The Arizona Limited: Or Across The Continent Afoot (1909) - Tapa dura

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February 4, 1904. MY DEAR BILL: Here I am in 8an Francisco. Surprised, old boy? Yes, I sailed through the Golden Gate three days before Christmas on an old lumber tub from Seattle. What have I been doing since my arrival in the metropolis of the Golden West? Just hearken, Bill, to some few of the things: I have learned to drink steam beer a most wonderful accomplishment; have tripped the light fantastic in the Italian dance halls; have taken in the Cliff House; wined at Sanguinetti s, and dined at the Poodle Dog. Of course Ive attended a prize fight; done Chinatown, and, as usual, the ponies have done me. Bill, Im going to cut it all and come back to Nature. I have decided to take a little walk across the continent from San Francisco to New York City, starting with a single three-cent piece in my pocket. Why am I taking a tramp of nearly four thousand miles, courting all kinds of dangers and undergoing countless hardships? William Shakespeare several centuries ago said: All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
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