THE LANDLOPER

THE ROMANCE OF A MAN ON FOOT


By Holman Day

1915







THE LANDLOPER




I

IN THE DUST OF THE LONG HIGHWAY

The man who called himself Walker Farr plodded down the dusty stretches
of a country road.

He moved leisurely. He neither slouched like a vagabond nor did he swing
with a stride which indicated that he had aim in life or destination in
mind. When he came under arching elms he plucked his worn cap from his