New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-23

tation would have resulted s%eriousl,
for her and | would have been power
less to have assisted her.
Whenever we passed a Belgian
nome or other building which hat
been wrecked by bombs by our airmel
our guards made us stop a momen
or two while they passed sneerin,
remarks among themselves.
One of the most interesting souve
Mrs have of my Imprisonment n,
Courtrhi is Il photograph of a grOuI
of us taken in the prison courtyard
The picture was made by one of the
guards, who sold copies of it to those
OF MS who were able to pay his
price-one mark apiece.
AS we faced the camera l suppOst
"" all tried to look our happiest, but
the majority of us, | am afraid, were
too sick at heart to raise a smile
even for this occasion. One of our
Hun guards is shown in the picture
seated at the table. | am standing
directly behind him, attired in my fly
ing tunic, which they allowed me to
wear all the time | vas in prison, as
is the usual custom with prisoners of
war. Three of the British officers
shown in the picture, in the fore
ground, are clad in "shorts.'
Through all my subsequent adven-
lures | was able to retain a print of
this interesting picture, and although
when | gaze ut it now it only serves
to increase my qualification at my ulti-
mate escape, it fills me with regret to
think that my fellow prisoners were
not so fortunate. All of them by this
time are undoubtedly eating their
hearts up in the prison camps of in
terror Germany. Poor fellows!
Despite the scanty fare and the re-
strictions We we're under in this prison,
we did manage OF one occasion to ar
range a regular banquet. The plan
ming which was necessary helped to
pass the time.
AT this time there were eight of us.
We decided that the principal thing
we needed to make the affair a sue
cess was potatoes, and | conceived Il
plan to get them. Every other after
noon they took Us for Il walk in the
country, and it occurred to me that
it would be Il comparatively simple
matter for us to pretend to be tired
and sit down when we came to the
first potato patch.
1t worked III nicely. When we
came to the first potato patch that
we told our guards that W.
to rest n bit and we were
allowed to sit down. In the course
of the next five minutes each of us
managed to get a potato or two. Be
Ing Irish, | got six.
When we got back to the prison, l
managed TO steal Il handkerchief full
Of sugar. which, with some apples that
We're allowed to purchase, we eas-
lily converted into II sort of jam.
We now had potatoes and jam, but
10 bread. 1t happened mat the Hun
who had charge of the potatoes was
/ great musician. 1t was not very
liflicult to prevail upon him to play
Is some music, and while he went out
get his either ! went into the bread
and stole a loaf of bread.
Most of us had saved some butter
rom the day before, and we used it
o fry our potatoes. BY bribing one
If the guards. he bought some eggs for
IS. They cost - rents apiece, but we
determined to make this banque:
success, no matter what it cost.
The cooking was done ny the prison
ook. whom, of course. we had to
'ribp.
When the meal was ready to serve
consisted of scrambled eggs. fried
bread and jam. and II pitcher
f beer which we We're allowed ( buy.
That was the 10Th of august. Had
known that it was to be the last
cal meal that | was To eat for many
teekS, | might have enjoyed 1t v
lore than | did, but it was certainly
cry good.
We had cooked enough for eight, but
INV W "Nl' H'"l 'tllllS. dIltlItI
,ined us. He was an English officer
no had just been brought i'm on a
tretcher. For seven days, he told us,
e had lain in a shell hole. wounded,
nd he was almost furnished, and we
ere mighty glad TO share our ban
net with him.
We called on each man for a speech,
nd one might have thought that we
ere at a firSt-class club meeting. A
w days after that our party was
up and some of the men, | sup
ose. | shall see again.
One of the souvenirs of my adven-
ire is a check given me during this
Danquet' by Lieut.. James Henry
ickson of the Tenth Royal Irish Flu
leers. a fellow prisoner. 1t was for
D francs and was made payable to
he order of Mr.. Pat O'Brien. 2nd
Poor Jim forgot to scratch
1T the London" and substitute
on the date line, but its
hue as a souvenir is just as great.
hen he gave it to me he had no idea
lat I would have an opportunity so
,On afterward to cash it in person,
though / am quite sure that what
Ter financial reverses I may be des-
ned t. meet, my want will never be
eat enough to induce me to realize
/ that check.
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