O Brien’s Escape After Blackmailer Ordeal and Passport Fraud
Lieutenant O’Brien joins the ROC in Canada in 1917 and serves in France. He is shot down behind German lines, escapes after a fall and later leaps from a moving prison train. His long trek through Germany Luxembourg and Belgium ends with help from a Flemish peasant and a forged Spanish sailor passport by Huylinger aiding his passage to safety.
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O'Brien
France
Germany
Luxemburg
Belgium
Huyliger
O’brien
Huylinger
The Forged Passport Ends in a Bluff and Escape
In a German-occupied city, O'Brien hazards a bluff to protect his forged passport. He refuses blackmail, confronts Huyliger over payment, and secures a real passport after a tense confrontation with Huyliger and his associates. He flees the house, leaving a charged encounter behind and vowing to evade German authorities.
Fall of Trust Reframed After Friend Betrayal
A narrator recalls a turning point as a trusted friend alienates him after promising aid. He waits on a staircase for hours while pondering the breach, then Hayliger ascends and offers only remaining belongings, including undelivered items and photographs, leaving the speaker perplexed by the betrayal.
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Hayliger
O’brien
Restless pacing reveals long room endured by Pat O Brien
In a wartime memoir fragment Lieutenant Pat O Brien describes pacing a room for hours to pass time while awaiting aid. He calculates that nine steps across and back covered six thousand steps in three hours, equating to nearly ten miles, yet not shortening his distance to Holland. He notes pacing as a natural outlet for his restlessness.
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O’brien
Holland
Huyhzer
Belgians and the perils of aiding fugitives in wartime
A wartime account reflects on Belgian citizens amid German occupation. It notes a gang exploiting refugees, the risk to peasants who share aid, and the moral strain on survivors. The writer cites punishment by occupiers and urges sympathy despite hardships faced by Belgians.
Five Days in an Empty House during wartime hunger
The narrator recalls five bleak days hidden in a house while German soldiers pass by. Starving, unable to speak Flemish or German to buy food, he steals at night and pleads with Belgian peasants for scraps. He endures misery, longs for release, and plans to leave once Huyliger stops helping.
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Anther
Holland
O’brien
Chenge
Guiomar Novaes Rises as Greatest Brazilian Woman Pianist
Sigmund Spaeth asserts Guiomar Novaes, a Brazilian prodigy born in Sao Joao da Boa Vista, has arrived as a major pianist. Trained by Luigi Chaffaralli and Isidor Philipp in Paris, she prizes tone beauty and discipline, remaining unfazed by audience nerves and delivering focused performances.
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Guiomer Moraes
Sigmund Spaeth
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Novaes
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Brazil
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Paris
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