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PRODA Sc dam o A svetnicich
$ koupelnou. Dlazdena ulice,
plyn. Lot je 35 pfi 120 stfevi-
cich. Cena levna. Haste Sc v
els. 1884 E. 54. III. Z Bower
eve. 6-28
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PRoDAM Tkl domky ga
$1,000, S110O q "a $3.50 y, oko
i Broadway. Rlizsi sdali Jos.
Flip. 1923 Dolloff Rd. v zadu.
q 6r27
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ma PRoDEJ NED y3M1lyu
- msstsky majetek, ktery pSi-
n6sf n6jem,
IO6 AKRu drodns pidy, y
sets psknou psenici, ovsetr, Nv
Ixuffici, jetelem; hodpJ kus lou
Ky pastvins velks zahra-
da hned i domu, tsz osets vss-
nj potfebnymi zeleninami, hod
ne brambori (zas&zenych) vel
IL Sisty le. Sc 400 maple sugar
strony, kters dali NJ 200 81
lopG dobreho ,syrobu. dohys
aojns kravy, mIsko prod avame
Belle Vernon CO. 2 mile "a
mas. Tsz prasata, slsRice,
kachny, A konS yiechno A
sadi, dobrs budoyy - obydlf =
osmi svstricich \ neilepSim pc-
r4dku / noyy mllk-n0use.
.Jsme IS mil Cd ClsyelApdW IS
minut I'd kary, 3 mile % Bur
ton - 5 mil jiznS % Chardcn
- mill Cd skolx NJ DO
brych cestsch mile % INA
msho Bass Lake i dl6xdGne
MayfieId Rd., tterk veds A Do
mssta.
Cena pozemlu $lQQ AIR
a Sc vsiin zAFizenim 10
Pride kolem $lAO00.
RuGim, ze nebude litovati
ten, kdo. 81 pTispiS. Piite
hned do ''Svsta" pod znsS-
|kou: s.Krasna farrna".
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Name ma prodei;


Move domy We Washington
bark boulevardu. zapadne cd
vych. AZ ul. Mizete pouzit ka-
ru ma vych. 55 ul., aneb Har-
ward Denison. Parkovnf odbor
m6sta Clevelandu Sc bude sta
alto 100 stop siroky boulevard
mezi chodniky pred kazdym
domem. Zaroven Sc bude sta
at o 80 stop sffky mezi chod-
nikem a ulici, kde travnfk bu-
de mestem Y nejlepslm porad-
ku udrzovan. Vsechny domy
jsou papirovane, dpbov6 .podla
ny, elektricke zaTfzenL stint
ola v oknech, pradelni otvor,
prkno ma zehleni, vytapecf
pee, skopky ma prani, odd6leni
pro ovoce a pro uhli.
Nasledujici domy jsou hoto-
We neb Sc dostavuji:
1892 Washington park Blvd.
s svetnic a koupelna $5,3sQ.
1850 Washington park Blvd.
g svetnic a koupelna $4,975.
1856 Washington park Blvd.
4 svetnic koupelna SIS, ,67s.
1850 Washington park Blvd.
6 syetnic a koupelna $500.
3768-70 Washington park
Blvd. pro dve rodiny $6675.
Domy i pozemky v okoli Sc
prodavaji ma splatky. Bondy
5vobody Sc pfijmou CO splatky
y pine Gene jako hotove pc
lize.
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nIuuIuHlInuIlInlnnuIIIIIl
20 proSinl, vypravujte

VeZLe mi VSG'!2
Rad vam vsechno vypovfm.
Hlavnf osobou one historic jest
zenstina, kterou neznam g kite
rou snad ami w neznate, acko-
Ii Sc zda, be ona sama $ vasf 10
dinou dobfe jest seznamena,
nebof proieyy opravdoye vde
cnosti zminovala Sc 8 zenfele
pani Fairliove.'
4Tedy me matce! Ach to
mne zajima! Prosim, pokra
cutie"
Focal jsem podrobne vylicor
vati vsechny okolnosti syeho
nocniho setkani Sc bilou PAM
a doslovne uvedl jsem vsechno,
co tajemna tato zenstina byla
mi povedela o SVEN pobytu Y
L. )
zamku rodiny Fairliovske.
Slecna Halkombova 8 maple
tim poslouchala.
"A slysel jste dobre, ze Wy
sloyila jmeno me matky?' ze-
ptala Sc. konecnG.
. . : y, y LIZ s =
"Zcela dobfe,'s odpovedel
jsem. @Tolik je. iisto, ze ona
zenstina chodila kdysi v obci
Limmeridge do skoly a ze by
dlela tomto zamku. TAX mi
aspon pravila a nepochybuji 0
pravdivosti jeji slov. Dale We
dela,9ze panf Fairliova a jeji
1fnanzel jiz zemfeli a re tedy
dcery jejf jsou 1plne ..osifele.
Mluyila 0 vasf rodine velikou
laskou a citem opravdove
vdecnosti."
proc nepatraI jste po je-
Jim jmenu?"
"Nebylo to naprosto nome
Byla tax ustrasenou a nepokoj
nou, ze ami odyaziti jsem Sc ne
mOhl X zadna otazca
"Tot opravdu zajfmaya his.
torie. Ostatne myslfm, pane, ze
ucinil jste zcela dobre, kdy5
pomohl jste il ku svobode. Zpi
sob, jakym naproti vam 81 po
clnala svedci, re svobody "a
sluhuje. Mel jste 81 vsak pone
kud rozhodneji pocfnati. Ostat
ne yam radfm, abyste proza
tim ami me sestre, ami memu
stryci o udalosti teto Sc nezmi
iloval. Go Sc mne tyce, vynasns
zfnn Sc vsemozn6, abych We,
vypatrala. Kdyz mole matks
do teto obce prisla, zridila zds
skolu, ktera tn posud trva. A.
vsak jeden 2 ucitleG jest jiz ds
vno mrtev a druhy odtud Sc o(
stehoval. Nynejsi ucitel pnsob
zde teprve kratkou dobu. Pc
mocf skoly nevypatrame tedy
niceho."
V tom vessel do pokoje sluh:
oznamoval, re pan Fairli,
pfeje 81 mluviti Sc mnou.
"Poseckejte venku,' odbyl,
jej slecna "pan Hartright pfi
jde "a maly okamzik."
Po tech slovech pokracoval;
We SVEN uvazovani: "Jedina ],
costa k vypatrani tajemstvi
jez obestira vasi podivnou bi
lou pani. Mole matka zanech
la velike mnozstvf dopisd, je
pravidelne svemu manzelu po
sylala a ktere il potom tent
Ease vratil. v techto dopisec.
dopodrobna vylicovala Gel
svnj zivot ma tomto zamkl
kdyz zde 0 samote S mani me
skala. Vyhledam tyto dopisy
jest6 dnes dopoledne dlklac
ne je proctu. Snad DOWN Sc
mich neceho. Jeji druhy mar
Eel zdrzoval Sc skoro ustavicn
v Londyne a proto byla nucen
psati mu kazdeho tydne. v
svych dopisech, pokud Sc ps
matuji, obsfrne zminuje Sc
skole, kterou zde zalozila a
kterou ustayicne pecovala, nj
ni jdete k menu stryci
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lJemohu 81 ami pfati lepsf-
10 4 pohodln siA{ho. 4 odpove-

%AO - HS11TS& a Nss ~ 4 X sF s
ldel jsem nyni poloseptem,
"T9sl mne! Bud'te ubezpe-
IGen, ze dovedu oceniti vasich
lsluzeb. Dovedu 81 vaziti oprav-
ldoveho urnelce. I'll jsem dlou-
|hou dobu u CHINE q nemam mic
lspolecneho ostatnimi angli-
Ickymi slechtici kteff um9pi
Epranic Sc nestarajf. Prosims po
Ideite mi onu skfinku : mincer
lmi ktera ston vam DO prays
Iruce!"
Poslechl jsem . podal mu "a
tdanou skffaku.
"D6kuii a prosim "a odpu-
ISt&ni. Jste miloynfkem starycb
lminci? Ano? Ach, to nane test!
Name tedy vedle lasky k ums-
Inf i tuto zalibu spoleepou. a
Inyni mi poyezte, zdaz spoke
|jen jste s podminkami, "A jaky'
mi byl jste i mas nTijat2"
4uplne spokojen n fekl jsem
|opet septmo.
"Nu dobra! HonoraT Dude
yam vyplaceti mil intendant,
|jenluz budete moci take sdeliti
|vsechna sva pfanl hnotnehc
postaveni Sc tykajici. A co ie-
ste? Mil Boze, pamef mne D.
pousti! Hnedle byl bych ma ne
60 zapomn6l. Prosim, zazyonte
laskave tamto v kout6!"
| Zazvonil jsem, nacez vessel
beze hluku jiny sluha uhlaze-
|n9 a ucesany jako loutka . la
zebnikova kramu.
3
'Ludviku", prayil pan Fair
HE, "prineste mIj zapispik, do
lnehoz jsem dnes pTi snidani ne
ktere zapisky ucinil. Prominte,
pane Hartrighte; bojim Sc, Re
Sc tu hrozne Sc mnou nudftc." "
Po tech slovech natahl Sc v
|lenosce pfivfel oci, jako by
|unayen nAluvenim. Mezitfm, CO
Ibyl Sc sluha vzdalil, pozoroval
ljsem obraz Cd Rafaela. mezi
skfin6mi visici. Sluha "a malon
Ichvili Sc vratil q podal syemu
Ipanu malou knizecku, kterou
Itento hned rozevfel a do nj Sc
|zadival.
"Ach uz vinl," prayil a obra
tiy Sc ke sluhovi, nafizoval mu
"Podej mi opy velike desky i
Eocelorytinaml. Del pozor abys
je neupustil ! Jsou tam take ne
ktere kresby Rembrandtovy
Jste zajiste take ctitelem toho-
Ito mistra? TEST mne! Podiya.
me Sc hned ma nektere jehe
Eprace. Ludviku proc nejdel
pryc! Tys hrozny hlupAk! AM
neyite, jakou mann potiz Sc svy
uni sluhy."
! PFiznavam Sc, ze pocinalo
mi byti liz nevolno We spolecnc
Isti tohoto podivina.
| Pan Fairie rozeyfel velike
Idesky q vyAal starry, uspinenJ
|obraz rka: "Hled'te, toto kou-
.lpil jsem nedayno v drazb9 ve
|stavu hrozn9 zubozen6m. Zda
|se mi, he posud Cpl q obrazr
ltoho zapach vetesnick6ho kra,
'Emu."
4 Prohledl jsem rytiny, jez o
lpravdu mely velikou cenu uml
leckon q prayl jsern:
II
"Tyto kresby mely by byt
lnapjaty, ocisteny a podlepeny
;[nebot - 80"
J "Prosim "a odpusteni, pre-
. |rusil mne pan Fairlie. "Snat
! Inebudete Sc hQxsiti kdyz zavr,
loci mezi tim, 60 budete mluvi
III, Nemohu sResti ostfejsfh,
: |svetla, Nuze pokracujte "
sCht6l jsem jen fici ze krc
'lsby tyto zssluhHii aby :"
i Pan Fairlie pojedonu otevfe
: loci. q vyskocl jako by haden
! lustknut.
Go Sc dele q" zvolal. "Yen
u. J.
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PRoDA SE p6kny maly do
mex $ Totem ma 3. "A. III. "a
S105O. Blizsi adslf mattel v 4.
1919 B. 4S. ul. byvala Ballon
.ul. 627
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NapiaI w. Collins

fQeIHy Go ZdHTduy. NyHl Hlunll
|jsem j ia odejfti. Venku cekal
Ina rnne sluha, jenz mel mne U
lvesti poprve K panu Fairliovi.
Vazne a beze slova provazel
lmne sluha do prvnfho patra ma
postranni, uplne odde delenou
Ichodbu, kde nalezaly Sc poko-
lie majitele tohoto zamku. Ko-
|necne zastavili jsme sc pfede
dvefmi, jez dpln9 oveseny byly
|jakousi t6zkou vln6nou latkou.
lSluha otevfel tyto dvefe a vedl
mne jeste nekolik kroki dale
ku dyeffm druhym. Kdyz pax
Il tyto otevfel, octli jsme Sc ties
Inc pred syetfe zelenou zaclo-
|nou, kterou na, jedn6 stran6
,mdi privodci nadzvedl . pro-
|nesl $ hlubokou poklonou slo-
Iva: "Pan Hartright," ]" nacez Sc
|vzdalil.
Nalezal jsem Sc We yysoke q
Irozlehle komnate, upravene )
lvelikou nadherou. Koberce na
I !
zemi byly t6zke a mekk6, tax
ze. Sc mi zdalo, jako bych kra-
lcel Pc aksamitu. Pc cele jedn6
stran6 vypinala Sc az ke stro-
|pu velika skrfn ma knihy, zhoto
|vena 2 yykladaneho dreva, je-
hoz druh rozeznati jsem memo
hi. v jednotlivych prihrad-
kach teto skrfne nakupeny by
lily knihy,. V jinych Ease staly
drahocenne sochy rozestavepe
Ivlpravidelne vzdalenosti Cd Sc
be. Ma protest. strane staly
dve starozitne mensi skrine,
mezi nimiz visel ma zdi obraz
panny Marie yeziskem. Pod
obrazem vyryto bylo ma zlace-
Inc desce jmeno malire: Rafae
la. Dale byly komnate po rdz
lnu rozestavene stolky a male
Iskrfnky, naplnene vesmes So
ichami, starozitnymi nadobami
srIznymi tretkami re zlata
lstribra a slonove kosti. Okna
komnaty byla zastfena blede
zelenymi hedvabnymi zaclona-
mi, kterymi bylo mfrn6no slu-
|necnf svetlo, do komnaty vni.
Ikajicf. Vdbec cinila celia ko.
Imnata DOZEN dplne osamelost
"a uzavfenosti. Bylt to opravdu
|utulek 1cence a myslitele.
i Skoro uprostred komnaty
lmezi r1znymi stolky, skrfnka,
lmi, odpocival lenosce pan j
lvelitel tohoto domu, pan Fair
.Ilie, stryc mych zakyn.
i "Byl to muz asi padesatile
,lty, hladce oholenych, bledycl
ltvarf a vzezreni dzkostliveho
lskoro popudliyeho. Oden by
I've tmavy, hedvabny zupan. M
sjeho n6znych prstech tfpytily
|se zlate prsteny jichz cena I'd.
lls Sc j mn6 nezkusen6mu veil
1 kou. Pred sebou mel malo,
skfinku Y nfz prave COST uroy
naval. Kdyz blize jsem pTistol
pill seznal jsem, BE pofada ri,
me stare mince, ktere otiral HI,
J lynn klenotnickym kartackem
Uklonil jsem Sc hluboce a III
'stal jsem v primerene vzdale
1osti pred MIN stati.
J, "Jsem velmi potesen, ze va
! lIvidim We SVEN dome pane Har
righte," pravil neprfjemnym
chraptivym hlasem. s'Prosin
: posad'te SIC. Ale neposunte zi
/ dli blize nesnesu ami nejmensl
:. no hluku. Nervy mole jsou ne
I vys podrazdeny a potfebuji I
! pln6ho ticha. Jste prosifn spe
! fkojeif 5 zafizenim pokoje, KIT
! ~ vam byl vykazan?"
al Jsem uplne spokojen.' oc
! ,povedel jsem. "Ani jsem neoc
) kaval, ze ~"
81 Prudkym pokynem' ruky w
I dl mi do feci f4xa: sProsim, d
i kficte tax! Me negvy nesneso
Il - y
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PRIJME Sc zena ma vyklizenf
q cisteni dvakrat v tydnu. Hla
ste Sc u JOS. Vleka, 1901 u
nion ave. I?
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PRIJME Sc Sc ceska divka "a
prodayacku V grocernim obcho
de. Haste Sc v cis. 4409 e.
Clark ave. 6-28
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FRIJMOU Sc diva pani ma byt,
loupelna k pouziti, je, billie U
nion kary a e. SO. ul. Jen rad
nj necht' Sc hlasf v els. 9314
Gibson ave. 6I28
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W. F. Ml!.AILLLO, i
oh vych. 40 VI. . Washipgtop
park Boulsyardu.

- -.
URODNE FARhtY v statu o.
hio ma prodei, neb ma vymsnu,
Sc vsim osetim q zaffzenfm .
sice 1o6 akrech, 1o4 akrecb,
81 akrech, SO akrech ~ A.
krech, 65 akrech. 53 akrech,
SO akrech, tri po SO akreeh.
4 ctyrakrovou. Navstiyte mne,
ia VAN dalsi vysyetlfm q pocti
ye Yam poradim. Jos. PscAots,
nozemkoyy q poiisfujici jedna
tel, 1919 Hamm ave.
629
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PRlJME Sc pan ma byt Sc stra
von, koupelna k pouziti. Hla-
ste Sc els. 5100 Dolloff Rd.
6-27
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served me for this purpose. Having
found such spot would drop down
and try to sleep. My overcoat was
my only covering, and that was usu-
ally soaked through, either from the
rain or from swimming.
The only sleep I got during those
days was from exhaustion, and It usu-
ally came to me towards dusk when
1t was time for me to start again.
1t was mighty fortunate thing for
me that was not smoker. Somehow
/ have never used tobacco In any form.
! was now fully repaid for whatever
pleasure had foregone In the past as
q result Of my habits In that partic-
ular, because my sufferiHgs would Ger
tainly have been intensified now If, La
addition 70 lack Of food and rest,
had haze 10 endure craving for to-
bacco.
About the sixth night / vac SO
drowsy and exhausted when the time
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people that could not stop me If they
chose to do SO. thought at this time
that 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 I 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 IL in
the future they wish to make a real
good record, try the little countries OF
Luxembourg and Belgium with slice
Of Germany thrown in.
suppose that during this expert
ence Of mine I made many mistakes
and travelled many unnecessary miles
which one with knowledge Of wood
manship might have avoided and I
failed to take advantage Of many
things which would have been quite
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came for me to be on the move, that
was very much tempted to sleep
through the night. knew, however,
that that would be a bad precedent to
establish and I wouldn't give In.
plugged YEARLY along and about
IL o'clock. after had covered perhaps
four miles, / sat down to rest for q
| moment on a shock of brush which
was sheltered from the drizzle some
what by other shocks which were
stacked there. It was daylight when
I awoke, and found myself right in
German backyard. You can imagine
that l lost no time in getting out of
that neighborhood and I made up my
mind right there and then that would
never give away to that tired feeling
again.
In the daytime, in my hiding place,
wherever 1t happened to be, ! had
plenty Of opportunity to study my map,
and before very long / knew it almost
by heart. Unfortunately, however, 1t
did not show all the rivers and canals
"AASA L duu 0OIuCL1luCo IL
fooled me completely.
1t must have been about the ninth
night that crossed into Luxembourg,
but though this principally is officially
neutral, 1t offered me no safer haven
than Belgium would. The Huns have
violated the neutrality of both, and dis
covery would have been followed by
the same consequences as capture in
Germany proper.
In the nine days I had covered per-
haps seventy-f1ve miles, and / was that
much nearer liberty, but the lack of
proper food, the constant wearing of
wet clothes, and the loss of sleep and
rest had reduced me to very much
weakened condition. / doubted very
much whether would be able to con-
tinue, but I plugged along.
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Map Showing the Progress o'Bries
Made In Passing Out Of Luxembourg
into Belgium. The Heavy Dotted
Line Shows the Course Of That Part
Of His Journey Toward Holland.
apparent to one who knew. II must
not be forgotten, however, that did
not undertake this adventure volun-
tarily. 1t was wished on me-" I
simply had to make the most Of tho
knowledge had.
At about this time blisters began to
appear on my legs and my knees
swelled. In addition I was pretty well
convinced that had lost the sight OF
my left eye. I hadn't seen thing out
Of it since my leap from the train.
When I imagine the villainous ap-
pearance must have presented at this
time-my unhealed wounds, eighteen
days growth of beard and general
haggard and unkept visage-I think
the fear felt about meeting strangers
was perhaps unwarranted. The
chances are they would have been in
finitely more scared Ahan I!
As 1t was, was nearly out Of Lux
embourg before I came face to face
with anyone. It was about o'clock In
the morning and was travelling along
regular path. Just as was ap-
preaching cross-path, heard foot
steps coming down 1t. stopped short,
stopped over and pretended to be adj
justing my shoelace, figuring that II
the stranger turned into my path he
would probably pass right by me. As
luck would have 1t, he continued on
his way and never noticed me at all.
After that I frequently noticed
groups Of Luxembourg peasants In
the distance but usually saw them
first and managed to avoid them.
On the eighteenth day after my leap
from the train crossed into Belgium.
1t had taken me just nine days to get
through luxembourg distance
which a man could ordinarily cover
In two, but considering the handicaps
under which labored was very well
satisfied with my progress.
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That night made perhaps the same
distance, but became very hungry and
thirsty before the night was over.
For the next six days still figured
that was in Germany, and was liv-
ing on nothing but cabbage, sugar
beets and an occasional carrot, always
In the raw state just as got them
| out of the fields. The water drank
was often very rank. One night lay
In cabbage patch for an hour tapping
the dew from the leaves with my
tongue!
During this period realized that ]
must avoid meeting anyone at all haz-
ards. was In the enemy'S country and
my uniform would have been a dead
give-away. Anyone who captured me
or who gave information from which
my capture resulted might have been
sure of a handsome reward. knew
that it was necessary for me to make
progress as fast as possible, but the
main consideration was to keep out of
sight, even if it took me year to get
to Holland, which was my objective.
From my map / estimated that was
about thirty-five miles from Strassburg
when made my leap from the train,
and If could travel In straight line
I had perhaps one hundred and fifty
miles to travel. As it was, however.
/ was compelled to make many detours,
and I figured that two hundred and
fifty miles was nearer the extent OF the
journey ahead Of me.
In several parts of this country I had
to travel through forests of young pine
trees about twelve feet high. They
were very close together and looked
almost as IL they had been set out.
They proved to be serious obstacle
to me because, could not see the stars
through them and / was relying upon
the heaven to guide me to freedom. ]
am not much Of an astronomer, but ]
know the Pole Star when see 1t. But
for it I wouldn't be here today!
believed it rained every night and
day while I was making my way
through Germany and Luxembourg.
My invariable program at this stage
Of my journey was to travel steadily
all night until about six iI the morn
ing, when I would comme=ace looking
around for a place wherein to hide
during the day. Low bushes or woods
back from the road, as far as possible
from the travelled pathway, usually
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LIEUTENANT O'BRIEN NEARLY STARVEs AS HE CRAWLS
THROUGH GERMANY AND LUXEMBOURG.

synopsis-Pat resident Momence seeing
the Mexican
joins Canada
In
hot fights
falls
find himself a
hospital wi a in his q
prison Courra.
train bound Germany
He decides desperate liberty through
open while travelling thirty
an hour.
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CHAPTER TX.
! Enter Belgium.

have said 1t was about the
eighteenth day after my escape that
I entered Belgium, but that is more
or less guess work. was possibly
well into that country before I real
lied that I had crossed the line.
About the third day after figured
! was in Belgium I started to swim
a canal just before daylight. was
then heading due north In the direc-
ton of the German lines. I was Just
about the wade into the canal when
I heard a German yelling violently.
and for the first time I knew I was
being followed.