St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06
BOUND TO RUN AWAY
An Inherent Disposition in
Children to Leave
Home.
Some Youthful Adventures
Which Followed as a
Result.
The Queer Episode Of Two
Little Girls in Mime
apolis.
A Well-Known Newspaper
A Well-Known Newspaper
Mans Break From
Home.

ARISE III his court, and for mOraiZlng
between meals. We're he the father of
an energetic and enterprising "kid,"
boy or girl, there is little doubt that he
would have discovered. with all his
boosted wisdom, that the kid could give
him a few dead, straight tips" He
certainly never would be able to
logically explain some of the things
which that kid would do.
Take. for example, the penchant of
all children, at one time or another, to
run away. This desire to cut the strings
which bind the child to the home is,
of course. more strongly developed in
the boy than in the girl, due. no doubt,
to the harder nature of the boy: but 1t
is to certain extent Inherent in both.
An instance was furnished i'll Mime
apOlis recently by the ease of two little
girls. They had approached man on
the suspension bridge and begged
enough money to pay for nights lodg-
ing. He secured room for them, but
afterward reported them to the police.
and they were returned to their parents,
who were nearly wild with grief over
the departure of the little ones. Those
girls mad been gone from home
for two or three days. They were
both well and neatly clad, evidently
the daughters of well-to-do parents.
They had no earthly reason for running
away. but they did it. What for? They
did not know. They were impelled by
some sort of feeling which drove them
to get out into the world. This instance
is but one of thousands, and the same,
rule which applies III this case is equally
applicable to all.
What man never left home when he
was a boy determined to conquer for
tune or die? The exception only proves
the rule. And does lie remember how,
when the first night came. he wished
himself back in his own little bed under
the parental roof? He was very brave
when he started out. but one night out
of doors was enough two. at least,
were), and then, like whipped spaniel,
he sneaked back to his mamma, and
| afterward around among the smaller
| boys and told them his thrilling adven-
lures and hair-breadtb escapes while on
his trip around the earth. There may
be some who have not done this, but 1t
is safe to say that there is not one out
of every 10000 boys who have not
thought of it.
The favOrite vOcatiOnS of all these
wOuld-be fortune carverS are those of
the sailor aud the hunter or cowboy.
Nothing so fires youthful ambition as to
read OF Jack Baggypants furling the
sails on the mainIopmaSt, or of Coyote
Charley, the lasso lasher," stopping a
cattle stampede OH the verge of an aw-
full chasm. How easily the boy sees
himself after few years spent in either
of these exhilarating pursuits, standing
on the hurricane deck aud shouting
"Ship, ahoyv' or "B'lay, there, lads,
b'lay," or, master of a magnificent
ranch stocked with cattle and horses in
Vulnerable, giving orders to his men
and then returning to the arms of his
lovely wife whom he has rescued
from Mexican bandits or Indians,
it matters not which, only to fall
in love with and marry her.
While these, to the imaginative boy, are
the chief incentives to the runaway,
there are those who resolve 10 break
from the parental horseback only to
enter upon far more prosaic callings.
What would you say of a boy who would
leave home to become cook? Yet there
is a young man in Minneapolis who
once did that very thing. He always
was, however. somewhat disreputable,
and is to this day, as evinced by his fire.
quent attempts to write poetry for
| morning newspaper. Anyhow, when he
was about thirteen years old he, to-
gether with another boy a little older,
conceived the idea that he would like to
explore the dark, dangerous world. His
story of how it was done, while it may
not be entirely trustworthy, considering
that he came from Vermont, is here told
in substantially his own words:
I'VE started out before the day was
very bright and walked about forty
miles, shortly after noon reaching a
lumber camp" "a good-Sized walk for
thirteen-year-old boy, but he is telling
the story.) 1.-The cook of the camp had
just quit, or been killed. do not re-
member which. And. as we said that
we could cook, we were Immediately
engaged. Now I couldn't cook little
bit. but my partner said that he could,
and, with that guilelessness for which |
was always noted, L believed him.
About o'clock we started to get sup
per. The main feature of the evening
meal was to be Johnny cake, vulgarly
| called corn bread, and my partner es-
sayed the task of making 1t, while l was
chiefly engaged in carrying wood and
attending the fire. The johnny cake
was made, but can vouch for the state
ment that it was never eaten.
"Well, 6 O'Clock came and supper was
ready. My partner was a little Suspi-
ciOuS. | was too innocent to be wary,
The first intimation | had that anything
was wrong was being struck OH the side
of the head by hunk of that Johnny
cake. | thought it was a rock. Look
ing up, L saw NV partner about 100
yards from the camp. Did follow?
Oh. 10! flew. So did the JOhnnycake
after us. The Iumbermen came after
the cake. We didn't run, but we got
over about ten miles in fifteen minutes,
and the lumbermen were pressing on
our rear ali the time with large. vol
uptuOus hunks of that Johnnycake." %
Crhis is another large story, but it has
20 gO.) well. after that ten-mile run
| the pursuers dropped off one by
| one, and after about another five
miles had been gone over we stopped
and examined our condition. Neither
| of us had hat. l was without a coat,
and we were in the midst of the woods.
We concluded to stay there that night
so we built fire to brighten away bears,
although there wasn't one within 400
| miles of us. The next morning we
sneaked back home and Swelled around
among the other boys for months after
ward, making them all green with envy
by the relation of our exploits. If YOU
don't believe it come up to my room and
I'll show you piece of that Identical
Johnnycake." >!
There are many men who could re-
ldGc TX pCi ICiiCcS SUHlcW Hat III Tie same
| nature, albeit not quite so sensational.
The writer has in mind a young man
who took trip across the ocean at the
age of twelve. His parents were born
in Ireland. and he decided, from the
stories he had heard of it's fairies, its
banshees and its haunted thorn bushes,
that Ireland must be an interesting
place. He tapped the till in his fathers
store. reached New York, and before
his family had fully realized that he was
gone, he was afioat on the bounding
| main. In about year he returned,
piloted by all uncle. He is now a prom
| inent business man in an Eastern city;
| Ireland. Two other young men of the
| East started for the limitless plains
| hnunnd the MiSsiSsinai Thnu narfI.,