Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12

ana ala in the defense of his conn
try. lie round that he could not &c
ulrectly from San Francisco, be-
cause the water was too well guard
ed by the English, so he boarded
q boat for South America. There
he obtained a forged passport and,
IN the Suise of a Montevedian took
passage for New York and from
there to England.
ne passed through England with
! out any difficulty on his forged pass
port, but concluded not to risk going
10 Holland for fear of exciting too
much suspicion, so went through the
otralts OF Gibraltar to Italy, which
was neutral at that time, up to Aus
tria, and thence to GERMANY He
said when they put in at Gibraltar.
atter leaving England, there were
Two suspects taken off the ship, men
that ne was sure were neutral sub
Jects, out much to his relief his own
passport and credentials were exam
med and passed 0. X.
Ihe Hun spoke of his voyage from
america to England as being ex-
Ceptlonaily pleasant, and said he had
me time, because he associated
with the English passengers on
board, his fluent English readily ad-
mitted him to several spirited argu-
ments on the subject of the war.
winch he keenly enjoyed
one little incident he related re-
Nealed the remarkable tact which our
enemy displayed in his associations
at sea, which no doubt resulted ad-
Nantageously for him. AS he ex-
pressed 1t, he made a hit" one eve
nlng when the crowd had assembled
Tor, Tor a little music by suggesting that
they sing God Save the King"
'Hh ernq flor n ,.gt
sured and the desired effect accom-
plished, for very soon a French Of
ilcer came to him and said, It's too
mad that England and ourselves
haven't men in our army like YOU"
IL was too bad, he agreed, in telling
me about it, because he was conf
dent he could have done a whole lot
more for Germany if he had been in
the English army.
In spite of his apparent loyalty.
however, the man didn't seem very
enthusiastic over the war and frank
~ admitted one day that the old no.
lltcaI battles waged in California
were much more to his liking than
the battles he had gone through over
here. On second thought he laughed
as though it were a good joke, but
he evidently intended me to infer
that he had taken keen interest in
pOltlcS in San Francisco.
Reprimand Unheeded
Nhen my "chummy" enemy first
started his conversation with me the |
German doctor in charge reprimand- |
ed him for talking to me, but he paid /
no attention to the doctor. showing |
that some real Americanism had
soaked into his system while he had /
been in the L. 6, A.
asked him one day what he |
thought the German people would do /
atter the war; if he thought they
would make Germany a republic, and |
much to my surprise he said very
bitterly, If 1 had my way about il I /
would make her a republic to-day
ana hang the damned Kaiser in the
bargain. And yet he was consid- !
cred an excellent soldier. 1 conclud-
ed. however, that he must have been
a German Socialist though he never
told me so.
On one occasion I asked him for
ms name, but he said I would prob
3ply never see him again and il
lldnt matter what his name was. I
40 not know whether he meant tbet
Germans would starve me OUT. or
lust what was in his mind, for at the
.lrne am sure he did not figure on
lylng. The first two or three davs I
was IN the hospital thought surely
ne 2 would be up and gone long before
was, put bloodpoisoning set in
aoout that time, and Just a few boure
before 1 left for Courtrai he diad
One of those days, while NV wonpd
was sun very troublesome, vas
gwen an apple; whether it was inst
70 torment me, knowing that | could
not eat IT, or whether for some other
l do not know. But ANYWAY
4 German flying officer there had
several in his pocket and gave nae
4 nice one. OF course, there was N
lance .Is OF my eating it, so when the
2Incer had gone and 1 discovered
J.! ms Fan francisco fellow looking at
y IaLner ionglngly 1 picked it up,
intending to toss it over TO him Phi
ne shook his head and said. "Tf tbis
was San Francisco I would take II II
out l cannot take it from you here "
l was never able to understand II
ust why he refused the apple for he
vas usually sociable and a good fell Il
oW 10 talk to, but apparently be II
could not forget that I was his on 4
any: However, that did not stop one
n the orderlies from eating the an
One practice about the bosnita1
~ Il pressed me particularly. That was.
AAAAAA SOIuleT QlQ not stand
much chance of recovering sufficien+-
y 10 take his place again in the war
ne doctors did not exert thernseIva
20 see that he got well. But If a roon
lad a fairly good chance of recover
ns and they thought he might be of
some further use, everything that
medical skill could possibly do was
lone Tor him. I don't know whether
TINS was done under orders or
whether the doctors just followed
-helr own inclinations in such eases
My teeth had been badly jarred nm
from the shot and 1 hoped thai 7
might have a chance to have thsrai
lNed when 1 reached Courtrai. the
prison where I was to be taken 60
asked the doctor if it would be nos /.
'ible for me to have this work dn,7a \
mere, but he very curtly told mo Il
That, although there were several !!
dentists at Courtrai. they were busv
enough fixing the teeth of their own
men without bothering about -ninc Il
He also added that I would not have
TO worry about my teeth; that 7
wouldn't be getting so much food
mat they would be put out of COM
mission by working overtime. II
wanted to tell him that from the
way things looked he would not be
wearing his out very soon either.
Ito Be Continued.)