Across the continent by the Lincoln Highway . n. aO O o BY THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY 109 on his way to take the river boat. He had hisblanket on his back, and he wore a somewhat bat-tered straw hat. His trousers were ragged, andhe looked as if he had tramped many a weary was tall and bony, with a sandy beard. I tookhim to be a Scot. I was so anxious to help the poorfellow out that I urged T. to speak to him and offerhim a suit of clothes. To our surprise the man re-fused them in a very free and easy, genial way. O,nay, thank you, he said, Im doin all right. Stockton is a city with wide stree
Across the continent by the Lincoln Highway . n. aO O o BY THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY 109 on his way to take the river boat. He had hisblanket on his back, and he wore a somewhat bat-tered straw hat. His trousers were ragged, andhe looked as if he had tramped many a weary was tall and bony, with a sandy beard. I tookhim to be a Scot. I was so anxious to help the poorfellow out that I urged T. to speak to him and offerhim a suit of clothes. To our surprise the man re-fused them in a very free and easy, genial way. O,nay, thank you, he said, Im doin all right. Stockton is a city with wide streets, an openplaza, and a Courthouse surrounded by a bor-der of green lawn and palm trees. I saw a tur-baned Hindoo lying asleep under a palm tree inthe afternoon sun on the Courthouse lawn. Whitemen lay asleep near him. It was at Stockton thatwe saw our first rodeo or round-up. The rodeo isa part professional and part amateur Wild-Westshow. The cowboys wear their gayest shirts, ofred and pink and variegated silks. They wear theirhandsomest chaps
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