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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Introductory. Pat O’Prler
tells of Ills purpose In writing the story
of his adventures.
CHAPTER II—Tells of his enlistment li
th© Royal Flying corps, his traiulng ii;
Canada and his transfer to Eranee for ac
live duty.
CHAPTER III—Describes fights In which
he brought down two German airplane*
and his final fight In which he wu*
brought down wounded within tho Ger
man lines and was made a prisoner ol
war.
CHAPTER IV—Discovers that German
hospital ntafT barbarously neglected tins
fatally' wounded and devoted their ener
gies to restoring those who might he
returned to the firing Hues. Witnesses
death in light of his best chum. Lieut.
Paul Rainey.
CHAPTER V—lie Is taken to the of
ficers' prison camp at Courtr;U. There ht
began planning his escape. By great »a< -
Hike h«* manages to save and hide away
two dally rations of bread.
CHAPTER VI—IB* confiscates a map 01
Germany and Just half an hour later is
put on a train bound for a prison oaint
in Germany. He leaps through A window
whilo the train Is traveling at a rat© of 3*.
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII For nine days he
crawls through Germany, hiding during
the day. traveling at night, guided by th.:
stars and subsisting on raw vegetable*..
He covers 76 miles before reaching Lux
emburg.
L/fAIThK VIII—For nine days more he
struggles on Iri a weakened condition
through Luxemburg In the direction of
Belgium.
CHAPTER IX—He endures terrible
hardships, swims rivers while delirious
from hunger. living lik. a hunted animal
*nd on th. • ighteenth day afit r Jumping
from the train ■ t russes Into Belgium.
CHAPTER X When weil on his way
t h r111::• ■ i 1 i•! -: . f lie U t.f.f rtfou!. .1 im •
night hy a l-'hmbh peasant, who fe< ■ ! i
him ami directs Him to a man in a Bel
gian • tty who will help him to get a pass
port.
CHAPTER XI By mingling with Bel
gian p .Mints i.e n.an,t.> .lade < ;• i
man s.'lilleis ai d !•■.*!. ; the Belgian oiy
where i.e finds II •• I nine ot tho man fron
W hom h<- e\].e | >- help,
CHAPTER Ml ;iuy1lg<r forges a pass
port fur O'Brien ana pi "imses to assist
Tdni In retting into ih iland Jziter lluv
llg.-r and Ins o>. n-iates demand an ex
orbitant sum for their servlcc-B ami
O’Brien breaks with them.
CHAPTER XIV- To gain confidence for
the udventur* s t«* e..me in his attempt t-i
get into Holland, ho ventures one night
into a moving picture theater patronized
by German soldiers.
CHAPTER XV—8omo observations in n
Belgian city.
CHAPTER XVI-IIo leaves tho city In
tho daytime and after some hair-raising
adventures reaches the frontier of Hol
land.
CHAPTER XVII He passes the elec
trically charged wire harrier that sepa
rates Belgium from Holland by digging
under tin wire Hoventy-two days after
he had h ijhh! from the train he breathe?
tho uir of freedom.
T1ht«: I was Introduced to another
earl and a duke, whose name I do not
renu mber. I was hemming so bewil
dered, in fact, that It Is a wonder that
I remember as much as I do of this
eventful day.
1 had heard many times tluit before
being presented to the king a man is
couched carefully as to just how he is
to act and what he Is to say and do,
am', all this time I was wondering
when this drilling would commence.
I certainly had no Idea that I was to
be ushered into tin* august presence
of the king without some preliminary
instruction.
E r! Cromer and tin* other noblemen
talked t<- me for a while and got me
to relate In brief the story of my ex
perience, and they appeared to Ik*
very much Interested. Perhaps they
did It only to give me confidence and
as a sort of rehearsal for the main
performance, which was scheduled to
take place much sooner than I ex
pected.
I bad barely completed my story
when the door opened and an attend
ant entered and announced:
“The king will receive Leftenant
O’Brien !’’
If he had announced that the kaiser
was outside with a squad of Genian
guards to take me hack to (’ourtrai
my heart could not have sunk deeper.
Karl (Tomer beckoned me to follow
him and we went into a large room,
, where I supposed I was at last to re
ceive my coaching, hut I observed the
earl bow to a man standing there and
I realized that I was standing In the
presence of the king of Kngland.
! “Your majesty, Leftenant O’Brien!’*
the earl announced, and then immedi
ately Imekt'd from the room. I be
lieved I would have followed right
behind him, but by that time the
king had me by the hand and was
! congratulating me, and he spoke so
very cordially and democratically
that he put me at my ease at once.
| He then asked me how I felt and
whether I was in a condition to con
verse, and when I told him I was, he
said he would he very much pleased
to hear my story in detail.
“Were you treated any worse by the
Germans, leftenant?" he asked, “on
I account of being an American? I’ve
heard that the Germans hail threat
ened to shoot Americans serving in
the Britisli army if they captured
them, classing them as murderers,
because America was a neutral coun
try and Americans had no rigid to
mix in tin* war. Hid you find that to
hi* the case?”
I told him that I had heard similar
reports, but that I did not notice any
appreciable difference in my treat
ment from that accorded Britishers.
The king declared that he believed
my escape was due to my pluck and
will power and that it was one of the
t . 11 Ilf.
The King Had Me by the Hand.
most remarkable escupes he hud ever
heard of, which I thought was quite
| a compliment, coming as It did from
the king of England.
"I hope that all the Americans will
give as good an account of themselves
ns you have, leftenant,” he said, "and
1 feel quite sure they will. 1 fully
appreciate all the service rendered us
by Americans before the States en
tered (lie war.”
At this moment I asked him if I
was taking too much time.
“Not at alt, leftenant, not at all!”
he replied, most cordially. ”1 was
extremely interested in the brief re
port that came to me of your wonder
ful escape and I sent for you because
I wanted to hear the whole story first
hand, and I am very glad you were
able to come.”
1 had not expected to remain more
than a few minutes, as 1 understood
that four minutes is considered a long
audience with the king. Fifty-two
minutes elapsed before 1 finally left
there!
During all this time I had done most
of the talking. In response to the
king's request to tell my story. Occa
sionally lie Interrupted to ask a ques
| tlon about a point he wanted me to
| make clear, hut for the most part ho
| was content to play the part of a U«
, tenor.
lie seemed to he very keen on every
I thing and when I described some of
I the tight holes 1 got Into during my
escape he evinced his sympathy. Oc
casionally I Introduced some of the
few humorous incidents of my adven
ture and In every instance he laughed
heartily.
Altogether the Impression I got of
him was that he is a very genial,
gracious and alert sovereign. I know
I have felt more 111 at ease when talk
ing to n major than when speaking
to the king—hut perhaps I had more
cause to.
During the whole Interview we
were left entirely alone, which Im
pressed me as significant of the dem
ocratic manner of the present king
of England, and I certainly came
away with the utmost respect for him.
In all my conversation, 1 recalled
! afterwards, I never addressed the
[ king ns “Your Majesty," but used the
i military "sir." As ! was a British of
ficer aud he was the head of the army.
do prnhnMv appreciated this mnnner
of uddress more then if I had used
the usual "Your Majesty." Perhaps
he attributed it to the fuct that I
was an American. At any rate, lie
didn’t evince any displeasure at iny
departure from what 1 understand Is
the ustiul form of address.
Before I left he asked me what my
plans for the future were.
“Why, sir, I hope to rejoin my
squadron at the earliest possible mo
ment !’’ 1 replied.
"No, Leftenant," he rejoined, “that
is out of the question. We can’t risk
losing you for good hy sending you
hack to a part of the front opposed
hy Germans, because If you were un
fortunate enough to he captured
again they would undoubtedly shoot
you."
“Well, If I can’t serve in Prance,
sir," I suggested, "wouldn’t it be feas
ible for me to fly in Italy or Salon
lea ?"
"No," he replied, “that would he
almost us bud. The only thing that
I can suggest for you to do is cither
to take up instruct Ion—a very valu
able form of service—or perhaps it
might be safe enough for you to
! serve in Egypt, hut just at present,
i leftenant, I think you have done
j enough anyway."
Then he rose anil shook hands with
j me and wished me the best of luck,
i and we both said "Good-by."
In the adjoining room I met Earl
Cromer again, und as he accompanied
me to the door seemed to he surprised
ut the length of my visit.
As 1 left the palace a policeman
and u sentry outside came smartly to
1 attention. Perhaps they ligured I had
been made a general.
As I was riding hack to the hotel
in a taxi I reflected on the remark
able course of events which ill the
I short space of nine months had taken
i me through so much and ended up.
j like the itnisli of a book, with my be
| mg received by bis majesty, the
iking! When I lirst joined the Koyul
Flying corps I never expected to see
ihe inside of Buckingham palace,
much less being received by the king.
CHAPTER XX.
Home Again.
That same day, in tin* evening, I
| was tendered a banquet at the Hotel
Savoy hy a fellow ollieer who had
bet three other friends of mine that
I would he home hy Christmas. This
wager had been made at the time he
heard that I was a prisoner of war,
and the dinner was the stake.
The first Intimation lie had of rav
safe return from Germany und the
fact that he hud won ills bet was a
telegram I sent him reading us fol
lows :
“Lieut. Louis Grand:
"War bread had, so I came home.
"PAT."
He. said he would not part with
! that message for a thousand dollars.
| Other banquets followed In fust sue
j cession. After I had survived nine of
them I figured that I was now In us
j much danger of succumbing to a sur
feit of rich food as I had previously
been of dying from starvation, und
for my own protection, I decided to
leave London. Moreover, my thoughts
and my heart were turning Imek to
the land of my birth, where I knew
there was a loving mother who was
longing for more substantial evidence
of my safe escape than the rubles and
letters she hud received.
Strangely enough, on the boat which
| carried me across the Atlantic, I saw
an lb F. C. man—Lieutenant Luscel
I 1,,s
I walked over to him, held out iny
j hand and said “Hello!”
lie looked at me steadily for at least
a minute.
"My friend, you certainly look like
1‘at O’lirleri," he declared, “but I can't
believe my eyes. Who are you?"
I quickly convinced him that his
eyes were still to he relied upon, and
then he stared ut me for another min
ute or two, shaking his head dubi
ously.
j His mystification was quite expll
! cable. The last time be had seen me
I was going down to earth with a
bullet In my face und my machine do
ing a spinning-nose dive. He was one
of my comrades in the Hying corps
and was in the fight which resulted
In my capture. He said he had rend
. the report that I was a prisoner of
I war, hut he had never believed it, as
he did not think it possible for me to
■survive that full.
He was one of the few men living
| out of eighteen who were originally
i in my squadron—I do not mean the
eighteen with whom I sailed from
• 'amnia last May, hut the .squadron I
j joined In France.
A - ue sat on the deck exchanging
1 experiences, I would frequently no
tice 111iii gazing Intently in my face
1 as If he were not quite sure thut the
whole proposition was not a hoax
and that I was an imposter.
Outside of this unexpected meet
| lug, my trip was uneventful.
I nrrited at St. John. New I’.rttns
wiek. ale! eventually in the little
town of Morncnee, III., on the Kun
kukee river.
I have xiiId that I was never xo
happy to arrive in a country ux I wax
| when I xet foot on Dutch soil. Now.
; I'm afraid I shall have to take ttiat
i statement hack. Not until I finally
I landed in Momence and realized ttiat
! I was again In the town of my child
hood days did I enjoy that feeling of
absolute security which one never
really appreciates until after u visit
to foreign parts.
Now that I am hack, the whole ad
venture constantly recurs to me as a
dream, and I'm never quite sure that l
I won't wake up and find It so.
(THE END)
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