Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
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USE PRISON LIFE
MIXTURE WORK
Novelist Plans to Resume Literary
Career as Soon as He Is Free
From Penitentiary,
Continued From Page I.

the malls, VIII be released on parole.
/ DR.. Morton is an elderly man Of dig
( nifed appearance, popular, just as
/ Hawthorne IS popular. among the mon
at the penitentiary. lie is not con
/ templatlng the walking trip with his
/ friend. but will choose the more con-
servatlve method Of travel by railroad.
! But Hawthorne is eager. Months u
/ prison life have rather heightened
/ than lessened his activity. Walking
/ has become a passion with him.
1T keeps me fresh and rational"
! Hawthorne has said, according TO one
| or two of his mates at the peniten-
tiary, and opens my mind to the m 'sI
effective thought Of my life"
Will Seek Inspiration.
BY the same authority IL is an
nounced that the novelist VIII seek
| inspiration as well as health in the
| walk to New York. He viii make Of
the trip. his prisoner friends say, d
| sort of psychological training season,
! in which he will try to adapt himself
to the free world, and TO work ols
the scheme Of existence that viii De
his after his most mOmentous adVcn
ture I'm the United States penitentlary
at Atlanta.
Hawthorne, since his prison term
began. has sunk his identity in the at
mosphere Of the prison. His refie'-
lions have been based on his lif5
within the walls His mental Efforts
have been directed toward helping 10
cheer and to instruct the men about
him, out Of his own great store OF
optimism and knowledge His whole
life has been pitched in new world.
Now he must soon go back to the oil.
Hawthorne himself is aware Of all
this, and has talked OF the situation
with the men whom he has come 20
know and TO understand so well. He
has reasoned out that the best means
Of returning to the Did life VIII be
solitary journey, in the course of
which he can work out his relations
to that life and can plan the work
that he IL to do.
The World Can Expect Much.
Already he has planned great
deal. and conhded to some of the men
about him. And from what they hint,
the world can expect much from
Hawthorne's pen, in spite of the fact
that he is nearing his threescoro
years and ten. For Hawthorne, it
might be said again, is an energetic,
two-flsted person, even with his white
hair and his years.
ITO walk out alone under the stars
and through the mountains, to be
able to spend leisurely days in this
wonderful Southern country, to be
able to renew my acquaintances with
men in their natural environments,
to feel that | have health and
strength still-that is why I want to
walk the thousand miles back to the
scenes Of my former life" Hawthorne
is quoted by his friends as saying
He looks upon the long walk, also,
through boyish eyes, seeing in 1t the
opportunity for a great outing such
as has been denied him in the years
past, when he was a very busy man
of affairs.
Has Lived in the Open.
The nov riist is equal to the task. |
In the course OF his career as a
writer and newspaper man he has
been outdoors a great deal. He fol-
lowed the troops In the Cuban cam
paign OF 1898 when, as war CORE
spondent. he achieved his greatest
prominence as writer of actual
events.
It win be necessary for Hawthorne
to obtain permission from the At
torney General to make the walk. BY
Federal regu ttion the released pris- |
oner must return to his home, or to
his nearest friend or relative, within !
a certain time, two or three days in |
the case Of the trip from Atlanta to |
New York His transportation is |
paid by the authorities. The walk |
naturally, win consume more time |
than the allotted three days, and !
departure from rule VIII be entailcd |
Hence the necessity Of permission.
Friends of the writer think that he |
will make formal application for per- |
mission within a week or two.
Perfect roads, established by au-
tomobtle tourists, VII relieve the !
walker from hardshps
An even road stretches from At |
ianta to New York, as smooth in most |
places as a city parkway. Perhaps |
Hawthorne will not follow the public |
route, but it is there for his selection |
the easiest and most pleasant way. Al |
any rate, he must follow It approx. |
mately for the mountains which he |
must traverse are almost impossible |
elsewhere.
IT'S Thousand Mile Trip.
The trip to New York over the ma.
tional highway covers 1,OS0.4 miles. !
Hawthorne most likely Will leave At /
lanta by a road leading northeast
ward out of Stone Mountain, and TO
| LawrenCeviIle Thence he will con-
| tinue in a gently curving path to'
! Anderson, :. c., through GreenviUe !
/ and Spartanburg. Striking the North
/ Carolina line, his road runs directly
/ eastward TO Charlotte, then approx
/ mately northward to Salisbury. and
/ through either Winston Salem OF
/ Greensboro. Continuing northward.
! he probably win go 10 Roanoke. Va,
/ to Stauutan, Winchester and to Ha-
/ gerstown in Maryland
Crossing into Pennsylvania, the
/ New York route touches at Waynes-
horo and Gettysburg thence east
ward TO Lancaster and TO Philadel-
phia. \ little farther, the road crosses
the Delaware almost AT the spc, where
q historic crossing was made in 1878.
into Trenton. From Trenton , Perth
| Amhoy, across Staten Island and into
Now York the road los ON is final