The Key West citizen., 1940-02-23

good time. They invited me tt
go but l declined.
1T was warm and the SUI
] shone, so / took the opportunity
Ito let down my hair, which wa.
very long and heavy and let il
blow in the breeze. AS l stooe
at the ships rail some of the
German officers on the dock be.
gan taking snapshots. 1 called
and asked if they would give me
one of the pictures but they die
not reply.
''It was the time of the mid.
night sun and at twelve o'clock
(midnight) I sat on the pier and
wrote a letter home.
when I went into the cabin
of the ship again / sat down or
a bench which was at the side oi
the mess table. While / was sit
ting there reading handsomely
dressed officer entered. He spoke
English we'll and said he had
heard there was an American
lady on board the ship and he
had always wanted to see one
He invited me to go ashore and
take a drink, but I declined. He
kept moving nearer to me on the
bench and l kept moving away
from him. I was frightened for
the first time and just as he was
almost pushing me to the far end
of the bench where I could not
escape the captain from America
came hurriedly in lookin G
very anxious. With that my
companion arose quickly and
left the ship. What the American
Morwegian) captain saved me
from I do not know.
IS Later the captain of the ship
returned. He had been drinking
and got fresh but the other cap
tain advised. me to go to my
Stateroom.
when we reached port at Nor
way-I forget the name of the
place bu: think it was Kristian-
bund or Bergen-it was quite
late and I decided to remain on
board. I was sorry I did so, for
the sailors held high carnival
and had evidently been drinking,
for they got wild and made a
dreadful noise. While / alone
locked in my statesroom was so
frightened that I could not
sleep.
Finally morning came and
went to a hotel where, when
left two days afterward, gave me
a tremendous bill which I paid,
but when I told my friends hus-
band about it, he wrote the hotel
and demanded return of some of
the money. 1t was sent.
''On that one day at Norway,
the captain from America called
with some friends and took me
for a drive way up on the noun
tains, and although it was sum
sner time there was snow. The
view was magnificent. We could
look down at the harbor and in
land waters and out upon. the
North Sea.
''The next day / took a train
for Sweden and occupied a seat
with a young Englishman. We
had a wonderful conversation.
He was going to Rega, Latvia,
across the border of Russia. We
had such an interesting conver-
sation and he kept saying, oh, l
wish my wife could know you
He got off at some station to
change cars but stopped at my
car window to say good bye
again and I saw that he had a
baby carriage. He said they had
a new baby and as soon as his
wife could travel she would join
him. As he let, he said, Well,
ships that pass in the night That
is the last I ever saw of him.
''Then l went to Sweden,
where my friend met me at the
train. She looked worried and
said, oh. my dear, why did you
venture such a trip while the
war is on?'
''She took me to her lovely
home on an island called Hers
herude, beyond Stockholm. The
only way to get to Stockholm
from there was by boat, for
Stockholm, like Venice, is sur
rounded by water and parts of
the city are across waters and
lakes or to walk over a narrow
bridge about one-half mile long
that swayed beneath our feet. I
remained there for several weeks
and found it the cleanest, most
interesting of all the countries i
visited. / went to the kings
palace. It semed shabby in its
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