Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
Continued from Yesterday


The vents of the night and my
kosition among all these Huns made
leep rather restless, so l soon found
nyseIf sitting up wide awake, look
he for dawn. 1t finally came, but
Lid not give me the pleasure it used
10 when L met it in my fleet little
Bpad, going towards the lines. NO,
ireel here it meant that l stayed
nder that doggone bush all day,
Ind already / was not only getting
ramped, but hungry as well.
hunched away on my black bread,
ut my heart was not IN it, probably
ecause at that moment L was heart-
V wishing for hot cakes, swimming
h syrup. finished off with chocolate
hike and ice cream. This combina-
on of eats "de luxe" might have
heant my death, but ! wanted them
ist the same.
Can YOU wonder black bread tast-
ID so bad with such mouth-water-
he thoughts running through my
lead? Thus the day began, and II
|assed very slowly, indeed, for l
build not sleep, as was in contln-
al fear of discovery, for my patch
f forest was backed right up against
he CITY. In fact, was in someone
ack yard right then, for my hiding
lace was completely surrounded by
garden, a garden by the way, con-
hining every kind of vegetable, and
very healthy condition.
And then those noisy alrplanes:
they would come roaring. over quite
requently, sometimes so low L 1el'
ure they were looking for me. rms
oise also prevented sleep, so along
bout noon when my stomach SEM
another call for aid, was getting
ute snappy and irrltated from lack
e sleep. Surely" thought /, as
ngrily watched those ugly black
rossed birds, 81 never made sc
nuch noise when I was floating
round up there" I was right too
or soon a French plane came sail.
ng high over head, and the musical
uzz of his motor was so low, thai
it had not been for "Archie"
ever would have known he was
here. Yes, 1t was the Archie
ight beside me that made it so hot
or Frenchy, and he made an awtu
BIT of noise about it both below and
bove.
Dropping Shrapnel.
AS T Law there. meath my thick
eaved bush watching that venture
pme Frenchman, my thoughts. were
nvwhere but on the truthful say
he that Whatever goes up is sure
come Swn." Tho fact, however
as soon impressed on me, for
Archie" had been throwing things
n for some time, and pretty soon
nov started to come down. For-
natelv they did not all come down
the same place, else I might nave
ot mine. For suddenly I heard tha'
eculiar whistling sound winch al,
avs precedes 81 falling bomb ahu
far as I could judge, it was com
he NV way. "Golly,' thinks ], Ihe
renchman's dropping bombs!' Bu,
,ere was nothing L could do eNcep'
, wait breathlessly and with GER
hin curiosity to see where 1T Woulu
md for when one hears that Whls-
q he can bet his boots it's comlhs
oggone close. 1t did, too, landlils
MI a ward away from me-a chunk
? shrapnel as big as my head
uckv? Maybe! but had lost con-
derable faith in the safety OF my
Hiding place. I may have been saie
rom the Boche, but not from thelr
uns, and much as my heart was
Tith the Allies, I hoped they
Fouldn't come over again.
They did, though, that same ar
hrnoon, but by that time l was get
np real venturesome and walking
hi around in my small patch of'for-
ST and peeking outside now ano
len to get the lay of the land fol
nat nights march. The most pecu-
ar thing l saw was a bunch of in
ernment camps just below me, FOL
was situated on n small hill. Ac'
ording to what I knew of Montcor'
ct. there was only one bunch of in
srnment camps and they were or
ne other side of the town. Some
hing was wrong. Either ! had go
lrned around the night before, ol
here was several internment camp:
round the town. | didn't think
luch about it then, but went OF
bout laying out my plans for the
light. They sounded quite easy. AL
had to do was to cross the railroad
nd river, and continue walking III
circle around the town suntil ! raj
cross the road leading to Laon.
This city was in The hands of thu
lilies, and had a government Poa(
INNING through it. This kind of {
pad can be distinguished from 9th
RS by the line of tall trees on eacf
de of it, and because it runs a!
raight as a die.
1 had no doubt 7 could find thi,
pad, so waited quite impatiently fol
arkness to fall, trying to sleep
leanwhile, but the bugs wouldn'
t me.
A Rapid Increase.
Golly! from the way they bit ant
rawled over me | must have gained
everal hundred new families sine,
be day before. So irritating wer,
ley that it was impossible to re