Show I I STRENUOUS HONEYMOON I SEATTLE Wash Oct 11 From H.-From From Lin LIn- Lincoln LIncoln coln Neb to Seattle a Q distance of ot miles riding on brake beams and In boxcars box boxcars I cars cais thrown thron off orr the train h by conductors tors walking when the they to arrested oneo petting getting their meals as do other hobos from kindly housewives such housewives such i-such such was as the iho honeymoon of ot Mr and aad Mrs John Barker who have Just ln tn this city and are staying at tho the home of or Barkers Barker's brother rother P. P O. O Barker who Is Js a 11 m on the West Vest Queen Anno Anne car into Jino May Van D Dyke ice an and an John Barker Darker were married August 13 3 a ni Lincoln Mrs Barkers Barker's Barkers Barker's Barkers Barker's Bar Bar- kers ker's parents do not know yet of or th the wedding wed wed- cd- cd din ding The They started west cst Immediately with a n. total capital of S. S 5 The They Ther went to a point just outside of or Lincoln and tru there ro made a bonfire of or Mrs l Barkers skirt shirt waist ind hat haL Then sho she donned mens men's cloth clothes as and they thoy started I felt strange s Mrs Barker but It seemed almost as peculiar when It'll I J donned petticoats hers heN again after I had been on the road for far a month I must have made mado a n natural looking bo boy for the tie only person on tho the trip who discovered my Identity was a n. conductor r who to pull off oft my hat ns nJ I teas n asleep Ip p In a box car He treated ted us nicely and gave gave- us a good meal I was always timid about entering a farmhouse for fear of ot being detected When wo we got nearly to Seattle wo we got cot off the tho freight train and walked the tho thorest rest of oC tho distance because I was as afraid wo ml might ht bo be picked up In n the railroad yards ards and arrested which would have havo been terrible so near the end of oC our journey jour Jour- If ney At Park City tho the two to were ero arrested Barker having been suspected of or stealing a suitcase They were taken to a n 58 saloon loon and held there till It was found that Barker Barker Bar Bar- ker was vas not the tho man wanted anted Mrs Barker Bar Bar- ker however was as not suspected They often oCten rode In box cars cart with fifteen or twenty other hobos On one train the brakeman collected GO b or 76 5 c cents from each of tho the tramps On Once co they were run out of or town by a policeman and had to walk twenty five miles that night Thc They walked In all about 50 miles One Ono morning Mrs Barker was so weak from hunger that the they called at an Indian camp Tho They found Cound no one ono at home but took several sev sev- oral eral chickens from the tho chicken house They were put off orr tho the train dozens of or times Having practically no money they relied mostly on unprotected and stray geese for food rood For several sc days das the woman was slightly ill III from exposure They had only 50 cents when they reached Tacoma and spent the night there thero under a tree on tho the bank of oC the Puyallup faro because they did not have steamboat rare faro to Seattle They arrived at Seattle at night and made mado their wa way uptown to their destination by back streets Her other clothes sh she had sent on ahead and it was only a few moments after her arrival that Mrs Irs Barker was again In her tier proper garb Barkers Barker's brother came with them as far Car as Billings s. s Mont but then ther went on ahead arriving here September Septem- Septem ber 15 Mrs l Barker has written to her mother telling her of ot the trip and acquainting her with the tho fact that she 1 is married |