The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-21
JIMMY EGAN'S TRIP.
lie Rode to the Fair and Back
Without Paying a Cent.
He Made . stake on Harrison's Murder
and Saw the sights Red Gleason
Thrown In the shade.


newsboy, who. in company with Red"
Gleason, left for the Worid'S fair at Chi
cago SIX months ago. returned home last
evening, having made the round trip with
out paying out cent and without riding
on passes. The boys left Seattle July 81.
neither of them having any money, and
they go. as far as La Grande, Or. when
Jimmy" was arrested and Red" contin-
ued the journey alone. Red" returned
home last month and told thrilling story
of his trip TO and FROM the fair, but
Jimmy" is inclined to doubt his friend 5
veracity, for he said last evening:
:" Red only got as far as Denver; the
cons were too tough for him. and he
never saw Chicago at all. When | arrived
in Chicago got . letter from Red dated
Denver. and he said be was going home.
Now, I'm dead next TO him: he did not
get to Chicago. / was there over three
months, and made lots of stuff. hut l had
a tough time getting through. In La
Grande Red and got in box car. and
were jumping the town when the marshal
'pinched' me and kept me three weeks.
He sent me home, but when / got back to
Portland took the Erst chance to ship
East again. At La Grande / sneaked
around. afraid the marshal would see me
and pull me again, and when the passenger
pulled through | made run and got the
hind coach. A big crowd was at the de-
pot. | knew 'em ali. The marshal was
there, and ran TO within five feet of him
without me seeing him or him seeing me.
He yelled at me:
"sCome here you d-n little rascaip
"He grabbed at me, but was too quick
for him. and got on the car steps. The
train pulled out and ! turned around and
put nv fingers TO my nose and grinned at
him. You ought to have heard the crowd
yell.
IL rode the brake beam all the way, and
at some of the towns got off and shined
boots. | made S. st Pocatello, Idaho in
one night When l got to Kansas City
made one jump TO Chicago on the Rock
Island route--worked IL slick, you bet
got into Chicago on September Z, and
wasn't broke. either. / sold papers, SOU
venirs. and hustled and made enough
money TO buy new suit of clothes, and
had way-up time.
"The night that Carter Harrison was
killed oT Pfendergast / made KILN
You know he was murdered about $50 at
night. and the Chicago Globe got out an
extra edition. 1t was t-eent paper, and
had 81. and with IL bought 500 papers.
Ii made dickens of big stack, and
hired an expressman for ST. so To drive me
to the fair grounds. kept a stiff lin, and
the fellow thought / had a pocketful Of
stuff. he didn't know he was doin' the
hauin' on jawbone. He drove me down
Wabash avenue. aud | stood up in the
wagon and began TO yell like the mischief:
''.Extrai Extral All about the horri-
BILE assassination OF Carter Harrisonp
You oughter have seen the people buy
'em. | got as high as 2S cents paper
We arrived at the Stoney Island avenue
and Sixty-third street entrance To the
fair grounds at $50 O'Clock, just as
the people were coming ont. and holered
like everything about the extras Well.
say. If | had had thousand more papers
could have sold 'em all. | was done up.
though. had yelled 80 much that | was
awful hnarse, and | could not talk. But
my oXercoat pockets were Just hulging out
with money. | gave the expressman 81
and then blew in some. That night sh hen
went to bed and counted up | had $S7
gave some of IL 10 the Kids who had heg pei
me out. and bought myself and another
kid some new uaderciothes and other stuff,
and then paid a months board ahead
Then | took the rest OF the dough-
went To the far grounds and spOFted
! went into the fair sky times
aud never paid my way nnt once. | saw
erything-Iananys EXHIBIT, the big
Canadian cheese, the kFupp gun exhibit
the MayFtsser. Santa Ma-la and Nina:
that old Morse battieshIp the great liz
mile locomotive, ssa had two rides In
the Ferris wheel aud took IN the Midway
P.alsance. | won't tel you what / did
there. baG / did everything and saw every
thing.
- ne Washington building was way up
Il was all right II was tile most appro-
pirate building of the Whole bunch. | saw
81 Meaay there and TAXED with him
saw sam Crawford and he talked to nae
very pleasant, but ! dons believe he re-
nembered who | was.
Il LETT Chicago last Saturday and came
Tight through Ga the same train, getting
home about an hour ago. You see some
feliers hid NE IA the seats when the cons
came around and gos through al right.
on. did I'm ali up Red wasn't in II A.
al. Rat he can tell a shoppev when he's
q mind 20.
Jimmy" Egan is Is wears Cd and he
says that he viii start IN selling papers
again, SO that when the next Worlds fair
comes around he will have enough
dough" laid by TO ride like gentleman.