The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-12-15

finds him home never TO Isave sgafnl
But, when they ara fsd by these
kindly women ON the way. thsv soon
are confirmed hobo.s, and are not
ashamed to ask for anything
As was said above, "A No. L. has
hobosd sinos 1883. has travsed 493,-
6s4 miles ad has spent only s761
on railroad fare.
He has BEN Ground the world
thre times. He has prevented more
than twenty Wrecks. wears a $40 suit
Of clothes and a gold watch, hceps
has name sacret, does not chew,
smoke. drink or gamble. "A tramp
gave him his name in 1889.
Kid, you're all right, declared
the Older one, at the end of par
tcularly hard journey. you're A
No. L. The title has since stuck
and the wanderer has more than
lived up to it, Tor If evsr a hobos life
could be said to be success, 1T is
that OF this fellow.
"A No. 1" has a memorandum
book fluid of cards and letters given
him by railroad officials. Many of
these state that he has prevented the
possible loss of human life and prop
erty by falling train operators, when
beating his ways of broken Car whee,s
or Other dlsarrangemnees and he has
prevented serious wrecks and disas-
ters. He has bsm in, five wrecks,
but, luckily, has never besn hurt.
He also has an Autograph letter
from Jack London. the author telling
Of thsdr companionship ON the road
together in 1894.
Dutmg his travels "a No. 1" has
learned tour English,
German, French and Spanish. His
parents were of thu French and Ger
man na.donalitbes. but he was born i'm
San Francisco.
Whenever "a NO. T. meets a nun
away boy upon his journeys he gives
him talking to that is almost ceT1'ain
to make the lad homesick and glad
when "a No. T. purchases ticket
Tor him, sending him home to his
parents. If the boy Us already a con-
firmad wand5rer, "A No. l. teaches
hmm his own motto: Never associats
with anyone in whose company you
would be ashamed in broad daylight
to pass your mothers home.
Wh,n asked why he did not sop,
he replied: II am the most SUCCESS
ful tramp this country ever knew. but
Look at me and see what and where
| am. have Neither friends nor
home. even after twenty-eight years
OF hardest and most dangerous life
and can have no Peace,
no homo nor true friends as long as
hive. Do you know that the call TO
wander is so tGresistable that often on
dark, rainy nights i find nysaf walk
ing about railroad yards looking for
a chance to move on? You would
not bSaieve me, but it is fact, that
raalize that my end will be the same
as tina. of 80 per cent. of all tramps
an accident. This lis why have
at least provided for decant burial
In 1894 received $1,000 cash and
this beautiful medal from the police
Gazstte for tramping from New
York to San Francisco in eleven
days and six hours, and with $3.50 of
this prize bought tombstone in a
Cemetery in Cambridge Sprtngs, Pa.
SEAMS strange that almost eveTy night
hha. silant white monument saems to
beckon from yonder green hillsids in
my dreams and entreat me 10 stop
my rowing. This i have trled TO do
many times, but I'm vain, and my
which | hope will be a silent
everlasting warming to others who
seen to be afflicted with this strangs
longing to roam, Very aptly CALLED
'wanderlust,' Is simply:
"A No. /.
The Rambler,