THRILLING EXPERIENCE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 69, 20 November 1915, Page 8

THRILLING EXPERIENCE.

(From the Haw era Star.) An interesting story reaches us in a private letter from England of the adventures of a man who fell into the hands of the Germans in the early stages of the war, Jones ho may be called for convenience. Born and educated in England, he had married a German, and his lifework took him to Nigeria, where he was in the British political service. Women could uot ho taken whore he worked, and as he was in Nigeria twelve months and at home four, his wife lived in Germany, and ho spent most of his furlough there. He wa s in Germany when the war broke out, and a s an Englishman was at once arrested, put to gaol, then bailed out, but was interned at Rublesen. There he made friends with another Englishman. After a three months’ study of the sentry system they decided to attempt an escape, and actually succeeded in, getting away, though it involved negotiating high wire fences in daylight. But this was not the end of their troubles. Jones, speaking German well, was the leader, and did th© talking, and had many thrilling experiences. Among their narrow escapes was one in Berlin. They entered a restaurant for breakfast, and bread was put on the table for them. Suddenly they remembered that bread can only be paid for by bread tickets, of which they had no supply; and with presence of mind Jones explained that his friend did not eat bread, as he was suffering from diabetes, and he also preferred to go without. They would have something else. On another occasion they found themselves in the vicinity of a great factory guarded by sentries, and successfully eluded difficulty by representing themselves as officials. Their objective was the Dutch frontier, of the direction of which they had but a vague notion. One evening they ran into and w ere arrested by soldiers. They thought the game was now up, but to their relief learned that they wer© regarded as smugglers, and were actually in the hands of the Dutch inside the frontiers of Holland. The little difficulty of suspected smuggling was soon arranged, and within a few days they were safe in England.