Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-07

- Ior having dealt
with me. realize that the hardships
ne had endured in common with all
/ the other inhabitants of that con-
quered city may possibly have dis
torted his idea of right and Justice.
and l shall not deliberately bring
iurther disaster on him by revealing
his Identity.
This man-we will call him Huy-
| Tiger because that is as unlike his
! name as 1t is mine-was very kind
( TO me on that memorable night when
aroused him from his sleep and in
a few words of explanation told him
of my plight.
He invited me inside, prepared
some food for me and, putting on
dressing gown, came and sat by me
while l ate. listening with the great
est interest to the short account 1
gave him of my adventures
He could speak English huentIy,
and he interrupted me- several times
to express his sympathy for the suf-
ferings I had endured.
"O'Brien," he said, after l had con-
cluded my story. II am going to help
you. 1t may take several days-per-
maps as long as two weeks-but
eventually we will provide the means
scN " SCI ihlO IlOlldHu.
l thanked him a thousand times
and told him that didn't know how
1 could possibly repay him.
Help In "OutwittinE the Hun"
Don't think of that" he replied,
the satisfaction of knowing that 1
have aided in placing one more VIC
tim of the Huns beyond their power
to harm will more than repay me
for all the risk I shall run in help
ing you. You'd better turn in now.
O'Brien. and in the morning I'll tell
you what l plan to do
As 1 removed my clothes and no
tieed that my knees were still swol-
len to twice their normal size, that
my left ankle was black and blue
from the wrench had given it when
l jumped from the train and that
my ribs showed through my skin, 1
realized what lot had been
through. AS a matter of fact I
could not have weighed more than
$50 pounds at that time, whereas I
had tipped the scales at 100 Lounds
when l was with my squadron in
France.
I lost no time in getting into bed
and still less in getting TO sleep. |
don't know what I dreamed of that
night, but I had plenty of time to
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whole life, for when I was aroused
by knock on the door and Huyliger
entered in response to my invitation
to enter he told me that it was near
ly noon! I had slept for nearly
twelve hours.
1 cannot say that tbs thought did
not run through my head that per-
haps after all 1 was living IN a fools
paradise. and that when Huyliger le-
appeared it would be with couple
of German soldiers behind him, but
I dismissed such missIvings sum
marily. realizing that was doing
Huyliger an injustice to let such
things enter my head even for an in-
slant.
had no right to doubt his SINGER
ity and 1t would do me no good to
entertain such suspicious. If he was
going to prove treacherous to me. l
was powerless, anyway, to cope with
him.
Has a Heavenly Meal
In a few moments my host reap
peared with a tray containing my
breakfast. I don't suppose 1 shall
ever forget that meal. It consisted
of a cup of coffee-real coffee, not
the kind I had at Courtrai-several
slices of bread, some hot potatoes
and dish of scrambled eggs.
Every mouthful of that meal tasted
like angelfood to me. and Huyliger
sat on the edge of the bed and
watched me enjoying 1t, at the snme
time outlining the plans he na1 made
for my escape.
In brief the scheme was to con-
ceal me in convent until conditions
were ripe for me to make my way to
the border. In the meanwhile 1 was
to be dressed in the sarb % a Priest,
and when the time came for me to
leave the city was to pretend that
l was a Spanish sailor, because 1
could speak a little Spanish, which
l had picked up on the coast To
attempt to play the part os a Bel