WANDERLUST
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
(Wanderlust)
WANDERLUST
BY
ROBERT R. REYNOLDS
"BROADWAY PUBLISHING CO.
835 Broadway, New York
1913
Copyright, 1913,
BY
BROADWAY PUBLISHING CO.
TO
Hon. O. MAX GARDNER
AND
BERNARD M. CONLON,
THE COMRADES IN MANY OF THE ADVENTURES
RECITED HEREIN.
WANDERLUST
CHAPTER I.
Well I remember my first escapade, and as I sit here to-night writingthese memoirs, most vividly do I recall some thrilling experienceswhich occurred in the pine fields and on the sand hills of Florida.I was then about fourteen years old and had just returned to thepreparatory college after a most enjoyable vacation. While at home Ibegan to love the open life and to long for the grassy sarannaks, theorange groves and the pine belts of the southland.
I had been thinking of running away for some time, being of a rovingdisposition and adventurous spirit, which, at this particular time, wasfostered by the reading of dime novels and tales of adventure.
One bitterly cold night in January I sat by the fire and read of JesseJames and his desperate gang of outlaws until midnight. Eighteenmonths' confinement in college with the check rein taut was more thanthe embryo hero could possibly stand.
The clock struck twelve as I closed my book, and, reaching over,I stirred up the fading embers. I sat there and thought of thedesperadoes of whom I had been reading, how heroic it would be to fightthem, to have so many exciting adventures and hair-breadth[Pg 2] escapes.The embers were dead when I finally decided on my plan of action.Sitting down at the little writing table I wrote the following note:
My Dear Mrs.——:
I have been thinking of running away for a long time. To-night Ihave made up my mind to do so. I leave for Charleston this morningon the two fifteen train. Please send my trunk home.
Yours very respectfully,
I folded the note, addressed it, and left it lying on the table; then Iarose, opened the