Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-30

vegetable, so why worry. If I had
khown then how regularly the Boche
would feed me with that vegetable
later would not have been so keen
on eating it then. But 1 was bliss
Iuliy ignorant of the future and con-
uhued munching away. A little fur
tner on L ran into O turnip patch.
This was the real thing. and not
only did ! eat some, but filled my
sack as well. 1t wasn't big patch
SO nearly ruined it.
The River
AS L had walked far enough out
1 now began making my detour of
the town, and promptly bumped into
a railroad and a river: The raiIroa d
was a simple matter but the river
was not, for 1T was too wide to jump
ana TOO deep to wade, and 1 had no
uesIre TO swim, as 1 was nearly
| frozen then, for a summer uniform
ana -. V. DIS are not a comforta BILE
comDlnation in October, and that's
all had. 1t looked as if l was ,rp
against 1T. Not only was the river
worrying me, but what was the name
Oh the town l was walking around ?
for Montcornet was the only town
whlch mad both river and railroad
SO close together. Was 1 there or
not! anyway, l had to get across
snat river, so 1 walked along the
bank looking for a small tree n
SWING across on. Luck was still with
me, for / found a log fallen across
bridge. "he
belng on the other side then. I did
Iot OF aimless wandering, soon los
ing myself so completely that I sal
ooWn and listened to find a main
road. L did not have to listen long
Ior a Boche motor truck makes more
noise than any other thing in the
world, not excepting a yowling babv
It's the way they are constructed. as
they nave no rubber for tires. the
wheeis being of solid metal. You can
imagine the racket they would make
SUING over rough cobblestone road
On to Montcornet
In this w&v / soon found a bis
ROAD and sign which set me in the
right direction for Montcornet As
IL was then near midnight traffic and
men were pretty scarce on the road
SO leellng fairly safe l set out down
tne middle of the road, keeping a
snarp lookout ahead just the same
1naI why was so surprised when
human shape hove itself out Of .
mole alongside the road. I tbonpbt
INV as an animal at first. and wber
IL spoke was sure of it, for If was
Boone and in uniform. ThankfuI
was then that I had used n bIanl.et
ior an oVercoat and changed my
Jaunty plue cap for my soft leatbe,
Ilying one. In this outfit it was hard
10 tell just what l was in the dark
Apparently the Boche wanted some.
tnins' dor ne started out with the
Moru, hamerad," and that's the
otny Woro got Even had 1 under.
stood the language 1 doubt If 7 wo,,id
have heard much more. was l., ~
Dig or hurry. No 1 did not rim,
That would have given NV identit,
away entirely, but 1 did put on ths
thlrd walking speed. Seeing which
tne boche stopped speaking respect.
apIe German and switched to the
cesslng end. / was leaving him he.
hihu rapidly, although his lurid ex.
pioslons Iollowed me quite a ways.
Expecting n Bullet
lully expected bullet to follow
also and was all set to break co.,
4 records for speed and distance wbay
the fireworks began. None came
however except the verbal ones. an(
they were growing dim with dis.
lance. didn't wish the Boche an,
pad luck, but I hoped he wouIJ
snake himself. The words he wa,
Using were quite long enough any.
way. ms question, l imagine. wa,
qulte innocent enough, probably .
clgaret or what time was it and e.
get Men" and a rapidly disa nnaos -
ing back for an answer must ~.
seemed very strange indeed. No 7 diG
not blame him for cussine. but !
sure hoped he wouldn't shoot.
AFTER this close call not onIv ken,
lookout ahead, but watched tbe
roadside also. I reached Montcornet
sCon a1ter without further mishan
winch does not mean hunted nm AZ
pest hotel and asked for a room and
q bath, much as 1 needed the iattan
On, no, nothing like thati was
looking for a nice, thick brusbniie
or some nice thick bushes. For
| dawn was not far off. With this idea
IN mind began another detonr
Ihere did not seem to be any brush.
pies, and the only thing resembline
a Dushy hiding place were ample
trees They seemed to be quite pIen-
nui, ana ured out with hunting
vaIniy Tor a hiding place 1 had al
.iLoSI .I seeded TO climb into one of
thelr thick tops and trust to luck and
my guardian angel that Rooha
walking under would not Iools ny
But remembering the eagle eve ~
one OF my guards during that drive
20 prison through the moonlighted
| neIds L changed my mind and con
| unued the hunt. A mile and half an
| nour later l felt sure 1 had found II
A small clump of forest had been
chopped down and all the brush left
lay. 1t sure looked good. Just Iet
me wriggle in there and even a FOR,
ret would never find me! If was
good. 1t was too good, for when 7
came close to investigate l made out
platform in the center. with n
searchlight mounted on it. No. did
not want to spend the coming dov
there. 1t was too close to my enemies
and L did not want to catch any
more bugs, l had more than 7 cared
TO carry right then. So I wallxed
around one end of it and nearly
| stepped on camouflaged anti-air.
craft gun-not the gun, the cam
outage.
The Camouflagc
| Inc surprise was so great that I
stood stock still looking at it for
several minutes, and then curiosity
getting the better of .prudence. I
walked up and touched the camou-
hage-probably to see if the paint
was dry. 1t looked very strange nm
close like that, for the gun was sur
rounded by q circle of camoufioge
thirty feet in diameter, the camoE-
hage being composed of big white
blue, red and black splashes of