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LIEUTENANT
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Copyright, lids, by I’al Alva l) Urn n
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Introductory. Pat O’Brien
tells o 1 his purpose in willing the slory
of his udventures.
CHAPTER II T< lls of his enlistment in
the Royal I- lying «orps, his training in
Canada and his transfer to Erance for ac
tive duty.
•CHAPTER III- Describes lights in whl< ii
he brought down two Gel man airplanes i
and his linal fight in wliitli he was '
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made a prisoner of
war.
CHAPTER IV—Discovers that German
hospital staff b.srhuiously neglected tho
fatally wounded and devoted their ener
gies to restoring those who might be
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses I
death in fight of ins best chum. Lieut, i
Paui Rainey.
CHAPTER V-Hc is taken to the of
ficers prison camp at Courtiai. There he
began planning ids escape. My great ssa
ritice he manages l«> save ana hide away
two dully rations of bread.
CHAPTER VI—He confiscates a map of
Germany and Just half an hour later is
put on a train hound for a prison camp
in Germany. Jie leaps through a window
while the train is traveling at a rate of 3d
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII -I'or nine duyn he
crawls through Germany, hiding during
the day, traveling at night. guid« i by tho
stars and subsisting on raw vegt tables.
He covers 7S miles before reaching Lux
emburg.
L'HA^'ThK Virf Bor nine days more he
struggles on in a weakened condition
through Luxemburg in the direction of
Belgium.
CHAPTER IX —He endures terrible
hardships, swims rivers while delirious
from hungei, living like a hunted animal
and on the eighteenth day after Jumping
from the tiain < losses Into Belgium.
CHAPTER A- When well on ills way
through Belgium he is befriended on-*
night bv a 1 1-uni.Mi peasant, who feeds
him and direct* him to a man iu a Bel
gian city vs ho will help him to get a pass
port.
CHAPTER XI By mingling with Bel
gian peasants he manages in elude Ger
man S'ddleis and le.n !ie:, tile J'.elglail « il\
where ).. finds the home of the man from
Whom lie e.\p- IS help
CHAPTER XII.
The Forged Passport.
For obvious reasons, I cannot de
scribe the man to whom I applied for
the passport nor the house in which
he lived. While, In view of what sub
sequently happened, I Would not be
very much concerned if he got into
trouble for having dealt with me. 1
realize that the hardships he had en
dured in common with the other in
habitants of that conquered city may
possibly have distorted bis Idea of
right and Justice, and 1 shall not de
liberately bring further disaster on
him by revealing Ids identity.
This man—ue will call him Huy- |
llgcr because that is as unlike Ids |
name as It Is mine—was very kind to I
me on that memorable night when 1 !
amused him from bis sleep and in a '■
few words of explanation told him of
my plight.
He invited me inside, prepared some
food for me and, putting on a dress
ing gown, came and snt by me while 1
ate, listening with the greatest inter
est to the short account of my udven- ;
tures.
He could speak English fluently, and j
he interrupted me several times to ex
press his sympathy for the sufferings
1 had endured.
“O'Brien,” he said, after I had con
cluded my story. "I am going to help
you. It may take several days—per
haps as long as two weeks—hut event
ually we will provide the means to en
tibie you to get to Holland.”
I thanked him a thousand times and
told him that 1 didn't know how I
eoidd possibly repay him.
“Don't think of that," he replied;
“the satisfaction of knowing that I
have aided in placing one more victim
of the lluns beyond their power to
harm will more than repay me for all
the risk I shall run in helping you.
You'd better turn In now, O’Hrlen. and
in the morning I'll tell you what I plan
to do.”
As I removed my clothes and noticed
that my knees were still swollen to
twice their normal size, that my left
ankle was black and blue from the
wrench I had given It when 1 jumped
from the train and that my ribs showed
through my skin, 1 realized what a lot
1 had been through. As a matter of
fact, I could not have weighed more
than one hundred and fifty pounds at
that time, whereas 1 had lipped the
scales at one hundred and nim tv when
I was with my squadron in France.
1 lost no time in getting into bed
and still less in getting to sleep. I
don’t know what I dreamed of that
night, but 1 bail plenty of tittle to go
through the experiences of liiy w hole
life, for when 1 was aroused by a
knock on the door and liuyliger en
tered In response to my invitation to
enter, be told me that It was nearly
noon! I laid slept for almost twelve
hours.
I cannot say that the thought did
not run through my head that per
haps after till 1 was living in a fool's
paradise, and that when liuyliger re
appeared it would he with a couple of
Herman soldiers behind him, hut 1 dis
missed such misgivings summarily, re
alizing that I was doing liuyliger an
injustice lo let such tilings enter my
bead even for an instant. 1 had no
right to doubt ids sincerity and it
would do me no good to entertain such
suspicions. If he was going to prove
treacherous to me, 1 was powerless
any way to cope with him.
In a few moments my host reals
peared with a tray containing my
breakfast. I don’t suppose 1 shall ever
forget that meal. It consisted of a
cup of coffee—real coffee, not (lie kind
I hud had at < 'ourtral—several slices of
bread, some hot potatoes and a dish
of scrambled eggs.
r.very nmutmui nt mat mom ilisted
like angel fund tn ini' nml liny I Igor
sat mi tie* edge of the lied and watched
me enjoying it, nt tlie same time out
lining the [ilnns he had made for my
esea | H*.
In brief, the scheme was In conceal
me in a convent until conditions were
ripe for me to make my way to the
border. In the meanwhile I was to he
dressed in the garb of a [tries!, and
when tite time came for nte to leave
the city I was to pretend that I was a
Spanish sailor, because I could speak a
little Spanish, which I lmd picked
up on the coast. To attempt to play
the part of n Belgian would become In
creasingly difficult, he pointed out, and
would bring Inevitable disaster in the
event that I was culled upon to speak.
Huyllger said I would he given suf
ficient money to bribe the German
guards at the I Mitch frontier, and he
assured me that everything would work
out according to schedule.
"Yours is not the first case, O’Brien,
we have handled successfully." he de
clared. "Only three weeks ago I heard
from an Knglish merchant who had
escaped from u German detention camp
and came to me for assistance and
whom I had been able to get through
the lines. His message telling me of
his safe arrival in Itotterdam came to
me In an indirect way, of course, but
the fact that the plans we had made
carried through without mishap makes
me feel that we ought to he able to do
as much for you."
1 told Huyllger I was ready to follow
his Instructions and would do any
thing he suggested.
"I want to rejoin my squadron ns
soon as I possibly can,” I told him,
‘‘hut I realize thnt It will take a eor
tin length of time for you to make the
necessary arrangements, and I will he
ns patient ns I run."
The first thing to do. Huyllger told
me, %vns to prepare a passport. He had
a blank one nml It was a comparatively I
simple matter to fill In the spaces, us
ing a genuine passport which Huyllger
possessed ns a sample of the hand
writing of the passport clerk. My oc- |
cupution was entered as that of a
sailor. My birthplace we gave ns
Spain, nml we put my age at thirty.
As a matter of fact, at that time I
could easily have passed for thirty
Outlining the Plans He Had Made for
My Escape.
five, tmt we figured that with proper j
food and a decent place to sleep at
night, I could soon regain rnv normal
appearance, and the passport would
have to serve me, perhaps, for several
weeks to come.
Filling in the blank spaces on the
passport was, as I have said, a com
paratively easy matter, hut that did
not begin to till the hill. Kvery genu
ine passport bore an official rubber
stamp, something like an elaborate
post i, a:i 1 I w as at ti loss to know
how to get nv. r that difficulty.
Fortunately, however, Iluyliger had
half of n ruble r stamp which had evi
dently been thrown away by ti;.* Her
mans, mid lie planned to construct the
otla r hall* out of Hie cork from a wine
bottle, lie was very skillful with a
penknife, and although he spoilt a
score or more of corks before in* suc
ceeded in getting anything like the
result he was after, the finished article
was far better than our most sanguine
expectations. Indeed, after we had
pared it over here and there, and re
moved whatever imperfections our re
pented test disclosed, wo had a stamp
which made an impression so closely
resembling the original that without a
magnifying glass, we wore sure, it
would have been Impossible to tell
that It was a counterfeit.
iluyliger procured a camera and
took a photograph of me to paste on
the passport in the place provided for
that purpose, and we then had a pass
port which was entirely satisfactory
to both of us and would, we hoped,
prove equally so to our friends the
lluns.
It had taken two days to fix up the
passport. In the meanwhile Iluyliger
informed me that he laid changed his
plans about the convent and that in
stead he would take me to an empty
house, where I could remain in safety
until he told me it was advisable for
me to proceed to the frontier.
This was quite agreeable to me, as I
had had misgivings as to the kind
of a priest I would make and it seemed
to me to la safer to remain : loof from
everyone in a deserted house than to
have to mingle with people or corn** In
contact with them, oven with (he best
of disguises-.
I lint night I accompanied Iluyliger |
to u fashionable section of the city,
where the house in which I was to he
concealed was located.
This house turned out to he n four
story structure of brick. Iluyliger told
me that it had lieen occupied by a
wealthy Ilelgian before the war. hut
since 1014 It had been uninhabited su\"
for the occasional habitation of some
refugee whom Iluyliger was befriend
ing.
Iluyliger had a key and let me In.
but he did not enter the house with
me, stating that he would visit me in
the morning.
I explored the place from top to bot
tom as well as I could without lights.
The house was elaborately furnlshl'd.
hut. of course, the dust lay a quarter
of an Inch thick everywhere. It was a
large house, containing some twenty
rooms. There were two rooms In the
basement four on the first floor, four
on the second five on the third and five
on the top. In the days that were to
come I was to have plenty of oppor
tunity to familiarize myself with the
contents of that bouse but at that time
I did not know It and I was curious
enough to want to know Just whnt the
house contained.
Down In the basement there was a
huge pnntrjr but It was absolutely bare,
except of dust and dirt. A door which
evidently led to a sub-basement at
tracted my attention and I thought It
might be n good Idea to know Just
where It led to In case It became neces
sary for me to elude seuTohers.
In that cellar I found case after ease
of choice wine—Iluyliger subsequently
told me that there were 1,800 bottles of
It! I was so happy at the turn my
affairs had taken nod In the rosy pros
pects which I now entertained that 1
was half Inclined to Indulge In a little
celebration then and there. On second
thought, howeusr. 1 remembered the
old warning of tin* folly of shouting
before you arc* well out of the woods,
and I decided that it would be just a
vsell to postpone the festivities for a
while and go to bed Instead.
In such an elaborately furnished
house I bad naturally conjured up
Ideas of a wonderfully large bed
with thick hair mattress, downy
quilts end hip Soft pillows. Indeed, i
debated for a while which particular
bedroom I should honor with my pres
ence that night. Judge of mv disap- j
pointinent. therefore, when after vis
itlng bedroom after bedroom, I dis«*o\
ered that there wasn't a bed In nn>
one of them that was In a condition to
sleep in. All the mattresses had been
removed and the rooms were abso
lutely bare of everything in the* wa;
of wool, silk or cotton fabrics. The
Hermans had apparently swept th
house clean.
There was nothing to do, therefore
but to make myself as comfortable :
I could on the floor, hut ns I bad grow i
accustomed by this time to sleepln.'
under far less comfortable conditions.
I swallowed my disappointment ii**
cheerfully as I could and lay down,
for the night.
In th<* morning Huyllger appeared
and brought tin* some breakfast, and
after I bad eate n it he asked rue what
connections I had in Frame nr Frig
land from whom I could obtain
money.
I told him that I hanked at Fox A:
Fo., London, and that if he needed
any money I would do anything I could
tc get it for him, although I did not
know just how such things could be nr
ranged.
"Don’t worry about that. O'Brien.'
In* replied. "We’ll liml a way of g
ting it all right. What I want to know
Is how far you are prepared to go P
compensate me for the risks I am,
»*. ii i, I ■. r I »i i * vj.ii e*
The change in the man’s attltmh
stunned me. I could hardly believe m\ ,
ea rs.
“Of course I shall pay you as well n>
1 can for what you have done, Huyli
ger,” I replied, trying to conceal as far
as possible the disappointment his de
mand had occasioned me, "hut don't
you think that this i< hardly the proper
time or occasion t«» talk of rornpensn 1
tion? All I have on me, as you know
Is a few hundred francs, and that. *»t
course, you are welcome to. and when;
I get bark, if I ever do, I shall Hot
easily forget that kindm - you h \*
shown ns* . 1 am sir:.- you m • d hav*
no con«ern iilnmt my >h«*\\ing in;
gratitude in a substantial way.'
"That's all right, O’Brien.” Im in
Fisted, looking at me In a hm»v ing >ori
*>f way; "you mav take ear** of m<
afterwards, and then again you may
not. I'm not satisfied t<» wait. I want
to he taken care of now!“
“Well, what do you want me to do?
How mieh do you exp t In the way
of compensation? How can I arrange
to get it to you? I urn willing to d»>
anything that is reasonable."
"I want - pounds," he replied.
and he named a figure that staggered
me. If I had been Lord Kitchener in
stead of just an ordinary lieutenant
in the It. F. he would hardly have
asked a larger sum. Perhaps he
thought I was.
"Well, my dear man,’’ I said smiling
ly. thinking that perhaps he was j<»k
ing. "you (hin t really mean that, do
you?”
"I certainly do, O’Brien, and w hat Is
more." he threatened, "l intend to get
every cent I have asked, and you are
going to help me get It.”
He pulled out an order calling for
the payment to him of tie* amount he
had mentioned and demanded that I
sign it.
I waved it aside.
“Huyiiger," 1 said, "you have helped
me out so far and perhaps you have
the power to help me further. I appr*
date what von have done f*»r me. al
though now, 1 think 1 see what yout
motive was. hut 1 certainly don't in
tend to he blackmailed and I tell you
right now that I won't stand for It.”
"Very well." he said, "it is just as
you say. hut before you ma\e up your
mind so obstinately l would advise
you to think it over. I’ll he hark this
evening."
Jiy iirsi impulse, uner me man miu
left, was t,, ij«.( out of tluit Imuse Just
os soon us I could. I had the passport
he had prepared for me, and 1 figured
that even without further help I could
now get to the border without very
much difficulty, and when I got there
I would have to use my own Ingenuity
to get through.
It was evident, however, that Huy
llger still had an Idea that I might
change my mind with regard to the
payment he had demanded, and I de
cided that it would lie foolish to do
anything until he paid me a second
visit.
At the beginning of my dealings with
Huyllger I had turned over to him
some pictures, papers, and other things
that 1 had on me when I entered his
house, including my Identification disk,
and I was rather afraid that he might
refuse to return them to me.
All day long I remained In the house
without a particle of food other than
the breakfast Huyllger had brought to
me. From the windows I could see
plenty to Interest me untl help pass the
time away, hut of my experiences
while in that house I shall tell lu de
tail later ou, confining my attention
now to a narrative of my dealing uitn
Huyllger.
That night he appeared as he had
promised.
"Wel|, O'Brien." he asked, as he en
tered t^e room where I wus awaiting
him, “what do you say 5 Will you sign
the order or notT"
It ha> occurred to me during the
day thai the amount demanded was so
fahluloni that I might have signed the
order without Hny danger of Its ever
being pidd, hut the Idea of this man,
who hat’ claimed to he bcfrlendlug me.
endeavoring to make capital out of my
plight galled me so that I was de ter
mined not to give It to him whether 1
« ould do so in safety or not.
“No. Huyllger.’’ I replied, “I have
de ided to get along as best I ran wlth
e ut any further assistance from you.
I shall see that you arc* reasonably
paid tor what you have done, hut I
will not accept any further assistance*
from you at any price*, and what is t
more* I want you to return to me* at
once all the* photographs and other
papers and belongings of mine which
. ;ed over to you a day or two i
ago
“I’m sorry about that, O’Brien,” be
retort'd, with si show of apparent sin
- ritv, “hut that is something I cannot
do.”
“If you don't give me* bark those*
• - .it on« '*P" l replies! hotly. “I will
take- ^t' ps to get the mi, ami d—d
eom k too!”
I d n't know ju"t what you eould
'T.ri'-n.” he declared coolly, “but
as a matter of fact the* papers and
i'lourcs you refer to sire out of the*
country. I could not ge*t them back
i" you if I wanted to.”
Something told me* the* man was
Iv ing.
“See lure* Huyllger!" I threatened,
advancing Inwards him, putting my
I. 'iid on his shoulder and looking him
straight in the eye, “I want those
papers ami I want them here before
midnight to-night. If I clou t get the*m
I shall sleep in this place just once
more* and then, at 8 o’c loc k to-morrow
meaning, I shall go to the Berman au
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“Your Lives Won't Be Worth a Damn."
thorities, give myself up, show them
tin* passport that you fixed for me,
tell them how I got it. and explain
ev nry l hing.”
lluyligiT paled. We had no lights
in the house, hut we were standing
near a landing at the time and the
moonlight was streaming through a
stained-glass window.
'file Belgian turned on Ids heel and
started to go (low u the stairs.
“Mind you," I railed after him, "1
shall wait for you till the city clock
strikes twelve, and if you don’t show
up with those papers hy that time, the
next time you will see me is when you
confront me before the Berman au
thorities. I it in a desperate man. Huy
liger, 1 1 mean ey.ery word I say."
(To he Continued)
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