Camping among the "Tombs 



I came to some grain or rice field that had 

 not yet been harvested, trusting that I could 

 live indefinitely on toasted or raw corn, or 

 rice. 



By this time I was becoming faint, and in 

 making the journey to the town was alarmed to 

 find myself growing staggery and giddy. The 

 ground ahead seemed to be rising up in front 

 of me, and the little streams in the ditches on 

 the sides of the road seemed to be flowing up 

 hill. Then I realized that I was becoming dan- 

 gerously hungry and became more than ever 

 anxious to receive that money package. 



To my delight this fifth or sixth morning, 

 when I inquired if the money package had 

 come, the clerk replied that it had, but that he 

 could not deliver it without my being identi- 

 fied. I said, "Well, here! read my brother's 

 letter," handing it to him. "It states the 

 amount in the package, where it came from, 

 the day it was put into the oflSce at Portage 

 City, and I should think that would be enough." 

 He said, "No, that is not enough. How do I 

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