The diversion gave him courage to go ahead, and he struck out with renewed determination, running so well that he reached Baton Rouge at eight o'clock in the morning.

From that city it was a home run of one hundred and thirty four miles to New Orleans.

He started early next morning, though feeling very stiff and sore.

The weather grew intensely hot, he suffered terribly and was burned almost black in the face, the skin of which peeled off.

About eleven o'clock in the morning, on the glassy surface ahead, he noticed something bobbing up and down in a queer manner, and pulled away to investigate.