The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-08

rareaily quite safe as long IS ] lay
where ! was
Ii then occurred 10 ne that II the
tree upon which they were working
should haTptl 70 faA II my direction
il would crush me 10 6eath, Il was
tai enough 10 reach ne and big enough
to kin ne 4 Il landed If ny direction
anL as ] could only see the heads of
TIE Iuen WHO were choTYlEs Il down ]
WIS unable 70 tel which way they
planned to have II fan
There was this much il Fy favor /;
the chances q tie tree falling il Just
NY direction were not very great and
there was more than an even chance
that the uel would he wise enough TO
fell I, Sc thar Il would rot. because If
II landed in The brushes the task Of
trimming tie branches from The trunk
would be 50 much harder.
But even w.thou. THIS feeling of Sc
cu-sty, there was really nothing else l
could a. bur walt and see what fate
had il store for me. lar there watch
inE the top of The tree tar more than
az hour. Tine a11 tine again saw Il
sway ard sAncie1 il vas coming ny
direction. and il was al cculG ca 10.
Keep my place, but & moment later !
would bear The crash q The men :
axes. and knew ih2i my .rna ginatlon
hs1 playe3 LIE 8 trick.
was uuslng On The sorry plight
was ia-weas neaTly starving 10 death.
3 rtfuree ID E hostile couniry, and
waiting psuently 70 see which way q
tree mas going 70 fail, when there
came s loud crack. and ! saw the TOP
of the tree sway ard fan almost or
pas.fe 70 .he place where ! lay. ! had
GUESSED night.
Later heard some chii6ren's voices
ana again peeriug through ;lle under
brush saw that they lad brought iAe
uel their lunch. YCu can't realize h1fv
felt "a see them eating the-r lunch
so near at hand and 20 know iA4t.
hungry SIS was. ! could have Lsne =
Il WAS getting tempted - 20 boldly
u1 90 them aid take G chance q ret- /
i1g g share. lu. ! did uoi know
whether they were Germans or not anl 4
] had gone through Too much ~ risk
ny liberty even for food. ! swallowed
Iy hunger instead.
shortly afterwards Il began % rain
and ahl.i Z O'Clock tie uen lfft
ora vle5 OFT IS fast IS couli snd
scarriel around looking for crumbs
lut tou1l no1e. and when darkness
came I utri ol ny way once more
That q sht J cana 70 rirer and IS
Il WAS Tie FIRST time my clothes had
bees asy il S i0us tine, ] ihoUEli
v0-l1 Try % keep them thar wy IS
Ionr as possible. ] Accordingly took
~ al ny iA.lrs snG made them into
.vc bundles planning - carry c-e
esd acrass ard thea swim hack fo-
he other.
The river Vss cutie vide. hui sm
faifly good swimmer sr1 I figured
.auis rest awhile after ihe first Trip
'sfore gong hack for The second
'undle
The first swim vas untve-fsul When !
landed 20 TIE 0.her side ! dr1rk IN
rr fh~si v1s cuenched sr1 thea
wan lacf. After resting awhile
ta-fed cross 2 third tlile. VIII ~
hoes ard several other fAi-ss tr-ly
lod 70 Try head Jrst about ten feit
rol tie opposite hank ore q Ire
hoes worked Us way loose and szlk
9 about s-ht feet e vfte-. There 3
las no-hi1s 70 d. hui finish TIE TIP d
"a ihta - hack and dive f0r he
-issi-r slce q ! sud 1t g O.
gish 3 s.-zie sAce.
Diving in ny weakened coalition
ras s considerable strain. .uf hst 70
axe -fat shoe 1-l ks.t lt II fCf
early - hr-r before ] eventually
oun6 =; a3l ! vs pretty nesriy al
b iy that tine
Tbs. was tie last tine ever took
n shoes Or for ny fes; were tecon- 2
* 50 swollen that I figured Z ioCf {
.y shoes CT night not te able 20 ~ F.
BEN On srzin-
a.l~ ra.aIA "a NAN~-A-- A--r N-l
irir- for The los, shoe hsi corsume3
i.5ut three hours. zri af-er resting
.r-e Eftee1 minutes ! uelf Ca ~ vry
~in- ] hst gone nearly . ME uhen
caue 70 ano.her river. shouf fhe Z
-ue size es the one had sUss crSosss-i- q
walked slC-E the h11k awhile think F
lg rnisii - l1cky enonSh 70 e-6
oat CT 4 bridge. tr. aeter waking &
oeut half an h0u- I recelvel o-e e .
,ose szrTairtner;s vhich .c1-e =
.ce n = lift-is0s-- fount thas th.s 4
vsr vas tie o1e lad jcSt ssuut Il
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