His wife back in Spray, Lou Emma, never knew where he was or when he’d come back. From time to time she might get a telegram
- he’d be in some place like Ohio, asking her to wire him some money to get home. Or one day, without warning, he might
stumble into the house carrying a sugar sack and dump piles of money on the bed - money he’d made out on the road.
Pictures from Kinney Rorrer’s collection - Text from Kinney Rorrer’s booklet essay in High Wide & Handsome