Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE ESCAPING CLUB by A. J. EVANS [Illustration] THE JAMES A. McCANN COMPANY Publishers New York Copyright 1922 by THE JAMES A. McCANN COMPANY All Rights Reserved _PRINTED IN THE U. S. A._ TO MY MOTHER WHO, BY ENCOURAGEMENT AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE, WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MY ESCAPE FROM GERMANY, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK, WHICH WAS WRITTEN AT HER REQUEST. CONTENTS PART I CHAP. PAGE I. CAPTURE 3 II. GUTERSLOH AND CLAUSTHAL 12 III. THE FIRST EVASION 21 IV. WHAT HAPPENED TO KICQ 26 V. THE FRONTIER 35 VI. PAYING THE PIPER 48 VII. REMOVAL TO A STRAFE CAMP 56 VIII. FORT 9, INGOLSTADT 67 IX. CAPTORS AND CAPTIVES 87 X. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE 103 XI. AN ESCAPE WITH MEDLICOTT 127 XII. SHORT RATIONS AND MANY RIOTS 139 XIII. A TUNNEL SCHEME 149 XIV. THE BOJAH CASE 163 XV. THE LAST OF FORT 9 172 XVI. WE ESCAPE 182 XVII. THROUGH BAVARIA BY NIGHT 199 XVIII. THROUGH WURTEMBERG TO THE FRONTIER 213 XIX. FREEDOM 230 PART II I. ARABS, TURKS, AND GERMANS 241 II. ONE MORE RUN 257 III. TO AFION _via_ CONSTANTINOPLE 284 IV. THE ROUND TOUR CONCLUDED 300 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE SKETCH-MAP OF CLAUSTHAL 20 SKETCH-MAP OF FORT 9, INGOLSTADT 102 SKETCH-MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF ESCAPE FROM GERMANY 188 SKETCH-MAP SHOWING PLAN OF ESCAPE IN PALESTINE 210 PART I THE ESCAPING CLUB CHAPTER I CAPTURE