The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-09
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that purpose, and we then had pass
port which was entirely satisfactory
to both of us and would, we hoped,
prove equally so to our friends the
Huns.
1t had taken two days to fix up the
passport. In the meanwhile Huyliger
informed me that he had changed his
plans about the convent and that in
stead he would take me to an empty
house, where could remain in safety
until he told me it was advisable for
me to proceed to the frontier
This was quite agreeable to me, as l
had had misgivings as to the kind
Of priest would make and it seemed
to me to be safer to remain alOof from
everyone in Il deserted house than to
have to mingle with people or come In
contact with them, even with the pest
Of DISCUSSES.
That night l accompanied Huyliger
to a fashionable section of the city,
where the house in which I was to be
concealed was located.
Aulo uOuSc luIHcu Out " UC u IOul
story structure of brick. Huyliger told
me that 1t had been occupied by a
wealthy Belgian before the war, but
since 1914 it had been uninhabited save
for the occasional habitation of some
refugee whom HuyliSer was befriend-
ing.
Huyliger had q key and let me in,
but he did not enter the house with
me, stating that he would visit me in
the morning.
explored the place from top to bot
tom as well as could without lights.
The house was deliberately furnished,
but, Of course, the dust lay quarter
of an inch thick everywhere. 1t was a
large house, containing some twenty
rooms. There were two rooms in the
basement four on the first floor, four
on the second five on the third and five
on the top. In the days that were to
come I was to have plenty Of oppor-
tunity to familiariZe myself with the
contents Of that house but at that time
did not know it and l was curious
enough to want to know just what the
house contained.
Down in the basement there was
huge pantry but it was absolutely bare,
except Of dust and dirt. A door which
evidently led to a endorsement at
tracted my attention and I thought 1t
might be good idea to know just
where it led to in case it became neces-
sary for me to elude searchers.
In that cellar found case after case
Of choice wine-Huyliger subsequently
told me that there were 1900 bottles of
it! was so happy at the turn my
affairs had taken and in the rosy pros
poets which now entertained that l
was half inclined to indulge in little
celebration then and there. On second
thought, however, l remembered the
old warning Of the folly of shouting
before you are well out of the woods,
and I decided that 1t would be just as
we'll to postpone the festivities for
while and go to bed instead.
In such an deliberately furnished
house had naturally conjured up
ideas of wonderfully large bed,
with thick hair mattress, downy
quilts and big soft pillows. Indeed. I
debated for while which particular
bedroom I should honor with my pres
ence that night. Judge of my disap-
pointment, therefore, when after Wis
iting bedroom after bedroom, discov-
cred that there wasn't bed in any
one of them that was in a condition to
sleep in. All the mattresses had been
removed and the rooms were abso-
lutely bare Of everything in the way
Of wool, silk or cotton fabrics. The
Germans had apparently swept the
house clean.
There was nothing to do, therefore
but to make myself as comfortable as
could on the floor, but as had grown
accustomed by this time to sleeping
under far less comfortable conditions.
swallowed my disappointment as
cheerfully as I could and lay down
for the night.
In the morning Huyliger appeared
anu DAOu6At luC 5OuC CuhluSlp anu
after had eaten 1t he asked me what
connections I had in France or Eng
land from whom I could obtain
money.
told him that I banked at Cox &
Co., London, and that II he needed
any money / would do anything could
to get 1t for him. although did not
know Just how such things could be ar.
ranged.
''Don't worry about that, O'Brien,"
he replied. "We1l find q way Of get.
ting 1t all right. What I want to know
Is how fur you are prepared to go to
compensate me for the risks I am
rendering you!"
The change in the mans attitude
stunned me. could hardly believe my
ears.
"Of course I shall pay you as well as
can for what you have done, Huyli-
GER" I replied, trying to conceal as far
as possible the disappointment his de-
mand had occasioned me. "br / don't
you think that this is hardly the proper
time or occasion to talk Of compensa-