Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1912 — No Money in Wandering. [ARTICLE]

No Money in Wandering.

‘ Young man, don’t let the wanderlust get Into your blood. Don’t be a rolling stone.” This is the advice of one who knows. M. E. A. Lasley, who has spent most of his life as a wanderer, arrived in Chicago after a four-thousand-mile bicycle trip from San Francisco via Seattle and Omaha. At the age of 63 years he says it is impossible for him to “settle down.” Lasley Is the author of a book entitled “Across America in a House on Wheels,” and for twelvd years his wife and five children accompanied him On his gypsylike travel. Four years ago his family left him to live permanently in Reading, Pa. He is now on his way to join them, and declares he will make one more effort to conquer the roaming spirit and spend the remainder of his life with thejn. r . • . • , ,w.'. - - •. ’ - , . I '*v .