The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-14
THURSDAY, july II, 1892.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT,
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
Scraps from Our Notebook Made
on a Six Weeks Jaunt Across
the Continent, on the Pa
cific Coast, and in the
Great Northwest.
PART SECOND.

Last week | left my readers side
tracked at Wichita. Kansas, 800 miles
from II. Louis and l,I10 on our journey
Westward. will now take them
with us on through the fertile fields Of
this State past burton, Hutchinson.
Fleetwood. Great Bend, Larncd. kin>-
ley. Dodge City and Coolidge, the last
named a small station near the Col
ortdo line. From Wichita we traverse
the rcmainiu" portion Of the State
more than half It's entire length. and
into Colorado on the North side and
in constant sight Of the Arkansas river.
1t is broad and apparently deep in
places the water running almost even
with the banks. the country being fiat
and level. At other points the stream
i very narrow and stock ford it with
ont difficulty. The valley of the Ar
KANSAS !, noted for IFS fertility and if
* certainly = fine farmiu@ section.
At Brrrton or sleeper WAS switched
off and we had to wait about ; hours
for the Chic3ro train which was to
fake us ON to AIbuoucrouc. pronounced
,Ihnrlirlcr New Nexico II had
been DELAYED ON account of a washout
caused by fine floods, but the time
was whilcd away very pleasantly in
tbc LITTLE Kansas town withstandinr
the weather was rainy and rather cool
couIJ tell = Good Joke on Henry
I on,lnn am Dove Wbichord about
rrnrino thejr tonuucs ont to heat =
freioht when half mile M town.
tbinkino il was the Chicao0 express
and they were Going TO get left. but
tbev hcrocI mo not in mnntinn il
Winded os they were and blovino
lilo - cornln Of norroiscs when tboy
rracbcd thu. station inst +, discover
that thcv hid bcpn snlittinu tbc mir
NJ , rcrnI,r Inv Eve SEQ colt ~ !,
thrv We're trviu% to outrun their coat
tails. they were 50 clad they had not
been left that thcv did not apuear to
waste any rcoretS nj havinn emf fine
indirrifrJ ti%r,rc thc ladies declared
tbnv nresopteL ~ tbo,, rano tooriur
in neck and neck Iool,ino Ike tbe rrIInyy
who had vokcd himself with thc hoy
veorIinr But they had three bours f.
rest in hcr,rn the train thrv were IooI,.
mo for came and many . Lnortv 1ouml,
was had nj Their exnense oftcrworI
The writer was nm Town with them
and tbouoh he ber@ed Them not n he
unduIv Lastv and take thincs co.v
iusistinr Thai tho railroad neonIa l-nc,,
what they were toIkinr abnut when
,hcv toIi rs our Train was scvnra1
hours 1atc the hovs woulI hoor -
ro,bino hut 90 and no ,bn, IN q,
course ia not ,,,.on0vo 10 no ,or+ ~,
them, AMI not 70 lie ontdo~o Lon,
comn,nv aud brourbt nm tho roor i,
rrcttv crelitohIc shonn 81 whom tbo,
reached tho d,no. tharo ! ,yos ,.;,,rt i,
thc midst of then, VOL NOV no tI,r
crowd Standinr around tborn d;1n,,
r,rnivn NJ rnrIi,1I,. uLo, tl,o,. ,na1
IL the sitno,inn rbo,. vo,rnn,oI 1'U -,
with shouts Of 1aurbta,. In,Ga,, ,,.H.
sore for y whole week and II m,
body said auythino ahnut = Ior.r rri
or fast time made. even in ronnrrtin,
with the trim or the train, he locke,
guilty and tried to divert thc convcr
sation, WhicharL didn't rct the bI,,sI
out of his hair and side WHISPERS -,
the whole trim and both of .rm ov,
me nickel Mated SiIv,r r1ounto,
match safe in return for ono tbr, ,,,,so,
me TO leave Ivino somewhere ~ III,
weeds in Brrrton k,rsos
II was & u m fJov 10Th, whom ",