Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-22

that L guailed at the sight of him.
Didn't l tell you TO get off at last
stoppage? Yes, and so did get of, but,
as you did not come along, l got on
again, thinking yon had repented of
your harshness and would not set
fellow down in such a wil6>rness.' IN
see that you get off at the next stopping
place In about three-quarters of an
hour the engine whistles. The train
stops. prepare to descend; he comes
along. 'Ay, come along. Out You
go, YOU old bum answered
naught. The place was dreary in the
extreme. y huge round water tank,
at which the engine was imbibing the
necessary fluid-and nothing more.
The pump shanty, about half mile
away was the only other object to be
seen. ] lay down by the tank ard
watch the train till it disappeared.
Shortly | gathered myself together
and began to tramp along after the
train. In about seven hours | reached
a station. There boarded fruit car
and reached Green River undiscovered.
| managed to get few dimes there,
and boarded the next freight train.
=
and so reached Ogden.
"My clothes had become ragged anu
wayworn, and feared l would soon
be spotted. As | forebOded, on the
second evening l was tapped on the
shoulder. Have you any home here?
NO, am passing through Have
you any bed for to-nignt?' Not yet
Come with me and l shall find you
one l knew where. Next morning
$40 or ten days. When inside | learn
ed that the authorities (Alormon) sane
ton and cOndone such fragrant acts of
tyranny for the sake of getting free
labor for road grading, so that they
may be able TO pocket more of the pub
lie money themselves. | believe this
accusation to be true. They say one
can't come to Ogden with shabby
clothes but he must 90 behind the bars.
"The evening got released l went
| to the manager of the Central Pacific
Railroad and, though late, luckily
| found him in his office. l asked pass
on account of the great number of car
| loads of barley | had in former days
/ sent over his line. He recolected my
name and admitted my claim, but told
ME that now it was wholly impossible
| owing to the rigorous nature of the
| Interstate law passed some years ago.
| The fine for any fracture of that law
was very heavy and strictly imposed.'
Hall managed to reach Salt Lake
City partly on foot and partly by rail.
| There he was "'jugged," as he express
/ ed it once more, but he seems to have
| enjoyed the experience. al positively
/ refused to 60 out TO work, and some
how my bearing carried the day with
/ out the dark cell being called into re-
QUESTION. Beyond some tritling work
/ indoors | had nothing to do but to eat,
/ read, smoke, and sleep, all these com
| forts being allowed, and splendid food
we got three times day. The whole
of the boys were taken by the jailor
out of the corridors and cells into a
! dining room, and with a fork and
spoon the work was done genteelly.
| No limit to what you might eat. On
! Sundays the table was handsomely
| furnished. | was deal better for the
food and the rest-good, clean beds
( to lie on, too. What more could
man wish in this vale of tears?
''This long yarn draws now to its
close. After | got Out-not bit
ashamed of having been in-I went out
and saw a Scotch Gentle gentleman.
He saw through my rags and pitied
me. He gave me an order for COM
! plete outfit. He did not even limit me
to any sum, and he did all in such a
way as if to prevent me feeling my
downcast state or thinking that he was
doing anything. Such a wonderful
acquisition of manners! After he saw
me transmogrifled from a 'vag' to a
/ gentleman, as it were, he bolted across
the street without saying a word, and
soon brought back a ticket-first-class
Salt Lake City to San Francisco.
I As Caliban said to Tainento, after sew
eral swigs at the bottle, Thou art q
godr so could | almost have used the
words to my friend. An hour before
/ | was naked-he clothed me. The
I Nevada desert was before impossible,
for to get on car at Ogden in my
former state was thing impossible.
The desert was overbridged; reached
San Francisco all safe"