ous race; they would stand and look at the
uncouth figure in the water for a moment and then run. One old man
who was gathering driftwood was so surprised and frightened that he
sprang from his boat and ran up the bank without waiting to secure it.
At nightfall Paul was still driving along. He heard a peasant whistling
and singing on the bank, he hailed him and inquired in German, how far
Strassburg was below. "Eine stunde," (one hour,) was the reply.

He afterwards found out that it was the custom in that part of the
country to give distance by time. In half an hour afterwards the lights
of the bridge at Kohl showed up. There were two bridges there, one for
the railroad and one a low pontoon bridge. While watching the high
railroad bridge, as he was rapidly approaching on the current, he struck
on one of the pontoons and was whirled under. On coming to the
surface, he hauled for the shore and landed. It was then eight o'clock
and no one was visible. Knocking on a door a woman opened it. She saw
the dark figure all glistening with water and sent forth a series of
yells that caused the entire neighborhood to turn out. A German
policeman approached, took Paul in charge and conducted him to a hotel
near by. He said:

"I recognized you, Captain, and your friends are all in Strassburg and
do not expect you till to-morrow. The city is about three miles from the
river. I will send immediately for a carriage."

When it arrived, he found that it contained three of his friends, who
had been apprized of his landing. They drove to a hotel in Strassburg.
The next day was spent in hunting for and purchasing a flat bottom boat
for the reporters. The Berlin press was represented by Count Von
Sierasowsie, an invalid officer with both legs cut off. He had to be
carried around in a perambulator. He had a private soldier, which
the German government allowed him, as a servant. The balance of the
reporters were from France and England. A boat about forty feet long and
eight feet wide was purchased and two men, who professed to know
something about the channel of the Rhine, engaged to navigate it. It
was nothing more than an open craft; no roof, so the correspondents put
in straw and chairs to make themselves comfortable. A place was reserved
in the bow for the Count's perambulator. The following day all the
baggage was placed aboard. Paul had three trunks which had been
forwarded from Berlin. Dr. Will