New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-27

hoiSNi.
1t vas about Z O'Clock in the even
Ing. | was expecting Huyliger at 8
but hadn't the slightest hope that hi
would bring me food, as he had tolt
me that he wouldn't take the risk OF
having food in his possession wier
calling on me. | was standing at the
window in such a way that | could
So" what was going on inrthe street
without being observed by those who
passed by, when | noticed my friend
the cat. coming down the steps of the
opposite house with something in his
mouth. Without considering the risks
ran, | opened the front door, ran
down the steps and across the street,
and bounced on that eat before it could
get away with its supper, for that, as
| had imagined, was what | had seen
in its mouth. 1t turned out to be a
piece of stewcd rabbit, which | confis-
Gated eagerly and toOk back with me
to the house.
Perhaps | felt n little sorry fof the
eat. but | certainly had no qualms
d'''h 'HiIliS NE iIlllltll tlllntl. l
was much too hungry to dwell upon
~liceties, and Il piece of stewed rabbit
was certainly too good for a cat to eat
when II man was starving. | ate and
enjoyed 1t and the incident suggested
to m" Il way in which | might possibly
obtain food again when all other ave
nlleS failed.
From my place Of conccalment | fire.
gently saw huge carts being pushed
through the streets gathering potato
p""lings, refuse of cabbage and similar
food remnants, which, in America, are
considered garbage and destroyed. In
Belgium they were using This gar
'hlg"' to make their bread out of, and
Will" fine idea may sound revolving to
us, tn" fact is that the Germans have
brought these things down to such II
science that the bread they make this
way is really very good to eat. | know
il would have been like cake TO me
when | WAS in need of food indeed |
would have eaten the ~"garbagc' d.
rect, let alone the bread.
hiIll''HEl. us | nave S;tlI, | SulltItu
greatly from hunger while occupying
this house, there were one or two
things | observed through the keynote
or from the windows which made me
laugh, and some of the incidents that
occurred during my voluntary impris-
onment We're really funny,
From the kpyhOle | could see, for in
stance. Il shop window on the other
side of the street, several houses down
the block. All day long German sol
diers would be passing in front of the
house and | noticed that practically
every n of them would stop in front
of this store window and look in. Oc-
riSionally Il soldier on duty bent would
hurry past. but | think nine out of ten
of them We're sufficiently interested to
spend at least ii minute, and some of
them three or four minutes gazing at
whatever was being exhibited in that
window. although | noticed that it
failed TO attract the Belgians.
| have Il considerable streak Of Curl
osity in me-, and | couldn't help won
dering what 1t could be in that window
which almost without exception
seemed to interest German soldiers but
failed to hold the BeIgians, and after
conjuring my brains for Il while on the
problem | came to the conclusion that
the shop must have been IA b%OokShOp
and the window contained German
magazines, which, naturally enough,
would be of the greatest interest to
the Germans but of none to theSBel-
gians.
At any rate ! resolved that as sOOn as
night came | would go out and in
veStigate the window. When | got the
answer | laughed So loud that | was
afraid for the moment | must have at
tracted the attention of the %neighbors.
but | couldn't help 1t. The window
was filled with huge quantities of
sausage. The store was IA butcher
shop and one of the principal things
they sold apparently was sausage. The
display they made, although it con
sisted merely of sauSages piled in the
window, certainly had plenty of pull
ing" power. Ii pulled nine Ger
mans out of ten out of their course and
indirectly pulled" me right across the
street, The idea of those Germans he
ing so Interested in that window dis
play as to stand in front of the win
dow for two, three or four minutes at
II time. however, certainly seemed
funny tn me. and when | got back to
the house | sat at the keyhole again
and found just as much interest as
before in watching the Germans stop
in their tracks when they reached the
window, wen though was now aware
what the attraction was.
one of my chief occupations during
these days was catching flies. | would
a fly, put him in a spiders web
Cthere were plenty of them in the old
house,, and sit down for the spider to
come down and get him. Blu always l
pictured myself in the saine predica-
ment and rescued the fly just as the
was about to grab him. Several
times when things were dull l was
tempted TO see the tragedy through,
but perhaps the same Providence that
guided me safely through all perils
was guarding, too. the destiny of those
flies. for | always weakened and the
flies never did suffer from my lust for
amusement.
The house was well supplied with
books-in fact, One of the choicest IL
braries | think l ever saw-but they
were all written either in Flemish or
l could read no Flemish and
very little French. | might have made