Show SMALL BUT PLUCKY GEORGE THOMAS MKEE GOES ON A LONG JOURNEY I Saye He is 13 and an Orphan Going I from Galesburg Ill to San Fran cisco I George Thomas McKee a lad of 13 reached the Rio Grande Western depot by freight yesterday afternoon lie Was caught by Ollicer Fitzmaurlco as he i emerged from his hiding place and taken I ta-ken to police headquarters where he could give an account or himself and Incidentally till up on bean soup as he said he was hungry The lad Is I small for his age This was his story I was born In Des Molnen la My parents are dead but r have other I relatives rela-tives living in Galesburg Il which I left a year ago with the Intention of going go-Ing to southern California where a poor man does not need so many clothes as In the East where it is colder 1 have worked a anything 1 could get to do remaining at P9 V Junction which is anything but a nice place for a longtime long-time where 1 cuffed shoes and did odd I 10 lmsAmi Are you hungry9 asked the Chief I 11 could do with a bite responded McKee very cautIously I Well Sol take him ove to the jail and fill him up was the rer When Mcltee returned was as rotund ro-tund as an alderman L He then signified his intention of taking ta-king the first train for the west which left in half an hour Got any car fare asked Davies Not a cent Well here it Is ell I A few more cents were given him and he made a beeline for the depot with the parting Injunction ll the policeman I police-man at the depot sajs anything to you just you tell him we said it Is I all right l McKee is probably the youngest lad I that has been plucked from a brake beam or blind baggage in this city I |