The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-10
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fiar- Or $, later = came uT0R the exaf
place where had spent ghe aay before
md realized that all night iou- ! hal
been clrcllns the very woods was try
IT.e to ge, awsy from think perhaps
Z had gone al u ii quarter q. nile ir
the right direction. bgt then had los
inv hearings entirely. aai dayllEh
found me with nothing acoomri. shed
The sun however. dld come our that
das and ! welcomed iis waru rays
US ihey perhaps have never been wel
csmcd before | was very f.rel-iusl
alonl ail in-hu. Spent better day
Ia the noais ,han ihe previous ore.
THAT night ,he stars came ol.;
lo,a.ea my friend sAe North Star anl
triel o. make np for l0>E g.me Ru.
when enc is making only seven o. .sh.
miles day. ar r4tAer t night. enc
night losf means whole iot. s~I'se.-
ally when each day kesIs hm from
freedom. such Sc. fortune ant dis
coura emeutS aS this werr harder 10
endure. believe. thal Tie actual
hunger. and the accompa p .ag Worry
naturally r,duces my we. .ehi. At times
! Was furioU>iy angry uiih myself far
the mistakes Z m15e and the foolish
things ! DID, tu. ! always tried IL see
something funny about the situation.
whatever II misht be. ,har relieved
che strain * hahis and helped io pass
iAF '!Ile away. / think i q man is
overhnry!eEpi with sense IL h-MoT
and wants 30 get rid " il. this trip
Jook would he Ga excellent remedy
for H. Righ, 81 this time l would
have welcomed anything for compan-
ion. | believe even snake would
have been a Gotscnd 70 he.
With q name as Irish as mine. X s.
only natural thar looked for goats
along the way ih.nk.ls that | nigh.
be able 10 milk ihelH. There are very
few COWS in ,h.s country. and the or.-
por'nriTles fer m,.s.ns them fewer
than fhe COWS themselves because they
are housed IN barns adjoining the
humes and always aisrtig watched hy
their fortunate owners. I did hope
'hat I m.EhI fnd goat siakei oli
seme place ia the fields. bur ia an my
travels / never saw goat or a pig.
and only few COWS. several times l
searched nests fnr e-<s bur som body
aimays ha8 beaten me 90 X. as / never
even found 50 much IS z nest eg-.
There was no chance of getting away
with any bullying stuff IN Luxem-
hNrTs. knew. because the youn- men
have 40; been forcei into the army
aul ars SIN 90 home. aAi IS they are
decidedly rro-Gcrfnan. Il would have
been pretty hard for me tn demand
anything ir fhaI Yart - the country.
T. vas Dff iiSe taking things away
from oli men aai women or rohh.n-
people that could no- stop ne Il they
chose % do 50. thought at THIS time
-hat 7 was suffering about the worst
aari,h.rs any human being could ever
t called ur0l 10 endure. IN, l vas
later % fnl thar the best of my jour
Hey was maAe along ahout this time.
There were plenty ~ vegetables. even
.h0r-h they were raw. and these were
ngch better -han the things WAS
afterwards compelled 10 eat Or ~
We frequently hear - men who have
ived for q certain number ~ days on
heir own resources in the woods Just
"a tei or 20 prove that the back
o-nature" theory sf.li has the mcr.ts
.ni VIII srll Hors. Ny advice 20 some
Z those naiure seekers j. that II n
d. future they wish 20 make q rsal
'ood rfl tFy fhe Mtsie countries Of
and Re'e.um with slice
{ Germany thrown .n.
7 suppose thar during this expert
nee II mine ! made many mistakes
nj Travelled many unnecessary miles
h'ch one with q knowledge - woot-
iauship might have avoided and I
alei % take advantage q many
hinrS which would have been quite
rrarent 70 one who knew. II must
ot b. forgotten however. that I'D
ot undertake this adventure voiun-
lriiy. Il vas Wished on me-
Imply had 20 make the most Of the
noele,--e ! had.
A. about tbs tine blisters began 20
TTe2r On my Ices and my knees
fel.ed Ia addition | was pretty wei
|rvinoed that ! had lost the gh, Il
y ieft eve. hadn't seen q thing cut
IL shoe my leap from the train.
When I imagine the vfliainous ap-
earance must have presented ~ this !.
me-my unheaiei wounds. eighteen
ays' growth a beard and general
lEEard and unkept visaEe-1 tank
- fear felt about meeting Strangers
az perhaps unuarranted. The 7
lances are they would have been IN
1itely more Sczred thaa l.
As i was. I was nearly out of Lux :
ubourg before I cane face u ssce !
in anyone. IL was about s o'clock n i
= moruins and ! was travelling aioLs
regular path Just a. ! ~as ap-
a cr0s~-Tath. l heard foot-
eT's coming down IL ! stopFred short.
eo1-eG ever ard pretended % ~ al ;
sting my shoeiaoe. feuriI.g that II :
K strangcr TUNED into say Tafh he :.