The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-27

when we reached it we found the house
grirn dark and closed tight. Vainly
we tried every door. All were locked
There was no sign of the manager from
whom we had expected such an eager
welcome. There was not even watch
man on the premises.
Of course we were bitterly disap-
pointed. But were not frightened, and
/ know we did not cry. We hadn't
money enough left to pay our way back
10 San Francisco by train, but we couio
pay for our room, supper ana oteak-
fast. and, as we had come by rail IN
less than two hours, we thought in our
innocence that we easily could walk
hack next dav | believe the distance
is forty or fifty n1iles'
Children either are afraid of every
thing or of nothing. We were OF the
latter kind. So the next morning we
paid our hotel bill and with the little
money we had left bought some truit
and sandwiches 10 take along tor lunch
con, and started to walk back to San
Francisco Not knowing anything about
| the wav, and not caring to ask, because
we did not want to appear what we were
two runaway girls--we chose the road"
bed of the railway as the most direct
route and the surest. We were not
aware that it also was the favorite route
for hoodIums. who would steal ride
On local freight until discovered and
put off, and then tramp the road6eo
until the chance 70 steal another ride
offered But the same kind tate that
thus far had watched over US, kept Us
from finding out what hoodlum at his
worst might be.
We had not walked very lar out o.
San lose when we saw man coming
| Il.
rough-looking individual, in fact hood
INN. but not quite as ragged as thu
average tramp, probably because little
Younger, for | suppose that even II
trarnodonl youth still takes some prid
in aopearances Two things about hin
Treasured US in spite of his rough e%
terror. When he spoke TO US, there wa
note IN his voice that bespoke a
| least the remnant of gentlllty-d torc
| Of Difference TO our sex, / now think
was; and he had dog, an IRISH terriei
THAT greeted lis with a friendly w"at
There never is, | think, any need 9
being afraid of man with frienal
dog. for a dog reflects the character c
the master. The man asked US wher
we were going, and listened with a
amused smile when we told him "
| were walking to San Francisco ana e.
nected TO reach il in the afternoon.
| said walking on the track was ddnEero,
and he ~voiid show us a ROAD. 30 /
| took lis to one Of ihe pretty red ella
( country roads running along the to'
OF the sloPing hills that form, many {
them clad with vineyards, the SAM
Clara valley. He had been walkin
toward San Jose, but now he turne
and walked along with us. l reali'
in2w that he saw we were runaways an
know it fof f29gHf zen s!urI # we p dde
us even on the road.
Really he was delightful He chatte
with US IN an easy manner and tol
us stories. Sometimes, too, we woul
run ahead and frolc with the dog
Babe" his master called hin--but afte
| a while we began to feel the fatigu
OF walking and were content to hav
Babe" trot along beside US. Abou
that time we came to one of the littl
man suggested that we might want t
rest. We said we would like to Ca
too, and we sat down and laid out on
fruit and sandwiches on the paper the
had been wrapped in. Babe" pricke
UP his ears and scrutinized US an
wagged his tail slowly and respectful,
as II not wanting to appear too cage
| am happy to say that the idea of Jus
gobhling up what we had bought with
out offering any of it to the man and tn
dog never occurred to us We divide
the corrnissary supplies into four part
and the man looked on approvingly.
suppose he was glad that, although W
were a couple OF little fools, we wer
on the level.
How would some nice fresh mil
go with this outfit" he asked
We looked ruefully at each othei
: We had not bought any milk. we ha
! no more money, and we told him sc
That's all right" he said; Babe
will get some for us"
Babel" we exclaimed with on
. | voice.