New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
CHAPTER VII.
Crawling Through Germany.


d'Sl'"rnt" leap don't know. Perhaps
after the war is over, someone on tina
train Will b" good enough to tel III
N then ! may go back and look 70
'he heht must nave maze III 'he roc
"a''aS''
| nav" SAID, | dihnt stop very ION
'ia' morning after | nee reea'''n III.
S'iN"S'
was bleeding pr"fusely from TN
wounds caused by IN" ran. but
checked II somewhat with hahdk'
chiefs ! HELD To my face. ana alS'
held the tail of my coat so as to eater
IN" blood rs II irll ana MOI 10 leaF'
telI-'ale traces on IN" ground.
B"iorr | stopped ! had one about I
hi'''' linen look my course from 'i'
stars ana iouid mat hnd beei ON
JUST opposite I" the direction sii"ui'
ne MAKING hnt 'o'lh not 90 pacA
a'r"SS 'he track ther''
ilehnlhg ""St, therefore, kept thl'
ours Tor ABOUT TWO ana a mar hours
ou' hS l was very weak from loss o'
p'o"h l didh cover very much er"ulo
IN ina Time. Just before uayllSh'' !
came 10 II cnnal "iiich khe" hau 10
''"SS, NV l swain II WIN everything
II" ~
i"'S S"'Ih' "hlch proved 10 pe 'He
hrSt or II series ina was destined &c
mike 'ao2h' me several ihihSS'
IN the hrst place, | had forgotten TO
remove my WrlSt-watch. rms watch
ar "ut l III" IL repa'red Ut 'ourtrai.
III the reap from the lralil' the crystal
""u pe'h pr"heh aEh'"' put IL was
sun S"ihs anu "o"'u propaplv nave
"''h "l great service 10 me III my
subsequent adventures out 'he SWIM
sc'"NS 'he canal ruined IT,
iheh, 100. had not Thought to take
NY map out or my sock ana the water
ohiiihEed tha'' 100.
thereafter, whenever l had any
swimming To no., | was careful To take
such matters INTO CONSIDERATION ana
ray usual rractice was 10 make IL
puildle D! All 'he thihGS that Wouiu ne
oMIlaSed by water ana lie IL 10 my
heah' III thlS way was abie 10 keep
them dry.
IT was now daylight and | knew that
IL would he suicidal for me TO attempt
to travel In the daytime. My British
Uniform would have been fatal to me.
! decided to hide In the daytime and
trave! only at night.
Not far from the canal | could see Il
hcuvily-wooded piece of ground. and |
made my way there. BY this time |
had discovered that ing left ankle had
been strained in my leap from the
train. and when | got to the Woods /
was glad to lie down and rest. The
wound In my mouth had been opened.
too, when | jumped. and it would have
been difficult for me To have swallowed
had not the piece of bread. which was
to serve for my breakfast. got wet
when | swain the canal. | found IL safe
hiding place "a which To spend the
day and | tried to dry some of my
clothes, but a slight drizzling rainfall
made that out of the question. | knew
that | ought to sleep, as | planned TO
travel nj night. but SIRE nS | WAS.
caked with mud and blood. my cloth .
ing soaked through and my hunger not
nearly apIea>rd. sleep WAS out of the
question. This seemed to me about
the longest day | had ever spent, but
| was still to learn how long n day can
really be and how much longer II night.
When night came ! dragged myself
together and headed northeast.
MY clothing consisted of my Flying
Corps uniform, two shirts, no under
wear. leather leygings. heavy shoes. a
good pair of wool socks and a German
can. | had a wallet containing sew
eral hundred francs in paper money
and various other papers. also had
a jackknife which | had stolen n
day before from the property room at
Courtrai. where all the personal eff
fects taken from prisoners were kept.
For a day or two ! had carried a KNAPP