The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-26


tie history OF 4hs mAn hssslf. and an
ACCOUNT q bis sTs srss. n best told by the
following letter WFsren by himself:
1T w TaSsot arrived Al S<ert1e. AFTER
walking 40 nssls= two and . half pears
walk, from New York csey. II ooss hixn
20 10 make his Journey. Ia Las Vegas.
y. NJ, ae walked afsy-ous railss In seven
and one-ssalf hours ne crossed the Mojavs
desert. 80 miles. afo5s- Mr.. Talbot Is one
81 the snoss unique En2sssh-nen who ever
crossed the Ainsrsoen continent Z. ".
Talbot. when IN Australia, owned FIVE dry
goods stores and ssvexas asossAs- Hs arriF-
81 IA gaa-tfe on rhe 18th. He has gray
beard ard hair T. w. Tailor tas ffow
OF speech unhest batingiy eloquent n de-
scribsng the bea rites Of the many shtngS
ne has seen lE America He has very
fast stsp. and Ia easily observed IN walk
ing on the streets. The reason he xakes
50 much interest n seeing al than can
be seen. both TAR and wide. Is that ne 10
wrazng book q bis travels lie was
.ailad home from Australia I'd England on
account OF the death Of bfs wsfs's father.
VINO had left her oonspderabae amount
az money. In sslling Of his business In
Australia he lost considerable on me
stocks OF dry goods. but from the hotels
he made q considerable amount of profik.
After arriving In England, there WIS
z,-aa DELAY In pa yTneAx OF the money leff
bv his u-fe's "a tfsr so he bought several
houses In the west end Of London. and. not
content TO live IN England, made Trip
70 America and returned an about Swelyo
norsths. but only stayed aboslt uaree
rnoygths before ne came back TO America,
each time going % Different parts. He
s.roxsed NE Atlantic seven times. About
the fourth time, when 81 home, he gave 4
deed OF his absolute property 10 his w-fe,
and on ratuTnsnx home N his sixth irip
found tss wife h1d died. She not hear
ing from him Aor ovT nine months, be-
iieved him TO DC dead. 80 made VIII IN
favor Of the FIVE sons, and they cannot re-
c-aivesheir shares uni II the youngest comes
Of age. On going TO ascertain particulars
from the lawyer he found that he could
not touch stick in the house. but could
overthrow the will, but t. w. Talbot
decllns-i as he was told his aunt had
died three months after his wife end left
him financially easy. so he went 10
attorney. who conducted ali bis ef-
fairs when in Australia. and found
things all rlxht. so he borrowed 200 and
started back to America. He stayed In
New York several days and then made up
his mind 10 see the Niagara Falls. He had
heard so much Of them, but had never
seen t4rern. so started TO walk the distance.
only Az miles. He enjoyed the trip The
falls were grand. He states the rapids
flow. as n shot out Of a gun. Is very
grand sight In al being so pleased with
| the walk. r W. Talbot determined 70 see
Chicago, go he started on 20 Buffalo and
around Lake Erie on TO Chicago. He
STAYED with a gentleman there, who keeps
a race horse stable. who went out In his
buggy every morning TO see his horses
practice. and Mr.. Talbot WAS invited TO
go with him and enjoy the races. He
| remained there for about two weeks. I.
". Talbot then left for ST. Louis. enjoy
| ing the walk lie did not stay there long.
| a. Ia wished 10 go down the Mississsppi
river 20 Cape Girardeau. a very flcurishing
| little town He went then 90 Cairo, which
- atty rnfles from Cape Girardeau,
and returned on the third day when he
started 10 wllliamsviIe. then on 10 Pop
| lar Bluff Mlyviile. Noble, Walnut Ridge,
Hoxie Memphis vicksburg. Natchez and
New orleans. returning cross country 20
| Nfpten. crossing the Black river 20 Mann
moth Springs where I stayed three weeks,
fishing one day With the landlord. fishing
The next dav with the landlaSy: in the
| woods. picking hlAckberrfes. | LEFT there
and stopped AZ West Plains for the night.
Left there O'Clock the next morning for
Springfield. arriving there al 5 the next
| morning. distance OF ntuety-two miles.
without stopping. over the mountains. on
arriving in Springfield he stayed ard
pYayt.f A cricket match with some OF the
| AtI-rngssn6 Eleven. From there ] went &c
| Kansas City. where I was near eutrsrpea
/ with a rich widow He escaped ard walked
on % Denver. a distance os $50 miles cross
/ omen plains Stayed = short time in Denver
/ Left Tor Colorado Springs Went 10 top of
1 Pixies peak, back 20 Colorado Springs.
/ 20 Pueblo. 70 Tdfnidad That is
/ q great gambling town Left Trinidad TO
! 40 through New Mexsco. Had very nttie
/ trouble with The MexicNns but could hear
/ 90 rohbsfiss and murders IN every htfla
! town he came 20. II was not very encour-
aEirx He bought 4 pair OF boots in q
{ Gear trv store There were several tough
/ locking fellows IN ths store when the
! atorekeeper gave the cnzngs out OK SO.
/ Taev started up tae line and when = miia
/ aaar from the store they were STANDING
/ lu conversation. T. ". Ta3oot took 0at
/ hla sevolver and placed & In Ais belt ard
( eros ze,a on the line near where they were
4 starBfnw ard walked boldly up and passed
! thegn. Tnsy as not IKE the look Of ths
! gun Taey DID not follow 90 ! kept on 20
! LIS Vegas. where r ". Talbot walksi
/ She asty-ones mics II seven and oDe-hais
! hours He atsa thea vent up 20 tAe
( Rocky mountains fog So week " Two more
( lie xAot ere ion SID several bear ard
{ neatv q deer. he fasn went ever q
. Careaf Boon crossing the Grand river
+ From tserp 20 Ere old toWn - santa Fe
+ and sssatlnuf~1 over Ehe mountains 20 A.
; f,l,41enaae. FFbn1 t1ere 1n through Ari-
s aeaa whera lhsy told = " T4lbus tha'
/ tne Tnalans WeFe Eare 20 s-llp hgEa. 9u'
ha sAtA BE- was not 20 asraf8 % yhsm ~
+ Pc vs~ % the Nhtts Iu8tRns. and thass
weald n9s scsse hlrn Bat T ". Talooi
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