A captive at Carlsruhe and other German prison camps, with numerous illustrations by the author . ound with our backsto the waU and our hands in our one prisoner put forth an appar-ently accidental foot, which covered probablythe largest of the pieces. Then, somewhatshamefacedly, he stooped and picked it which signal, with one accord, and withas close a resemblance to a flock of citysparrows as anj^thing I ever saw, we swoopeddown upon the fragments. For my share Isucceeded in securing two pieces of quitehalf an inch square ! Those were indeed hungry days, when amans
A captive at Carlsruhe and other German prison camps, with numerous illustrations by the author . ound with our backsto the waU and our hands in our one prisoner put forth an appar-ently accidental foot, which covered probablythe largest of the pieces. Then, somewhatshamefacedly, he stooped and picked it which signal, with one accord, and withas close a resemblance to a flock of citysparrows as anj^thing I ever saw, we swoopeddown upon the fragments. For my share Isucceeded in securing two pieces of quitehalf an inch square ! Those were indeed hungry days, when amans wealth was not to be calculated bythe amount standing to his credit at & , or even by the abundance of hisblankets, but by the number of Frenchbiscuits which he had succeeded in of all places in the world might one seea Brigadier-General crossing the square care-fully balancing a mess of pork and beansupon a plate, or nursing the contents of a tinof sardines upon a saucer ! To be invited to tea by a friendly and TEA WITH COLONEL TURANO 33 the greatestman. In a. COL. ALBERT TURANO,ARTIGLIERLA. ITALIANO. more flourishing mess wasbeatitude that could befallthese cases of cere-monious call theguest alwaj^s carriedhis own crockery andcutlery. One such pleasantrefection, with Turano, Artig-Heria Italiano, Hngersvery pleasantly in mymemory. In view ofhis rank the Colonel occupied alone a smallchamber in one of the huts. On the wallwas a crucifix, and a few reproductions ofrehgious paintings and decorations by theDanish artist, Joakim Skovgaard. A shelfof Itahan books, a deal table, two stools, andan iron bedstead, with above it a plant, tobe unnamed by me, but which looked as ifit might develop into a tree, in a flower-potso tiny that it seemed as if it might service as a thimble. The Colonel pre-pared the coffee with great care, and servediit with much courtliness. The entire contents 34 A CAPTIVE AT CARLSRUHE of his larder consisted
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