The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
NHTFH'N INF OF 4 JOI RNFy
Crosses the Continent on n Wager and Ont.
d'"s the Customary Yarn spinner,

ngtas the (ustOulnrN Aurn Apsn,
"rh. 80.
,,,.l ,I1 :, Oh. '1' "S oeAi'i
To which the oncep reriod. ,yrn ,.ra.
auy whiskers.'
" Tie horror Of that moment tbc Ei,y NAN, =,
I shall never. never forget"
"lou will, though. the Qaeen said, ~ Won don,
make Il memorandum oc IT," Through the Look.
lhH''Iass)
That's the reason whN the fulluving ,c-acio,.
account II n remarkable trp across n, c,,,,on,
il written down and printed
Mr. and Mrs John Smith Of I'M, CITY made.
varcr finn ,b,y v,rld ,,,.. H..
49,, '"N' "'"" '''N" Wv 'oh'h'W III 5
"'ch 'hHt SOUNDS easy enough; but hear the
conditions. with the usual exprricnc,s ,,IJ
tlr fri,,d ui,h ,,.,, a., m. n.' GOV"
~" ''''" '"'H '"a"' 'he net Ana
!" "''' - "''"'"' "r\ l'"h MN up They DIDN'T
know what that meant until aftcrward
.NL,u | found vb., Itod ,,o.I L,.
" , ''""" VIVA, ! h"u u'eh let IN Tor said
M ''hh NhIth alter hls return, my hair TUNED
white had no idea Of The horrors Of the Inn.
i,d g., ,..- ,iL,,o NJ. - '''
,"' '''"ES "''''ame MN
h'''' anu ne S'hhrd utterly, After a time lie
'uuuuucd
" STARTED ONT b,ru,I, e., IA, ,-t,
'"' "'aP'H' "' 'c UP seemed
oI' MONDAY aunt but not far from Phlladel-
phDa, the conductor canrc t. me with a Telegram
Are Won N- .Jnhr Sui,ro, no ..rad. lIe
'' '"'" nv o"N"' 'toaslhg
i've '"n''"'h' On a wager And when ! said
yes, he said that | would have 10 be- rnbbc1i II,
vain rrui.sa,l. hut be .b,,,I 49,.
,-.,,-,,n.. ,,.l - 49, nv u" iu'''
Ilc m,"r.d ,",h ,.o,s, I" ! n"1 to submit
porter and my vit. and I had ~, "0
'. l,,I Wv '', ""' " SUM WIN
'"' ha'nN aO"Ne our heads while the mIscrcaut
made remarks about uS first, thrn fired several
blank c,r,udf,cs off and ,h,, ,.,n -.
n, did ru, ,nh No.. Lt, Sm Wv" :" m''E'
'' "' wv NN '"hh H"''h' ana alter liz
had taken my money, he gave me back my fsrs
10 Harrisburg. directed me. as | valued NV IN,
not to drop my hands for ten minutes. and Them
Departed. The other passenger were much IN.
,.rc.rcd 1t must have Lccn Interesting IN ,h,r'
admit. but II WAS mon "a T., me- S ",m'
ici You When man who basnt h, mn" M"
Me experience Of being robbed on a train tnt.
5 .,m H ,n,i r., i. i, ,,, b ana ,%, b" TS% BE just You Iii
Tn. passing through ohiicar,o S sPr,grI G,I we We, s
here was an c,idenir ~ rnlire "enrne' DIV
by. and On my proylne Ia nnr fri,nnd hi %I ~ ~ VIZ
81 m vas not due To- any GsuIi en- "r on "" ~ onhlS
We vent on "n,iI pc W ~ s. HT,na, '.nscnL 10
,yrnrd mai we shoulI G,,e ~ w. w" " Neic III.
tunnel My wife and rrolrstrT' buii" y ysHtp
: newspaper man on the irain ess,,ct 20 ~,
cvery mai, and Wife rr"ss,r, ~. "'nn,Ti uS u"'
wager absolutely mad to walk tnronRh he tun n d
thee was no need If n u L,", 10 ihu mo-
! IT'S shorter not To walk loo. bnt c"nsiIc, 'dsu'
rDD ,caanceSr So We did It "
the mouth oi The tunnel, clio had iva ann "",urnn.s
and a lantern, and we So, off Gin" 81 I'LL S1oa'
Nheu We had vailed aL,,,, t., m u.Ih"'N
guidc advised ms +" sin and v "T n!nhrS; our
ii yol are ready ne said m rtr, Tr 'nh'cna,
TO start the raln' md he did PRESENTLY ha
announced that he could hear The tr,in il; ~.
tunnel, but that we must not hurry or We sIIo,,iiTp
MOI hr uyrrtaL,n So We wsiiad a'w sI'uiu
longer. and then begsp our n item NV niomcn,.
from he tunnel before the train " am " "r'nIo
II Numbered along, getting nearer and rcsr,
every moment Ii was a terrible exlercncr,
one hat would NOT mass tbrough again T., 49,
th, a,,,,,, IS -. WV
irold Of our guide. But he told me sftcfwatl
thnt he had been brough; up to ihc business Ta
80 bis sell possession was merely atavisiic ""'
Mrs. Smith seemed 10 put more irms, in ~.
guide than | did, for she evinccd no rcIro, +" IA
and She said We'll, John. b. doesn g 90, n LA
unril he brings us out SO / guess he knnu 81 pn uW
what, M5s Smith is a remarkable business
behind US. but did not oyerCeke ms untij We lad
reached a place where de tunnel had bcrn r,.
Cavated wider than usual TLrrc ur Ga 49,,
and the train passed us. | uror.,s,d ,b,t u.U""t
on as soon as he smoke had bInWn auar 9%Sn'
saii he guide, they will send a handcaf for nnst
II he game, hut the guido assured me tbat II u,.
part II he rule So we walled and in ~ ahou, o.
minutes The handcar came, we goI on m and pI r.
! entity came out 10 tie evening Stars agoin ~,
rain. not the train that had oyertaker ~ in ~.
tunnel, but Thai by Which We had t1av.IIsd b mss
il Without trouble As nvcr Ipii Si Ie ND We adRni
So nicely. Tipped the guiGe preifv ~ urd ron T
written him a Ic,ler Of recon- ncndo lion n III naas
an c,timahlc man. '"
This We did in The evening ,So W. !! o TrTsna
rrair. which Ind In v,it an tou ~" w. mi' He
another tfair In facL ali me /" 70 ybnntrl WIN
nicely timed Is We approached The f,sstIo
man ,toprcd ne. ~
ill ihru did rcmcmhCr thof bicycI,s .,o ~.
when You cross a long railway tres,le ct pieIr W
a zip ncross he coniinenL on a wager! For
NY ,eCigCpuCe I'll Miro 70 n p.ir Ia .a;J~ ,-,,I