PUSHING A PRAM ROUND THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 55, 24 February 1908, Page 4

PUSHING A PRAM ROUND THE WORLD.

Till-; man Willi Tin: n;u.\ ma>k. I.a-t month a man >Uu ud I'ruiu Trafalgar Square, London, on a tour round tin- world for a wager of .fin.uijir. " J'lii- wager," lie said, was laid i),v a friend of mini', a well known American millionaire, as the outcome of an arguni.'ii that took place at a flub in I'a'l Mall. Hi' declared that no Englishman would wall; round the world masked and pii-!iiny a pcramlmlator. Alter hearing tie' conditions 1 made ii[> my mind to accept the wager myself. L'pon telling liim the dcci-ioii I had come to. he ;;l once made ajraiigemenls with another well-known American gentleman to re company me. He is oulv doing it tor sport." ' . 'Die man was the ohjcci of much curio-ity, and was followed along FUvl si reel, t'annon street, over bunion ISridge. and down the Old Kent road liy a. large crowd. One of the condition's "I' (he wage is that he is not t« reveal his identity throughout the whole journey, and lie has. therefore, concealed liis fare in an iron mask. He prefers to he called •■The Iron Mask.'' He stater, that In' was starting without money, ami would live hy selling photographs and .pamphtv.U. on which he had Wu alinwcd to expend any slim not exeeoding CI. In order to win the wager, lie ha- to touch every count v in Knghmd. lo visit. Knglnnd. Scotland and Wales, and to call at twenty countries. He is lo liny a postage slam,, at every town passed through on his journey. Among other conditions of Ihis wawr. he is li> find a wife on (he mad and to forward an aeeounl of tlie miles walked and I owns visiied and a signed document from ihe Mayor or some respou-ilil • person in each town.