside and out, and with the shortage
OF labor which confronts the city al
the present time 1t Is likely that this
work will not be finished until well
into the winter. O.
The following real estate transfers
have been recorded in the collectors
| office at the city hall within the past
week:
Christian Nelson to Peter NJ. Clau-
sen, block gag, lot 40, Laurie street,
through Peter M. Clausen.
| Bula Rogovsky to Alex Kulagoxsky'
block s13D, lot rs, Carson avcnu
Through Leo Goldberger.
Arne and Mary Arnesen to Just %
and Johanna NJ. Mass, block 2S9, lo'
3s. Laurie street: through ]. O.. Mass
George s. HYDE and wife to Alex
ander Porovskf and wife. block 1853
lot So and 81 feet of lot "a, Baker
place; through Morris L. Goidberger
The M~assopust Realty Company to
| John Resko. block 325. lot 1S2. Am
boy n through Massopus
| Brothers g. Company.
Massopust Brothers & Company &c
| Johan Bereny, block 324E, lot %
!Grove street; through Massopus'
| Brothers & Company.
John Seaman to Frank Miskovies
block s12J, lot So. Harrington street
through Leo Goldberger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-19
Real Estate and Building
NewS Here and Elsewhere

Lena Bayer to Charles L. Steur-
valid, block 80. lot 20. Park avenue:
through Leo Goldberger.
The following deeds from this city
have been recorded in the county
clerks office in New Brunswick since
October 9:
Bella Rogovsky and wife to Alex
Kulagovsky. lot 1923. map Kennedale
Park, west side Carson venue.
August Nilsson and wife to Lena
Hansen, lot 1877, cast side Park ave-
nue..
Pauline Hansen and husband to
Samuel DeMarco and wife, lot Al.
east side Elm street.
George s. Hyde and wife to Alex
ander Porovsli and wife, lot so, also
teal 5 feet lot 35,036. also 2 feet of
south part lot IS. block 0. east side
Baker Place. Consideration 1900.
George Hyde n wife to Barbara
Hajdu, lot 26, block 6, east side Baker
Place. Consideration $500.
Joseph Hudacko and wife to John
Resko and wife, lot 1873, east side
Amboy venue.
Justus KaIetsch and wife to Mas
sopust Brothers & Company, lot rs,
block 324A, south side Keene street.
l. Christian Skivesen and wife to
Cecilius Petersen and wife. lot IL,
block s, south side Compton avenue.
Christian Nielsen and wife to Peter
M. CIausen and wife, lot AZ. north
{ side Lawrie street.
. Schonceit & Bitter. Inc, to Eta
wolfson, lot III. so feet from south
east corner, Ogden Place n New
Brunswick