The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-23
Two brrr1E e1RIs ON Foor.
Tr-up- In Their Teene. Who Are FREELY ss
Pietures s.a Soy They ere eood.

old California girls who were STRANDED U
Chicago two months ago without money o
friends. arrived in this city Monday evening e.
route to their home in California. having worke'
their way over the 1900 miles OF their road I've
tween Chicago and Denver. walking AZ leas
one.third Of the way. According TO their stor!
the girls have encountered uniformly kind treat
ment in all their wanderings and have not me
with a single serious mishap.
The girls rode on freight trains. crossed mile
Of territory as passengers on the blind bag
gage" safely passed one great river In q skif
and another over a mile OF dangerous trestle
The rest Of the way they walked. As pedcs
triennes they are entitled to the worlds cham
pionship. When they we're unable to catch .
train or beg a ride they started out bravcly ovel
the ties and generally covered a good many
miles before feeling the necessity OF a rest. For
tunately for them. II was the summer season
which they had chosen as the time for thcir
migration. Many Of the nights were warm and
pleasant. and Mt such times the courageous pair
adopted the custom Of escaping prisoners. sleep
ing by day and trnmping at night.
The most astonishing features Of the cnse arc
the girls themselves. Hearing Of their exploits
ono would expect to see a sort Of Amazon or
some brazen creature gifted with the faculty OF
"bluf1ng" a freight conductor or finding a
comfortable berth on the trucks OF a box car.
Instead. the young ladies now stopping In Den
yer are two as fresh and bright specimens OF
budding American ~womanhood as one could
find In a days journey. They are cousins and
nearly Of an age. Hazel Howard will be
II on the 23d Of the present month.
while her companion Is two months younger.
Hazel Is a remarkably pretty blonde with
curling auburn locks and rather delicate In APP
pcarancc, though the hardships she has endured
10 v,, ,,,, -, ha.a ~, aIa Tho aIi0htoat fnrOada
upon her health. Her cousin Is the more robust
Of the two. She is a brunsttc with long black
hair. with n wealth of vitality and plenty OF
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markablv bright girls. and from their CONVERSE
ton. have evid,ntly derived "A much sport from
thor enforced tramp as though II had been
the pleasure excursion Of " day. And w"
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zel 'NsIy remarked 10 tolice ma,roh
Dwyer. who heard the declaration with sur
p.s ,sa III ".a...ns ..". ou' u'u !,
douot 'ne ""ras' III seemed 'hat ai'er a sood
into their clear homes, ewes. no one would pre.
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S no,sDs s9 sf ,he,r IDno s ! s, ,nrssI. to- h IN. s sssy
their safeguard. a, least when their native as
.n..,no .nd tao a,.caii,ro ravo,r.r. Ala NO, ~.
ford sufficient protection.
The first day they walked twenty five miles
and stopped at a village where they were given
food and lodging by some kind hearted people.
They ray they found 1t very hard at first to ask
Tor help and consider themselves fortunate IN
.encountering nothing but kindness at that crit
ical stage Of the game. AT the first house they
approached hazei was detailed 10 ask TOT heip'
tramn ~ son,e srsnicinus charscter and q, vas
,afap" .nn Ia
some minutes NJ on, oo,o,e 81, sne S eouia a muster srao so" r'an
then she repented and was running awav when
Wv" u ~ 80" nen
gave the wanderers warm welcome.
As time passed and necessity pinched. the
Assurance siSS to carry u Them NJ along 'TGiey got a "H little
e while up in wisconsip; Al Burlington. n that
lanes Hotel, and stayed there three days, Their
fare was paid TO Milwaukee. hut they did not
sha. They passed that place safely and went on
t9ward manson; u was petween thess TWO
The days were quite warm, and the travellers
decided to rest In the day time and travel at
night Ine VILLAGES were ere close together and ths
leIt a small stntlon OUT OF Ntsukesha and we're
walking on briskly. when the, noticed three
them until one or the men PASSED on ahead; an
other walked ALMOST abreast ana the third re-
and when they drew near a bridge over q stream
ftaZei thoueht IL was time 10 ma out what their
Wantcu.
The girls possessed each a pretty ivory
handled 32-calibre revolver, which had been
given them IN Cailiornia' Hazel took her re-
ySIver from her pocket. and pointing 4 At
MIN 70 approach one step nearer or she
would nre. fsna backed her up bravely. and
the men, not liking the looks OF the weapons
or the attitude OF the girls, sneaked away out of
sight. and left the travellers To pursue their
unmolested. The precious weapons
were later lost IN Iowa by hena. Hazel had ex-
hi6ited too great a prediction for shooting at
things and Rsna disarmed her, but soon after
lost both reyolvers. Thenceforth they travelled
without any weapons oi defence.
me girls FOUND friends IN Madison who paid
thelr rare 10 Prairie du Chien, on the banks OF
the Mississippi. Here they were received with
suspicion, some or the people taking them for
,lded 70 stay there Just Tor spite They were
AIKEN IN ny a Mrs; Deleimer, VINO treated them
WIN extreme kindness. they made themselves
nseIul anu the satisfaction was mutual. But
ttter three lays the spirit or unrest moved
them ana waking one evening on the river
oank ihey discovered a SKIN moored near by.
teha daren hazel 20 Jump into ~ ana cross the
'lNer. hazel LOOK the dare, and PraiTie du Chien
them no more. they found the current
VIII ana the crossing dangerous but they per-
,eSered ana landed after hard WORK on the