Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-30
|HE TRAMPs FOR REST.
Carries Only Hymnbook and Cook fne Kit.

ing Kit. lA lis hair was long, his beard was tan ,lea his skin was tanned to rich red .rapn He was so gaunt that he looked stt,,,,,;ioiii might be glued to lis Backbone. U Ff,e hack was bent, his mellow, brown ves were wild and wandering, and his one bony fingers kept constantly .-twitch. -.
 u;s legs were attenuated. and hls saf.-wonderfully small feet, taking eV. r,,3b;ng into consideration-were cased tl,, al,nost square shoes of the brogan va held together with copper malls ln- f1asA of waxed ends or wooden pegs. \ r4;s derby hat was not the latest 3roadway fashion, and his luggage was if tue burlaps variety. m, uf He drifted into the office of The l. .Vorld and, like the ancient mariner. .e stoppeth one of three and told tho ale that he must tell or die.
 He said he was Hughey Hughes, once
 Welshnan, the repudiated child of n1Iatural parents, for 24 years wan as(arer up and down the earth, knowing Io rest save such as he could get from he little Bible and hymnbook which ave been his constant companions dur ag mo less than nine promenades across be North American continent.
 q am 46 years old, " said Hughey , Iuahes in faraway, faint voice. 'l , ,as born somewhere near Flint and o-, ,lhester, North Wales. was knocked bopt by every body when Twas child. n 1888 I drifted to the Silver Repub- '' c,s South America.
 stIn 1872, while working ill corn 'u cid in the province of Santa Fe, where was one of the Welsh colony, I was hBitten on the ankle by what the Span rds call snake with the cross, a p.autiful reptile with a mahogany back Id a cross on it's head, whose bite al- '.a aaays kills.
 aSe ssOh, that it had killed mel Forever laace that day I have been obliged to
 ander up and down. I have had cold flye a lture, loving no one. I have had ter 9stsble dreams. No affection and full of vareon. And so I walk.
 VI took a colony of nine Welsh fami- in as by train to Oregon ill 1874, but e llen corn picking time comes around
 mot rest and have to take up my ts. sek and walk. have been nine times '' oss this continent from ocean to . z, m
 / OsDid steal rides? Oh, mol It is very ancked to steal ride or to steal any oil .ng else. I have walked all the way. .-ot in last night after walking, sup ssssz|zse 4,000 miles from San Francisco
 way of the Southern Pacific route.
 Frisco Nov 3, 1895, coming
 ough Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
 ] 50 on up to New York.
 | have cooked my own food and
 pt out of doors wherever night caught
 work where I can get work. 1
 Fe no purpose in tramping except to
 ape from myself
 sHow long am 1 to continue this
 s?p
 dnghey Hughes, repeating the report
 question, reminded him of Dr.
 nette Ill 'The Tale of Two Cities. |"
 seyes wandered vaguely his restless
 ads moved aimlessly; his shaggy head ned wonderingly, and the leathern we expressed nothing but helplessness. SMMen he replied slowly:
 lcannot tell I do not know. D
 Then he added softly: q hope nos
 y1ong
 IA moment later he frightened up and E E, turning over the ragged and faded ACfy coat he wore:
 That suit was brand new when I
 rted from Frisco. A newspaper man it to me. '"
 ----- iughey greatly relieved the office
 ee by taking his unkempt, untidy,
 amy person and the bags in which @ carried frying pan, sauce pan, his
 tes, knife, fork, Bible and hymn
 out of the place. New York