The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12
YORKER FAT.
Bound West Dec. 29, 1899.

To tho average passer by Il denotes nothing of
greater import than the registry Of tWo'tramps.
Nearly every water tank, tool shed, section
house and railroad structure Of any kind In the
United States:contains entries somewhat SINH
lar. Let 1t DO understood that the man hitting
tho road very seldom gives his real namo to
those whom he meets. The name OF his State
or city and some real or imaginary characters.
tic are fashioned into a nickname by some other
hobo. and thus the tramp is known while he re-
mains on the road. 1t is his first duty to regis
ter Mt each stop made.
Chance had thrown these two together at La
Fayotte. La., where n large number Of men of
all descriptions intending to beat their way had
in popularity formed the Fraternal Legion of
American Tramps. Several times since had
a u lad of about II. This was ii" second srip.
He had run away from home somewhere In
Iowa G Maj, RantO.1 q Or S, 3tsqmwa' III + bm !
father and was going to Oregon, where he had an
uncle who was a Judge. His true name, he in.
That companion ta' since written a book and
believed that some portions Of the story might
now the young man has gone and leaped into
fame at n single bound. For Osborne Desnan,
in Texas in December, 1892.
The partner of his travels a few weeks ago
attempted to raise a regiment in one OF New
Works interior cities and was meeting with
pretty fair shape, but could NOT obtain recogni:
On the day that inscription was made on the
Sabinal water tank he celebrated his 2Sth birth
flush across New York States political horizon.
Had !, Sa Sohn known 10, the past and future his;
s Tn3o ot anSss9'fbw %2s S'iS5 een Of a TsrIDeT n WGnid
The old man who lives in the house with a
veranda directly south Of the, water, tank will
no thinks of how hard he made the Merrimnc
hero hustle with q rake on his lawn before Civ
~ feed two sparrows. while the woman who in
vited the New Yorker to her table will only
round out his frugal meal with the extra piece
of pic carried away from her house by his fat
partner.
his first military experience. st Fort Han
cock were stationed Two companies of Infantry
h IN co onS El 'o Of he post, 'S %aS a oG Rarti:
net. The post is ono and q half miles
at that. The cider Of the pair, Of roadsterS
adyaRced upon the fort first. The sentinel on
70 H. No. Solp ShSlls of sSe h aaar Snd t Nens h6 him Was sy ss.
post commandment sentenced to twenty minutes
at the woodpile on suspicion of being hungry.
a Fourth warder stood guard while the JOB
was being performed, and then saw that his Eel
ger at the barracks mess hall. Just as: Fat
was being escorted to the gate. he espiod the flu
woodi lie under the escort Of Corporal Eitzger.
aid; The punishment was the same.
Inc Confnement now DelnR undergone by
Degnan will not be an entirely new thing in his
vrried career. For on that Texan trip. he was
seized at San Antonio and thrust into tho
Bexar County Jail for a period of ten days for
daring to stretch his tired limbs In the grasa
near the l. and q. \. r. r. freight house. Tho
other man narrowly escaped a similar fate by
s%printing toward Mexico slightly in advance OF
two policemen.
The last these two worthless saw Of each other
was in Tucson. Ariz. They had met again after
a separation at El Paso. the going between
those two stations had hccn pretty bad for
both. The Younger had received a pair Of
shoes from a kind hearted housekocper, but tho
size was at fault. An attempt to fit tho sec.
ond pair OF feet again disclosed a discrepancy.
This time tho shoes were as much too small as
they had bccn too largo for the hoy's feet.
Yorker Fat" managed TO attach himself TO o
freight brakeman on a fast live stock train, and
from between the bumpers waved u last fare
well to Iowa Spud."
An upstate lawyer felt his bosom swell with
pardonable pride tho other day when no read
that his old pard's road days were oyer. and
time n comfortable berth for the lad who some
years aEone had helped him sing. when l was
broke I'm Texas in December. 40"