The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-21

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on the shack and the place where the
dog barked. We decided to land. We
were In low clouds about 1000 feet
high The wind was north by west.
the sun had been heating up our bag
and we began TO 60 up We reached
$500 feet. 1t takes a long time TO go
from that height.
Make q Bad Landing.
The clouds were below US and
above us. We got down about two
O'Clock. 1t was bad landing and we
were pretty badly shaken up. We
were not hurt or thrown out. but the
basket was smashed against the
ground.
THE balloon caught between the
trees. We had taken the pigeons into
landing. Usually they ride In cage
tied outside OF the basket The wealth
er was clear and nearly freezing.
"All three of us stepped out of the
basket In our flying clothes i took
the grip. We were soaking wet Kloor
took the pigeon cage. We started of
at a terrific pace 10 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.
Start on Long Trek.
'We started through the forest on
that line. l carried my grip for one
day. We went ON until dark and
made fire. 1 smoked two cigarettes
while we rested; so did kloor. Hin
ton did not smoke.
I'VE did not eat that day; we car
rled the pigeons until the next day.
There was some snow on the ground
so we got lot of pine brush to lie
on and L picked a lot of rotten wood
with my penknife. We had no fire.
arms-only the knife and the box of
matches.
Hinton went on a 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.
THAT night l slept next TO Hinton.
He was next to the fire | was on the
outside. Kloor lay off to one side and
slept. We got on fine together in the
forest. Hinton and didn't sleep.
We got up at daylight.
They Eat First Pigeon.
1--WE ate a pigeon that morning. De
cember 10. We cleaned a pigeon and
cooked it. We divided it in three
parts. a couple of mouthfuls 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 of, / carrying my
grip.
I'VE came to a creek that day (the
Indians call this stream the Nesco-
haga). Hinton was leading and kept |
moving too far to the west.
II proposed 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. l, for one. was not |
very hungry, but we were cold when
we stopped walking.
1--WE had made fire and rested at |
noon, but we did not eat in order TO |
conserve food. We argued about |
where we were. / figured it some |
where in the woods in Canada, but |
wasn't sure.
How They Were CARRIED.
AT that time l was still in my /
flying suit, Hinton In uniform and
KIoor in uniform and flying suit. We
all wore flying boots. My grip kept
getting foul of trees, so / threw il
away at ten O'Clock. but took care to
put it I'm a tree. Before that l got
my good English shoes out of the grip
and put them on and threw away my
dying boots. which were pretty near
gone.
81 did not make more than four
niles the first day nor more than sew
IN or eight the second day. Our night
lamp was on the creek. We did not
eat During the day we all nibbled
A bit of kind of moss we found grow
ng around.
1--WE were not cheerful. We began
% dread that this dog barking prop
,sitiOn was a kind of phoney. There
we're so many noises. 1 figure now 1t
vas a wolf barking. We saw lot Of
wolf tracks.
Youngest Flyer Prays.
"Kloor told us he had been praying
not out loud, but just TO himself.
1
IN not much on religion; l didn't
,ray. No more than l made propo-
itien they should dine off me.
Hinton and / discussed our course
While KIoor was praying. We had TO
ldmit we were in pretty serious jam
md felt pretty blue. But when we
Iuit we had a bunch that the third
lay was going to be lucky.
1--WE ate the second pigeon and killed
he other one the morning of the third
lay-December 10. Kloor put the
lead pigeon in his pocket. We did this
o do away with the cage.
During the night Hinton and Kloor
ot their feet in the fire. Now their
wing shoes were burned and they had
o throw them away and walk in uni
orm boots My shoes were in the
est shape
Hkers Growing Weak.
@We were all growing weak and fell
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