The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-05

Dot dz-lc1T Tor fnFu 10 rNcO<Elxe me
a. a f~rvlgner esen without my uni
fcr@ On. for ncre ~ thern made any
ssssrupt TO talk 70 ne. AithoGgh they
werp very hGsy talking ahcut me. I
fvGld not understand what they were
-Nying. hug | knew l was the hatf 81
nnss of their jokcs and they made $50
rf~oxt TO coD<vel the fact that | was
the snhtecs ~ coaverszfton-
whsa got back 10 my cell I found
iAat IL had hsea thoroughly fuaiSafed.
ard frozn that tiaae oa has no further
sroahle with -cocsies~ or other wish
Igors 81 the same kind
A Ne were not allowed TO write
aaytAAng eut pvssoa carts. ~ritiHg ~Rs
snf of The aassSioa: snd as we bad 30
rsaGsnx matter 10 speak Of. resdlns
KAs aiL We had Ecshlnx 10 do TO
sass away the ,tne. SO consequently
.ar,1s became oCr onsy aivvrSson. for
@e did. fo-s9nsseiy. hare some Of
sheSs
There wxsnr yery much usoney ss
rule in circulation. and think for oace
In rsy llfe l bed rest a that. not cue
IL any particular shsnty % my part
La the game. eut | happened to hzve
several hartr~d francs IN my r-ocksts
ahen shcs d0~n- But ~e h~id q bot
lery that wzs watched wsFhoCg quite
such Intense Interest as that The
frzwlrs WAS siways keid the day he<ore
% learn who Was the lucky raAn- There
vss ss mach speculation ss 10 who
wcalt win the prize as II IL had besa
the cnes. treasure IN the wcwid The
great prire was cne~shlrvi of q loaf cf
brad TAroCgh seuse arrsr cement.
which I nevsr quite figured cut. II
hspg<ned that anscng the sight or ten
o4ce-s vito we're there with ms. there
wrs slvays one-shlrd cs loaf az
h-vad ove-. There was tnss one way
a. svsting that bread. and that VAS 10
draw lots. Ccnsecnensly thar wxs Via
started the lottery. believe II naaa
hsi ever hsxn inciined TO cheat he
weult have hs~c screly tempted In this
instssce. h1g the game was played sn-
s.,iuieiy square. and Il man hai essa
caught cheating the chances are that
- would have h&en Stunned ~ tie
rest Il iAe osScsrs as long as BE- was
IN p-tson- | was fortunate eroegn 70
wsn TIE PRIZE twice.
one uian--&nd l fhink he was the
smallest eater IN the car1p--woa II on
three successive days. but Il wAs well
yo- him that his luck deserted him On
The fourth day. fo- he probably would
hare he~n handed rather roughly By
the rest ot the crowd. Who were grow
ing srsplcious. Brt We handled the
t-axius ourselves ard knew there wss
noth.ng c-ockei afoct Ia. 50 he was
sy~r~,3
We were allowed 70 buy pears. and
being snail and very hard they were
rsed 50 the Stakes IN many 4 game
Bu. the la,sres- In these little games
was as keen IS X the stakes had been
piles - rnn1ey lnsteai u two or three
hAis-ssarvsd pears. NJ man ~as ever
- RECKLESS. however. In all the ostrtng
as 20 wager h.s own rations
By fhe raost schemlng and sAcrisc-
ing ever dlt In my lie managed 10
hc1rsf suo pieces u h-eat CSrudSing'y
sysrsi II ne tine from my daily r~-
iicc-sl. BOT was prepertns fcr thf day
~hea I shcrid eScspe-it ever sho1lf
Il was not a sacrifice easily made
either. bat Instead u eating bread l
are Pears u1fil | finally gog oce piece
q brad shsad: and ~hen ! coclt
force myself 70 stick 20 the pear diet
again. I saved ire other piece frun
that days allowance. and In days 20
cor1s l lad cause 10 cresls, myself frisy
fcr The fo-estz6.
Whenever 4 new prisoae- cane In
and his German hosts had satisfied
themselves as 70 his life history and
taken cown ali the cetalis-thaf 10 ali
be wouid give tAe>-hs vas lEE3eti-
a'ely su--oznte1 ~ hls fellow prison.
erx who xere eager for any bif cf
r~xs % irfo-uasfioa be co1ld possibly
eve then. and as rsle he WIS glad
TO tel rs. because. II - hsd ben sn
the hands a tne Huns for any lsr<th
az tize. Re had ssen very few English
c-cerx.
TIE coctfticrs cs this prison we're
hat encc<H vke1 = ran vas n nor
mAiiy god heaifs. brs ~ wss barbsr-
COS % sutsect a vozncsc solder 20
the ha-dxaips ard dlscprforrs ~ th-
plsce. However. tbs rss the fat. Il
q poor private we discovered there coe
day Ia terrific pzin. s-rerfng from
sArapoef IN his stc-arh an3 t.ck. All
cs Is o6cers ssse1 70 hsve hira senr
% q hospital. bot the DEBTORS c1rtiy
refused. saying II wss against or'l~rS.
- tke poor creature velt on su@-Eiaz
frun dzy 20 tzy and vas ssin there
when I lsf,-another victim q Ger
usn cr->ity.
AZ coe the in this rxssno camp fkese
we're q Frsnch marine. . Frsnch rvfr-
% csr. .-o B<i<-sn soitiers. ard % the
Unifec Klnztoz CO fro<n Csnatz- txo
frsr Errfzrxt f.r~e frun f-els1f-
cuuple fru<n Scp<l.rt- one fro1 Wales.
. nan frs-z ssuth Afrscs. oue fro<1
Aixers- snd q S~~ Z~slx-3>-. TIE
latter b>in< fren ny c~- ~--z<-ur- q
-an w5on I tho1x1t had b~~a killed..
srx - wns esruarfv surrrfset xh~n