The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-17

fire. IL took four hours 10 gel ii eolt.s
Cnt the next time it VAS sasier, for !
carried the charcoal fl. the old ire
I'd run for three miles, and then I'd
build Ii tire. AT night | dug myself INTO
snowbanks or slept in rayines below
the level of the surface Of the earth.
Furs Sold fer 1912.
"One day | got TO Fort Henry. |
went to the maj AT the post and told
him what had happened He told me
that he had bought my furs and he
showed them to me. He had pald
SSH for them. And then he tod me
that the man who had sold them Il
wearing a white seal coat. He had
sold all my dogs but the lead dot' /
don't know how he could mana- MN,
for | had raised him from II pup. ah0
even my father coold no tOuel MN.
The men AT tllv posi- tod ne lhal
the man who had sud my fHrs STD
he was going to ID place called 10
ronto. He said he was soins to iaNe
my dog with him.
Il know | could tell my white coat
and my dog anywhere, so II ! saw
them ] could get the NAT AMI II l
got him I'd cut him up n little DIS.
So | asked where Toronto Vas ahd
they told me ii was a pretty good
sized town down South and that !
couldn't miss it. for al the statloil
there was Il big board with Toronto
painted on it.
''They told me my buckstin pants
would look funny so they gave me a
lot of wooden clothes for them. And
another man at the post gave me
enough money to TAXI me South IL
some kind of machine.
at had four wheels with rubber on
them. | don't know how long we tray
eled this way. The trails we're hoW
in in places. but we managed TO e@
through.
"We came to another post where
there seemed to be more people |
saw a policeman hese and | asked him
where | could stay for the night. He
told me to go to the police station
Here they told me | could sleep on the
floor. | asked them where Toronto
was. They told me I'd have to 20 on
a train, but | didn't know what that
was. Then they described it and they
told me how to ride blind baggage. So
the next morning | went where ehef
told me, to a station. | asked where
the train to Toronto was, and when no
one was looking | jumped on behind
the coal car.
Two Dollars From the Police.
81 rode all that day. When night
came | jumped off at a station and
asked a policeman where to sleep
Again l slept at d police station. Nexi
morning l told the police my. story,
These policemen collected some money
about So, and gave it to me. That did
me for a couple of days to buy food
Each night l slept In a police station.
and each morning | asked where was
the train for Toronto and hoped on t.
the baggage car.
when | got to Toronto | was feel
ing sick. AS | came out of the train
yard a policeman asked m where
l was going. l asked him what bust
ness it was of his, and then he grabbed
me. In my country he'd. have NJ
business askiag-Nssl where You are
going. But when told him I WASN'T
feeling well he sent me to this hos
pital.
81 thought that Toronto was just j;
town, and that I could run across tn
man who took my coat and dog,
said Jacques but I guess I'll neve
meet him. But if I do, and 1 have 4
knife, I'll cut him into little bits o.
bite his ears off"
With his chances of getting re
venge gone, RichtCr's first thought was
to get out of the city. A job as o
lumberjack was secured for him, and
he has left for a northern Ontario
camp. He hopes to earn enougl
money to buy a ticket and ride in stat,
back to A~thabasca.
Scarcely had Richter left for north
ern Ontario when a telegram came
from Alberta police announcing that
a man was being held for the muir
der Of Jacques Richter. Evidently the
whole story has not yet been told.