The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-18
'sfdOn'ts make aifya difference - I fil
gypsy, Ror neFerwilh be, yet 1pas;

4dOn'tt make aIfys ference, - I'm no
gypsy, nor ReFerwili be, yet 4 passed
for one nearly four wears, and / never
was rfistrusted. IT would have ran of
with a Southern storekeeper8h h;lt1I met
at slgypsy dance, but j th0ughtft might
Il be jumping out of the pan into, the fire
did not trust him. 7 trust nobody.
! tGypsieslare liars and I Isometimesthiik
that people generally thinkso. kan de-
termined to tell q clean story about
them; nothing but WHAT'S tfeStrutll.
ksf"When wegstas FAR as Warren Goua-
! ty. we were ,camped about three miles
| out Of small town The nightwas fear-
fully dark, and the rain poured down
jim torrents. a. That night made up my
mind to leave. had been down -heart-
Ted for the past two months, for aadear
girl in the camp, thesame one that hug
ged me on the night 4 was baptized,
took sick and died in the southern part
of Ohio. Thought / could never get
over that, She was a,beautiful girl, just
turning thirteen years. She had the
\ pneumonia, and She died in her fathers
wagon in the woods Two days after
ward we got permission to bury her in
a farmers graveyard on his farm in
one corner of field The funeral was
at night. L never hallfOrget it.eAn old
man took the part of minister He
was fearful thief, and I Thought it
could net be possible that such bad
man should say the funeral prayers for
that young, Innocent, and beautiful girl
Four old graves were within the stone
walls of the little cemetery . A big tree
ratified its rotten branches in the night
tair, and in that damp night the body was
lowered to its last resting place.c II was
dressed in asbeautiful ,shroud and, laid
in a neat coffin.
. I''a'sy' RUNNING away. Eas
"After the funeral that night, L
made up my mind to leave them At
the time | started, it was just such q
night as the funeral, only it rained. Il
slipped out of the camp and silently
got away from the woods: IL told my
story to a hotel man, and got to Viii,
Transport People have been kind to
me all along, and now Lam going to-
wards home on this train. I hope
they're alive and well; but my heart
sinks within me almost when Il think
that have netshesrd- -from-them for so
long No sdoubt zthey have long ago
thought l was, dead. uut
The woman attracted considerable at
tention on the train. aHfIer deep black
eyes fairly sparkled when she became
warm in her graphic descriptions of
forest life. She was slightly above the
medium in height, and her. skin was a
dark olive. She had a magnificent set
of natural teeth, which we're rarely
shown, however, as she smiled but very
little. She was dressed in black, with
the exception of q cherry -colored rib
bon bow at her throat, which allady in
Wilhamsport had given to her through
one of the policemen. ,- .., ..--.a -,''i
"Talk about women being drudges
among decent white people, she con-
tinued, ''that's nothing. Women who
are compelled to lead wandering lives
in this country are compelled to lie,
cheat, steal, and commit almost any
crime to obtain money. 1t is shame
for this free country TO tolerate it.
There are plenty of women who are
situated the same rs | was, and who are
Just waiting for q good chance to get
off"
She got off at a small station near
Allentown, and took a branch road
leading down the country. 1t was
learned that her proper name was Julia
Bogart; that her father and mother
were dead, but that her brother and
two sisters had removed to Montgomery
County.