The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-31

conuitionally y note from mo To m
next neighbor, a wealthy retired physi
clan, possessed OF large domain,
man, eminently practical and business
like in his management OF il. He en-
ployed many laborers on the steril,
waste he called his "farm," and il 90
CURED To me that IL there really wa.
any work in my friend, the Tramp
which my own Incidence and preoccu
patton had failed to bring out, he was
the man to do il.
met him week after. 1t was with
some embarrassment that inquired
after my friend, the Tramp. 40, YES, \
he said reflectiveiy,s let's see-he came
Monday and left ms Thursday. lie
was, think, a stout, strong man, q
we'll meaning, good-humored fellow,
but afflicted with a most singular vari
city Of diseases. The first day put him
ut work in the stables he developed
chills and fever caught in the swamps
Of Louisiana"
"Excuse me-" ] said hurriedly-
"you mean in Milwaukee,"
~ know what I'm talking about
returned the Doctor, testify SHE told
me his whole wretched story; his es
cape from the Confederate service; the
attack upon him by armed negroes
his concealment ia the bayous and
swamps -"
$50 on, Doctor" / said, feebly ;
"you were speaking Of his work.
Yes-well, his system was full Of
malaria; the first day / had him
uroppaI - Il, l,fa .,l~at- 80 - -
quinine. The next day he was taken
with all the symptoms Of cholera NOR
bus, and | had to keep him up on
brandy and capsicum. Rheumatism
set in on the following day and inca
pacitated him for work, and conclud-
ed / had better give him note to the
Director Of the City Hospital than keep
him here. As a pathological study he
was good, but as / was looking for a
man TO help about the stable couldn't
afford to keep him in both capacities. y
AS never could really tell when the
Doctor was in joke or in earnest
dropped the subject And so my friend,
the Tramp, gradually faded from my
memory, not, however, without leav-
ing behind him in the barn, where he
had slept, lingering tlavor of whisky.
onions, and flufiiness. But in two
weeks this had gone, and the "She-
hang" Gas my friends irreverentIy
termed my habitation) knew him no
more. Yet it was pleasant to think OF
him as having at last found a lob at
brick-making. or having returned to
his family at Milwaukee, or making his
Louisiana home once more happy with
his presence, or again tempting the
fish-producing main this time with
noble and equitable Captain.
1t was lovely August morning when
| rode across the sandy peninsula to Wis
i certain noted family. whereof all
the sons were valiant and the dauoh-
ters beautiful. The front Of the house
was deserted, but on the rear verandah
heard the rustic Of gowns, and above
i arose what seemed to be the voice of
Ulysses, reciting his wanderings. There
Was no mistaking that voice--it was my
friend the Tramp
From what [ could hastily gather
rom his speech, he had walked from
u. John, N. b.. to rejoin distressed
wife in New York, who was, however.
living with opulent but Objectionable
'elatives. An sure, Miss, wouldn' Z
,e asking We the loan of clint il could
ret wor-ruk at me trade of carpet wav-
n'-and may be We know OF some man.
factory where they wave carpets be-
ant here. An, Miss, and IL We don't
i've me clint, it 3 enough for the loikes
4 me TO know that me troubles has
'rought the tears in the most beautiful
iyes in the wor-ruld, and God bless We
or it. Miss"
Now / knew that the Most Beautiful
syes in the World belonged to one OF
ne most sympathetic and tenderest
carts in the world, and l felt that
ommon justice demanded my interfer-
nee between it and one OF the biggest
camps in the world. So, without wait
az to be announced by the servant. I II
pened the door and Joined the group
n the verandah.
II ! expected TO touch the conscience
my friend the Tramp by dramatic
ntrance, | failed utterly! For no
,oner did he see me than he instantly
ave vent 10 howl of delight, and. 4
Illing on his knees before me. grasped
y hand and turned oratorically TO the
dies.
Oh, but it's Himself Himself that
- come as witness to me char {
'ther! ., but it's Himself that lifted |
g four weeks ago, when was lyin'
lth a mortal wakeness on the say :
'ast and TUX me 20 his house. o, but
8 himself that supported me over
9 fades, and whin the chills and i
yer came on me and shivered wild
9 cold, it was Himself, God bless. him '
shtripped the coat off his back. and '
1t me, sayin,' TAX it, Dinnis, it's v
tarved with the cowled say air We III q
entoirly.' All, but look at him-will 4
, Missl Look at his swate, modist Il
ce--a-blushin' like your own, Miss. 8
!! look ut him, will YEP He'll be de-
in Of it in minit--may the blessin' Il
God folly him. Look at him, Miss! 4