I reckon I had better have remained in the service, for when I was sent back to Frisco, because of wounds, and then discharged, I went to hell." "And your father does n't know ?" "Not from me.

I had money at first, and transportation to Chicago where I enlisted.

I blew in the cash, and lost the other.

Then I started in to beat my passage east, working only when I had to.

I was thrown off a train about twenty miles west of here, and came into this burg on foot.