Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-28
SHE BEAT HER WAY
Travels of a Fifteen.Year-Old
Scotch Girl.
FROM HOME TO NEW YORK GRATIS.

A Lesson In Getting Around without
Money for the Most Accomplished
Tramp to Profit blythe Young Trsv-
eler Goes Where She Pieases and No
One Says Her Nay-Across the Atlantic
First-CIass-
NEW YORK, Sept 2S-Maggie Stewart is
girl Il vet 10 years old, about whom there
is wonderful story to tell. She has trav-
eled from Scotland to this city without pay
ing a cent for fare. and the account of her
wanderings, 30 far as anybody can find out
is story OF absolute facts. Maggie is a
Scotch lass. Her eyes are bright aud blue
and she always has a smile upon her lips.
She is just about the right height for Is
year-old girl Msggie's father and mother
lived at Ellenburgh, a little town near Glas-
Cow, Scotland The Scotch girl didn't like
work, and one day last July ran away. She
walked out of Ellenhurgh, and picked up
wagon-rides to Glasgow.
Beats Her Way on the Train
She went TO a railroad station and walked
out to where train Of cars was standing
and made her way into a first class compart-
ment As lady was coming right behind
After she had travelled as long as she cared
to she got out and found herself in the to wn
of Greenock This PLACE didn't suit her any
more than Elensburgh or Glasgow. She
went down to the wharves and by aud by
found herself in Belfast, Ireland From
there she crossed to Fleetwood, place Of
some 5000 inhabitants on Morecambe bay,
England; from there 10 Manchester, and
from there back to Fleetwood Then she
got a sail To the Isle Of Man, stayed there
Just few hours and then left for Liver
pool, which she reached in due tune.
Takes an Ocean Trip Gratis.
While wandering about the city the girl
found herself down at a wharf from which
emigrants were being taken on board an
ocean liner. Twenty or thirty men and
women were passing down the gangway TO
the boat, and Maggie joined them and went
aboard, nobody asking her any questions
| After little while the tug left the dock and
| steamed of to the City of New York, and the
runaway was flied up tie side of the vessel
with all the care bestowed upon people who
had bought their passage over. Maggie
| kept close n n lady with kind face, and
made friends with her and accepted an in.
| vitation from the lady 10 take a bunk in her
| state room that she had spare
Her Arrival in New York.
| The giri made herself perfectly at home,
s:e at the table with the rest OF the folks.
and every body, even the pursar and the
steward ami all their assistants, thought she
was the chill of somebody on board, and sc
everything went along all right When the
steamer landed here no one paid any partic-
| ular attention 10 the little girl, and she
came down the gang plank without being
| bothered with any questions about her ticket
and without any custom house inspected
asking To look at her baggage. The wan
| derer walked about the streets fearless and
| light hearted One day she called at an in
telhgence Office in Twenty third street and
| asked for work, hut finally found herself il
the hands of Mr.. q rry's society, where sh,
now, is, having told her story TO one of tn,
| officers.