El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
IkEY
RETURNS
STORY OF HIS TRAVELS MAKES
CURIOUS CONTRIBUTION TO
JUVENILE LITERATURE.

key is back. Footsore. weary, and
with n larger ange of experience he re-
turned to his parental roof last night.
Most everybody in Ell Paso knows key,
the district messenger boy. and when
it was discovered that he had wandered
from his own fireside for parts I'M
known. it created quite a small SEN
SatiOn. He has a very comfortable
home on Ell Paso street. where he lives
with his mother and little sister. They
are both very fond of him and it was
very evident that an adventurous Spir-
it and not unkindness was the cause of
keys fitting.
The erald reporter found Ikey tucked
up in warm comfortable bed. his
mother offering the explanation that
his feet were bruised and blistered
by contact with many miles of railroad
ties. Ikey himself seemed perfectly
satisfied with himself. and apparently
pleased with his small claim to noto-
riety. When questioned about his
trip he said:
well. yer see. we-Floyd Patterson
and 'McGinty'-left EI~Paso about 8
O'Clock Tuesday night on freight over
the S. Pillow did We get on? Why,
yer See there was a lot of big sewer
pipes lying on a fiat car, ard we crawl
ed inside of EN-. We had to lie mighty
still while the men was monkeying
with the train, but she got a-going at
but Floyd Patterson woke me up.
Says he. 'Ikey. I'm so cold; gimme a
quilt 1 says. What yer take me fer
furniture store? / amt got no quilt.
Then 1 went to sleep again, and it was
daylight when I woke up.
AT o'clock we got to Lordsburg
and Their we crawled out of the pipes
and got off if the train. We boarded
another freight on another DAD. the
Arizona & New Mexico road, and rode
about twenty-three- miles from Lords
burg when the brakeman copied us
and we got ditched. What's that?
Why put off. of course. Then we start
ed to hoof it back to LordSburg twenty
three miles. We got there all right
late that night but we was sure played
out. We struck a hand car man be-
longing to a section gang at Lordsburg
and he sure set us up to the best meal
in that burg. We didn't do thing to
it.
''McGinty said that he was going to
stop there at Lordsburg. and wouldn't
be home for another two months. but
Floyd and me started back to Ell PaSO.
We left at ten o'clock on freight but
got ditched at a little station this side
If Deming. We hoofed it twenty miles
orm that section to the tanks, l guess
hat is about thirty-siX miles from
lere and then we climbed on the back
If an engine and that brought us to
he quarantine station.
I'VE run up against Mr.. Mobley there !
md he wanted to know if we was the
,oys that had run away from Ell Paso
md l said we was. Then he wanted
O know if we'd been to California. and
said. No: We've just been out to the
melter.' We started to walk in but he
aid thre was passenger coming along +,
nd we could ride on that to Ell Paso. !
nd that's what we did.
What did l run off for? Oh. dun !
10. Wanted to get out of the town for !
while l guess. Yes. I've had enough .
nd am GLAD to be home again. went !
yer to the opera house last night when |
got in, and there was about fifty kids !,
Waiting for me-
Likely is not so tough as he has been
made out to be- said his mother in a
Ofe deprecating tone. He is really
God boy and kind-hearted. but impul-
i've. and that sometimes leads him to
o things that he would not otherwise