Evening star., 1925-04-28
Continued from Yesterdays starr

I then watched my opportunity to
leave the cab. 1t was not long in
coming. We passed through a dark
and narrow thoroughfare, and, In
turning corner, the cab slowed down.
! instantly or%c1ed the door and
Jumped from the cab. bolting between
two dark houses into a little alley,
when i0T-tt;.7ately opened in front of
me. There l waited and looked out.
\ moment later | saw the fellow
who had been watching the Bierhalle
go past. He was on a bicycle and
was following the cab at a leisurely
pace. l wished him joy of his eve
ming ride which promised to be long
and tedious, and, slipping out CT the
alley, made off in the opposite direc
ton
After one or two inquiries, I found
my way to the Badischer Bahnof,
,where l went to ground in the res
taurant. There l ordered a light meal,
for. despite the rude plenty of my
Uncle Fritzs table, l was still hun
cry. The station restaurant was an
admirable place. 1t had many doors,
some leading to the outside world.
some to the platforms. and others
again to shaving saloons and bath
rooms
| finished my meal at 10 minutes
past II, and. after paying for it,
slipped unostentatiouSly through one
Of the many doors, arriving eventu-
ally. via the bathrooms, on the plat
form for Hanover. There | found
the porter from the hotel with my
luggage and my ticket. He had Sc
cured me sleeping accommodations,
and moment later I was installed in
first-class sleeping compartment,
with the door locked
Ten minutes afterwards the train
was under way. / was due at Frank
furt at $40 the following morning.
and l turned i'll almost Immediately
and slept fairly soundly.
At Frankfurt next morning, having
2 few minutes to wait, | went to
the buffet and ordered some coffee.
1t was the first time l had entered
Germany since the war, and / gaZed
about me with interest. I saw little,
however, which called for remark.
There were the same square headed
men and addressed women. but I no
tiCed that an air of general Shahbi-
ness pervaded everything. There was
a noticeable difference between the
flrst-ClasS passengers and the second
and third class, the first category
being we'll, if somewhat vulgarly.
Hurned out, whilst the others bore
obvious marks of poverty. and, in
iced, when | reflected that the col
lapse of the mark had inevitably en-
tailed the ruin of almost all the mid
die classes, which. perhaps more than
IN any other country, form the back
bone of Germany the condition of the
persons whom | saw was easily ex-
planned.
! must own that when I reached
Frankfurt, I had no little apprehen-
sion that | might be detained 1t was
almost certain that by this time the
Professor was in possession of the
facts, unless by some happy chance
things had gone better than we had
dared to hope, and once his suspicious
were aroused, l was in a far worse
case than when ! had been in Switz-
erland. | was now in Germany, where
the Professor could presumably call
in the assistance of the authorities
would in any case be in much
position to deal with me on German
soil. AS an Englishman with stolen
papers and masquerading as a Ger
man subject, my position was pre-
Carious enough quite apart from any.
support he might be able to command
on behalf of the Seven Sleepers.
] accordingly avoided the general
waiting room and took shelter behind
a little newspaper kiosk on the plat
form, where | was screened from pos
sible observation or remark. Nothing
untoward occurred. however. and l
boarded the train for Hanover without
being in any way molested.
| was fortunate in having a COM