The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-22

ing to arise at 8 o'clock this morning
and be on his way by 4, oversight the
waking hour and did not leave until
three minutes of 6. Weston uses no
alarm clock, but wakes to walk when
he feels like it. He left Topeka on
the Santa Fe right of way.
He left Emporia Monday morning
at 1915 a. m. 1t was his intention to
spend last night in Pauline but
These last fourteen miles of road
have been SO fine and the air out here
SO buoyant, I thought I would keep
on into Topeka and make some more
velvet Monday is my long day any
how. Every mile 1 walk before 6
o'clock in the morning is clear velvet.
That's why 1 get up SO early these fine
mornings
The veteran walker veered from the
Santa Fe track a mile north of Paul
inc and took the Topeka avenue road
into the city. In the outskirts he was
met by Chief Eaton and a police
escort of five. This is said to be the
first instance of his leaving the rail-
road tracks since leaving the Golden
State, and was done by arrangement
of Col. F. S. Savage, T. L. King, local
passenger agent, and Division Super
intendent Stanley, who is seeing
Weston safely over his division. The
course was down Topeka avenue to
Eighth, east to Kansas avenue, north
to Fifth and east to the Commercial
house.
Just at the point where he left the
track, Mr.. Weston was met by an au-
tomobile load of Santa Fe officials and
newspaper men. One reporter has
the audacity to claim he walked into
town with the pedestrian, but Tom
King is the only one of the party who
did it.
Carried a Lantern.
Weston carries his own lantern
leaving his companion to walk free
handed. He also carried the green
flag with which he flags the motor car
although he had left the track. 'Ev-
erywhere along the Santa Fe, they
have been very good to me-" he said.
THAT motor car follows me along
within a miles distance and when
ever 1 want anything, all have to
do is wave this flag and at the end of
the next mile whatever I want is
ready. We have signals which tell
the man on the car whether 1 want
water or food.
"Oh, 1 tell you this is a picnic That
was a torture, that trip out along
the northern way The officials over
there didn't take any pains to look out
purposes. You know what 1 mean
pull sidewise. But everywhere your
men are the same, just like one great
family he said to Mr.. T. L. King.
But as the automobile turned and
caught up with the then walking escort,
throwing the bright light ahead of the
pedestrian. he took occasion to give
some findings of his on the motor craze.
Can he stop that thing? I'm afraid
of them. Do you know one of those
fellows rammed into the crowd at
Great Bend and would have run over
woman if L hadn't saved her. I saw
him come and hollered at him, then /
grabbed the woman and threw her out
of the way He grazed my knee and
knocked me down. I offered 800 to
anyone who would catch him but he
had gone. If had had this stick then
| (shaking his signal f1ag) that fellow
would still be in the hospital.
But I've got one of those things my
self. It's been baking out in Chicago
the last three months. 1 must get 1t
| out when 1 pass there. A good team is
the best, though, / tell you. None of
these juggernautS for me-
It was in Great Bend where physi-
| clans last examined Mr.. Weston for the
London Lancet and DR.. Smith of New
York, who are keeping close watch on
his phenomenal endurance.
At the Commercial hotel, where Mr..
Weston spent the night, retiring with
out supper, having stopped to eat last
at IL o'clock a. m, he chatted pleas
| antly with the party who first met him.
| Beginning Immediately to remove his
outer garments he said: 'Just wait a
minute and I'll show you pair of Won
derful feet. Look, not a blister nor 4
ca1lous. They're not even hot, feel
them
That's all due to the socks I wear, -
\ he had said earlier in the evening
Somebody gave me those socks when
| was leaving New York / haven
been able to find out who makes them =
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