Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-11-03
"Oh, nothin's the matter, only we've

"E-a-s, GIN us away. We was $
goin' to Jump that train, but when the
cop (eonductor) threw We off the racket
was up. Why, after findin' you he had
the whole gang lookin' for US, an here
we're blocked. There amt another
caboose till 4 O'Clock in the afternoon,
an now here we've got to stay till then
or foot il to W&IswOrth. n
The elected tramp expressed his pro
found regret in The varnacular of the
tribe.
"Why, the -" cried another,
"didn't you come the truck racket till
We got here? Don'tyer know this is one
of our regular stations, and the cop new
er goes through the car from Wadsworth
to Winnemucca?''
al didn't know that"
"Weli, you are a green UNI,
This fact was modestly admitted by
the new arrival. He even became frank,
ard admitted that this was his first
tramp. Club" he said, in a sudden
Outburst of ingenious candor, Boys,
I've made up my mind to lead a free
an easy life After this. I've worked for
blasted monopolies all my life; don't
mean to do it no longer; I want to join
the jolly boys of the road, will We take
me along and learn me the rackets?''
"In course We WILL" said the first
speaker, "but the first thing We must
learn is not to give us. away. We'd a
been nigh on to Wadsworth afore now,
but for yer stupid racket on that ere
train. ~
The morning sun was Just sending
forth his advance guard of rays to her.
aid his approach; the door of the only
house at Clark's Station, that of the
tender of the water tank, opened, and
the four tramps looked at each other
significantly. One of them spoke up /;
he said: ~
"Here's good chance to learn the
green 'un sumthin'! Here, young fell
Ter, jest 60 TO the house there an see if
you can get us sumthin' ter eat"
The new conner started for the house,
while the other four sheltered them
selves from observation on the farther
side of the water tank. Two bits Us
cents) secured q generous lunch from
the kind-hearted landlady. Rich bread
and creamy butter, three slices Of cur
rant cake, two pieces of pie, and some
crackers and cheese thrown in, were
wrapped neatly in newspaper month
old, and the tramp returned to his COM
panions rejoicing. "All for tive bits"
he exclaimed, as he displayed his treas
ure to the four tramps.
What!' they gasped, as with one
voice, starting back in astonishment.
"That's all. Only two bits!"
"Gin away agin!" moaned the first
tramp in tone of absolute detection.
"Look here, young 'un, YOU mustn't
never give money fur vittles. II We do
that, they'll expect us all TO do it. And
very naturally they would. Now +"
Cunning an appealing look to his fell
lows), 4" amt that nateral?"
"Very MATERIAL" came in dismal
chorus from the group.
Notwithstanding their disgust, how
ever, they pitched into the lunch with
an appetite born of long fasting, and so
greedily did they devour it that the
tramp, whose money had procured it,
only secured one piece of bread for his
share.
By the time this magnificent banquet
was ended it was broad daylight, and
this little congregation of travellers had
an opportunity OF seeing their surround
ings. A water tank and horse-these
were the only signs to indicate the pres
ence of civilization. All around was
one unbroken wilderness of sand, re-
lieved here and there by little clumps of
Nevada's favorite vegetation, sagebrush.
Far away to the south, the beautiful wa
tiers of the Truckee could be seen glis-
tening in the sunlight, as they wound
their way TO the west To the north
stretches the snow-capped chain of the
Sierra Nevada, looking down with chill
In q effact ,,aon tho tica tran,nS ean-