Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-10-23
WOODWARD OFF,
He Leaves for Glenbrook With
His Mules.

His Mules.
At 2 o'clock We ter,iav AFTERNOON J.
Pitcher Woodward left Carson for
on his way to San Fran
cisco hy way of Placprville. He
re .ched Carson the night before and
spent the night at the Hoi-tein ranch. |
where he got a good rest Setting up |
until 3 80 spinning yarns and a up |
at 7 in he morning ready 70 make an
early start. He fell in with so many !
silver men, however, and bad such a
general good time in Carson that he
was in 90 hurry to leave. Ar a quarter
of two, however, be had his five
JAG asses lined up in front Of the
Arlington, where Dr., Pieper took a
snap sh0t at the group.
When Mr.. WcOimard reached Car
sou be was quite short of money.
The stipulation in his wager is that
he can accent hospitality of any one
but he must not beg. He sold some
pictures on the streets in the evening"
and picked up a few dollars, but the
gingle in his pocket was quite low.
There is n tlrm in Chic 90 that
sells bis pict4rrs and pay him a
royalty. At the Caairol Of each State
he expects a check from this firm. l.nt
when he reached here on Thursday
night there was no check and he was
-, TO s
mornings mail, however, brought
him Il check for so and he was once
more on velvet. He also received by
the same mail lhe following letter,
the p~erusal Of which gave him a great
deal Of pleasure:
New YORK, Oct 8, 1897.
E PITCHER WOODWARD, Carson, New.
DEAR SIR Yours of September 23d
has been received. I anu pleased to
learn that YOU are gettirA along go
nicely and hope hat you will get
through on time. Your pluck in ma =
teriug the several CONDITIONS of our
wager has convit ced me [ shall not
get your gold. hen you get settled
down in San Francisco and fully
rested | hope to hear from you more
in detail and '"ceive your sworn state
ment as agrv~i upon. Yours very
truly, B. LILLARD
The letter Vas from the man with
whom he mad the bet. The mother
OF Mr.. Lillard is a great friend Of
Mr.. Woodward and is "pullinG' f1r
hum, as thew say. She is for Bryan
and hopes her son will lose the $1,000
As be started the sky became OBJ.
scured and a storm gathered Oh the
mountains. The wind rose in cold
gusts and it looked as il the intrepid
Bryan man was running into the
that at this eason of the year, breaks
over the crest of the Sierras. He was
in no way disconnected by the outlook
but trudged off on his mules, his
valet driving them. The mair
guys Of the mule train are "Cascer
ets, '"Damphino' al d "Maccaroni.'
The other two he picked up lately or
the road, and they have not yet beer
named. He also has a big dog anC
the animal looks as if he bad seer
some hard roads. The backs Of the
jackasses are sore from the chatting
Of the saddles and he has beer
obliged to shift the saddles to the
animals hips.
He left for Glenbrook by the Clear
Creek road and reached there lasr
night. He will to-day push on tc
Meyers aud after he passes Straw.
berry he will have an easy grade tc
Placerville. He will pass through
Sacramento. get Gov. Budd's sigma
ture and register at the Palace HOtel
within 10 days OF to-day. He has had
many queer adventures on his tri[
and met all sorts OF people. He says
the brightest spot 10 all his travels
was the evening he spent in Lincolu
Nebraska, as the guest Of Mrs
Bryan.
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