Wichita eagle., 1886-10-26
TRAup REPORTERS.
VAGABONDS OF THE PRESS WHO ARE
RUNNING At LARGE.
Turning Their Backs On Steady Work
They Wander Away to Enjoy tho Less
Eemunorativo Eweets OF Liberty-scv-
cral Examples.

They Wander Away to Enjoy tho Less
| Hemurcrative Eweets OF Liberty-sev-
cral Examples.
! Tho vegabond streak Is very strong in tho
/ telegrapher and the connpoSitc-. Liise I'll
| skilled workman they are sure OF q living
anywhere they happen to land, il they only
care to work Both profit by the sub system,
which gives them chance where regular en-
p,oymant m. Ut be wanting IS . rule it IS
the best man whose facility renders then,
reckless nnd whose habits arc loose an1 in
proviie-2t, 10 sucaumb to the temptation o.
ts..Ting tlic;.. backs or hard work, and WAN
der OF TO yvo.,c 4 deal harder to less profit,
bat with ;l,e ar;,cets OF Ebac.y for conlpensa-
| ton. Isl,9ose ere IS no reason that n re-
porter should rot experiences tho Same yeaT-n-
inc. But lis ch2nccsoi earning {. subsistence
by the way a;,o 30 much iass that his appear
alce il lao role OF 4 gypsy is I:ioro to 10
! wondered at.
tA4ABoEos OF TIE PT.sss.
~ aT .-tc, there Is quito considerable
ru-ab1.- OF tleso y.gabo.il5 OF ;ao press Row
ct la-re. II.2et cac Of thcEa, a well known man
on ILo Philade!phia Press couple OF yoal5
ugo, in Cley ,ind. l vas breckfisttng; be-
twTeen aims = tho depot early il tho morn
ing. l.. CANE il, dirty and shabby, hct he
paid fo!. Lii breakfast and ate a lcStty one,
you may &c ,ound. he was on his way from
Chicago to Du.2alo, returning from e tramp
thai had laci him as far west "a Louisville.
He had coEla il OIL Il freight train, cua some
Groycrs lc had made friends with were Co.-:s-.
to help cast il their caboose. This ,n2n,
when last heard Of him was eGitin.s o paper
IN western Pennsylvania, end was reported
. be settled ana doing well.
There used 10 BE tlcol, dry germs about
newspaper row, who worked for tie san
daY I,.per.; n,ld wrote funny stories that were
reagy funny 10 read He disappeared sud
denly and evcry oao thought him dead. A
long whi,e ;fta..wari, being in Bal i0lota, !
calno across 4 paper published OF tbs east-
crIl s,,ore that bore lis name as proprietor.
learnc,, thai he had started Oh = atloll
south, had walked into Dover on foot, met
IN OLD friend who possessed some III ans, and
got hin to set UP paper FOR him. 'i'hey
were doing woil at the ti,nc l write Of, but q
few inonth5 later the editor did 10. report for
duty one morning. lie sent note to his
friend saying that ho was going west. By
foot and raii hc penetrated as far as Kansas.
There lest track of him, acting as sub
editor on u paper in Atchiso1. He IS prob
ably well on his way around the world by
this.
CONFIRMED EoyER.
There recently returned to New Eorl, q
prcssrli:.n whom cTcry old timer on the Row
knows. IIc y7as regarded fifteen years ago Is
one OF tho most able reporters in tho city.
He has worked, aul worked among the best,
On all the great papers, and done so.le Of tho
brightest and cleverest reportorial worl, that
has got into print IN the metropolitan dailies.
But he is o. confirmed rover, and can never be
counted on from day to day. lie makes pc
riodical disappearances from New York, and
after months IS heard OF as beiny connected
with some out-of-toVn paper. H- always
gets good bcrths, for his ability commands r.
gpect and has a tsngible voluc. Formerly he
did not 50 further away than Philadelphia,
Baltimora, Albany or Hartford. Then be
began to drift 10 such distances as Boston and
Pitts5uTg Then lis operations extended TO
Chicago, ST. Louis and into minnesota and
Dakota. WHEN l shoo,, hands with him tie
other ,9av al tie I,ostoffice he was fresh from
Denver.
once asked tbs man Why he deliberately
sacrificed his opportunities as lie did, and
broke away from connections EecouIl ess;iy ;
have nna,;e permanently profitable = cen
help H. he replied; i set 50 internally ;irel
CT New Yo,ll that have 20 ge5 CIT.
'sThel wly don't yoa stay ont Hhc1 you
get q gcoi thing.
"Becauz5 ct 50 tired 0. beng a'saJ, skis;
he s.hat l,1vc to come back.
Hrs Toa have eri.cuiizci The creed x the
trag1rs c1 journalism. Alfred TlrE.tla, IL
Tho j ).,s.-s-iLst.