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Show vtid DiAii ms VAIKCEOYHOnE TO FATHER'S FUCTBAL Tedd Roberta li aomewhat of a be-j llever In d re a ma. He haa a aad reaaon i for It. too, j Teddy became well known to many j prominent per anna In 8alt Lake City, flrat aa offlc boy for THE TELEGRAM, and later aa meaeenfer on tha Salt Lake mln-Inf mln-Inf exchange. Soon after ha left the the latter )ob. and about ten daya ao Teddy and a friend, who had come In from DenTer by the frelffta car route, decided to travel around to ace tha world ("tether. Ttxcy ot aa fax aa Shoe hone. Idaho. . There, laat Thursday nfM. while aleep-h aleep-h In a box car, Teddy dreamed that hla father waa dead. The dream made eurh an ImnreMlon on him that he Immediately Immedi-ately wrote home lo hla folka, Ulllrvg where he waa and aaklng for meana to come pac. He arrived Monday; but before he reached Salt Lak City, hla father, A. O Roberts, waa dead. Mr. Roberta passed away Sunday at his home. No. t Vincent court. Teddy arrived In time to attend the funeral yesterday. His companion. Entch Harvey, Teddy had known In Denver. He waa attacked by th wanderlust, and reached Salt Iake City by way of Cheyenne. He met his former friend here, and they decided to go together. "W rode to Ogden." aald Teddy today, "walked to Hot Springe, and then took a freight train to Brig ham lty. From there we paid our way In Idaho Fall-, We returned In a box car to Pocateio, end then attempted to take a passenger west, hut were left off at a side track nine mile from anywhere. We got a bite to eat at a section hand'a tiome. walked t Bannock, and then Harvey paused coal for both our fa re a as f ar aa 8 hop hone. "It was there I had the dream which waa so vivid that f did not mind the guying guy-ing the boys gave me we had a third person per-son along with ua by this time, a man named Kelly), but wrote a card home at once. "We were aretedv' In Shoahone, and, I Suppose Harvsy and Kelly are In Jail ynt. My folks sent me the money to purchase a ticket home, but I arrived too late to oee my father alive." Teddy aaya he as had enough of hobo life to do him for some time, and la willing will-ing to settle down to work in Salt Lake fit, |