The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-28

logs hae IL worIan'. work n this case.
ana ne only alternative was 70 WAGE
Removing shoes and hose. pushing up oal
knfrEe-hockers and taking Cur bikes On
CTR shoulders. we went across las va.
Surprised our pedal sxtre-nstses somewhat
bus "a 10 damage.
Al Nissoula va STAYED half . day ana
were visited by a large number OF me
local wheeiren. who gave Is urgsnt NV
tatIon 10 remain few DAYS II town %,
after writing 4 few letters reading 1ae
Sound papers. and developing cur camera
plates, ze were ready 20 move on
Al O'Clock. accompanied by repre-
sentative OF the Anaconda STANDARD. %
Mr. Beckwfrh- captain Of tha wheel ciuo:
and several other wheelrnen. we ssarlsa
eastward Tor Drummon6. fffy-stx MES
away. Ten miles cut cur escort turned
back. and we pushed en- over fair ro<ns.
We did not hurry, and moonlight came be-
fore we reached our destination moon
light ride over Montana hills Is pleasant
experience Now aud then the catue
along the road would arouse with snor.
OF surprise and fee from cur vicinity. ana
the coyotes in the hills made the night
noisy. In the evening We made slight
mistake IN the road and passed Drum
raoai entirely. bringing up at New chi
csgo-heaven save the name. II has ons
so-caIled hotel. whore people try &c sleep
three in room at 81 each. AT breakfast
yoU can have your choice of coffee or Wa
ter from an irrigation ditch. both equally
muddy.
From this place we started On toward
Helena. and at Garrison We're misdirecf-
ed. and followed the wrong line Of teie-
phone poles and reached Deer Lodge on
the direct read 70 Butte. instead OF Hell
ena- Notwithstanding the fact that our ar
rival was expected at the former place, we
chose to go on TO Butte. forty miles. part
~ because Il would be more in this direcs
line OF cur route. and partly because tbs
wind was strong and in the right direction
fer an easy run 70 Butte. Our advice 70
wheeimen is that II YOU have but little
preference as 10 route. 20 with the WIND
and thereby save buying hnimeat ana
banesges at the end OF the day.
We left Deer Lodge az D. m, and at
$50 were in Butte. the greatest mining
camp on earth" having had one hard
grade TO surmount.
Although we have tried to avoid making
our wheels or costumes conspicuous. we
have not always succeeded. The small
caps which we wore in crossing Washing
ton, permitted the sun 70 burn our faces
and necks severely. and at Spokane we
secured some which are far more comfort
able. though rather large. AS we wheeled
into Butte one urchin yelled TO his COM
rades. iii. kids: see de Afurcan explor-
ers," and az another place we were greet
ed with. "Ketch onto der Englishmen;"
all OF which serves to keep Us amused.
Some Funny People.
Many funny people we meet. and . few
OF the funniest are on wheels. East or
Missoula we met a young fellow pushing
a four-year-old tandem. We stopped to
look each other over. and learned that he
is not travelling for his health, but as he
said. is out fer de CON-
Doesn't the tandem push hard?" We
asked.
t'Oh, sometimes: but I ken almost al
ways find some old xeeser tramping across
de country what thinks it'll be fun to
ride, so I just put him on de odder seat
and work him till he wants to walk. seer
He says ne Is sketehing pencil portraits
IN the towns he strikes. and doubtless
Seattle will soon have him added 10 her
list OF Wandering Willies. Many emil
grants are on the road with their covered
wagons. some headed east, some west, all
driven by the resistless prompting that
the distant fields are better than those
near at hand Probably another season
these same people will be going over the
same road again in the opposite direction.
after finding that the enchantment which
distance lent, was simply delusion. When
we are on the line OF the railroad we meet
many tramps. and occasionally one little
smarter than his fellows and apparently
ashamed OF the company he Is In, viii
quietly inform us that he Is sent out by
some magazine or leading daily 10 prepare
a series OF articles on tramp life.
In three days we expect TO be IN Yellow
stone park. and after a week there We
shall again be following quite closely the
Northern Pacific, and our Puget sound
friends VINO happen TO be passing over
that line may possibly see US from car
window We may be out IN the sand
mendIng q puncture, or resting In the
shade Of a telegraph pcle IL You happen
10 have a sandwich or box OF Lake
Washington Strawberries near at hand.
Just toss II out Of the window. We will
heap blessings upon you as. with the
afternoon sun beating against the backs OF
our sweaters, We continue to chase our
shadows across the continent.
w +. BABCOCK-