The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13

but I hadn't the slightest hope that he
would bring me food, as he had told
me that he wouldn't take the risk OF
having food in his possession when
calling on me. l was standing at the
window in such a way that l could
see what was going on in the street
without being observed by those who
passed by, when 1 noticed my friend,
the cat, coming down the steps of the
opposite house with something in his
mouth. Without considering the risks
I ran, l opened the front door, ran
down the steps and across the street,
and pounced on that cat before it could
get away with its supper, for that, as
l had imagined, was what l had seen
in it's mouth. 1t turned out to be a
piece of stewed rabbit, which 1 confis-
Gated eagerly and took back with me
to the house.
Perhaps l felt little sorry for the
cat, but l certainly had no qualms
about eating the animals dinner. l
was much too hungry to dwell upon
niceties, and a piece of stewed rabbit
was certainly too good for cat to eat
when q man was starving. l ate and
enjoyed it and the incident suggested
to me way in which 1 might possibly
obtain food again when all other ave-
nues failed.
From my place of concealment fire.
gently saw huge carts being pushed
through the streets gathering potato
peelings, refuse of cabbage and similar
food remnants, which, in America, are
considered garbage and destroyed. In
Belgium they were using this gar
bage" to make their bread out of, and
while the idea may sound revolving to
us, the fact is that the Germans have
brought these things down to such a
science that the bread they make this
way is really very good to eat. know
1t would have been like cake to me
when l was in need of food; indeed l
would have eaten the garbage" di-
rect, let alone the bread.
Although, as | have said, l suffered
greatly from hunger while occupying
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things l observed through the keyhole
or from the windows which made me
laugh, and some of the incidents that
occurred during my voluntary impris-
onment We're really, funny.
From the keyhole could see, for in
stance, shop window on the other
side of the street, several houses down
the block. A day long German SOL
diers would Ne passing in front of the
house and 81 noticed that practically
of this store window and look in. Oc-
casionally a soldier on duty bent would
hurry past, but l think nine out of ten
of them were sufficiently interested to
spend at least minute, and some of
them three or four minutes gazing at
whatever was being exhibited in that
window, although 1 noticed that it
failed to attract the Belgians.
l have q considerable streak of Curl
osity in me. and l couldn't help Won
dering what it could be in that window
which almost without exception
seemed to interest German soldiers but
failed to hold the Belgians, and after
conjuring my brains for while on the
problem l came to the conclusion that
the shop must have been q book-shop
and the window contained German
magazines, which, naturally enough,
would be of the greatest interest to
the Germans but of none to the Bel
gians.
At any rate / resolved that as soon as
night came l would go out and in
vestigate the window. When got the
answer l laughed so loud that l was
afraid for the moment l must have at
tracted the attention of the neighbors,
but l couldn't help it. The window
was filled with huge quantities of
sausage. The store was butcher
shop and one of the principal things
they sold apparently was sausage. The
display they made, although 1t con,
sisted merely of sausages piled in the
window, certainly had plenty of pull
ing" power. 1t pulled nine Ger.
mans out of ten out of their course and
Indirectly pulled me right across the
street. The idea of those Germans be.
ing so interested in that window dis
play as to stand in front of the win.
dow for two, three or four minutes al
a time, however, certainly seemed
Sunny to me, and when I got back tC
the house | sat at the keyhole agaiE
and found just rs much interest as
before in watching the Germans stOI
in their tracks when they reached the
window, even though was now aware
what the attraction was.
One of my chief occupations during
these days was catching flies. l would
catch a fly, put him in a spiders wei
(there were plenty of them in the ole
house,, and sit down for the spider tt
come down and get him. But always
pictured myself in the same predica
ment and rescued the fly just as the
spider was about to grab him. Severa
times when things were dull | wa!
tempted to see the tragedy through
but perhaps the same Providence tina
guided me safely through all peril:
was guarding, too, the destiny of those
flies. for | always weakened and the
flies never did suffer from my lust fOl
amusement.
The house was we'll supplied will
hookS-in fact, one of the choicest Ii
braries | think I ever saw-but the,
were all written. either in Flemish o.
French. | could read no Flemish ant