AN
AMERICAN HOBO
IN EUROPE
By WINDY BILL
A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES
OF A POOR AMERICAN AT HOME
AND IN THE OLD COUNTRY
PRESS OF THE CALKINS PUBLISHING HOUSE
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Copyright 1907 by B. Goodkind
Contents
| Chapter. | Page. | |
| I. | Billy and Me | 1 |
| II. | Frisco | 41 |
| III. | The Journey Overland | 85 |
| IV. | New York City | 130 |
| V. | Them Bloomin' Publishers | 139 |
| VI. | The Ocean Voyage | 148 |
| VII. | The Steerage | 156 |
| VIII. | Glasgow | 171 |
| IX. | Getting a Square Meal | 181 |
| X. | The Glasgow Green (or Common) | 188 |
| XI. | Hunting for a Furnished Room | 193 |
| XII. | Dancing in the Green | 202 |
| XIII. | Taking in a Glasgow Show | 214 |
| XIV. | Robert Burns, the Poet | 224 |
| XV. | Sir Walter Scott | 276 |
CHAPTER I. BILLY AND ME.
Stranger, will you please permit me to give you an introduction to aparticular friend of mine, little Billy. Little Billy and I had longbeen friends and had become so intimate that we were more like brothersthan friends. Some brothers indeed do not stick to each other as closelyas Billy and I did for we never quarreled and the worst that everhappened between us was a little growl which we soon got over.
Billy and I had been on the bum together a long while and had prospectedfor gold and other things in Utah, Nevada and California. The adventureswe had if I were to relate them would fill several such volumes as this.And many of them were worth relating, too, but I will merely give ageneral outline[Pg 2] of our experiences, for his experiences were mostlymine.
While hiking it along the railroad one day between Ogden and Salt LakeCity which is a distance of about thirt