The Pulaskian., 1918-10-11
 CHAPTER VII.
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crawIIna Through Germany.

Crawling Through Germany. X The exact spot at which I made my desperate leap don't know. Perhaps, after the war is oyer, someone on that rain will be good enough to tell me and then I may go back and look for inc dent must have made in the rock ballast
 have said, didn't stop very long that morning after I once regained my senses.
 I was bleeding profusely from the wounds caused by the fall, but I checked it somewhat with handker- chiefs l held to my face, and also held the tail of my coat so as to catch the blood as it fell and not to leave tell-tale traces on the ground.
 Before I stopped I had gone about a nIle Then I took my course from the ytars and found that had been going just opposite to the direction I should be making, but I could not go back sross the track there.
 Heading west, therefore, I kept this ourse for about two and half hours, but as l was very weak from loss of Hhood I didn't cover very much ground ln that time. Just before daylight, I eame to canal which knew I had to qoss, and I swan it with everything had on.
 M This swim, which proved to be the frst of a series that was destined to nake, taught me several things.
 In the first place. I had forgotten to femove my wrist-watch. This watch had been broken in my fall from the slr, but I had it repaired at Courtrai. In the leap from the train, the crystal had been broken again, but 1t was still going and would probably have been of great service to me in my Subsequent adventures, but the swim across the canal ruined it.
 Then, too, had not thought to take my map out of my sock and the water damaged that, too.
 Thereafter, whenever I had any Swimming to do, I was careful to take such matters into consideration, and ny usual practice was to make a bundle of all the things that would be damaged by water and tie it to my head. In this way was able to keep them dry.
 It was now daylight and I knew that aWould be suicidal for me to attempt 70 travel in the daytime. My British Qniorm would have been fatal to me. aeelded to hide in the daytime and VaVel only at night.
 Not far from the canal I could see a neaVlly-wooded piece of ground, and 4ade my way there. By this time I aaa discovered that my left ankle had ssen strained in my leap from the aan' and when 1 got to the woods '@ glad to lie down and rest. The 'Ouad In my mouth had been opened, wy When Jumped, and it would have 'sa uiincult for me to have swallowed ~ not the piece of bread, which was serve for my breakfast, got wet saen swan the canal. I found a safe aulng place in which to spend the ., ss ana l tried to dry some of my saes put slight drizzling rainfall asa sue mat out of the question. I knew sa' ought to sleep, as I planned to as'el at night, but sore as I was, aeu With mud and blood, my cloth s sOaked through and my hunger not ns' ,s appeased, sleep was out of the ssSuoh. This seemed to me about s iOngest day had ever spent, but ssa "us sllli to learn how long day can my % oe and how much longer night. as,' "uea Tight came I dragged myself "ss'ner and headed northeast.
 ny clothing consisted of my Flying s.as r' uniform, two shirts, no under hoa a' leather leggings, heavy shoes, a h, par or wool socks and a German esi had wallet containing sev- aa nunured francs in paper money
 ,s.'', .alious other papers. I also had |hs hssasiiiIe hss which I had stolen one opa,ssa tslore from the property room at sts 1a,' ta, Where all the personal eff l@ : 'aKen from prisoners were kept. |Aek~ t'. Day or two had carried knap- | a'' Sua as had nothing to carry in aaepn,Hse rapidly, considering my hnss sses' 4 and swan couple of
 ps to. snat night, covering in all per
 bnsas eu mlle, before daylight. Then
 ss Su \, ,n some low bushes, lying ' ihIns uay in my wet clothes and
 Rs , uy sausage for food. That
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