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If I were caught in such an undertaking, it might mean death for me and punishment for the friends who had helped me. IF I WERE CAUGHT IN SUCH AN UNDERTAKING IT MIGHT MEAN DEATH FOR ME AND PUNISHMENT FOR THE FRIENDS WHO HAD HELPED ME
 United States cruiser Tennessee was to call at Jaffa, and I determined to get aboard her by hook or by crook. One evening, as soon as darkness had fallen, I bade a sorrowful farewell to my people, and set off for Jaffa, traveling only by night and taking out-of-the-way paths to avoid the pickets, for now that the locust campaign was over, my _boyouroulton_ was useless. At dawn, two days later, I slipped into Jaffa by way of the sand-dunes and went to the house of a friend whom I could trust to help me in every possible way, and begged him to find me a passport for a neutral. He set off in search and I waited all day at his house, consumed with impatience and anxiety. At last, toward evening, my friend returned, but the news he brought was not cheering. He had found a passport, indeed, but his report of the rigors of the inspection at the wharf was such as to make it clear that the chances of my getting through on a false passport were exceedingly slim, since I was well known in Jaffa. AD HEARD HOWEVER THAT THE UNITED STATES CRUISER TENNESSEE WAS TO CALL AT JOFFA AND I DETERMINED TO GET ABOARD HER BY HOOK OR BY CROOK ONE EVENING AS SOON AS DARKNESS HAD FALLEN I BADE A SORROWFUL FAREWELL TO MY PEOPLE AND SET OFF FOR JAVA TRAVELLING ONLY BY NIGHT AND TAKING OUT OF THE WAY PATHS TO AVOID THE PICKETS FOR NOW THAT THE LOCUST CAMPAIGN WAS OVER MY BOYOU ROTON WAS USELESS AT DAWN TWO DAYS LATER I SLIPPED INTO JAFFA BY WAY OF THE SAND DUNES AND WENT TO THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND WHOM I COULD TRUST TO HELP ME IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY AND BEGGED HIM TO FIND ME A PASSPORT FOR A NEUTRAL HE SET OFF IN SEARCH AND I WAITED ALL DAY AT HIS HOUSE CONSUMED WITH IMPATIENCE AND ANXIETY AT LAST TOWARD EVENING MY FRIEND RETURNED BUT THE NEWS HE BROUGHT WAS NOT CHEERING HE HAD FOUND A PASSPORT INDEED BUT HIS REPORT OF THE RIGOURS OF THE INSPECTION AT THE WHARF WAS SUCH AS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CHANCES OF MY GETTING THROUGH ON A FALSE PASSPORT WERE EXCEEDINGLY SLIM SINCE I WAS WELL KNOWN IN JOFFA
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