New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
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search Of information received of
German hospitality. I am too fond
of the sunlight and abundance Of
life.
Our train left Tilsit at II o'clock.
Hardly had we started on our jour
ney when a young man of erect bear
ing and military appearance, pass
ing the compartment where Wanna
. gat and I sat, stopped suddenly be-
fore the door and took a good lock
at me. Wannagat looked the other
way Aha, thought I, Wannagat is
starting something!
Shortly after another young Prus-
sian of very smart appearance, un-
doubtedly an officer in plain clothes,
came along, and he, too, stopped and
took good look at me.
I said nothing to Wanragat about
this. He must have seen the atten-
ton bestowed on me by these men,
although he affected not to be look
ing.
And they kept it up; every fifteen
minutes or SO one or another of them
would pass the compartment and
take a good look.
Undoubtedly they were watching
On arrival at Memel I suggested
that we go to restaurant and have
luncheon together.
There is monument and statue
of Kaiser Wilhelm in Memel. We
passed it on our walk to the hotel.
Wannagat called my attention to II,
saying that q German Socialist had
! ocen sentenced to six months i'm,
prisonnlent for referring to the
I statue as "Schandsaule" in a Ger
man paper.
The Prussians Were
Still Shadowing Us
The British Hotel, where we went
to luncheon, is in street to the
right Of the iron bridge across the
canal. did not observe any one
! following us as we crossed the
bridge, but we scarcely sat ourselves
down at a table when | noticed The
two military looking Prussians come
into the hotel. Still. I said not a
word to Wannagat, and, Of course,
he said nothing about them to me.
After finishing our luncheon we
walked to the Kleiner Eahnhof, as
the railroad station at Memel is
called, got our tickets and boarded
the tram. In less than three min
utes before the train started. the
two young Prussians came alon,s
and stared at me through the coach
window.
When we got out at Dawellen to
go to the meeting the two "m;l-
tary' PrusSians got out, too.
After the meeting was over we
took a little walk around to see the
town, and then returned to the sta
ton. AS We boarded the train | no.
ticed the two Prussians hurrvinr :,
catch it.
At Memel we crossed over fror,
the Kleiner Bahnhof to the Crosser
Bahnhof, where there was first
class restaurant, and I ordered some
retreshment for Wannagat and N.Y.
sell. While we were eating the two
Prusslans came in and called for tea.
l thought it would be we'll TO point
them out to Wannagat and hear
what he would say. He shrugged
his shoulders and affected q careless
manner, but he got uneasy, never
theless.
1t must have been after midnight
when we got back to Tilsit. A sin
soA~' AOiiS elSllCy NuI was W0lC'NV "a
the station. We hurried to catch Il.
So did the two Prussians. An oo-
portunity suddenly offered to make
trial of them. had no doubt thew
were following me by somebody's
orders, but | wanted to be sure. Or
portunely very stout German lady
got on the car while they were look
ing into the night.
There were not enough vacant
seats for her to sit down. She was
exceedingly rotund and required
much room. By giving her my place
she managed to squeeze intQ three
seats next to Wannagat, SO asked
hlm to stay where he was, and got
myself out onto the dark back Plat.
form very quickly, unobserved by