The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-10-17

goal rfhn wDen 1 started, put 1 nnu 10
10 something while waiting for Huy-
Tiger to help me, and pacing up nnd
down was a natural outlet for my
restIessnesu.
While looking out Of the top foor
window one day, noticed q cat on q
window ledge Of the house across the
street. had nice piece of broken
mirror whieh ] bad picked up In the
house and ! used It to smuse myself
for an hour 1t time shfnlng Il In the
cat's eyes across the street. AZ Art
the animal was annoyed By the rellec-
tion and would move away. only to
come back . few moments later. By
and by, however. II seemed to get
used TO the glare and wouldn't bulge
NO matter how strong the sunlight was.
Playing with the cat In this way got
ms into the habit Of watching her
cominss and eoines and was indi-
rectiy the means Of my getting food Q
day or two Iater-at q time when !
wss 20 famlshed that I Was ready to
Do almost anything to sppease my
hun9uR.
II was about Z O'Clock in the even
Sng. ! was expecting Hnyliger at 8.
but hadn't the siiehtest hope that he
would bring me food. ~ he had told
me that he wouldn't take tho risk Of
having food In his possession when
calling on me- I was standing at the
window In such q way that / could
nee what wns going on In the street
without being observed by those who
passed by. when ] noticed my friend.
the cat. coming down the steps of the
opposite honsc with something In his
mouth. Without considering the risks
ran. opened the front door. ran
down the steps and across the street.
and pounced on that cat before 1t could
get nwny with Its supper. for that, as
I had imagined. was what had seen
In Its mouth. II turned out to be q
piece Of stewed rabbit. which confis-
Gated eagerly and took back with me
70 the house
Perhaps felt q little sorry for the
cat. but certainly had no qualms
about eating the animals dluses
was much too hungry to dwell upon
niceties. and a piece Of stewed rabbit
when o man was starving. I ate and
enjoyed II and the incident suggested
Co me q way IN which ] might possibly
obtain food again when all other ave
aues failed.
From my place Of conceaiment fire.
gently saw huge carts being pushed
through the streets gathering potato
peclinEs, refuse Of cabbage and similar
food remnants. which. In America. are
considered garbage and destroyed. In
Belgium they were using this -gnr-
bage" to make their bread out OF. and
while the idea may sound revolving 10
us, the fact Ia that the Germans have
brought these things down to such q
science that the breasi they make tL1is
way IL really very good to cat. ! know
II would have been like cake to me
when was in need Of food: indeed !
would have eaten the sg1rbage~ d.
rect. let alone the bread.
Although. AZ I have said. suffered
greatly from hunger while occupying
this house. there were one or two
things observed through the keyhole
or from the windows which made me
LAUGH. and some OF the ipcidents that
occurred during my voluntary impris-
onment were really funny.
From the kcyhole I could see. for In
stance, a 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 one OF them would stop In front
Of this store window aud look In. Oc-
casi0nally soldier ON duty bent would
hurry past. but think nine out OF ten
Of them were suficiently interested to
spend at least u minute, and some Of
them three or four minutes Rasing Al
Whatever was being exhibited In that
window. although ! noticed that II
failed 10 attract the BelGians.
hnve a considerable streak Of curl
osity In me. and couldn't help won
dering what II could be In that window
which almost without exception
seemed to interest German soldiers but
failed 10 hold the Belgians. and after
conjurinx my brains for while on the
problem came to the conclusion that
the shop must have been book-si,op
and the window contained German
mngaxiues. which. naturally enough.
would be Of the greatest interest to
the 0ermans but of none 10 the Rel
giana,
At any rate / resolved that a soon ~
ni9ht came would 90 out and I'm
vestisnte the window. When Loot the
answef ! laughed - loud hat was
afraid fW the moment ! must have At
tracted the attention Of tho nelghbors.
but couAdnt help Il The window
vas nlled with hugs Quantities of
enunagel TAe store wms . butcher