Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-23
CHAPTER X.-continued.

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The knack Of making fire with two
rseps of dry wood 1 had often read
Il .,ut but 1 had never put it to a test
,3 for various reasons l concluded
fiat il would be unsafe for me to
Mini 4 fire even if l had matches. In
aa first place, there was no absolute
ned for it. l didn't have anything
beOk nor utensils to cook it in even
i [ Ihad. While the air was getting
70 be rather cool at night, I was usu-
els On the go at that time and didn't
nlCa it. In the daytime, when l
rs resting or sleeping, the sun was
Usually out.
To have borrowed matches from a
De%al peasant would have been feas-
s de, but when I was willing to take
be chance Of approaching anyone, it
vas Just as easy to ask for food as
. matches.
It the second place, it would have
sal extremely dangerous to have
5 built a fire even if l had needed it.
3 You can't build a fire in Belgium,
which is the most thickly populated
amtEy in Europe, without everyone
moving it, and I was far from anx-
4S to advertising my whereabouts.
The villages in that part of Bel
! gum through which was making my
curse were so close together that
nge was hardly ever an hour passed
Without my hearing some clock strike.
Every village has its clock. Many
IleS could hear the clocks striking
1.-Two villages at the same time.
But the hour had very little interest
% ne. Ny program was to travel as
la as / could from sunset to sunrise
nl pay no attention to the hours in
H8een, and in the daytime I had
-y two things to worry about: keep
~-'gaIed and get as much sleep as
NsbIe
lie cabbage that I got in Belgium
a-2s.ed of the small heads that the
~saA,S had not cut. All the strength
y. eolcenuated in these little heads
- u1y would be as bitter as gall. I
,oll have to be pretty hungry to-
y before I could ever eat cabbage
s-l and the same observation ap-
.-S 10 carrots, turnips and sugar
Especially sugar beets.
-. = Is rather a remarkable thing that
"a! even a smell of turnips, raw or
.-sl' makes me sick, and yet a few
~ ~ months ago my life depended
~ ,3'-. alter night as I searched for
NV M l was always in hopes that I
-, =. come upon some tomatoes or
M vegetables which I really
~ ~ oet with the exception of once.
q g.. l'~Ad some celery, I was never
N, ~''lnaJe. ate so much of tbe
~. Tue night I came upon it that
SlA Tor two days thereafter.
IN carried several punches away
s-E. Is and used to chew CT it as I
8. =, ours. course kept my eyes open all
sre -,- ... LOT IFuit trees, but apparently
q 1 n .'y late in the year for fruit. as
\, r. ever was able to find we're
la r. Which / got out of a tree.
eIraoss one Of my red-Ietter days,
h g vas never able to repeat it.
egs s brooks and ponds that I
ess M y'1en noticed fish of different
ss,9.,. 14at was either in the earlv
L. d. JUST before I turned in for
& NO. ~. OF On moonlight nights when
8 n ' ~, seemed as clear in s g1[Is
aa.f, u~y line It occurred to mo
aso N, 1 .5, be & simple matter to rio
eI an and line and catch some f, siS
a 1.d % means Of cook sIlps th hsn,
cit @S useless to fish for the sake
ID d NJ night .s in Belgium my course
ac,rr g c1Eoash a desolate stretch of
c-rl.. '--~L seemed In bn ob.,,,,..,--
asrs s, ,-g I must have aOe covered
| hszss@ miles during the night. W vIt6oTt
I'd "a a single farm or rD cuI Ttvatu5
ac- ~ stock OF turnips 'V wbich 7
i5 Se,a the night before was asi'e gone q
. am svaasd' Of course. to get fa ene eUpe
y '' ne through the h Sc fol goUigp
I'D 1T and there was abS DpIgn lily
Do %i, Prevent my st as hps9 an eli.
Nd out ny path seemed gOsl1" a ana no
and Pastures. FaT to 20 ~. he