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PAT OBRIEN
Copyright, 1918, l>y »’ai Aiva O llri»*n
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Introductory. Pat O'Brien
tells of his purpose in writing tho sioty
of Ins adventurts.
CHAPTER II Tells of his enlistment in
tho Royal Flying «orps, his training in
Cunuda and his transfer to f ranco for ac
tive duty.
CHAPTER III Describes fights In which
he brought down two German airplanes
and his final light in which be was
brought down wounded within tho Ger
man lines and was made a prisoner of
war.
CHAPTER IV—Discovers that German
hospital staff barbarously neglected tho
fatally wounded and devoted their ener
gies to restoring those who might bo
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death In fight of his best churn, Lieut.
Paul Rainey.
CHAPTER V—lie is taken to tho of-,
fleers' prison ramp at Courtrai. There ho
began planning his escape. Hy great sa< -
rifle- he manages t<* save and hide away
two dally rations of bread.
CHAPTER VI -He eonflsrutos a map of
Germany and just half an hour later Is
put on a train bound for a prison ramp
in Germany. Ho leaps through A window
while the train is traveling at a rate of 30
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII For nine days lie
crawls through Germany, hiding during
tho day, traveling a; night, guided hy tho i
stars and subsisting on raw vegetables
lie covers TO miles before reaching JLu\- f
eraburg.
UfAITEK \ 111 For nine days more Ho
struggle, on In a weak* ned condition
through Luxemburg in the direction of
Belgium
CHAPTER IX —He endures terrible
hardship swims rivers while delirious1
f ’ "in hull ; t, living iik. .* ii u ii led annuli
1! I • 1 on t i.. • i g lit e» :; I * J ; y a f \ « • r J111.. \ < I Ii g
fi oin tin- 11 am 1^ i i " <-s Into IIg mm.
CHAl I LK A When well on his way
t L r . l:. Ig.wm h* Is befriend* d on*
tu i i . a FI* inish peasant, who ft*
1 in i «ni« « ts mm f«» i man In a J :*•.
plan < l’.> will* will 1.- ll> him t*» get a pa.-a
p-.l t
< 11A I n f: y! Kv m riglinr with !' 1
K'-ill I , mi.; * *• i anas. t.. .-lad.- *
n. in s. Idi*-is and i. ■•!.*•-, U.« I i- lgian * .
win :*• I . III.da • . I :i.*■ of tho man fl**n
Wl. ... he exj : • I*
FILM TER Ml 11;. v 11.: < - ? forges a pa
port lot < • i t n n a;. ' pi ••llils* s to ns 'l
film in t: * i. mt*» tllland Hater II1.
lig. r auu u. a. .at* ’ demand an *
*.Mutant sum i**t tl,*ir servlets and
U Li an t.i eaks with tie in.
CHAl *T1 :1 w XIII He Spends five da
anti nights in an time * upie i I. ms*- witt
out food except for the scraps he picks up
in night forays.
CHAPTER XIV—To gain confidence for!
the adventures to come In his attempt to
get Into Holland, he ventures one night ■
Into a moving picture theater patronized \
by German soldiers.
CHAPTER XV'—Some observations In a
Belgian city.
CHAPTER XVI He leaves the city In
the daytime and aft* r some hair-raising
adventures reaches the frontier of llol
land.
CHAPTER XVII—He passes the elec
trically charged wire harrier that sepa
rates Belgium frotn Holland hy digging
under th< wire. Sev* nt> -two days after
he had l«*;ipod from the train lie breathe;
the air of freedom.
The cable r* ad as follows:
“Mrs. M. J. O’Brien, Moinenee. 111., U.
S. A.
“.IiRt escaped from Germany. Bet
ter follows.”
As I delivered it to the cable dis
patcher I could just imagine the ex- ,
ultntlon with which my mother would i
receive It and the pride she would
fed as she exhibited it among her
neighbors and friends.
I could hear the volley of “I told
you so’s” that greeted her good tid
ings.
“It would take more than the kaiser
to keep Pat in Germany," I could hear
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on** of them saying.
“Knew he’d la* hack for Christmas,
anyway,” I could hear another re
mark.
“1 had an idea that Pat and Ills
comrades might spend Christmas in
Berlin," I could hour another admit
ting. “hut I did not think any other
part of Bcrmany would appeal to him
very much.”
“Mrs. O'Brien, did Pat write you
how many Berman prisoners lie
brought buck with him?" I could hour
still another credulous friend inquir
ing.
It was all very amusing and grati
fying to me and I must confess I felt
quite cocky as I walked into the war
department to report.
For the m \! live days I was kept
very busy answering questions put to
m»* by the military authorities regard
ing what I had observed as to condi
tions in Bcrmany and behind the lines.
What I reported was taken down
by a stenographer and made part of
the otli* ml records, hut I did not give
them my story in narrative form. The
inform:.:ion I was able to give was
naturally of interest to various
branches of the service, and experts
in every line of government work took
it in turns to question me. One morn
ing would be devoted, for instance,
to answering questions of a military
nature—Berman methods behind tin*
front line trendies, tactics, morale of
troops and similar matters. Then tin*
aviation experts would take a whack
at me and discuss with me all I had
observed of Berman Hying corps
methods and equipment. Then, again,
tin* food cxptMs would interrogate
me as to what I bad learned of food
conditions in Bcrmany, Luxembourg
and Belgium, and as I hail lived pretty
close to the ground for the best part
of seventy two days I was able to give
them some fairly accurate reports as
to actual agricultural conditions,
many of the things I told them prob
ably having more significance to them
than they had to me.
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There were many tilings I had ob
served which I have not referred to in
these pages because their value to US
might be diminished if the Bermans
. i,. w we were aware of them, but
♦hey were till reported to the e.uthon
i; i - it itt l it was very gratifying to mo
to lit ar that the experts considered
Some of them of the greatest value.
I Mie nf t he |!" ' ; 11 a it-lug ilicjihtds
nf my return «*eenned when I railed at
my han «ts in London t»» get my p> r
s.m-.l effeets.
The p: ''lire in the |;.I \ ;i! Flv ing
..ups when a pilot i< reported mis
sing is to 11 a \ i* I ’A II nt Ills enmrailes
as igned to go through Ins belongings,
elieek them over, destroy anything
that it might not he to his interest to
preserve, and send the whole busi
ness to his hanker or his home, as the
ease may he. livery letter is read
through, hut their contents is never
afterwards discussed or revealed in
any way. If the pilot Is finally re
ported dead, hU efl.ecta.are forwarded
to his next of kin, hut while he Is of
ficially only “missing.” or Is known to
he a prisoner of war, they are kept
either at tin* squadron headquarters
or sent to Ins hankers.
In my rase as soon as it was learned
that I had fallen from tin* sky, it was
assumed that I hud been killed and
my chum, Paul Itaney, and another
officer detailed to check over my ef
fects. Tin* list they made and to
which they affixed their signatures,
as I have previously mentioned, is
now in my possession and is one of
the most treasured souvenirs of my
adventure.
My trunk was sent to Cox & Co. in
due course, and now that I was in
London I thought I would go and claim
It.
When I arrived at tin* hank I ap
plied to the proper window for my
mail ami trunk.
“Who are you?" I was asked rather
sharply.
"\V< ii. I guess no one has any
greater rigid to Pat O’Brien’s effects
than I have,” I replied, “and 1 would
he obliged to you if you would loon
them up for me.”
“That may he till rigid, my friend,”
replied the clerk, “hut according to
oiir records Lieutenant O'Brien is a
prisoner of war in (lermany. and we
can’t very well turn over his effects
to anyone else unless either you pre
si nt proof that he is dead and that
you are his lawful representative, or
else deliver to us a properly autlotdl
ticated order from him to give them
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lit1 was very positive about It all,
but quite polite, utul I thought I
would kid him no more.
"Well," I said, “I can't very well
present proofs to you that I’at O'Brien
Is dead, but I will do the best I can to
prove to you that he Is alive, and If
you haven't quite forgotten his sig
nature I guess I can write you out
an order that will answer all your re
quirements and enable you to give mo
l’at O'Brien’s belongings without run
ning anv risks," and 1 scribbled my
signature on a scrap of paper and
handed it to him.
He looked at me carefully through
the latticed window, then Jumped
down from the high chair and came
outside to clasp me by the hand.
"Good heavens, leftenant 1" he ex
claimed, as he pumped my hand up
and down, "how did you ever get
away?" and I had to sit right down
and tell him and half a dozen other
people in the hank all about my ex
periences.
I had been In England about five
days when 1 received a telegram
which, at tirst, occasioned me almost
ns much concern as the unexpected
sight of a German spiked helmet had
caused me in Belgium. It read as
follows:
“Lieut. 1‘. A. O'Brien, Iioynl Flying
Corps, Regent's Bulace Hotel, Lon
4aai
"The king la very' glad to hear of
your escape from (iormany. If you
sin* to be In London on Friday next,
December 7th, IIi« majesty will re
ceive you at Buckingham palace at
10:30 a. m. Please acknowledge.
“CROMER."
Of poursc, there was only one
thing to do and that was to obey ord
ers. I was an officer in the army and
the king was my commander In chief,
I Imd to go, and so I snt down and
sent off the following answer:
"Earl Cromer, Buckingham Palace, j
London:
"1 will attend Buckingham palace
ns directed, Friday, December 7th, at
10:30.
"LIEUT. PAT O BRIEN."
In the Interval that elapsed. I must
confess, the ordeal of calling on the |
king of England loomed up more j
dreadfully every day, and I really
believed I would rather have spent an- j
other day In the empty house in the ;
big city in Belgium or, say, two more |
days at Courtrai, than to go through I
what I believed to lie in store for me. j
Orders were orders, however, and [
there was no way of getting out of It. j
As tt turned out, it wasn't half as bad
its I had feared—on the contrary, it :
was one of the most agreeable erpe- j
rienees of my life.
CHAPTER XIX.
I Am Presented to the King.
When th«» dreaded 7th nf Pocember
arrived. I halted a taxieah and in ns j
matter-of-fact tone of voice as I could
command, directed the chauffeur to
drive me to Buckingham palace, ns
though I was paying my regular morn
ing call on the king.
My friends' version of tills incident,
I have sine-*, heard, is that I seated I
myself iu the taxi and leaning through
the window said: “Buckingham pal-i
ace!” whereupon the taxi driver got (
down, opened tie* door and exelaimed i
threateningly:
“If you don't get out qtiietlj and
chuck your drunken talk. I’ll Jolly i
quick a l"’hhy, hli’ me, if I
won’t 1” '*-•* .. . -
But I can only give my word that
nothing of the kind oecurred.
When I arrived »it the palace gate,
the sentry on guard asked me who I
was ai d then let me pass at once
Up to the fp nt enfram e of the palaet .
Tina • I was met by an elaborately1
uniformed and equally elaborately
-b-nrai 'd p* i -"11a_'e who, judging b.v'
the Ion row of in* dais he wore, must
have s- eii long and distinguished serv
ice for the king.
I w a relieved of m> overcoat, hat
and stick and conducted up a long
stairwa.., when- I was turned over to
another functionary, who Ini me to
the r» i ■ ption room «>f Karl Cromer,
the king's secretary.
(To be Continued)
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