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Title: Highways and byways of the Pacific coast
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company London, macmillan and co., limited
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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vel. We passed some remark presentlyand walked together, and my new comrade becameconfidential. Im pretty well loaded, he said. Its seldom Itake so much; but I know what Im about. I alwayskeep my senses. To see me now you wouldnt suspectthat as a boy back East I was well brought up. Myparents were good, careful people, and they did all theycould to give me an education and start me right.I suppose they were a little too strict, for when I foundmyself free I was like a colt let loose, and I kicked upmy heels. They died just as I came of age and left metwelve thousand dollars. I was my own master then,and a mighty poor master I made. I had always been fond of books^ and it seemed tome nothing could be so pleasant as to travel and seethose famous places of which I had read. So off Istarted, and I visited England, France, Egypt, Palestineand other countries. I didnt spare expense. The bestwas none too good for me in my touring. After cover-ing as much country as I cared to I spent several
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Ir^ The Niagara of the West 321 months in Paris, and there I got mixed up^with thefast life, and my money melted away. I reached home finally with cash enough left to buyfour six-horse teams and I went into the business oftrucking. For a year I did well, and then within a fewdays I lost more than half my horses by pink eye. Afterthat my luck went from bad to worse, till I gave uptrying to make a place for myself in the world. I spendall I get. Perhaps I will keep straight for five or sixmonths, and then Ill have a spree thatll leave medead broke. Ive done only one good thing in my life. Ill tellyou about it. I had a cousin who fell in love with alocomotive engineer. Her parents didnt like that.They thought from his occupation he was kind of lowand of loose morals; and besides his work kept himdirty and away from home much of the time. Theywouldnt consent to her marrying him, but she didmarry him just the same; and they were as loving acouple as I ever saw. They thought everything of e

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