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«c;ursibn,;y - L. rain; :¦ ¦ ito^'Phfladelphiii; then 'op.'.
Wyshingtpn. ,_.':-.i ; §tfiyed. in .these .places quite!: ibrig enough.. "
/^d^theri xitpQk :.a -.quiet Vruridavyn ;^, Mount Vernon.
;I : fcveri'- pai«i niy-fare down on the; tfain-^I Ranted to b« '
feeling -triy ;. best ¦_ arid ; perfectly .^hbiloraDle^wh'en • 'I . saw
the -.thihgsj sacred to the riienjo'ry and. assbciatipns of "the •
'Father of His -But. I didn't often pay ¦ fare-f
;..s^ :^ was;aU my-.trips: cost me as' far as 'i^y transporta- ..
jUpn was' concerned. . : ¦ , -.. ." . . '., . :' ; .'. ; .;' ,•'*.
i "Then . back to ; New-. Vprk—- and T saw the- magnificent .' '
DeWey. celebration:' It : , was grand.r pver, I.began.
to think'qf .getting. .back ; to' the; Pacific Coast ; I . was
sopn in Harrisburg.-Pa.,' Between Harrisburg arid PittiN..
biirg I canie,very-neai- being drowried prie'night:; '= I was :
riding ¦ the; blind baggage... Well;' sir,, traiiis On this run
"don't stop! very many ; times and. consequently the engine,
takes; water 'bn the fiyj . You- know-, about! those patent
arrarigemerits. "My ' engine took" ; water i four times that
iight and i every timei she-did the front end of the bag- '¦'.- :
gage 'car jwas deluged : and ; I was, wet through to my . ¦-
skin aridalnipst Wa'shid off. the platform: The night was:
cold J srid '-frosty and I almost' froze to death^ just as ; I
would- get : tfomewhat dry- and a little warrii along woiil i >-
come ; another and I- would be ; almost drowned :
Ugain.-. Four^^ times' r was enough,*! tell you.';: ¦¦'¦ : ¦
"Fi pm ' Pittsburg I went to Columbus, 0., then to Q»»
¦. drinati,; then .to; St> Louis thd ; Kansas O^--»ad>'thaL-.tii : !
: Albuquerque, where; f ;toofc; : quite-a -.•.reafc i..:?\>'f -'-I r
• "At-'Wifaslpw, Ariz., the hostility • Of the; trainmen waj;
¦ spmethiog terrible>i Some dozen or. more tiamp« w^eri: ; ;
¦'fired, off, but I--ani, another fellpw'-sacceeid'ed;ui;\itijliig.i'
'on:-' The .dirty, ¦lurd-Ipbkins;':^
.Well; f l l noticed j that th e . man : oh . the train whhine caN '
:' ried- 1 an- umbrella .j^ad -a": fine: "overcoat, 'but; ' I'co^tdb't.
;; quite.-. settleymy inm.d .^about : him'v "so M}";'wrbildn't : - hir*".';
'¦ anythirig!: t<> dp with ham. and "Vv'e didn't '.get acquainted./ }'¦¦'-¦ \
Octdbeir 23;iripm s MpjiT^^^
...the,- over land, and^after: sleispjng :-..i : iday : and ¦:'4 : ;riight :; to ;
..make;. up .for . lost time,-: I put on 'my good -clothe* and '
meahdered into the dining-rb<>m: of x first-class ",'¦_ hotel;'
prepared to do justice to a lot of fine grub, whefl- to xsQr.
• tstohishment: somebpdy 'across; the tab^e ; addrcsted'.nw...
cbrHialiy. ¦¦• •? ; ¦¦.-.; ':¦< ';••.-;:¦¦¦ " :i';\ f^jf i : '. : \ : yv: \v::' : ; : ' '--^ v-";.>";. : ;;
" 'Well, how. are you?— and so yoo got ; ia txit, £h& .
. you?'-'- .-".•-: >V' :': : .~" '.-i^-'uv^- : : --= ¦•.'?¦'¦•¦" :-'-:Wy^:: -'- : Wy^ :: ~: : -':: ; :'.^-r;
;¦'.':_' Yes,.-L guest so,*: I replied coldly^ for. l^ <ilda'tkabirv;
who ih^the worl^J- my>. taikatiyc fritnd -couid he. v -¦:¦•'¦?::•¦,
.¦ \ " 'Well, you; don't know- me, do ybu^- he quicltjy r»-f ¦
• marked./.' • :-:-'-'-.: -:-'-'-. -; : ; ;".': •"':'-. '¦'¦ ¦¦'-','-¦ ;";1.' : ;- ;"¦¦.::¦' 'i" : :% ;^' "\ '>'¦'•"¦
" . ;" ¦ - f I;- certainly' don't/;; I answered." v.^..;.-\.; : X;'
¦'¦*'.. . you ¦ renieiniiier - the . m^ ; with the: blf coat
. and umbrella Who/ rode, up from. Winslow- with . yoij
the other night, don't you?'-:" ; ' '' :..'- '¦'. . ' ; '\ :¦'/'¦¦ 'p- : : ¦'/¦ ) ;¦ =' / . v '. \ ¦ '
"'I do;, are you v / but. he ; cut ••"off- '.my : remark o at ¦'.
astonishment; with ah elated reply. ;.-; :.'¦.; •*¦ KX\\'!:%'if : .
-. • '"I. am the; sanie : fellow/ ' :, ;. ; '"¦;¦."¦.; : - ./ -;V, : ' •;/¦- ' :
"Arid sure he was the same man, but I should
never have known him^ . He looked like a bloated bond
holder and I. guess, he. did have, mbriey,- too,. aU .'¦tight:-.
enough, . There are lots. of fine fellows With; money who :
do some of their traveling "ort the economical basis." : '•] -.'*..;• .
Goppier usually" takes all his tripa alone, avpidi tha
• professional tramp when he can and : never lets -Pa thai .=".
he has any money;: ;;;• ; ' . v - : '" ;:;'."• V /: ; ;. "¦ J:- ;
**H6w about work, can a tramp usually get it If ls«.
wants-.it?" ,- ; ' ¦' "•' ; ".>•: •'•-• '.".. ;"' ;':.;' ./¦ /: ; ; .- : . - : .i' ; ' '¦.'
''Well, yes. if he wears good cjothes arid keeps cleaik
But if lie once Rets down it's all •-.off with him." •
CoopexiiarU ia May for the Paris Exposition. . : >;;•-..
¦ : ;/nrHASI.rL; COOPER; is > trai^p^' : Hfc':ls- : ahta" : 'k
I / ...grjsai; deal fflore.:; At/ii^ei/you; ni%lit;i!magini
; Ajjy him a rich man's son. f\ jFbose- who know, him;ciW
V» : not resist "the desire 'to " think oi 'hinv ¦ai-^a^ sort: of
¦Dr. Jekylf , . and .-.JkIK . ',Hy4c' \ personage •. ;in.; -.'his: -lipey
When; not traveling he is -it.- n^.n : :bf>leisure,.r : >rHpn:,''<>a :
the road" he Is a tramp. At night he is a '"burn," beat
ing the railroads, in the "dii^me/he.'is ¦ a/gefttf c^anrr-aj
tourist, a respectable sightseer,
. To be ablevto ;'do;tbis • Copper- tra^ps-'-EcicTitiS^y^
? He. tises his brains, and before : lr6in ; ;his.lhipme ;
In Hamilton, 0., over ¦ four yearsfigo, he tftpught'lpn^;
•ad hard.'-' ICow he employs a /method. in hisitnuriping:
that makes him uniquely successful. He. ;ha* : been
tramping for /four : years and has never yet • been :ar*
rested for vagrancy. To the ordinary tramp this would
. b«. inconceivable; vagrancy is his one. besetting.' hind-:
-faace,'. - But Cooper easily baffles constables and pol:ce
•fiiccrs — he fools them all. ' -
"My object," says Cooper, "is to see the world. But
I 'aa not rich and all I am worth is what I can earn
•rhh my hands, but I get there just the same."
Cooper is a determined young man pl/2.% yeirsand ; he
kring» about what: he- 'jsets : ,»ttt. to . : dtt.^rd^;fias;h>pf;'.iiis;:
gyc will tell yon that. 7 - v
How does he do it?
.'His methods are so; ; very 'reasonable; :^that/manyvre-? :
•pectable people may feel . like '.taking/ the ni; up ; ',.£' And.
ftt they are cheap— -of necessity.
: For the past three years he has.- spcrit-Jiis;: winters :nv
Southern California at Ontario, : Sari Bernardino,' Cbunt£v
.AD winter long he works— -works hard- and ' iay'es - hisl
money. He is an, excellent ranch- :han<f \aiiid/ jfodsf;cbn-~
•taut employment on the Harwood^orange-r^ches^aV'
losf v he will stay;: Many 'others^ would' glidj^jgive;
kirn work, but the time ¦'comes /wheti^h«.;Jtnusi ; :.be?upi
ftad off. • - ;.: -/¦ ; :'•; ; 'j- } - a: ¦¦'¦ :f: f- |O 7'-. v .'^ : :'] -v ';) ': ' C ¦ Hi." V. '¦ ;•¦;
"I cannot stand prosperity," • said Cooper ; the . otlier :
day ** the writer called upon him. m. the field piirkihgr.
orsunges and bossing a gangyof Chinamen. y.?.i •; must :see :
the world. If I was rich I would, travcr all the .time.'' 1
After Cooper has worked long enough to siveJupeoTi^;.
tiderable money he make. preparations; "tbjtaite^ a trip.-' ¦
AVhere he. is going and what route he will travel .hiving:
been determined he carefully, packs into -a small btiiidle i
ft suit of fine Suaday -clothes , . (fashion;; frock) ; :¦ tpgiether ¦
•rith an : abundance of linen;; nc^ktafes an^"kerchiets;;;^rid|
cypresses them- to; the first ¦ princii>al^poiiit: bi^ interest 5;
»here he- will careito stoj)." ; :': 'y f ri\>:':[:.'i:\ ¦: ;;J' ?;..•¦•¦
Then he follows his clothes:; ', -./¦ VI- ''. •"; ; v:;.^ 1 f|;i-.Vvr;iv
Of course, he intends".to. pay; nd '; railroad :fareV yet nis :
whole dependence for^^transportation.: is; ' necessarily on
the train service. . He always carries with: brm a isniall
Hbrary of guides and time .-tables... : yy : :.-/'\. .•;•.' ; ";'. ™
The suit of clothes that :h<rwearis to ; travel ; in r ,th;ou^h ;
k finally becomes badly ; worn^ he h keeps .^punctilfotisiy;
clean, and for a further proteetioh . from dirt and cinders; :
he weari a 'pair of mechahics*;toveralls;. : ..withithe: Mb-j;
Kke extension of ii breast ; protector^ r Then;^wuh/ a^
comb, a small 'jk^^~T^^i^^*^pw^Mm^l^i 'is;
ready to board his train.) ' ; : ; ;':V. ;" :^;H ''''¦¦> vl':1:!-i % : r-:P'
Brakebeani, blind, baggage, ;! or .^.freight '¦:,
traia— and of! ; he goes. ¦;. : - YC. : i '¦" -K^^i^'^t;^' \*k
.. . Most of his traveling is .done' at.ttight - As ra(oriijng;.
. draw* oear and
to get off Jest he. ;bc caught.vJhe- brushes Voff.-Jiis'. hai-»nd' :
clothes until not a speck of dust remains,' with Jhiv hanUv:
kerchief cleans his face and hinds and finally combs ¦'. his •
= ~'i $y':< \ : \ ':¦/¦- "¥&&^£&Mk W^
, Withhis Overalls In a roll imderi his arm he ;-leayes" his .;
¦train and quickly mingles .v/ith.^e.;cfbwd '^:the:dcp6ti .
K'O constable, no ' pdliceman; ever -;•.- suspects." ¦:. Codper •:
fteVer^daJlicsif gazes. idly about: "He walks •ipqt.oi .the';
train yard as if ¦ he \ had been there before^ had bus! ness '
•omew.here . el«a :!and it was . very' important that -he "get f
¦flMrrie. immediately'^' \ '•• ¦"¦•¦•:¦•¦¦;':¦ '¦..¦'"'¦'. ; '. '; - :.¦:'{'';¦ \A^ "¦¦}
'.:. ¦ Then he buys his breakfast- This ...eaten^ he- hastens' •
¦wajrto some quiet,' respectable :lqdging-hou6Cf .rehts. a :
tpora and takes' a resL This .room is', his. Jieadquarters ¦
«ntij he has .seen . the ; sights'; of the ¦'¦surrounding'' 1 -, country':
ioid then he moves on. .•..'. ;•••' ;,'..', • " \. : '-.'; '¦ - v .':' ; -
Wherii however, he catches up with his goodclbthes ; ;:
be. domiciles himself in -a first-class ".liptel and stayi'.a ;
week, living like, a prince. When. tired of this- he puts
gio Hi mechanics' overallsand commences a' new round.
One of Ids itinerariej ii '. interesting. Last year he
.traveled :;'.. , / .• ' '' '"^^^^^^-^f^^^^^Rßw^^l
-•isi.fed^t'.vc'n-i ...; ¦¦; '. 'P^^^^-B^^^^
.ty-two^S t ate a; '•: : ¦ : '^i^^^^P^^^jiHSi
from the genial ell- ¦ ¦ ¦ .- r
. .matevof- Caßiorriia •!».¦ ¦.; ..
days. These- are^ from . ...
methodical diary in which.he .
.carefully jotted down. endless de- V ' -.'.^.
:¦¦• tails. Duri n g ,-h is entire trip -he paid . - ¦ ¦ ¦ *
-transportation three times, amount- -.;';
ing to $i 50.
"And of rry PSo? mileshow many do ytrtf
think I'aetua.ny waiked?" he Bskcd,. with a
gleam in his eye. v- ¦¦¦ : ¦.-; ¦; . ¦¦¦ —¦..¦.;¦.¦¦•¦: ' ¦;.:••
. : I- couldn't even puess;-: I replied. •. ; - •¦¦ • ¦•¦- c
. '¦Well; sir, only twenty miles!*'. And he seemed
proud of, his record. -.-¦ ¦.-,•. ....... -y... :
r. .After working long enough last. winter -to- »a.ye %xxy
he left Los Angeles on a llyer July 5. He carries hii
money, part of/ it in :a, .belt; about hiS waist, part lof it
change, in his trousers pockets, for emergencies. ; Thus
: If '.. iic: l.Jhappcn-tp.bc^ro
;hc;|^"ould''lbsielill-\W.-hsdj"''" : 'i - 1 ; ':- ; :;-'' .'':.'¦%'?¦¦.'¦ '.; ¦•'¦•" : .V'-. ; ( v' i •
;• ; "^s};iArigeles he ;.went:- to '¦ via, Sacra-^
; mrn^m^Mtig- ooiy -a. .;jbriefi stayy ; ' ;.;Th ; en';; ip O^den;
: s^^^:^wofd^jy:s; > ; : p<pvtr !^^ fiye'days; .Jtansas iCityv two.
cs&j?Sfc $&j?Sf : 3.nil :-Chifcagb,.;- six : ]&yK .'Tfte • iromf ;; -Kansjii :
•City : id ChJcAgo-^-540 -miles^-he ,madV;in thirteen hours/
•:- : His:-^ next \ stop - was" Buiffalo; ','] T^o /behoid '"klf .the
; beaiitjes \oi.^Niagara: JFalls; he ieatmlyi submitted: to pay r
! ing; i he. railroad compiany ;a fare; 01 50. cents; Therice be
irah; inU> ! Canada ioV at\yo days*:stopf. ;: .¦;, ,:,. . = ';•' ¦¦; ;"
!:" ' ;"l:'travel«d' thirteen'' :mi}et;'rjio'rc ojn passenger triiiii
i'thaa on /freight ;trims," casualjy rerharked .Gpoper as
Ihe" was : histily . running bwl again. .the trip • he' took ii«t
:Siitt}rrje"r f ;V :; :r ;:\-;'.-^.;-.'- ';'"¦: ;."-y : \o "• . : -r :-.'. : ;'-.[• -^ :¦¦,:...:¦. '¦
r.v. : '\%jo<i<>. passehger/irainS: irejghtv
miles'.' ; : >'- '¦¦' :'.: '. ; :>:.'.r' - \ '^- ¦¦'¦'.'.¦, ¦' :/..•¦ '•'''•";."¦, /:,.'.;;: -.'•• -V- . : -i '¦•
! , ; ;FVorn :Cah^dii he;' rode to Jersey. City/ .stayed there ;i
d^^'and Avas;soon jiri :New ; Yarkv : The.^Dcwey:
:cel«;brati6fi; lwa> ; .orie :.¦ of ¦; !thc i isigjits : '.! th^t ' had ¦¦¦ sent | him
S^urtyiryg.acrioss. this contineiit; biiroij arriving he: fbund
:h€:was{tw;c ! nty ; -thrisc;;!d^s alidad ; of 'tinie^; ;Then}he' dej-;
:Cided to 'j^o tpj : Boston\and; bpjarded Jhe AdinisjExpTesSr
vwhwh^ carries |and makes tiiej Vdn; of. 2J2
rntlfes 'like a; fla^h c*f-itgtithin|g:. l : The trgiin ;^bjt iht6 Prprw
denscci R^ I- ,ifeout : i ii3o;p*tflock' in' iheimorhirig; : . ¦¦•/. .;; - \ : j '
-.?'Al}' i>l;,d .sjutMcn^wt Oshov '^Pbrillijthtiy •flighted^
:<iepiot and 'iilhpught^i4i:e)y';^. ; sKould 'be pinched/ 'said'
;<Cpoptrt P'Tfic'train ; -Had; stpppe'd to' talce tin: ;»(at.er.;'/;Biit!
;there /vvasii'v^^isoul!; to. •.bew
;get ;btf and^ cripss J<)Ver; to^thctbt'jiei'jjside ior^alety; wheir;
isudiierilyi a -tfH.nrflan-yejted; at inic ?nd :l; thought • surely '
; 'I." was .in^fejr it ; : :B;ut:lie: was : good ahd crossly .ir}-;'.
ibiTneii'' tne; that 'l ."would •stfrely;/ he>pin.C;heH^lf -j'^erit <
over there, ia.rjfd :Kc .'directed me: whir? to ; ;Starid : :in ' a '• sort
; of^4' slia'dOw]s;The^.traiii. 'sabn; outi/aiiJd>.l^ :was;,
aboard." - • >
Bbstori •Gpoipejf stayed, fotir ;da^s;;;gom^;totlie ;
thcitcY;; visiting;. Buhfteri IJipr the -old^Sotith. 'Ghiirich^
•l^euU ¦ HiaHl ijand;-the-;fam6.ns;^
: H'e!a!sb,Tan classic ;VHai^^r-tf iv'aaiij^-'io'Qked'- 1
trough '.'.
:_• • J?is:- ttekt? tufl? was : to Albany, ,'ari<j -after . seeirigc all the.
:sig|if s: of: 'jthc^city '^he^tjil - : h3d->cyer^ .idiys- before the;
iDe^ty; ceiebration;" He; decided, therefore, ; to -j^o^oUt.;
into' the. hop cbtiritTy.abqut Aj[bany:.and ¦MJ/xiTyu,
-:-¦ fie". s^%;yvAl^;<ia^.ibng^we;
picked, hops '.in; the.- hot ; sun) >but • ! when . even JngVcarae, •
everybody toak: a \ \Mq.gs in a .beautiful: Jake: neir byr
bneCof :New:' : VdVk's^g^m' : sp\jts/;-V: '¦;: •¦.:.'.^ "•'..-;¦ .; j|i
He:- stayed .'there ; several rdaysv and ' then,; went : dbwn .
the;:Hudsbn- Hiver ":.pa,thc steamer- AdirondackV^ust; as <
hc-gotaboafdihe nQticeid a^^-.^oang ¦/man, whose. eve'Ty ap
p'earariCi: was that pf a miHib; haire's sp.ri. ? -He was: finely
dressed .and fastidiously gr<>d;medv "I thouglvt' his .face,
was" familiar .and : we' soon reepgnize^ 'each^ btherJ He'
was one pfthehop^pickert;.. -He was gecinj: the worid
inthe same' way that : I wis, ¦'.)•' ¦ ;': " ; ' ..' ".;. ¦ ';%•:>¦:! ,-:: ¦;:
¦ "Still, ahead, of : the Dewey. celebratioti/' continued
Cooper jatnitilj.'T had time tp'takeono other bit of aa
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