Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-26

almost before I rnolizpd what thc
grccnncss meant | was sitting in field
. of clover,
The Man on the Shore
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Iimitcd to radius of about n quarter
Vt n mile or so. but I can assure YOU
I studded that visible spore more intently
than I have eyer studied ANYTHING in nv
life. II seemed to be an almost fiat
Ncountrv I had landed in. all cultiyat ed
Ibut very bare. | was within fifty wards
or ca nf n low rouph stone wall. and
on tho furthor side of that Law n field
of corn. On every other side other fields
faded into the evening and the mist, and
that was oIl there was to no seen. 7
saw no sign of a house. or of a tree.
or of hcdgerow. and | heard not Il
sound but the cry Of a distant sea bird.
In thc rny duys whom I was attachc
at Berlin | had acouircd n fair rcnernl
arouaiutanrc with GERMANY. and in
stantlv nut down the pIarc | had landed
in nc some mart of tho fiat wind svcnt
rountrv moi far from tho North Son
coast In fact the CRYING scarull sur
costod that tbc shore was fairly closo
at hand This so cxortIv fitted in with
our calrulotions that | made nm my
mind definitely and at once to start
with If as a WORKING bvnothesis and bc
have occordinplv
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oIJ liah ,.oto,. r,a,I. n aheiI II.
low. ror tho ,,io,,r .;n,,,I,. staa1 nal
wordcrod for sovor,I n,inu,os ond ,Io,,
decided IN ono nromnt and ;,nmod;a,o -
decd Tho nararhuta must be hiddon ca
far rs that countrvsi,Io was canabIn or
hiding ANYTHING.
I rocl.od - IN ne ,o,I,. ,.I,
and ,bon .tortod fnr ,ho io,'' ,,'an w.,
frst clans nn +I,o s,.,,, ,,,,,,,,I .,;,i, -,
soft mar. of cIn,.or ond rross ,n,a 49,,
nm cytroordir,rv sonsotion 81 ,,Ioos,,mn
fn hn nl Il /,
apair scomcd IN loava pothi,r 70 ,,.i.h
for Close ia thc wall , noowoo ,o,o
.suddcnIy from NV foct and How off into
the dusk with one mclancholv crv oftor
another. ''Pcewcc, Pccwcc - shall
never hear that sound without thinking
of that lonesome misty field. | stoprcd
and looked round me anXiously. but not
a living thing besides had been dis
turbcd and presently / was slowing tho
parachute away in bed Of high rank
grass and dockcn just under the wall.
Then stood still and listened again.
Once more a distant sea bird cried. and
decided TO make for the sound ON tho
chance of finding the coast line and
getting at least one bearing. followed
the line of the wall, crossed another low
wall and another field of thin rougl,
grass. and then I realized that-T was
almost on the brink of the sea.
u | stepped over vet another of those
low tumble down walls. and now I was
on the crisp. short grass that fringcs
coasts. with rocks before me and the
sea quite visible about thirty feet be
low. SO had Just made land and 10
llol' O'l lhNlli'l ltlh Su'SStu HIS
fate at once
\ little aimlcssly set out to the
left Somehow or other had got il
into my head that 7 was nearer the
Dutch than the Danish border. and my
aim was To head for neutral country.
The coast line swung inland round a
cove and at the proper time dipped
sharply. aud hardly had I decided &c
follow it when a figure seemed to sprinr
UP out of the dip.
Whether the man had been souattipa
down or whether it was the slopc of tbt
ground that suddenly revealed him
know not. but there he was not fer
PAGES away. | could see that he wor,
an oiIsrin and sou'wcstcr and Judge,
him at once as fisherman.