New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
HERE UNFOLDS A "S|X|AD''
But The Peregrination Proves
Longer than The tale.
THEIR QUEST. FRESH AIR
Incidentally, They See Washing
ton, Not D. c., Many Noun
tains and Much Kindness.

tdlNS anu iH uCN hlUnutSS.
I The tale % the rcTc ordinations ~ the
b half dozen .s i lc1s and thrilling one. a
sor: 4 "si-iad." II you will. The pere-
crs.aticns wore long. also They didn't last
for three stormy months like these OF the
first little American Peregrine whose eyes
first opened 20 tho light in the cabin Of the
Mavfowe~. but thav did endure for twelve
mortal hours.
Tie peregri7at ons had their beginning
at the headquarters ~ the Brooklyn chill
dren's Aid Society. in Schermerhcrn street
whereas the scoring Of the twelve hours
started NJ about o'clocl on Thursday
morning. Tho end Of the hours is mere
matter Of mntscmatic calculation. but the
end Of the pc-ecr nations got raveiled. as
it We're. so that the end DIDN'T end al az
once
Il was a band OF Fresh Air peregrinators'
this half dozen, backed by the Tribune
Fresh Air Fund I'm an expedition in search
of the Fresh Air ~ the outset their hearts
were buoyant and flied with hope. They
took 10 the subwav ike ducks 70 water
when they have been long deprived OF 1t.
From city Hall Park, where they forsook
the subterranean read. they tripped II
merry heel and toe through Park Place
and down West street 20 the Lackawanna
ferry At Barclay street.
From the upper deck q the ferrynoat the
first discovery Of Importance was made.
"O-o-o"' shouted one-sixth Of the party,
/ I'm great establishment. there's horses on a
boat"
/ Hitherto the world had not known that
/ boats could carry horses or that horses
+ could get aboard boats. Now IT does The
/ idea that one means of transportation
should carry another seemed incopgruous
/ to the youthful sixth mind.
/ Evidently the half dozen We're not pre-
pared for the heroic Journey before them.
How far is it 10 whore we're goin'?'' was
a question asked almost Immediately after
the train 20 which the Barclay street boat
was but preliminary had gathered way
! At the answer-"three hundred miles'-the
/ quesuoner simply gasped:
/ Good night"
/ Youngsters under twelve are not good
travellers, however much they may be
awake nights in anticipation Of a journey
/ For a while. notwithstanding. these had
pretty good time tickling one another
heads over the back Of the car seats, lunch
/ ing internationally IN soda biscuits and
/ specializing on what they were going 70 DO
/ and see IN the country.
This lasted for a couple OF hours. until
/ Washington. y j. was reached, where
some one wished he might only see the
White House His mistake however was
speedily corrected by a brother who In
formed the erring geographer that This
amt that one. That one is In MARYLAND
D. c., and this one is where is IT, mis-
teri"
/ Beyond Washington several drifted OF
IN sIeen. while others fell 10 gazing quietly
out the windows. It happened fortunate
/ ~. that all the slumterers had reawakened
when the train passed through the Della
ware Water Gap. and so all % the halt
dozen were able 20 marvel at the height
Of the mountain across the river
Lille. aged nine wanted 10 know If II
was one II the Rockies but the expert
geographer who had located Maryland so
accurately Immediately came % the front
again.
"Aw. git out, rhats the Appalachians'
eft amt: is II. mister Il aint high
enough. ard don't believe IL contra
dictad Lille. in whose mind. II would SEEM
/ tbaro was some occult connection between
the relative heights Of the mountain sys-
TENS I'm question and the length OF their
respective names This time the embryon-
ic p r. g. ; had 70 be supported. and
was elevated thereby several steps in the
estimation Of his companions
After Scranton and its interesting coal
mines had been passed all succumbed 20
veariuess and slept except ono boy, who
devalored case of inconsistencies and wept
bitterly Some slept through the stop al
Binghamton and the attendant shifting oil
coaches and some walked 10 mourn that
1T wasn't where they got Of
/ At Cortland after seven hours Of travel,
The six md 20 change and wait a long two
hours for the connecting train. But the
chance 10 stretch their limbs was wei
come one. and they frisked about playing
/ tag and picking COwslip blossoms until the
| train picked them up FOR the last leg OF
/ the iourrev The fact that the end was
In sight cheered all except one, who was
too hungry.
/ Then the first Or the travelled ends came
/ in sight. and Lille got down from the
train al Truxton 10 meet her eXpectan'
/ hostess As the two walked away from
/ the station Carrie. one Of those left. said
10 her COMPANIONS. She must be an awful
/ kind lady Look, Shes carryin Lilies
bundle and takin hold OF her hand
After that the end came rapidly. Each
succeeding station found a kindly LADY
. waiting for a hungry Fresh Air until
finally the last was welcomed az De Ruy
ter They had had weary trip. Dut now
/ trev nave forgotten all about that I'm the
fuu of country life.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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