New Britain herald., 1919-10-18
ASTONISHING WORK OF SECRET SOCIETY
 Iu BELGIUM The Tale of Men Snached from the Hun How V Saved British
 FromC Captivity.

the cigarette from his mouth and be- gan reading Out his own descriptio ion and the particulars of the reward of- fered.
 When he had finished the Germans nuttered surly thanks and went away evidently not having connected the obliging interpreter with the wanted man. Harker smiled grimly at me, and parted without another word,
 heard a great deal of the adven- lures of this amazing man after wards but did notsee him until a few days before Christmas, 1917. when he walked into the house of NJ. I.oi- Selle, about five miles from Brussels in whose grounds the Allied airmen were landing on their visits to the neighborhood. He greeted me with a smile.
 Thought l was not coming back, ch?" he remarked. T thought so my self at one time, but evidently my tlmo has not come yet"
 That night, Vedrines who was at that time acting as air courier for the British government in place of Ball, who had been killed, 1 think, arrived and took the daring Harker back to the British lines
 saw him during my recent stay in London. He was worried at the pros pect of being among the unemployed and wondering if therc was any chance of employment offering cx- i, citcment and adventure.
 Captain M'Cudden paid a mum Der Of visits to the neighborhood on sim liar work, and on one occasion he carried with him a Major D., who had, l believe, done secret service work for the British government be- fore the war D. got the V. C. and promotion for his exploits, and after i service in different parts of the world he was sent back to France at inter- Nals for special intelligence work chiefly behind the enemy lines. Thrilling Rescue. On this occasion he was nearly terminating his career. After lend- ing his passenger MCudden had gone away, and Major D. was going by road 10 an adjoining village, where there was an inn, the proprietor of which was friendly to the Allies. Be- fore reaching the place D. met a German patrol He was dressed in 'civvies' and I think intended to pass for a Belgian. He had no idea that he was likely to be questioned, and so made no effort to get away. When he was stopped by the patrol he pro- duced his permit, but the officer in charge at once declared it to be a forgery, and placed D. under ar ! rest.
 There were no German troops oc- cupying the village at the time, and pending the arrival of reinforce ments the officer quartered his pris- oner and his men in the village.
 D. afterwards said to me when :. speaking of this night. "I did not ex- pect to come out alive. I think they knew who I was, and they had many old scores against me. How they got on my track I don't know, but if 1 had not escaped then my life would have been taken. I was so convinced of that as I lay in tho room into which they threw me that I thought only of making my peace with my Maker"
 "Yes' I broke in, there is not the least doubt that they knew you. There must have been treachery somewhere"
 ESQ I think" remarked D.; and then he proceeded: About five in the morning I heard firing outside and the German officer came in and told me to get ready to leave. These damned Belgians,' he said, are at tacking us. It is men like you who encourage these people to rise against us. They will pay dearly for this outbreak
 "He hUrriedly left me, and I heard the firing come nearer. Suddenly the window was broken in, and some one called to me in French to come out. I went outside, where 1 saw a num- Der of German soldiers lying dead, and others taking to flight. was pushed into a car, and taken off where you now find me-
 It may be as well if I explain that D owed his release to one of those occasional outbreaks the part of the oppressed Beigians. They had seen D. brought in a prisoner, and as they had their own grudge against the officer in charge a number of the villager got hold of the arms con- Cealed near by and attacked the house. After rescuing D. they car