Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-19

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 hls hand. when tl=ey returned in tn, ginamlng. Bridget Was carrying the water and my friend, the Tramp, was som, paees behind her, cheerfuhy 4ticollogu ing and picking blackberries. sas
 1t 2 in the morning he started in cheer fully to work. At 9 a. m. he had placed three large stones on the first course il position, an hour having been spent il looking for pick and hammer. and il the incident .'chaffiing" with Bridget. A 10 o'clock went to overlook his work: il Was a rash action, as if caused him to re speetfully dof his hat, discontinue his la bors, and lean back against the fence il cheerful and easy conversation. ''Are y fond nv blackberries, captain?" tolt hlm that the children were in the habit O getting them from the meadow beyond hoping to estop the suggestion l knew was coming. ..Ah, but captin, it's mesel that with Wandering and having nothin to pass me lips but the berries Id picl iroa1 tho hedgas-=it's meself knn|a- "her, to diad thIm. Shures it's ger childer, ant foins boys they are, captain. that ar. besaching me to go wid 'em to the place knownst only to meself." It is unneces sary 10 say that he triumphed. After tho the manner of vagabonds of all degrees he had enlisted the women and childrer on his side-and my friend the Tramp hai his own way. He depax d at Il and re turned at p. m. with aNtin dinner pal half filled. On interrogating the boys il appeared that they had had a"buliy time. button cross examination 1t came out thai they had picked the berries. From to three more stones were laid. and the ar duous labors of the day were over. As stood looking at the first course of si1 stones. my friend, the Tramp, stretched his long arms out to their fullest extent and said: :-..Ay. but it's wurruk that's good for me; gin me wurruk, and it's al I 2n be askin for < ! I ventured sto suggest that he had not yet accomplished much. a,'-
 .sWait till to-morror. An, but yell see thin. It's me hand that's yet onaisy wid brick-making and scnrange to the sthones Av yell wait till to-morror?"
 Unfortunately I did not wait. An en gagefnent took me away at an early hour, and when rode up to my cottage al noon my eyes were greeted with the as tonishing spectacle of my two boys hard at work laying the courses of the stone wall. assisted by Bridget and Norah, who were dragging stones from the hillsides, while comfortably stretched on the top oi thewall lay my friend the tramp, quietly overseeing the operations with lazy and humorous comment. For an instant ] was foolishly indignant, but he soon brought me to my senses. .s'Shure, sir, it's only iarnin' the boys the habits uv in- dustry was, and may they niver know, be the same token, what it is to wurruk for the bread betune their lips. Shure it's Dnt makins 'em think it play I was. As fur the colleens beyont in the kitchen, sure isn't 1t betther they were helping your honor here than colloguing with themselves inside?" -.r
 Nevertheless, I thought it expedient to forbid henceforth any interruption of ser wants or children with my friends "wur- ruk. !" Perhaps it was the result of this embargo that the next morning the Tramp wanted to see me.
 And its sorry am to say to ye, surr. he began, .'but it's the handlin of this stun that's dasthroyin' me touch at the brick maxim, and it's better I should lave ye and find wurrukmat me own tl..oda For it's worruk I'm nadin.' It isn't me- self Captin, as will eat the bread of oidle- ness here. And so good-bys to ye, and if it's fifty cints yecan be givin' me ontil I'll find kill-it's God that'l repay ye"
 He got the money. But he got also note from me to my next a wealthy retired physician, of g. large domain-a man emil nently practical and business-like in his of it. He employed many laborer's on the sterile waste he called his GsR nd ko hot there really was any work in my friend, the Tramp, which my own indolence and had failed to bring out, he was the man to do it.
 met him week after. It was with some embarrassment that enquired after my friend, the Tramp. "Oh yes, he said refectively, "let's see-he came Monday and left me Thursday. He was, I think. a stoat strong man, well-meaning, good natured fellow, but afflicted with most singular variety of diseases. The first day I put him at work in the stable he devel optd chills and fever caught in the swamps ot Louisiana"
 Excuse me" said hurriedly, ''you mean in Milwaukee p
 ''I know what I'm talking about" re- turned the doctor, testify, ''he told me his whole wretched story; his escape from the Confederate service the attack upon him by armed negroes; his concealment Tn the bayous and swamps-"
 t''Go on, doctor" I said, feebly; ''you were speaking of his work"
 .'Yes-well his system was full of ma laria; the first day had him wrapped up in blankets and dosed with quinine. The next day he was taken with all the symp. tons of cholera morbus ond had to keep him upon brandy and capsicum. Rheum- atism set in on the following day and in capacitated him for work, and I conelud- ed had better give him note to the di- rector of the city hospital than keep him here. As pathological study he was good, but as was looking for a man to helu about the stable I couldn't afford to keen him in both capacities"
 As l never could really tell when the doctor was in joke or in earnest I drop ped the subject. And so my friend, the Tramp, gradually faded from my memo, ry, not, without leaving behind him in the barn, where he had slept, lingering flavor of whisky, onions. and huffness. But, in two weeks this had gone, and the ''Shebang" Gas my friends irreverently termed my hahitation) knew him no more. Yet 1t was pleasant to think of him as having at last found job at brick. making or having returned to his family at Mil waukee, or making his Louisiana home once more happy with his presence, or again tempting the fish-producing main this time with noble and equitable cap. tain.
 It was lovely August morning when I rode across the sandy peninsula to vis- it certain noted family. whereof all the sons were valiant and all the daughters beautiful The front of the house was deserted, but on the rear verandah ] heard the rustic of gowns, and above ii arose what what seemed to be the voice ot Ulysess. reciting his wanderings. There was no mistaking that voice-Ht was my friend the Tramp!
 From what could hastily gather from his speech, he had walked from St. John, N. B., to rejoin distressed wife in New York, who was. however, living with op- nlent but objectionable relatives. ''An shure, Miss, wouldn't be askin ye the loan of a cint if could get wur-ruk at me trade of carpet-wavin' and may be ye know of some manufactory where they wave carpets beyant here. An, Miss. and If Y0 don't Uiv0 ma a cinf ibs enOu0h f0I