The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-11

Every viisage has is CLOCK. Many
times could hear the clocks striking
! in two villages al the same time
But the hour had very little interest
to me. My program WIS ic travel as
+ fast as could from sunset 10 sunrise
and pay ne attention "a the hours in
between. and n the daytime ] had
ealY swo lhiLrs ~ woEry about, keep
concealed AID sli as much sleep as
possible
The cabbage that cot IN Belgium
consisted Ot tie small heads that The
peasants had not cut All TIE strength
had concentrated IN these LITTLE heaas
and they would be IS hl.ieg as gall ]
woli1 have 70 he pretty hungry to-
day before ! could ever eat cabbage
ae4.n and the same observation ap-
plies 70 carrots, turnips and sugar
tests-esT,etsally sugar heeIs~
II is rather g remarkable thing that
today even 8 smell q lurnips, raw or
cooked. makes ne Sex, sna yet S few
short months ago ny LIE depended
upon them.
NIGHT after night as ! searched for
food. ! was always IN hopes that ]
might come upol some tomatoes or
celcry-vege;2Ale which really
Iked hut with tie exception q once,
when found some celery, ! was pever
50 fortunate. ! ate SO much q The
celery the night ] came upon il ihai
/ Was SICK fo- two days thereafter.
lui / carried several buncbes away
with ne and used to chew ol il IS !
walked along.
OF course. ] Eep; ny eyes ope- all
Tie time for fruit Trees, hli aTI'arertly
i Aas Toe LATE Il tAe year t0I fruit as
all that ! ever was asle 10 find Rere
two pears. which ! roi oct ot 8 Tree.
That vas une ot ny red-etier Gays.
hut ! uss never able io repeat 81.
In The brooks and ponds that !
passed ! otiel noticed hsh q different
KINDS. That was either II ihe early
morning Just before ] turned IN tor
fhe day, or on moonlight nights when
The water seemed IS clear III sgai~
- In the daytime Il occurred 10 me
ihai Il would he 8 simple matter 70 RI
4 book and line and catch some fsh
mt had 10 me3us a cooking Them
md Il Was ussless 70 fish .or Tie SAX
q i.
one night In Belgium ny course
took ne ihrouEh 8 dcsol1ie stretch ~
country which seemed 10 be absolutely
uncuiuvaicd. ! must have covered
twelve miles during the night vs-hout
J1ss.nc 3 single farm or C-l-V4tel
fed NJ stock of iu-nips which 1
had picked The nighi before Was sole
and ! rlanne1, q course. 10 ee, enough
70 carry ne through the following
cay.
Tie North star vas shining rch'ly
that nigh; and there was zfsc ute y
nothing n prevent ny steering lr ah-
soiuisly dire-, course ~ H1Isr- a11
liberty. tuf ny path seemed - De-
through ard pastures Far 70 TIE
ezst OF 70 the west ! could hear
family the striking ot village bells
/ and knew that Il ! changed ruy
course ] would undoubtedly strike
/ farms and vegetables. hut ire Nerr1
Si4r seemed 10 plead with ne 70 fcl-
low g; and would Dot turn ASIDE.
When daylight cane. tae o.-se-
/ cuenoe was ! w1s srr7fy HANDED sid
had to End & hiding place for TIE dsy.
! thourh; ! would apr-osch tAe 80
peasant came 90 ard ask e. food.
-; nat day fzt uis-ifl ln-s-z
I hunch-;h1f ! vou'i r.; into ir1ufle
II did. aid I t-ltel G. 3 without
food aito-e-he- - that tzy.
]; Was g foolish tf.rs fo do. found.
because ] Dot only suffered greatly
from hunger az that DAP. hut !; i.ier-
4 ,ere1 with NJ s'se-. / would drop -
70 sleer for hzlf AZ ho-r. 7trtLps.
frt turing ths. t.-ne would c-e<-
fhsi ! was free tcck h1ue Lvlnz &
/ lie Cf crufar1fiEe esse end then ]
would uske - ulft 8 s-z-f a-t cz-ca
rur,ss Cf -te lrshes s-rrau-i z
. ne. fel fhe hard ground t.elesf1 ne
-r5 TIE hunger rlrrs EraHlrr az rg
s5es. and then ! would realize bou
fa- from hone ] really Vas and !
vdrl~ ue tte-e ard wu-is- whether
] would ever really see ~ h0-De
arEln Tten ! would flli sslee7 ssz-n
ard dream Ills tine. T--l1ss = tte
caTs s-e-- in Co-r-rsL @ ny leap
trau the trllr window. q the Beva-
risn plot whom sent q ete-lity i-
~ ias- az fra-. = rry t-zce- bullets
re--rr rlser ard cluse- q his bod.
sd then vsril wake u srzi1 Sith
= scarf and fhs-k tte Lord hat ! ~-as
o--r f-ezninE i al arai1 Instead q
iivi1r ttruzCk IL
hat rir1s / rat e. early san -
ezuse knew ! lad q hzvs food and
I decided ths- rsthe- rtz1 loek fo-
vegetables I ruuid take q cha1ce e1d
a-riv % fhe 1rst Beiris1 peasant
whom c1-e a.
II wss shout : o-cicck VIA cane
70 . snail hl.uze- ! hid picked ID a
he1ry sfone e-1 had toE1d i r. NJ
hrrEEerchfsf ard v--s rr.=rirri ~ rss
Il rsss wpzprz = . b--cs-1e recess1ry.
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