The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-03-28
Enrlohing a Tramp.

experiment upon a very vile body and
have worthiiy solved . very interest
ing if not important problem. What
would become Of q tramp if he we're
taken from his wanderings and excel
lently we'll provided for was ques-
ton they discussed one evening, and
so many more or less curious thoughts
came to the surface that they conclu-
ded to try the experiment just for a
lark. They found the man they were
in search of and then employed de-
tective to watch bin. All being ar.
ranged, the tramp, who was apparently
about thirty years of age and very
seedy, was drugged one night by the
detective, placed in carriage and
driven to a hotel, the proprietor Of
which, after some demur, had agreed
to the plan. The tramp was shaved
and trimmed as to his hair, bathed
and placed in bed IN one of the most
luxurious rooms in the house his old
clothes were taken away and a bran
new and elegant suit was substituted
for them. Everything was there, from
the silk hat and boots to the watch
and chain, the cane and the silk um-
brella. In the breast pocket of the
coat was wallet containing $3.50 in
notes of large and small denomina-
tions. The tramp's name as he had
given it when he was first treated by
the detective to drink-it may have
been his and it may not, but at all
events he would recognize twas
written in the hotel register, and the
day clerk was put "fy" to the whole
matter, and instructed to address him
courteously in the morning when he
came down stairs, to ask after his
health, and to depart SO far from the
ordinary grandeur. of the hotel clerk
az to be even deferential in his deport-
ment to the guest. The tramp was
then left to himself, and woke not, it
may be supposed, till the late morning,
for he did not come down till after
noon. What his thoughts were on
waking, in a condition analogous to
that which set poor Abou Hassan cra-
zy and ioade him believe himself COM
mander of the faithful, must, Of course
be matters of conjecture.
He entered the Office in gorgeous
array but with bewidered look, and
would have bolted into the street with
out delay had he not been addressed
by name by the clerk, who most cour-
teously gave him the compliments of
the day, and asked il he had any mes
sage to leave for two gentlemen who
had called to see him an hour before,
but hearing he had not yet come from
his room, merely left their cards, say
ing that they would return at Z o'clock.
To the clerks surprise the whilom
tramp took their cards, examined
them, and told the clerk in very good
English, though with the tramp's char
acteristic husky voice, that pressing
business rendered it necessary for him
to leave Immediately for Chicago. He
was very sorry, but would be obliged
to leave note for his friends, which
he thereupon wrote with fluent pen,
sealed it, and directed the clerk to
give it to either gentleman who might
call for it. Upon being opened, it was
found to be merely collection .oi
words put together hap-hazard, but all
correctly spelled aud written in a
beautiful hand. 1t was evident that
the tramp they had undertaken tc
examine was at least fairly we'll edu
Gated.
Followed by the detective, the nou
veaI richie went down Broadway as fal
as Tenth street, looking furtively tG
the right and left occasionally, and
turning at Tenth, crossed over to the
east side, and so onward down, avenue
A, till he came to a low restaurant
into which, notwithstanding his fine
appearance and the Difference which
/, he must have known it would win fol
him, be slouched and shuffled in the
true tramp manner. Addressing the
Q bartender, he began with, "Wouldn'
4 you give poor"-but there he caugh
= himself in time, and asked for a "littl'
e GIN" When he had poured the gIas
full to the brim, turning his back Il
the bar as he did so and enyelopini
the tumbler completely with his hand
= he swallowed the whole at draught
il turned to the lunch of ragged sausage
d and grabbing a handful of it, wa
II about to leave the place, when he wa
reminded that he hadn't paid. Thel
he felt in all his pockets and said h
: hadn't a cent about him, but fnall,
d made shift to get at 81 bill, and hav
ing received the change, he wakes
"a out, and at the corner stood for lon
IS time in brown study, mutteriag t
himself Then he drew out the pocket
- book and emptied it, putting the rol
of bills into his trousers pocket. Wit