The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-09
4 TRAMp'S HISTORY.
Ills Capabilities, devices and Grmrrni
Achievements In Life.


| He stood in the dusty road for some
time, apparently accommodating, with II
view 81 asccrtniniIlg whether the slight
hedge which inclusetl Mr.. Jones' plncG
concealed any lurking bulldog nr spring
guns. He was n tramp, and having
satisfied himself TINT there were no
death or damage-deHling engines con-
cealed i'll the shruhherF, he opened the
gate and proceeded to the bAck door, on
which he Knocked rs ono having atl-
thority. Mrs. Jones responded.
"Please'n, could you give n poor
man who has walked sevcnty-eight miles
since breakfast somsthinS to cat? l
amt particular, so long M it amt cold;
and can't n bear coiIeo with more than
two humps Of sugar in it aud too much
cream. 1t makes me bilious. I'll sit
here i'll the stoop while you're getting
the things ready"
Now airs. Jones is very nice little
woman, but she was alone and naturally
lacking in nerve, and presently the tramp
was discussing bOuntiful repnst, while
she, taking up a position Of strategic
importance, prepared to full back upon
the sideboard aut defend the spoons, if
necessary. But the peripatetic was not
pugnacious: far from.it.
"You don't know" queried tho un-
welcome visitor, ashe munchel dough-
nut, "you don't know OF any man
round here who would like to hire
gentleman to look after his horse or take
care OF garden or net as private secre-
tAry, do you?"
Mrs. Jones shook her head.
81 should like, remarked tho gentle
man. to find some nice oil man WHO
would want IL gentleman TO reNd the pa
pcrs to him. know MI about the war,
l do. I cHn wrestlo with the Turkish
names and throw EN- every time. I'm n
horscshOer by trldc, but Lor' bless yer,
wllat cur man do in these times Of
general depression and business stagnA-
ton. I tell yer I can Just sling them
Turkish names; been there myself"
"f[ave you?" said the unfortunate
woman, beginning to look upon The
tramp us possibly meritorious traveller
hOhA VIZ Alo 4NGAy VI " IsAoSNul ELuuN%
duke taking pedestrian tour iNc0g.
eyes, was in tho Crimea. l fit nj
through it, md was twice mortNlly
wounded. 'Spose you've heard about
the six hundred? Well, I was ono of
EN-. Saved Lord Carllgan'S life. Tell
you how twas. When wo rode into
the Russian battery fourteen o the
Cossacks made straight for Cardigan.
Nc an him were great friends; brought
up from childhood together, an' when 1
seed the Cossacks going for him 1 went
for them. They was altogether in n
hemp. was IL lancer, an I run my
ancc clean through seven OF them;
strung 'ein like herrin'. Lord Cardigan,
says to me, says he: Tom, ye've saved
my life, God bless yer. He aud me
at!us called each other Dick and Tom.
Well, yer never Gee MN so grateful.
He wanted nc to marry his oldest
daughter, but l told him l was married
already. Get n divorce, says he. No.
says l, Il can't do that Yer never sec
n man so mad as Cardigan was then. He
thought I was slitin lin. Fust lie
rNvcd, then hc wcpt like child. But I
Gee man coming, and may be i'll the
way" And he dodged round the corner
OF the house nnd was of Just us Jones
md the dog entered it. Jones subse-
qucntly remarked that YOU could make
Il woman believe most anything.-BOS-
ton ITnrGiCF.