As far as I could see in every direction was a vast expanse of rolling prairie. It was the first time I had ever seen the prairies, and I felt deeply impressed. I noted that the air seemed purer and fresher too than any I had ever breathed before.
At Longview the men came to the car to put me down, but I had already gotten down, and not finding me, they left.
The train started, and rising up from the ground, where I had been hiding, I crawled into the car of ties again.
I was run out of the same car three times that night. The last time I was put off; the brakemen told me if I got back on the train again they would shoot me.
I had reached the town of Big Sandy, Tex., and decided I had better wait for another train.
It lacked but a few minutes of 12 o'clock as I made my way over to a small drug store, not far from the depot.
A sharp featured man was talking to the druggist as I entered.
He slightly bowed at me, and presently said:
"You're a stranger here, are you not?"