Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-04

looking around I saw the jovial face of 6 printer whose acquaintance I had made l shortly before. I unfolded to him my tale epf woe. To my astonishment he merely
 laughed and said: 'That's nothing; I'm in
 the same fix myself" and straightway he
 unfolded to me scheme to beat our way to San Francisco. We were to start that night on our journey of nearly ], ,500 miles
 with twenty-two cents as our capital. Nothing of note occurred until we
 reached Cheyenne, Wyo., and there we spent the twenty-two cents for bread and
 meat. We then went to the railroad yard
 and found that freight train was just
 ready to pull out. We made haste to hide
 in an empty box cal, and were soon chatter
 ing over the rails and were congratulating ourselves on our success when, with a clash and a bump, the train came to @ standstin to take water (this We found out lster). To our chagrin. the door was pushed open, and To and behold, we were discovered. "Wher' yer goin'r asked the brakeman. "To Frisco" We answered.
 "Got any stuffn
 "Not a cent"
 "Well, hit de earth, seeF"
 But after begging him to let us ride he relented and shut the door,
 Our journey to Ogden, U. T. twas almost a repetition of that described above In Ogden my pard procured work, and bid ding him goodbye, proceeded on my journey alone. jumped on baggage car at 2;3O a. m-, with the thermometer at the
 freezing point. thought several times
 would have to let go and drop of, but I
 managed to hold on until I reached Kelton, UT. ,ninety-four miles from Odgen. It was st 1ap1iuht un1 determined to ask for something to eat. I approached rather pretentious-looking house and stated my case. The woman looked up and down for a few minutes. and, spying shaggy coated dog, softly whistled It was enough, however, and was soon a good distance from that house. That same night got aboard freight train and rode 10 Csrlin, being for twenty four hours without food or water. At Car lin chopped some wood and hauled some
 water, and thereby earned my dinner. Then, feeling somewhat refreshed, deter mined to go on, so, climbing to the top of | car, softly raised small door and peered inside. The car contained two i'm
 mense oil tanks, and after a great deal of squirming managed to get inside on top of one of the tanks and then dropped down to the floor of the car, when to my horror my feet struck something soft, from which low moan issued and a voice asked: ''What yer tryin' to dos Walk all over a fellerF'
 Somewhat startled, struck match, and, to my astonishment. saw eight postrate forms lying huddled together for warmth. Some had been in the car for nearly three days. Two others had come from Chey- enne, Wyo., and did not know how long | they were there, but supposed about tOrtY-elglt hours. this caT
 reached Winnemuccs. The cold was so intense that 1 determined to get out | at all hazards. I could not get out the same way got in, so, despite the protesta- tions of the other inmates, vigorously kicked at the side door, which was finally opened, and the motley human cargo was unloaded.
 From Winnemucca I rode to Rye Patch | on the roof of passenger train. There I
 was put off, and helped dig some postholes for my breakfast. From Rye Patch | walked to Lovelock, from Lovelock rode between two cars to Wsdsworth, and from Wadsworth I rode to Clark's, twenty miles from this city. There I was again put of | at two o'clock in the morning I discov- | cred a deserted straw hut with & stove in it, and proceeded to make myself comfor- table for the night. At daylight I started to walk to this city. and reached here sick and tired of "hobo" life, and fully deter mined that when I reached San Francisco | l would tramp no more.