The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-02


n generation \ later philosopher re-
,.arked that ia IL loubtedly was true.
nut that wtc"e so" unity often tapped
only gent gt.ion Romance usu.
ally rapp&. viz ,taggering blows that
could not ne lnoIed.
It was with this latter sort of persist
ence that Romance assaulted Captain Rob
ert Reynolds, millionaire adventurer,
author globe tr6tt-i tiunter and famous
ath.ete, when a hlgG powered racing car
IT, arove through Fifth avenue stopped
suddenly with a beautiful girl prone under
It's front wheels aptain Reynolds did
not know the " woman. nor did she
know him. But :. he picked her from
the street someth. insisted that she was
the most beautiful. young woman he had
ever seen; and, although the victim Of tn"
accident had been toasted by lovers Of
beauty in almost every land from Asia 70
South America. his face was the first that
ever really had interested her-she real
lied this even while she was writing in
pain.
Romance could not have Epocked harder
OF anybody's door d have CT two more
interesting persons 70 attack
Captain Reynolds is gener. 1nown IN
North Carolir as "Our Bob, 4 design
tion h wo1 yhen. as halfback on the
North 1roline Jniversitys eleven" he be-
came famous as the South's gridiron hero.
At one time he was coach for a famous
Northern eleven"
Heir I, Sc immense fortune OF GeU.
Spear Re-; g. of North Carolina. you
Reynolds sta ed out to make the mosi -
lIfe-but frs! ~ learned law and prepared
himself fo later experiences by being
elected District Attorney. His appellation,
Our Bob, became main topic Of con-
versaion as soon as he took office, for he
did what other district attorneys had con.
sdered mpossible-wiped vice and graft
out of the daily routine of the hole of
Asheville. fighting city officials pc. clans,
capitalists and powerful interests f., re.
Wher he tired of this play he bean his
career of yorld wide adventures, stopping
now and then after trip across Tibet or
a season in the interior of Africa to write
a SUCCESSIVE novel or two
Like Roosevelt, the lure of the stern
plains was strong in he heart Of the
young college man. he went into
Wyoming to hire oul \ cowboy to a
ranch owner He was ceived as ten
derfoot by the other cowboys on the ranch
and treated TO The kind of ridicule cowboys
especially reserve for the tenderfeet from
The effete East. After few days OF this
young Reynolds invited the ranch foreman
10 have a licking and faithfully admins
tered He then took on few more OF
the coTDoys and finished I'm one at a
time. He was a tenderfoot 'onger. but
became known as Hot Stu rroughout
Wyoming.
When he had learned the pi rs Rev
nolds set his eyes on Europe. His income
from his inherited estates was fast piling
up at home, hut he preferred free passage
to the shipping points on the Atlantic
coast, and Joined a company OF tramps
With these companions he stole his way
on freight trains and on the beams of fas,
passenger trains. He made the trim In
thirteen days, begging his grub" at way.
side farm houses when brakemen thrcs
him off their cars
When he reached New York he rested
long enough to write his first book, IVAN
derlust." which was Immediately taken by
publisher and which became very popu
lar and widely sold. His literary effort
finished he pocketed his liberal advance
from the publisher and shipped as a cattle
tender on a steamer bound for Sweden.
After touring Europe, part of the time In
the state BETTING a millionaire and part
OF the time as a tramp. he returned 20 the
United States, went back TO North Caro-.
lima and became our Bob" again as or.
ganizer and captain of the famous Cover