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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
Ceny targ0we
WINONA.

WINONA.
WT0REK ego sIERPNIA, 1918
Raportowane przez Bay State
Milling Go.
Pszenica Mr.. LIZ
Pszenica Mr.. 2-2.O9
Pszenica Mr.. 3-2.06
Pszenica Mr.. 4-2.02.
Pszenica Mr.. 2 Zimowa 2.10.
Pszenica Mr.. 3 :Zimowa 2.02
zyto Mr.. 2 1.56 l.
Raportowane przez E. Miller
Maka Patent IS beczki pace 1.47
Maka Rzanna 10 funt6w 81
Otreby (Bran) iona 31.00
Middlings TonR $500
Z Ceny hurtowne.
Mas1o 38-42 ...
Ser $3.50
Mod 15-18
Jaja tuzin 1873
Siano Tymotka 1900
Siano dixie 12.00-14.00
Kartofle 60
Fasola (Beans) 6.50-7.00 !,
OWES 70. Is
Kukurydza swieza--1.25 do 1876
Raportowane przez Winona NAL
ting Ca.
Jeczmieen swiezy Mr.. 8 ex Ito
Jeczmien Swiezy Mr.. 3 LOO
Jeczmien Swiezy Nr. & 97c
Jeczmiien swiezey NJ. 5 90c
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
DERNIK SIZE

Daniel Dernik, cz1onek winons-
kiej stray pozarnej, kt6ry diva
tygodnie temu odni6sl popalenia
PREY ratowaniu palacego sic sa--
mochodu przyczem zostal oblany
>explodujaca gazolina kt6ra, sic
na MIN zapali1a: .Zabrano go do
szpitala z ktorego "a kilka dni
uda sic do domu, lecz potrwa jeszz
cze kilka tygodni zanim bedzie
zdolnym udac sic do piracy.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
lego pu}ku. Dmowski i Wielo--

|kiego pu}ku. Dmowski i Wielo--
wiejski wyjechali wraz re nina ma
front bojowy i rych}ym rankiem
w poniedzia1ek w obecnosci re-
prezentanta Armii Francyi, Angli
W}och i Stan6w Zjednoczonych,
wreczony zostaf Sztandar pierw
szemu pu1kowi polskiemu wsr6d
grzmotu -kanonady armatniej
walczacych Armij. Tysiace zo}nie
rzy z pierwszego 'pu1ku, kt6rych
MONA by1o zwolnic cd wojennych
obowiazk6w wzie}o udzia1 W uro-
czystosci. .
Polowa Msze sw. odprawif x.
Wieskowski i poswieci} sztandar.
Dmowski wreczy1 sztandar szefo-
wi Armii Francuskiej Gen. Gen.
vandowi Gouvon ten zas wreczyl
go pu1kownikowi Jasinskiemu.N Ma
stepnie ca}y pu1k zo}nierzy: z}ozy}
przysiege wiernosci - by walczyc
O zjednoczona i niepodleg}a Pol
ske do ostatniej kropli krwi.
Dmowski i inni wyg1osili mowy
Kapela wojskowa odegra}a hymn
narodowy Polski. zo1nierze wr6ci
Ii nastepnie do transz6w, kt6re
zajmowali cd kilku juz dni ma ba
rdzo waznych punktach linii bojo
wei. Ubieg}ego piatku dziesieciu
zo}nierzy by}o zranionych W alta
ku trzech ciezko.
Kilku zranionych pochodzi re
Stan6w Zjednoczonych. Z}ozylis-
my r6wniez wizyte drugiemu pub
kowi rozlozonemu w pewnym cd
daleniu cd frontu bojowego.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
CENT IA MILE

Weteranom wojny domowej
przyzwolona zosta}a jedno cen
iowa :jazda ma 50 narodowa kon-
wencye, kt6ra w tym roku odbe--
die sic w Portland, Oregon.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
URODZIL.I SIZE

Panstwu Franc Lelwica - syn
Wawrzyniec.
Panstwu WAL. ~Czaplewskim -
syn Micha1.
Panstwu J6z. Goven - syn J6
zef.
Panstwu J0z CichanOwskim -
syn Jakub.
f., Panstwu Jan Thrun - corka
Elvina.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
LODI BYKA w IOWA..

LODI gazolinowa kt6ra tn ME
dawna ukradziono, zosta}a znale-
fiona W Clinton, Iowa. LODI jest
w1asnoscia p. Henry Rolloff, 472
Clinton ul.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
CAROLINA DROzSZA.

Gazolina zn6w posz1a Il mas W
gore O pol centa IA g%alonie i kosz
tuje teraz gallon gazoliny 23.9
cent0W.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
Pierwsze straty W Arlnn
Polskiei

Cd ORA Fronczaka nadszed} ma
rece' mistrza I. j. Paderewskiego
nastepujacy kablogram:
Paryz, Francya, - Ubieglej so
boty miasto Paryz wreczy1o Pol
skiemu Komitetowi Narodowemu
Sztandary dla' pierwszego polls
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
GK6WNA KWATERA w WI
NOME.

G}6wna kwatera inspektora u
rzedu pocztowego NJ. T. Boylan'a
kt6ra sic dotad znajdowa}a W Au
stin, Mimi, zostafa przeniesiona
do Winony.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
WiadOmOSci
MIEJSC0WE.
NAJPRZEW. KS. PRAKAT w
MINNEAPOLIS.

Najprzew. ks. Praalt j.. Pachol
ski odjechal W niedziele rano do
Minneapolis ma zjazd delegation
terytoryalnych W celu wybrania
delegat6w ma sejm polski kt6ry
sic odbedzie W Detroit W dniu 26
b. M. Powr6ci W piatek wieczo--
rem.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06

Benjamin Stoltman syn PAM El
zbiety Stoltman przyjecha1 W So
bote re Seattle, WASH, i pozosta-
ME tn przez pewien cas-.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
So M1L1oNY GAL0NoW WOODY

w tutejszym zak}adzie woody
miejskiej obliczono re W miesiacu
lipcu wypumpowano 100000
galony woody, lyle mniej wiecej
co W ~przesz}ym roku W lipcu.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
CHK,ODNIEJSZE POWIETRZE.

Zaziebienia So teraz ma porzad
ku dziennem. Ch1odniejsze powie
trze jest tego powodem. Wiele O.
sob cierpi takze ma dychawice.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
WYCIECZKA NAUCZYCIELEK

We wtorek pc po1udniu urza-
dzaja polskie nauczycielki "C6r-
XII Wolnej Polski" ~wycieczke pc
"a miasto do parku bluff Side
Park"
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06

Parma Veronica Wejska, kt6-
ra bawi1a w Winonie przez diva
tygodnie wyjecha1a W piatek do
Didge, Wis. ably tam spedzic pa
re dni a potem powr6ci do Inde-
pendence.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
ZAPISAk STE DO

Wladyslaw Pellowski, syn An
toniego Pelowskiego 722 wsch.
Broadway I'll. zapisa} sic do ma
rynarki a pc roku s}uzby wstapi
do marynarskiej akademii W An
napolis.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06

True translation filed with the
post master at Winona, MIMI, Oh
Aug. 5, 1918, as required by the
Act Of Congress Oct, 6, 1917.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
WlAD0MOSCl OSOBlSTE.
HENRIK Kowalewsh '

Henryk Kowalewsh wyJechaf
do Chicago a pc drodze wstapi do
Racine, Wis. .%odwiedzic swych
dw6ch braci. !
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06

ZYWY TCWA
Raportowane przez Inter State
Packing 20.
cd 40 do 200 funt6w 1900
cd $50 do 165 funt6w 1850
cd 225 do 300 funt6w 1850
Tuczne 14.25-16.75
Prosiaki 8.25-14.5O
Bydio. -.
Byczki (steers) 100000
Krowy 6.0O-10.00
Byki 6.00-8.25
Tuczne 4.OO-5.5O
Cieleta 6.OO-14.0O ~.
Owce.
Jagnieta 8.0O-11.50
Owce 4.5O-7.O0
0xVU
Kury 15-18
Koguty 14-16
Kaczki 1O-14
Gesi t@uste 1O-14
Indyh 1870
Kukurydza 1.62-1.67
Jeczmien 92-1.O8
OWES Toll
zyto 1.84-1.86
Len nasienie 4.55-4.58
so. ST. PAUL!
Byd1o 6.25-17.50 =
Cieleta 5.25-15.50
SWINE 18.60-18.90
Owce 7.00-13.0O
Jagnieta 10.00-16.00
CHICAGO.
zyto 1.63 =.
Kukurydza 1.60-1.72
Jeczmien 95-1.06
OWES 68h-70A
Byd1o 7.00-17.95
Cieleta 16.00-16.45
SWINE 17.75-196O
Jagnieta 12.O0-18.60
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06

PAM Monika Krawczyk z Min
'neapolis z synem Henrykiem ba--
wi u swych rodzic6w panstwa
JOE. Kowalewskich, gdzie pozo--
stanie oko1o 2 tygodnie.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06

Antom Zbynch I F'ranc1szek
Janikowsh prywatni W Uniwer--
sytecie Minnesota bawili ma urlo-
pie II swych rodzic6w.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-08-06
DZ1ESIE6 FUNTQW. CUKRU
MA OSOBE DO

W miesiacu sierpnlu wyznaczo
no cukru do zaprawy ia kazda o.
sobe po 10 funt6w, ale cukier kt6
ry juz poprzednio zosta1 'kupiony
musi bye cd tel sunny odciagniety
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21

Black Hole of Calcutta when we arrived
in London. | then began the weary task
Of waiting for him to arrive from France.
He came just one week later, having post
pOned his leave in order not again to miss
me. He came straight to my hotel from
the station, a real soldier, with his kit on
his back, his knapsack and tin hat as the
TOmmies call it, hanging at one side and
numerous other articles draped about his
person, not forgetting the ever evident
walking cane which the Englishman car.
ries even into battle.
Can you picture a very excited girl lost
in that wilderness Of khaki and brass but
tons?
There was so much to be said after two
and half long years of parting and trying
to meet and marry that for long time we
Just looked at each other and said nothing.
That day and the next were spent in
cutting red tape. Take my word for it, it's
Copyright 1918 by the Star Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21

The solemnity Of the ceremony was
saved by an unusual incident, one unique
in the registrars office. That was my
prompt refusal to obey any man on earth.
The registrar gasped. My soon-to-be hus-
band laughed and said, Leave it out and
go on and the threatened wedding pro-
ceeded. We had sneaked away from all
our friends for the solemn moment that
turned out not at all solemn after all My
revolt turned 1t into comedy. The little
old registrar said his office had never
heard such gay laughter as ours at the
obey scene.
Our friends got hold Of us later, though,
and at one o'clock gave us a wedding
breakfast. We remained in London during
the twelve days we had left, for travelling
is so difficult now that we didn't want to
be bothered going anywhere. Except for
two weekends spent in quaint old places
on the Thames we passed the remainder
of the time roaming about London.
But the fateful day of parting came all
too soon and on the morning of March 81.
in the cold gray dawn, foggy Of course,
helped my warrior grid on his armOr and
went with him to the station where the
troop trains leave for France.
at was a CHASTITY experience, but l was
not alone. There were many women there
that bedlam of hell out there. And to-
gether we stood on the platform and
waved a silent good-by as the train drew
out and went around the curve and imme-
diately was lost to sight. Then as silently
we all turned and went in our various d.
rections, | with the realization that my
first actual role of tragedy had only just
been played.
"Since, I've been waiting with a heavy
ache in my heart for his letters, and filling
in the long time between with war work.
First worked in a canteen for Australian
soldiers and now for some time I've been
helping in hospital for American officers.
It's a wonderful feeling to be in such close
touch with our own boys who have suf-
fered so terribly at the hand Of the hor-
rible Hun. Every day work at least six
hours"
This is the sequel of the love chase that
has been called the match that Margaret
Anglin made. 1t was while the young girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21

no easy job to get married in England. But
all was finally arranged. A special license
was procured and on the morning of March
Is, at half-past eleven, we sailed forth to
the registrars, where our license was sup
posed to be waiting for us. We didn't
know whether we'd be able to get it that
morning, but God was with us and there
stood the funny old registrar, his hands
neatly crossed, waiting for us.
"He informed us that he had had the
honor of performing the ceremony in the
same room and on the same spot for
Doris Keane and her young actor hus-
band only short while before.
well, it was all over in a jiffy, what
we'd waited and cabled and crossed the
ocean and got passports and leaves for and
worried and despaired over for two and a
half years Think of it, We'd been thirty
seconds accomplishing what we'd tried
thirty months to accomplish.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21
How at Last
They Were
Joined After
Many Dis
appointments

VERY man knows how baffled, an
r. noyed and for the nonce helpless he
- feels when he arranges to meet and
journey with his sweetheart or wife, and
Misses the train on which he knows she is.
He watches the train flee around curve
and shake it's last car at him in contemptu-
GUS farewell. What shall he do? Wait at
the station for her and expect either
message from her or her return in person?
Should he take the next train and stop
at the first station at which her train would
stop. trusting that she would have gotten
of at that station and awaited news Of
him? But how did he know she would
stop at the next station? He inquiries
about the length of the stop, Two minutes.
Not enough time to have a message deliv-
cred and enable her to get her lovely self
and too abundant baggage off the train,
even assuming that the station attaches
are nimble.
If he start in pursuit of her he may pass
her on her returning way. What shall he
do? 1t is a problem to cause tumult and
this time of war trains do not run on their
old smooth, schedule time He does not
know what to do, but his impotence and
sense of futility, his desire to do anything
rather than stand and wait, generally
start him on a game of hide and seek, in
pursuit Of the loved one. But on land, with
telegraph stations and railway stations oc-
casionally offering aid and pause there is
hope that in a few hours or days the sep
arated ones will reach each others arms.
But with the Atlantic Ocean intervening,
and the voluminous red tape Of war IN
rolling reluctantly and tangling almost
hopelessIy, the beautiful Southern girl,
lane Houston, and her British soldier
fance. Captain A. James Widdecombe,
tried for two and half years to marry.
Always eager for the nuptials. they crossed
and recrossed the ocean in their game of
loves hide and seek. When each secretly
feared that the little god of love had sue
cessfully plotted against them the pursuit
ended.
Together they had circumvented martial
precedent, international procedure, trans
atlantic time tables and midocean storms.
They stood, recently, before a prim little
registrar in a dingy London office and were
married. When the long deferred cere-
mOny was competed the REGISTRAR salu: 1
have the honor to tell you that you have
been married on the same spot and by the
same official who Joined Doris Keane and
her actor husband in wedlock."
At the changing battle front in France,
in the smart restaurants in London and
along the Rialto in New York they are
making characteristic comments upon this
long love chase across the seas. Captain
Widdecombe got her at last. By Jove, he
deserves her"
"They say the girl Jimmy Widdecombe
tried to marry for nearly three years is an
American. Very best type. From the
South. l hear there's mention Of Anne
Boleyn in her family tree. That's ripping"
letter from the bride to New York
friends tells the story of the last stages of
the long cross-seas chase.
MY fiance, as you remember, asked for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21

Miss Houston, Now Miss Wilde
combe, Whose Determined
Efforts to Join Her Gallant
Soldier Have at Last Been Re-
warded by Success - and
Above, on the Left, Captain
Widdecombe.
leave to go to Paris. He could not get this
and had to wait a long time to get another
leave to go to London. He'd had several
already, you know, to go there to marry
me. His cable that he had been promised
London leave arrived just after | opened
with the play The Indestructible Wife, at
the Hudson Theatre in New York. | wrote
my notice at once, but as | was going to
place it in the letterbox of the management
| saw the notice posted up that the play
was to close.
Forthwith and Immediately | tele-
graphed to my ever-ready-to-serve friends
in Washington, the two Senators who are
friends of papa's. They managed to push
through my appeal for passports and the
next week l sailed on the st. Louis. We
arrived in eight days, quite an unusual ac-
complishment in war times. There were
only eight women on board and three of
them were going over 10 be married.
while We were in the danger zone We
had a fright. A wild, loud discharge of
guns and the rocking of the vessel made
us believe that we had been torpedoed.
But it turned out to be only the target
practice of our own dear U. S. A. boys. 1t
was great to watch the shells shoot
through the water and find their mark,
which was a target built to resemble
periscope.
I'VE landed in Liverpool and had an
awful night on one of England's worst
types of antiquated conveyances, common
ly known as a train, but resembling far
more some seagoing old hack. All of the
good trains have been transferred to
France for conveying troops. l was shut
up in a compartment intended for eight
persons, but serving for twelve. Nine Of
these insisted upon smoking all night.
Friends rescued me from this moving
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06
Gro BE CoNTINUEDJ
RANK WITH EAST'S WONDERS
Famous Temples at Mandalay, in Up
per Burma, Spectacle That Few
Tourists Care to Miss.

OF the many strange buildings and
temples in the far East, says a writer
in Wide World Magazine, there are
none more wonderful than the 450
Temples of the Law at Mandalay, in
Upper Burma, known as the Ruthol-
daw. or Royal Merit" The group
consists of a large central pagoda sur
rounded by hundreds of smaller white
temples, or shrines. They were erect
ed by Ainshay-min. who ascended the
throne, on the death of his brother in
1867. The latter was cruelty murdered
by his two nephews, and it appears
that this very much affected the new
king. Not only did he devote his ener-
gies to peace, but erected this strange
group of temples, each one of which
contains a slab on which is engraved
q portion of the Buddhist bible. These
holy tablets are made of soft marble
or alabaster. each slab being about
the size of large old-fashioned tomb
stone. On both sides are engraved
chapters from the Buddhist scriptures.
Over every slab is erected a canopy
surmounted by gilded framework of
! metal with small tinkling bells. The
temples are situated in a beautiful
wooded valley, and seen from. the sur
rounding hills they present a fascina-
ting picture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06
9 CO @
COUNTY AGENTS TEACH MANY
Farmers in Southern States Given In
struction in Growing of Crops
and Other Problems.
prepared by the United States Depart
nent of A Agriculturel

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The war emergency brought a great
increase in the number of farmers
farm women, and boys and girls in
structed by county agents in problems
of greater food production and con-
servation.
According to reports to the office OF
extension work South, of the states
relations service, 303,7 ,723 farmers in
the Southern states were reached dur
ing 1917 with definite demonstration in
the growing of crops, raising and feed
ing of live stock, marketing and other
problems. The number of acres Gov
cred by the crop demonstrations alone
in 1917 was 1851, ,4S5. In addition to
these a conservative estimate of the
number of farms directly reached by
the county agents in 1917 is 1,650,000
The figures represent about 60 pei
cent of all farms in the South.
Agents are giving advice and helI
in cne way or another to nearly every
one with whom they come in contact
and the direct and indirect influence
of the county agents work and the
proportion of the farmers reached is
thought to be much higher than the fig
ures given.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06
Map Showing the Progress O'Brien
Made in Passing Out of Luxembourg
Into Belgium. The Heavy Dotted
Line Shows the Course of That Part
of His Journey Toward Holland.

convinced that l had lost the sight of
my left eye. l hadn't seen a thing out
of it since my leap from the train.
When l imagine the villainOus ap-
pearance l must have presented at this
time-my unhealed wounds, eighteen
days growth of beard and general
haggard and unkept visage-1 think
the fear I felt about meeting strangers
was perhaps unwarranted. The
chances are they would have been in
f1nitely more scared than l
AS it was, was nearly out of Lux
embourg before / came face to face
with anyone 1t was about 6 o'clock in
the morning and l was travelling along
a regular path. Just as was ap-
preaching cross-path, 1 heard foot
steps coming, down it. l stopped short,
stopped over and pretended to be ad-
justing my shoelace, figuring that if
the stranger turned into my path he
would probably pass right by me. As
luck would have it, he continued on
his way and meyer noticed me at all.
After that 1 frequently noticed
groups of Luxembourg peasants in
the distance but l usually saw them
first and managed to avoid them.
On the eighteenth day after my lear
from the train l crossed into Belgium
It had taken me just nine days to get
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06
WAR WORK BY COUNTY AGENTS
Not Only Laboring for Department Of
Agriculture, but Also Aiding
Food Administration.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The county agents and home-demOn-
stration workers employed in the Unit
ed States are not only instructing
farmers and farm women in food pro-
duction and conservation, but are as
sisting in other essential war work.
They are not only working for the de-
partment of agriculture but are assist
ing the food administration, the treas
ury department, the war department,
the navy department, the department
of justice, and the department of labor.
They have taken part, in addition to
their regular activities, in such work
as food surveys, seed surveys, seed
distribution, obtaining credit for farm
ers, selling Liberty bonds, eradication
of live stock diseases, surveys of insect
pests and campaigns for their destruc-
ton, marketing farm products, prefer
entail or priority shipments by rail Of
farm products and all farm supplies,
and dissemination of information Civ
en- out by the war department, the
council Of national defense, and the
committee on public information re-
garding the war, and other matters af-
fecting the national policy under war
conditions.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06
THUS FAR AND NO FARTHER
Men of Science Baffied In Endeavors
to Find the Real Root of All
Languages.

The oldest languages known at the
present time are the Sumerian. Baby
lonian (or Accadian) and the Egyptian.
The earliest known inscriptions belong
to about the fifth millennium B. c.,
| but it is reasonable to assume that
these were antedated by many different
languages which had great antiquity.
The script Of the Sumerian, Baby
lonian (Or Accadian) and Assyrian was
the cuneiform. Chaldean, the Ian
guage used generally as the diplomatic
language about the time of BelShazZar,
is what we now know as the Aramic
language. Archaeology has thrown no
light on the subject of the confusion
of tongues. Abraham very probably
| spoke the Aramaic, the language Of
Aram. In Canaan his descendants ap-
| parently used the language of the
land, which was that of the AmmOn-
ties. This is what we now know as
Hebrew. 1t would seem that the Isra-
elites retained while in Egypt the Ian
guage familiar to them, but archeol-
ogy has thrown no light upon the sub
! ject. Nothing has been discovered
which can be determined as antedi-
| luvian. Babylonian legends mention
several cities as existing before the
flood, and Arabic tradition says Haran
was the first city that was rebuilt af-
ter the deluge;; but archaeology has
offered no certain data as yet on the
| subject.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-06

been pretty hard for me to demand
anything in that part of the country.
1t was not like taking things away
from old men and women or robbing
people that could not stop me if they
chose to do so. l thought at this time
that I was suffering about the worst
hardships any human being could ever
be called upon to endure, but | was
later to find that the best of my jour-
ney was made along about this time.
There were plenty of vegetables, even
though they were raw, and these were
much better than the things 1 was
afterwards compelled to eat or go
| without
We frequently hear of men who have
lived for a certain number of days on
their own resources in the woods just
on a bet or TO prove that the ''back-
to-nature" theory still has the merits
and will still work. My advice to some
| of those nature seekers is that if in
| the future they wish to make a real
| good record. try the little countries of
Luxembourg and Belgium with a slice
of Germany thrown in.
! I suppose that during this expert
ence of mine l made many mistakes
and Travelled many unnecessary miles
which one with a knowledge of wood
manship might have avoided and
failed to take advantage of many
things which would have been quite
apparent to one who knew. 1t must
not be forgotten. however, that I did
not undertake this adventure volun-
tarily. 1t was wished on me-" l
simply had to make the most of the
knowledge I had.
At about this time blisters began to
appear on my legs and my knees
swelled. In addition l was pretty well