The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-29
ZOE GAYTON'S WALK
Her Triumphant Tramp Across
the Continent.
EXPERIENCES ON THE ROAD.
A Jump from Railroad TrestIe-sussrin,,
from Thirst in Notwithstanding With
a Blizzard in Nevada.

lspecialt to THE HERALD-ExarntnAr D,s,,.,,,1
NEW York, March 2s.-Zoa ca,,+or,
walked into the Grand Central statior %
pfeoisely nine minutes before yesterday
no0h- she had declared she would
reacn mere Friday, nine days ahead of he7.
SchsduIe time, and in she came. Miss Cav
ION arrived at High Bridge at 2 O'clock 70
iinu delegation Of New Workers. awaitino,
ner- Under their escort the remainder oF
tue "Trip was made rapidly, and immediatet,,
upon reaching the city the whole party nro-
ceeded to the office of the Police cI,z.,te
Where an informal reception was held nntii
O'CLOCK. Miss Gayton's party inoIrda5
WI Marshall, her manager; ]. r, Proc
representative Of the California 1eu who
,Idue 1ne wager, and last, but by no means
4eaSt' tne actress pet spaniel. wno baa
sro'ted by her mistress side during the
lohg months since October q. wben tbe,
tramp began. Her feet and limbs are sr,,oI
len to twice their normal size -,
threatened with nervous prostration. and
.0i 'ne past lew days she has been unable
W sleep or eat. 1t is feared that serious
atCaek Oh illness may follow; but the will.
power which has carried her so far NAV
nelp ner TO avoid that. AT the end of the
reception In the Gazette Office. the actress
anu her party proceeded to the Ashland
uiouse, Where she ate light supper and re-
o iroo ~ . ner room Immediately. She was
almost TOO exhausted to speak to CORES
pon9ents who called late in the evening
Is, SAID Miss Clayton in answer IN
youl correspondents question, az am Glad
u III, IS over, though really 1 don't know chat
an, nc si any god reason TO complain seeing that
e. 81 @L-'oOu 3etter on than was last August.
IL - were literary woman the next thing
"a DO would be to write a booIx oitriro- 10
uetalt my experiences. Some of them were
awful; even shudder now when thin1r ~
Inem: For Instance, you know that tres+Is3
near Latnrop, the station at which Judgs
helIy was killed Well Mr.. Price. MIR
narsnall and myself were right in tba cor
ter Oh 1t when We heard one of the Sontb-
ern racine trains laundering lust behind
us. gave shrek and jumped seventeen
Ieet 10 the ground. L thought the GENTLE
luen WIN me would do the same but Lbev
u t. Ihey lust lay down alongside the
tles on the treStle and let the train 90 b1
was not hurt at all by nv iump. w.
On the Nevada desert, between Reno
ana Whnemueca, did most of NV walking
during the night. | was laid mn bv
spralneQ ankle just before reached Ranch
~, ana ME- Nelson, the owner, and mis- men,
carefully attended me for four dave
thought had better move along fhorgb
my ankle still hurt, but at the end of threa
Inlle mad TO give up, and we ell stopped
aG deserted ranch house three dave
longer. 1t was while going through Ne
Vada and Y tan that l suffered most. A1of
US nearly died from thirst. We nearII1 jo0r
our heads one day and drank some ~ tns
surface water which is so charged with
aiKaIl tnat our stomach and throat were
almost burned out. At one time east of
E1lKo, we were four days without food. At
Ihe emu OF the fourth day we sighted
oeudil HuI Iour miles away, and Mr. Mar
found 1t deserted and not a soul was TO he
seen. he made search of the place for
1000, and finally, on the floor behind tn,
CRATE; ne found small piece OF bacon
ABOUT two inches square. [ don't think
ever enJoyed anything better than the half
men that fell to my lot.
I'VE met blizzard Just this side of
omaha. We knew 1t was coming, SO all of
as maze quick time to reach a rancber1s
nut The occupants could not let MS in
ana my companions were compelled to
Ureah open the door. When the owners of
the mouse found out who we were thew
could not do too much for us. We had
much more OF bad time of il later in an
other blizzard In Iowa, west of Iowa Ci1v
we were wandering aimlessly about. and
mad 1t not been Tor some railroad men who
organized search party for US we would
cold, and we often found ourselves in the
morning frozen to the ground We suffered
much for want of food and water. MANI
Of those we met refused to give ms bread
when we were starving
II have worn out four pairs Of shoes since
starting, and am now on my fifth pair The
only baggage we carried along with us was
a small satchel containing my toilet and
three changes of linen for me. We had our
trunks expressed on, so that when I
reached goOd-siZed place I should have n
presentable dress in which to appear at the
hoteln
Only one dog is left of the two which
Miss Clayton started with. 1t is the little
spaniel named Beauty. The other, setter.
was killed by a train near Lathrop. Miss
Clayton says that her feet are so hard that
she thinks she could now walk on glass
The latter part of her trip was made pleas
ant by the courtesy of the people along the
route, at different points enthusiastic citi-
zens flying banners TO the breeze in her
honor, and toward the last she was followed
by small army of admirers from sur
towns.
She walked twenty-five miles Thursday
and twenty-five miles yesterday. She has
made the trip in 2l5 days instead of 226
on and she has lost much time by
various accidents and delays She has
made most OF her journey on the railroad
ties, but was warned at Tarrytown that n
would be wise to discontinue this practice
while approaching New York as the num
Der of trains passing made it extremely
dangerous. Consequently Miss Gavton
followed the road highway and found it
decided improvement or the ties.
Nelson B. Reed Very Low