Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-16
q Climber.

d otir personal observation. but j. undoubf-
edly true. on Wednesday last some domss-
/ nc lows belonging 10 a gentleman near the
. ccruer OF Miner avenue and 4 aiiforuia street
I were driven 10y the high water from the house
IN which they were kept and forced 10 SEEK
shelter IN the branches al "A tail oak near the
T premises The fowls consisted OF some daxe-,
or more hens that bolongei 20 the harem of
a gallant rooster fall OF years and honors
i Ihis leader oi the flock, after they had been
I several hours IN the treh. evidently has>ome
J t,."d OF the monotony 81 gaziAg upon the
/ dfes fy eNlanse ~ water. and conceived the
idea II rooSterS have iteasN OF changing his
quartz - aud inducing has tribe 10 follow
hlm. L. edi>coNcr>i "a little knoll OF dry land
about H. y yards distant and for thiS no
few. reach 'ag ~ I'm safety The hens how
ever. diO not dare Ia follow. and. like Officer
Wells on Ral ner island. ne was .,aloDa in
his glory" lie became nervous ani home
sick and mad. d. 4 he hravely stool N his
post and kept VI Nful eye upon his dozen
better halves i'm "a - trte. As evening APP
preached ne wiShc. himself back in the
bosom of his family a. VI howTo Get there WAS
tie question. for he eulint nv up AZ an
angle Of = dCgrceS. and had never learned %
swim. FINALLY. after D, ing abused by a lot
81 ducks that were swn inning all around
him, ne got desperate weht dowl IN
tile waters Nige and Hunsel boldly
~. He struck out for the tree and
wan 10 ~ With a. little e. Tort a. frog.
reaching the tree, the next Ia. ng was 20 get
lhtn ~ branches. fnr he was 10 wet 10 ny,
al'u TIE nearest limb was n feet above him.
In ihts emergency he commence % CLIMB
ana with hi> bili and toes actually dI climb
.i"i'tie>. mapping hiS wings aud err wing n
NE ducks. which became disguise 4. ant
started home such l. the tale. not ono
l'CEn al which ws9I Ne believe were z fnIB
y any man except Joe Long. lie h die
living witness OF Iap fact aul like tsa,.,rs
Washington. hr never told a lie-that W.
Know ct What Doc might dp or say for ln
entire Lgfi-rDu>t matters not. hut 10 - certain
he could mot Doe induced % prayaricafr Tor one
roo>ter-U"t iorJ"~oI''s. mo-. not much.
LITTLE B'-rEFr" ANp. THE DYING
thIl d remember vixen I was nursing
IN "a hospital once. Thew was poor Iittle
Toy about SIN years ola dying of rhpumatic
ever was night nurse tn thar ward. and
regularly. when the attack ~ pain came on,
h' used e. scream oUt Tor me
'NUr>ey. sing. ID hurts iuc. Sing thc hurt
50 then Ia prop him mp ON my arm an
~ = one song ariyr another, from Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star to RiacIS-T,vpI Su,
IAN, al The paroNySm Of pain was over. an
E'd quiet down again. ALWAYS knew when
that Was 10y his ioiuin' ms voice in. too-Sucl,
a weak piIc of a voice. poor Lamb, but was
i',ter Siad 10 hear 10 than any music. Tor a.
teilcd nic Tie pain was gone FOR awhile. an 4
could lie him down TO sleep again
Poor wee mite was singing Little Ro-
peep Tie night he died. l had him in my
arms. He'd been sinking all Iav I l,pevy
hc couldn't last out another: an though me-
tried To JOIN I'M a usual. his voice went into
"a gasp an broke. III been SpmetimrSu,.ltp
call The children in the warl my liz d. sheen
an when came "a the end of the verse
Little nn-Peop "a. lost her -herp.
IN doesn't know who're 6" tina en-
1t ,in alone. an thcs U c1Ina hssna
IN bring their tsii- hshint EN-
ne looked up IA my face with a bit 81 a smile
on his poor little drawn white mouth, and
said
"Nursey'll know where 80 lind her Tickle
sheep when he goes home. VIII BE- long go
ing home ROW. uUrScy"'
Long! All, poor little lamb, ten minutes
later an he'd gone home.-'dSSe'' Mrgd-iac.
THE ARTISTIC BEGGAR-our r.n,rter.
taking his way through the ranks 81 sleeping
trampS at the station house. trDi heavily on
Tie nnger Of "A Slumber,'r. and woke him from
a dream of peace. Beside him Law n slender
looking young fellow. with an almost aris-
tocrsilc cast OF cOuntenance. sleeping sound
~. his clothes were worn aud rusty. but
they had the shabby-geuteel appearance.
The trampS generally run i'm couples, and our
reporter turned 10 the awakcnad fellow and
asked who the sleeper was. We'll. he il a
gentleman" he answered. land that's all
Know about his history. except "A little thing
that happened i'm Nashville. You see lac begs
for living, and when he's little ahead he
am no SLOUGH for looks. We'll. I'm Nashville
be begged AT house where there was a waiter
glrl az took "A fancy 10 his gented airs. aud
she encouraged him TO come back: and at
last, 10 make long story short. she married
him. She was a prudent girl, and had saved
up a snug little bank; but, LOrE she went
IOOl about love, aS all women do. He lived
with her about a month aud spent all her
money, and there was a fuss. and ne ran out
OF town and left. j followed him here. He is
a nrSt-claSS pard Ia run with. and draws
more whites and money than any man did
lay with. You see, stranger, there's plead
ING confession OF gentecl poverty in his eye
that fetches the women; but. Lord the men
don't pay any attention 10 him.-ErGHyr5Hc
Journal.