Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-16

distance OF so feet apart all around
said balloon. !. AS balloon is quite
an enormous object so when you
stop to figure it up the number OF
machine-gons comes pretty high. =
Useless Information s.
Oh. I was learning a lot of things
all right. but II did not look as if
they were going to help me any. or
be OF much use, for that was head
ed for a prison camp there was nary
i doubt.
And then I saw the Boche plane,
or, one of them. / had been looking
for so vainly- that morning. He came
quite low. flew around near the bal
loon, came diving down past us and
ftew off in the direction of my
smashed plane as IL he was search
ing for it or its remains. l hope he
did not find it, for | would not want
to give a Boche any pleasure. how
ever small. Which Just reminds me
that the piaae,I was flying that day
was number thirteen. Not that i
am superstitious. you know, but it's
foregone conclusion that my faith
in that number has fallen consider
able.
Seeing the Boehe fly past made
me think of my comrades who were
coming down behind me, and ]
looked aloft to see where they were.
High, high overhead I could easily
| distinguish my red and white COM
rade as he circled and lodged
through the shrapnel. no doubt try
ing to see exactly what had hap
pened to me. And then it occurred
to me that the story he would carry
~ hA laos ox.s
one for your ears. for surely he had
seen me crash" and naturally he
had no way OF knowing whether j
was killed or not. and l feared under
the circumstances that 1t would look
more like the former. Therefore,
YOU can imagine ]. continued into
Germany little more sorrowful, II
that were possible.
After walking for some FIVE min
utes the leg which had been grazed
by bullet began to pain me con-
siderable, and thinking i was
wounded after all I pulled up my
for-ltned suit and looked for the
wound. There wasn't any. at least.
there was no hole in the boot, look
as ! would. Just the same the pain
was there. and seeing several wagons
on ahead l began to limp and make
signs to the Boche that walking for
me was out OF the question. I got
away with It too. for they stopped
the wagon and l climbed aboard and
was soon at the commanders once.
Hungry
There several Huns were found
who spoke English. They wanted to
know a lot OF things I would not ten
them, finally winding up by sending
me ia village five miles away with
two soldiers as a body-guard. Hav-
ing found someone who could under
! stand what 1 said made a holler
for something to eat, as / had left
camp that morning with the usual
aviator's breakfast OF a cup of coffee
and piece of bread. It being near IL
o'clock then I was getting mighty
hungry, and though I had never
eaten the much talked OF black
bread of the Hun, chunk of choco-
late cake never tasted better than
that thick slab of heavy, black
bread smeared over with a thick
/ layer OF oleomargarine. From what
I passed through-later. and saw OF
the character of the Boche, I was
lucky indeed to get that piece OF
bread. for they are not in the habit
OF giving newly-taken prisoners any
/ thing to eat, probably thinking that
people that have no need for "kul-
tur" have no need for bread either.
And thus walked along the road,
no doubt cutting a strange figure
all togged up in my big, baggy fiy-
ing suit. with chunk OF bread in
one hand and a small knife in the
other, for the bread was very tough,
so TO prevent some of the delicate
dental work I chopped II UP in small
chunks, for I was quite sure any
broken teeth would get little atten-
ton from Hun.
Tall Talk
My flying suit being very warmly
made I was soon sweating quite
freely from the unaccustomed exer-
else, but fearing my badges and other
decoration would be taken as SOU
venirs ! would not remove it, al
though my two guards tried to get
me to do so several times. There
was nothing doing. Having had one
lesson in the matter of my gloves and
shoes l wasn't taking any more
chances until l got farther into the
lines where few officers were
about. No siree!. Thus marched d
the FIVE miles and the sun was dog
gone hot, too. believe me! Having
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