The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-13
CHATTER XVII.
Getting Through the Lines.

1t was all that had heard about it.
Every foot of the border line between
Belgium and Holland is protected in
precisely the same manner. 1t is there
to serve three purposes: first, to pre-
vent the BelgianS from escaping into
Holland; second to keep enemies, like
myself, from making their way to free
dom; and third, to prevent desc, Mons
on the part of Germans themselves
One look was enough to convince any
one that it probably accomplished all
three objects about as well as any con-
trivance could, and one look was all l
got of it that night, for while | lay
on my stomach gain" at the forbid
ding structure / heard the measured
stride OF Ger, : IN! advancing
.o,
eo. 10 lne anu eia"ieu ava! as
- Do po''l',y eouiu' ue'ei iiiiie'
e g. spenu 'iie h,sn' soile"iieie IL 'ne
80, anu ii'''he ano,iiei anu nv g
'a1 uiu III survey 'ne ioiio"ihs hlgh'.
sie" n"u op.'iiieu' no"etei'
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g., go vas ou' u ''e aueo
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po'e-'"ui'ei. he III, CO
eoat eo,eieu spai u a' ieas' we've
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1aaat .. ie"s' .en lee' niSn, po. a.
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'e Il Sou eaiiie d eioppei 'i'e nis'
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sui iuea was aiso iinpi ae.lea-
Dio oeeause VI 'lie iaeh vi suitapio
'ihioer anu tools WIN WHICH 10 COM
II seemed 10 me that the pest thlhg
u 10 was trVel up ana down the line
DIT III the nope that some spot might
pe discovered Where condluons were
more favorable, although don't KNOW
just what expected along those
INES.
II was mighty disheartening to real
lie That only a few feet away lay GER
tain liberty and that the only things
preventing me from reaching 1t were
tnree confOunded FENCES. l thought OF
my machine and wished that some
KIND fairy would set 1t In front OF me
for just one minute.
l spent the night in a clump Of
bushes and kept in hiding most of the
next day, only going abroad for an
hour or two in the middle of the day
to intercept some Belgian peasant
and beg for food. The Belgians in this
section We're naturally very much
afraid Of the Germans and / Jared
badly. In nearly every house German
soldiers Were quartered and it was
out of the question for me to apply
for food in that direction. The prox-
unity OF the border made everyone
eye each other with more or less sus-
picion and I soon came to the conclu-
sion that the safest thing l could do
was to live on raw vegetables which l
could steal from the fields at night as |
l had previously done.
That night l made another survey |
Of the barrier in that vicinity, but it |
looked just as hopeless as it had the |
night before and l concluded that l
only wasted my time there.
l spent TIE night wandering north,
guided By tne North Star which had
served me so faithfully in all my trav-
cling. Every mile or two | would make
my way carefully to the barrier to see
II conditions We're any better, but it
seemed to be the same all along. felt
like wild animal in a cage, with
about as much chance of getting out.
The section of the country in which
was now wandering was very heavily
wooded and there was really no very
great difficulty in Keeping myself con-
,ealed, which did all day long, striv-
ng all the time to think OF some way
n which l could circumvent that
cursed barrier.
Inc idea OF a huge stepladder oc-
cured TO me, but searched hour after
iour IN vain IOr IumDer or 1allen trees
'ut VI WHICH couio CONSTRUCT one. II
couiu only optaln something WHICH
fouId enable ine 10 reach point
aDOut nile IeeI III the AIT IL WOulu De