The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-18

fire and were busy cooking 1t when we
spied copper coming in our direction;
he came up to us and says, "Where you
uns going?" "We are working for the
company a surfacing here and we came
in last night to do little trading and
we got left when the train pulled out
and thought we would have some break
fast before going out on the next train
"'All right" he says, "but see that you go
on the mex. train" So we had our break
came freight and [ left them there,
jumped her and went to Cedar Rapids,
six miles, where [ stopped all day and in
in the round house there week and
took a blind baggage for Omaha and
kept on going until [ arrived at Salt
Lake, at which place l arrived the 9th
of May, without anything happening ex-
cept one little incident between Grand
Island and Kearney. AS we were pull
ing out of Grand Island a we'll dressed
man came running up to get on the
''blind." He had few packages in his
hands so we grabbed them and he got
lightning, showed us a ticket to 60 to
we're four besides him. thought that he
had some money and commenced whis
pering that we ought to go through
him and then throw him off the train. I
found out what they wanted to do and
when they approached me with their
proposition, told them that if they did
I'd stay by the stranger and by doing so
1 think l saved his life. He got off at
hn ckn !
not see him after that, nor did not tell
him anything about it. The three no.
Does we're sore at me but did not do any
thing about it,
AS said before I arrived at Salt Lake
May 9th and found work on the bridge
across the great lake the rest of the
summer. October 4th I left Ogden,
Utah, for Denver and the east in this
manner: | had been talking to some
hObOes and one Of them asked me If I
ever rode on the passenger trucks in be-
tween the wheels. I told him I never
had an6 wanted him to show me how to
do it, SO we went where there was lone
passenger Car on the side track and I
looked in under the coach where the
wheels were and [ saw two iron rods one
running lengthwise the car, the other
going cross wise, the two crossing each
other at point in the center of the car
and about eight inches above the ground.
Well [ made up my mind that I could
ride there so at about $50 o. m. a train
came along. She had to change engines
at Ogden and [ had fine chance to get
on the rods in between the trucks and
was not very slow in doing it. I did SO
very quietly and no one see or heard me
and in about fifteen minutes they rang
the bell, the ICON" called all aboard and
we began to move out of the station and
just about that time had some queer
sensations. Mind you had never rode
in this place before and was wondering
how I'd come out of it and to my sur
prise found that there was very little
lurching of the car at this point, even
when going around curves it was scarce
perceptible. This train was fast one
and L rode it all night long and in the
morning found that I had gone some 240
miles. Good enough for one night, was
it not? unloaded myself while they
were changing engines without any mis-
take and made my way up town to par
take of a little refreshment, that is after
I'd cleaned myself the best [ could of the
dust that was covered with from my
nights ride. up town L fOund that i
was in place called Glenwood Springs,
very nice town for that country. Well,
I stayed there all day taking in the
sights and waiting for train to take me
out again that night. I found that there
were quite lot of ''boes" waiting to get
out also They were in the lower end of
the yard washing and cooking so I join
ed them and bought some meat and
bread, they had coffee. BY the way, all
hoboes carry coffee, as a rule, az they
all drink their liquor when they can get
IL and when in an intoxicated condition
are very ugly and quarrelsome. [ went
back up town with moulder and when
we came back the whole camp was max
ing the welkin ring with this: "Come
all ye pretty fair nalds so young and so
merry, from Is to 20 that's new going to