The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-01

Twist by an English Teller" In sum-
mer you may estsn see same visa ustls
urehin eouias eg az novsFy book
store with pack Of shess paDsr-Aound
inspiratsens. and n0thins elaa. 70 sid hin
Il. starting On journey to the rausnsts
west
The meioaramas, when viewed f7om the
thick Of q sympathetic top saiiesy. arr
fun Of inspiration Such playa n
Tracy, the Outlaw over Niasssa."
and The Flaming Arrow.' always stlm-
ulafe the dceds OF vaior. The variety
show Is almost as popular Tor the ssn-
timentai side. Here again the home
as She should have been scolded. but
not turned adrift.' and Cheer up, father.
for mothers got job The other ab-
soresng topics With boys Of The street
are the prize ring ard the nces- They
hock TO the races by hundreds ali through
the summer months and many 90 later
into the same profession know OF che
this winter aged fifteen who has follow
ed certain fayorite herses all the way
down 10 the races at New Orleans. When
the New York tracks are open he sells
tips on the street cars.
IN all these profs ss.oas the Alumni of
the Street are often fcnnd and maEy
more become successful as travelling
statesmen. The sstute wisdom and insight
into human nature learned on The street.
helps these successes to rise the higher;
but the same vision helps the failures
10 sink the lower. living by their wits.
in crime and falsshood. For like their
brother tramps. they rarely work their
passage Their motto and nethod OF
travel are both well expressed in that
brief phrase beat IT, The lit" Is in
definite. and varies from a railroad cor
porAtion 20 a dsgo street merchant. Often
they do get work for a week a; a time.
but the street has taught them 10 spend
money the same day they earn it. a new
stock Of papers could always be pur-
chased on credit. Hence, now a weeks
earnings are treated N much the same
way as the ready cash in the old days on
the street. and with money all gone II
is time again TO beat it to another
city. II is then that temptations come
to raise the lit and lower tina morals.
KID" will best show what | mean. He
is barely sixteen j met him first last
September. He had come into the hands
of one who had found him work. given
him boks TO read and a comfortable room
to loaf in. For the first week the KID
did well and began 10 show n real am
bition for work that would give rim a
chance for later success. but az the end
OF the week the old restiessness came
back The steady work grew irksome.
and he decided 20 try for the navy. The
examiners there seemed To like him af
once They passed HIN on every point
until they came TO his eyes. These had
been spoiled by years OF bumper riding
on trains ali over the country. His dis
appointment was keen and bitter. For
two days he lay withou, TOUCHING food.
He said he often went 30 when down
on his luck. The next day he met an
old ''pard'' from the vest. and the same
night he came In late TO the man who
had helped him. II was bitter cold out
side. The kid looked sick and ner-
vous. He was given a blanket and al
lowed 10 roll up by the fire. During the
night he entered the bedroom of his
friend and stole SO from the pocket book
by the pillow. The next morning he
was of with his '-pardr and has never
been heard from since
The "Wanderiust' is the name the Ger
mans have given to this passion for NOV
Ing on. II fills the lives Of many. IL
cuts short the lives OF some. Joe began
selling papers some years back His
~ III 20. frs but -
money he secretly earned on the street
made him more aad more independent
and hard 10 control When eleven years
Did he suddenly disappeared II was then
that Re got his first taste OF the road.
He was gone some weeks and saw Pitts
ourgh and Chicago both from the streets
5wn standpoint. The passion for The road
grew stronger. His parents did all IN
their power to keep Il down. bat again |
and again he disappesred for weeks At
, time. At fifteen he spent several |
months In Europe. For brief intervals |
40 had attended schools Of all kinds. ard |
rad always been marked by his unusual |
orilliancy IN any work touching Tnechan- I
cs. AZ seventeen he was finally persuad- |
d 10 enter some steel works where this |
ability could be developed. He was placed !
IN the night shift, His work had much |
" the attraction and rome of the harm \
which he had found Ia the street at i
hight For months he worked on with \
III the tense nervous force Of his ns-
ure. became absorbed more and more in
his work. and has already attracted at
ention from those above him. Blu, the
landeriusf" came blk Early one
morning. after long nights strain Of
york the old passion must have returned
With power he could not resist. THO
lext day he was not found at his lodg-
ngs His great popularity brought out
many scsrchers. HIS body was found Al
est, several miles out ~ town. ~ the
ide OF the railroad track he had learned
o know 80 well. he had started Of
or one more ride IN the old exciting
ray. The ''waDderius. had done -
rork.-Ernest Poole IN the New PORK
Evening Post.