The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-05
lad NO MONEY TO BUY FOOD
AND WERE 3 DAYS REACH
ING HONESDALE.

Kind Offices of Burgess McCarty Sc
cured Them Food and Lodging;
Then They Trudged on to WILSON,
vile, 10 Miles Further.
/ Ten miles to Wilsonville! The dis
1ance is not so great when one con-
fders the journey on the train
4 r in high powered automobile; not
very far even to one, who in the
Z Ill vigor and strength of youth, sets
hut to make the journey on foot;
Z ut the little settlement on the banks
the Wallen-Paupack, must have
eemed many times as far to the aged
puple who left Honesdale on foot
Wednesday morning intending to
lake the trip in the only manner
|pen to their means, because they
ad no money.
The story told by Mr.. and Mrs.
onklin when they arrived in Homes
ale Tuesday afternoon is a pitiable
he. The husband is about 76 years
age and the wife is SO. They had
alked from Scranton to Honesdale,
bvering the 32 miles in three days
uring which they slept wherever
hey could find shelter and ate what
bod they could beg along the way.
&any times they were forced to go
Without food and shelter, and Mon
lay night they were turned away
d rom a farm house after asking for a
Ned and were forced to sleep in the
a oods on the mountains.
The account of the weary days of
bill over the mountains was graphi-
billy told by Mr.. Conklin. Foot
pre- and hungry they trudged on,
esting at intervals, and then getting
p to resume the journey. The man,
espite his age, does not bear many
the inevitable marks of time. The
oman, however, was not used to the
hrdships they endured on the trip
nd had to be helped along by the
usband. At one country store they
lid they had asked for few crack
rs but their request was refused
tuesday night they said they stopped
a farm house and asked for shell
Fr during the night. They were al
Pwed to spend the night in the barn
The aged couple were in a de-
Fcted state when they reached this
lace Tuesday afternoon about three
clock. When they reached the
nion station, in the central part OF
Pwn, the private car of the officials
the Delaware G. Hudson company
ood on the siding ready to be hook.
h on the train that would carry il
Carbondale. A passerby was ap-
roached by the two old people and
Bked for the city jail as place tc
bend the night. The man directed
lem to Burgess Chas. A. McCarty
he man had heard their story and
hen he saw the private car of the
resident of the road standing on the
ding he could not help but compare
be two extremes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conklin found Bur
bss McCarty in his office and tolt
m their story. While the man tolt
lie story of their misfortune, tn,
oman sat in a chair in a corner o.
le room and a detected look stolt
yer her care-worn face. According
the story told they had no rela
YES in this part of the state except {
rother-in-Iaw living in Scranton.
hey had been former residents o
ilsonville, settlement two mile
Pove Hawley, but had moved to New
Prsey several years ago. Thei
pine in that state had burned dowI
nd about the same time Mrs. Conk
n's sister had died in Scranton
hey came to Scranton and ATTENDED
e funeral. Their sole relative il
at city was the brother-in-law wht
build not or would not support then
they made up their minds to G,
hck to their old home in this coun
hoping to find help among
lends.
When they left Scranton on foo
ey were told that to get to Hawle,
~ e best way for them to go woul,
by way of Honesdale. The dis
\ nee by way of Honesdale is 8
lies. The distance by way of LAX
|I riel along the right of way of tn
+ rie is only about half that distance
took them three days to make tn
ip, walking in the day time. an,
sting at night. They left Scranton