A SMART BOY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 44, 31 October 1891, Page 547

A SMART BOY.

A young boy employed at the Theatre des Celestins at Lyons took it into his head to see the Paris Exhibition. He had plenty of energy, but very little money. He set out on foot from Lyons on the 10th July, at 10 o’clock in the morning, and nine days afterwards, at half past 2 p.m., he arrived at Paris (320 miles). He had Ils in his pocket, on leaving home, but he had to economise his funds, and by sleeping in barns and living on bread, milk, and lard, he managed to reduce his expenses to about 3s. He spent a month and ten days at Paris, three days in the week he gave up to work, and the fourth to see the Exhibition and the town. On the 26th of August, at five in the morning, he set out on the return journey. He kept up the distance of 55 kilometres a day, and arrived home on the 4th September. He spent on the return journey about 3s 6d, and brought back 5s 9d.