The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-07-16

life came when the cool afternoon
breeze. as If in greeting. seemed to
rise out of Golden Gate. San Francis.
~en and make the home stretch to the ESww
Frisco city hall more pleasant iM
Greeted by the people of San Fran
cisco with even more hospitality than 0Asz8z
he had experienced along the route If
S1Sk a condition were possible, this Hg%
interesting old man was indeed at the
hsi@hI of his glory Nx&z;
Think of it-you who brag about
ten-mile feat of pedestrianism-this E
Tz-year-old New Englander during his mss
pears OF walking has traversed more e]
chan $4,000 miles. which is the dis 2W
Gznee around the world. land and wa 9
Ter included. nv
Hfs latest achievement was accom-
plishcd at rate of 46 miles each day.
n hard proposition in consideration of y
the fact that Weston returned the
pubBc's little courtesies by address
ing his admirers along tic route.
Some days over level country where
fast time possible. he would ne Il
aOftate 80 and 60 miles. The record
set when on his walk from Port.
ISnd, Me. to Chicago a year ago he accom-.
plished stretch of 30 miles in a day Then
however. he walked almost the entire "a hours
Always carrying a regulation breakfast food
smile this quaint old character who by the
way, can address audience as well as he
can walk long distances, never lost sight OF
the optimistic side of his venture Happy
hale. hearty and picture of color, he laughed
gzyIy at mention of the vicissitudes which he
was compelled 60 undergo in making good in
his determination to span the continent afoot
Facing the sun-baked western deserts, he
wore the same typical Yankee smile. Only
once did the relentless heat of the sands cause
him to falter. That was when in crossing the
Great Salt Lake desert ON the twenty-second
sf June he forced to stop and rest almos,
two hours at Lemay. Utah. He rested almost
=sEnin-t his will but me realized that the little
snatch of sleep at Lemay was for the best.
Leaving Hogup Utah, at $50 that morning
he starred his desert tramp. That night he
was nj LsIcfn a. miles away. At four O'Clock
sne next morning ne saw dawn break over the
Gown OF Lucin, and he was several miles to the
west. walking with the same steady stride
which marked his progress along better roads
In the east
He suffered a slight injury from fall in the
west and this hurt augmented by the effects
of the heat, promised to make his daily walks
shorter. sheer persistence kept him at his
task. and his will power Overcame his all
unents- Consequently. when he crossed the
west state tine OF Utah. he was In splendid
phyricaI condition
All was not milk and honey for the pedes
ryi,u- At Laramie. Wyoming. his manager
forced him to stay indoo-s for an entire hal
stay Ina order to conserve his energy
perhaps the states east of Illinois which
arrested Weston a year ago when he made his
snemorabie trip from Portland, Me-. to Chi
szxo. were not quite enthusiastic over tn,
AIRED pedestrian as they were In 1908, but 4
sxsrb was the case young Mr. Weston failed tC
a.s. the lack Of hospitality
One of the speediest laps which the walk
or accomplished before entering California
Vas that from Ogden to Hogup, Utah. Leav
ing Ogden one hour after midnight he reached
,sbe smaller city late I'm the afternoon OF the
x,ne day. n was tramp OF 81 miles, aud I'd