| Show f MAN TAKES A RISE THI jumps on freight to make quick trip home but train does not stop at point Expected Baseball game causes trouble kingston N Y while his and friends were frantically search ing for him assisted by sheriffs and police watson M freer a kingston millionaire and son in law of col frank hecker of detroit was seeing the country from the hobo s vantage point the bumpers of a freight train after five hours of this diversion the millionaire dust and cinder begrimed returned and allayed the tears of his family that he had been for ransom mr freer Is a baseball enthusiast and the other day he planned to take in both games the hudson river league played in kingston the base ball field is a stone s throw from the west shore station and one of the exits opens upon the west shore tracks when the morning game was finished mr freer left the social set with whom he had been sitting and without any particular at from anyone left the grounds through this gate maple lane farm the magnificent country place of mr freer is situated on the saugerties Sau gerties road two miles north of kingston the entrance to the estate is a short distance from the north yard of the west shore rail road where nearly all freight and pas trains stop for coal and water when mr freer saw a north bound height train shout to pull out ot the station he decided that it would be nuch easier to ride on it as far as the ct aling station in the north yard than to alk home or wait until his horses could be sent to town so without att attention he boarded the freight and took up a good secure position on the bumpers between cars As the freight with mr freer aboard noved up the north yard the solitary passenger commented to him self upon how much better the coun try lookeb at close range than from the interior of a passenger coach then as the train approached the wa ter tanks and coal elevators he pre pared to alight instead of slowing down the train seemed to be increasing its speed and when it reached the usual stopping place it was traveling 30 miles an hour it bumped over the saugerties Sau gerties road crossing less than feet from the entrance to maple lane farm with sufficient force to bump off even an experienced hobo but mr freer la athletic and he clung tenaciously to the cars it was a fast freight that mr freer had boarded and the engine had on coal and water before starting at the end of two hours the train slowed down and finally stopped at kavena wiping dust and cinders from his eyes mr freer hardly recognizable through his coat of dirt climbed down looking more like a hobo than a millionaire passenger trains on the west shore railroad do not run as frequently as they might run and mr freer faced wait of three hours while he was debating how to meet a dinner en ga gement a south bound freight came into sight this time it was flat cars MR cluing tenaciously TO THE SWAYING CARS loaded litif steel rails but mr freer lumped it and headed for home the same providence that provided the freight tor the millionaire way farer neglected to provide that it should make the usual stop tor coal and water and without a halt the weary wanderer was set down in kingston almost at the spot where he had boarded the northbound train earlier in the day another ball game was being played inside the grounds hu mr freer did not attend mr freer s disappearance had created intense excitement among bis family and friends and they were greatly relieved when ho showed them that he was sate and unharmed |
