Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-21

ground,
'sThe balloon caught between the
trees. We had taken the pigeons into
the basket to protect them from the
landing. Usually they ride In cage
tied outside OF the basket. The wealth
er was clear and nearly, freezing.
"Ail three ofsus stepped ont of the
basket In our flying clothes. took
the grip. We were soaking wet. Kloor
took the pigeon cage We started off
at a terrific pace, to get where the
dog barked. We did not stop to in
spect the balloon. From the bearings
took In the balloon we figured the
dog TO be south by east from us. M ~
Start on Long Trek.
1--WE started through the forest on
that line. ! carried my grip for one
day. We went on until dark and
made fire. I smoked two cigarettes
while we rested; SO did Kloor. Hin
ton did not smoke.
1--WE did not eat that day; we car
ried the pigeons until the next day.
There was some snow on the ground,
so we got a lot of pine brush TO lie
on and / picked lot of rotten wood
with my penknlfe. We had no fire.
arms-only the epand the box OF
matches essAe Fpar itlie s.
Hinton went on little to find a
stream While he was gone he laid
off his flying suit to make better head
way and he could not find it on his
way back. M
THAT, night I slept next to Hinton,
He was next to the fire. ! was on the
outside. Kloor lay of, TO one side and
slept. We got on fine together in the
forest. Hinton and | didn't sleep.
We got up at daylight, ,a84
They Eat First Pigeon.
1--WE ate pigeon that morning. De-
cember 15. We cleaned pigeon and
cooked 1t, We divided its.sa three
parts. a couple Of moathfuls apiece.
We drank water out of moose tracks
and holes in the ground That Is
what probably made me sick the next.
day. We started on, carrying my
grip, s,..,.,s 4 ,'.'ss
I'VE came to creek that day (the
India>s call, this stream the Nesco-
haga). Hinton was leading and kept
moving too far to the west.'.a4 - ~,
II Teprop0sed to him to go southeast.
In 80 minutes we got to the creek,
which was not frozen over. so we had
to follow the bank. We camped again
in good shape. |, for one, was not
very hungry. but we were cold when
we stopped walkingaa 10 yso d. ..4
I'VE had made a fire and rested at
noon. but we did not,.eat in order to
conserve food. We argued Aabout
where we were. Il figured IL r-s7ts
where in the woods in Canada, but
wasn't sure. s-'NS3 $3.50 e ,yfs'1-.
How They Mere CARRIED
"At that time Twas still lin my
flying suit, Hinton in uniform and
Kloor in uniform and flying suit. We
all wore flying boots. MY grip Kept
getting foul of trees. so threw 1t
away at ten O'Clock. but took care TO
put 1t In tree.s Before that l got
my good English shoes out of the grip,
and put them on and threw away my.
flying boots. which were pretty near
gone.
81 did not make more than four
miles the first day nor more than sew
en- or eight the second day. Our night
camp was on the creek. We did not
eat. During the day we all nibbled
bit of a kind of moss we found grow
ing around. '9'''t'' Z. 'i-t'9s' ~ s't'1
! 1--WE we're not cheerful. We began
to dread that this dog barking prop
osition was kind Of phoney. There
were so many noises. i figure now, II
was a wolf barking. We saw lot of
wolf tracks. .aJ ~ .ilyr r4as4-
Youngest Flyer Prays. ~
''Kloor told US he had been praying
NOT out loud. but just to himself.
I'm not much on religion; / didn't |
pray. No more thanpI made pr0po-
sition they shoulG dine off me. AZ z
..Hinton and discussed our course
while KIoor was praying. We had to
admit we were In q pretty serious jam
and felt pretty blue, But when we
quit we had a hunch that the. third
day was going to be lucky. q eoa 4
I'VE ate the,seoond pigeon and killed
the other one the morning Of the third |
day December 10. Kloor put the
dead pigeon In his pocket. We did this
to do away With the cage.
I During the night Hinton and Kloor |
got their feet in the, 6re. Now their
flying shoes were burned and they had |
to throw them away and walk In uni-
form boots. Ny shoes were In the
4 sptsiksss Growing weak. 4ss
I'VE were all growing weak and fell /
Z lot In holes and over trees- Hinton
wss vesy weak felt IKE vomiting. |
Hlntpn was n>ussatsd his aeomaeh |