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Show w EXPERIENCE OF A IMP MWYOMMG Nursing numerous bruises and a grouch against tho world In general nnd railroad detectives in particular, James Bodman arrived In Ogden today to-day from Denver, via tho "free route " After having furtively assured himself that the Standard man was not a "bull" and that there wore none of that gentry near enough to hear what he was saying, Bodman told why this trip ovor the Union Pacific railroad will be his last. "I went broke In Denvor see?" he said, "an had to get out best way J could. I didn't have no easy graft su 1 could ride the cushions, like some guys, so it was me for th' blind and trust ter luck. "I got outer Denver all right-waited right-waited under the viaduct and hopped It neat as you could think, and I rode the beggar on top the second baggage car all the way to Laramie. Havln' cat in that town. I caught a convenient conven-ient aide door to RawlInB, which is tho next division. The 'Sulls' nearly got mo there, but I was wise and ditched the train a mile outer town. "From Rawlins I took the rods under un-der the fast mall to Rock Springs, which is fifteen mile to Green River, tho division. I didn't ride Into Green River 'cause 'bos on the road h'd told me It was unhealthy for travelers. I waited all day at Rock Springs and then caught tho top of the Los Angeles An-geles Limited an w'on I got t'ru Green River I fought. It being night, that I wns good for Ogden. "Maybe I vud ha' boon, too, If that ornery bull great six-footer he was at Granger hadn't climbed atop of the train and yanked me off. He took We aside to w'ere it was dark and another bull a-waitln'. Den he searched me. "Not findln' any kale on me, he gots mad. Bot" of dem bulls now, If you'll lMiliove me, mister, took swipes at mo wid their saps and pretty near knocked tho life out of ine. '"Get out of town and don't come back,' said one. "But I came back." said James, "an' caught tho next freight" |