Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13

that in ten minutes it would be time 10 90
TO dinner, when the Huns dropped on us
There were six machines IN my
luadron, but one of them had been dis
I'D in starting out Three others were
-er down When five miles back of the
lines we picked fight with nine OF
,cir machines We were just smashing
INTO them when eleven other Huns that
had been waiting for us dlved on us from
the clouds Four of them picked an me and
| lost interest in the general fight II m
goncr thought for a moment Then
decided 10 fight We use tracer bullets,
that show rs balls of blue flame like those
from a Roman candle and the whole air
seemed full Of blue flames rs | turned and
let the first Hun have II. The other three
Huns pitched INTO me ut once | lodged
and maneuvCrtd to keep them off my tail.
but first thing | knew | was hit 1t was
like a sledgchaInmcr blow | remember
thinking | m dead and that was all until
woke up IN a tiun hospital next morning
1T had happened at about 5000 feet.
because ] had glanced AT my instrument
a second before to see If there was a chance
to volpane. .iow | ever came through
that fall Heaven only knows II inst
happened The machine was smashed to
pieces, but my only injuries were the
machine gun wound. 1t was IN the hp.
that's the reason for the mustachc I'm
now wearing The bullet missed the teeth.
went through the roof of my mouth and
lodged in my throat II was taken out hv
2 German surgeon.
with number OF Other prisoners |
was put on 2 train for Shipment 70
permanent camp IN the interior. Eight
OF Us were crowded INTO a fourth-claSs com
partmcnt with four guards, heavily arm
cd
DIVES THROUGH TRAIN WINDOW.
just before dawn on September 9.
when the train was going between thirty
and thIrtv-ivc miles an hour. made up
my mind 10 get away The window seemed
the only way | got il open while one of
the guards was looking right At me He
was sitting 81 close he could have touched
me. but before hc could make a move |
dove clean through the window. / landed
on my face Il knocked me out, hut
came 70 my senses IN q moment ! found
he tram had goac on, and that | had re-
opened my bullet wound cut my eve here
and Wrenchcd my ankle | VA, about
clChty-fIye miles inside Of Germany, some
where near StraS>burg | ran a. far as |
could before daylight. picking my course
hN he stars, ana then hid in the bushes.
From then until November -, seventy
two davs all together. did the same thing
each night until got INTO Holland. For
more than "a month ! wore nay British
uniform and had nothing to eat but
vegetables | picked in The fields Many
times | thought | might as we'll give up
The yellow shows in all men sometimes,
and mime sure sprouted then. All this time
was picking up information. y man
can | travel through a country without
learning lot of things Of military value.
I've got loi q information that | will
tell YOU ali later
II vas some adventure Sevcntv-two
day. full u Il. atld when | .'Ealiy ,rrivc,i
III London klng ticorgc, Who lad been
advised oi NY eNterence>, ordered me 10
the palace lor An audience and everyone
was amazed when it transplred that the
klng spent ff;y-cve minutes listening 70
my story, and then seemed reluctant to
bring the interview 10 ii close.
Smiling Pat Is brought here hv the
Women Liberty Loan Committee and
tine public VIII be admitted FREE,