The Republican journal., 1877-04-05


know Of some manufactherv where they
wave carpets beyant here. All, miss, anC
if ye don't give me a cint, it's enough tol
the bikes OF me to know that me trouble,
has brought the tears in the most beau1i
full ayes in the wur -rlld and God bless
yc tor it, miss
Now knew that the most beautiful eye>
in the world belonged to one OF the mos,
sympathetic and tendereSt hearts in the
world, and felt that common Justice de
manded my interference between it anC
one Of the biggest scamps in the world
50, without waiting to be announced by
the servant, | opened the door and Joined
the group on the gerandah.
III expected to touch the conscience o1
my friend, the tramp. by a dramatic en-
TRANCE, | failed utterly, For no sooner
did ne see me than he instantly gave vent
To a howl of delight, and falling on hi.
knees before me, grasped my hand and
turled oratorically to the ladies'
oh, but it's himself-himself that has
come as a witness to me charackther
o, but its himself that lifted me foul
wakes ago, when / was lyin' with a NOR
tai Wakeless on the say coast all TUX me
t" his house. ., but it's himself that
shupporteG me over the faldes, and whin
the chllls and faver came on and | shiy-
cred with the cold, it was himself, God
bless him, as stripped the coat off his
back, and CIV IL me, sayln', TAX it, Din
MS, its shtalved with the cowld say air,
yell be entoirly. All, but look at him
IT / ! ,,t
face bluahn' like your own, miss. All
look at him will ye2 He'll be denyin OF
it in 4 mint t-lnay the blessin' uy God
folly him. Look at him, miss All, but
its a Swate pair ye'd make .-(the rascal
knew | was married many All, miss,
if yc could see him Wroightin' day and
night with such an illigant hand Of his
own (he had evidently believed from the
gossip OF my servants that was a pro1es-
sor of chirography)~ - ii ye could see him,
hiss lS have, yc'd be proud of him"
He stopped out of breath. ! was so
completely astounded | could say moth
irG the tremendous indictment | had
framed to utter rs opened the door
vanished completely. And as the most
beautiful eyes in the wur-ruld turned
gratefully to lnlne well
still retained enough principle to ask
the ladies to withdraw while | would take
upol myself the duty Of examining into
the case Of my friend. the tramp. and Civ
ING him such relief as was required. I
did not know until a1telWard, however,
that the rascal had already despoled their
seant purse OF S3.5O) When the door
was closed upon them turned upon him.
You internal rascal" ="
"Ah, captain, and would sc be relusin'
lie carlakther, and me giyin' yc such a
one as Oi did , God save u.s. but if we'd
hay seen the lux that the purity one give
V. Well, before the chllls and favtr
buh me spirits entirely. when | was a
Young man, and maxim me tin dollars It
week brick maxim, its myself that Wud
lnv given
Il consider" | broke i'll, That I dollar
l. L fair price for Your story, and as
sl,aiI have t. take it all back and expose
,ou before the next twenty four hours
,ass, think Nou had better hasten to
New lolk or louisiana"
handed him the dollar. mind,
|I'1l - see }otir face AGAIN..
~ e want, capl:.:---.'
And | did mol.
But il 50 chanccd that later in the sea
son. when the migratory inhabitants had
oWn To their hot alr registers in Boston
md Providence, | breal1asted with one
Nho had fingered. II was Il certain Bos-
on lawyer rcplete With principle, honesty,
self discipline, statistics, aesthetics and q
,,f al
these virtues, and a full recognition of
their market values. think he tolerat-
ad me us a kind Of foreigner, gently but
firmly waving all argument on any topic,
frequently disIrusting my facts, generally
my deductions, and always my ideas. In
he always appeared to de
scend only half way down Il long moral
and intellectual staircase, and always de
livered his conclusions over the baluster.
! had been speaking Of my friend, the
tramp: "Ihere is hut one way Of treat
ing that class Of ilnposters; it is simply
to recognize the fact that the law calls
him Il 'va@rant,' and makes his trade Il
Any sentiment on the
other side renders you paticepS criMi-
MS. don't know but an action would
lie against YOU for encouraging tramps.
Now, | have an etticacious way of dealing
with these gentry He rose and took q
double barreled fowling piece from the
chimney. ''When tramp appears on
my property | warn him OFT. If he per-
sists | fire on hlm-as would on any
criminal trespasser.
Fire on him :" | echoed, in alarm.
sNes-bM arith polcdcr o,ly' OF course
he doesn't know thai. But he doesn't come
back"
1t struck me for the first time that pos
sibly many other OF my friends arguments
might be only blank cartridges, and used
TO flighten off other trespassing intelects
'Of course, if the tramp still persisted
| would be justified in using shot. Last
evening | had a visit from one. He was
coming over the wall My shotgun was
et1icacious; YOU should have seen himrum! y
ltwaS useless to argue with so positive
a mind, and | dropped the subject. Attel
breakfast | stroled over the downs, my
friend promising to join me us soon as he
arranged some household business.
1t was a lovely, peaceful morning. not
unlike the day when first met my friend
the tramp. The hush of a great benedic-
tion lay on land and sea. A few white
sails twinkled afar, but sleepily ol
two large ships We're creeping III lazily--
like my friend, the tramp. \ voice be
hind me startled me.
My host had rejoined me. His face
however, looked little troubled.
IL Just now learned something of i'm
portance," he began; ''it appears thai
with all my precautions that tramp has
visited my kitchen and the servants havt
entertained him Yesterday morning, il
appears, while | was absent, he had The
andacity to borrow my gun to go duel
shooting. At the end Of two OF three
hours he returned with two ducks and
the gun"
THAT was, at least, honest
"les--but That fool OF Il girl says
that, as he handed back the gun, he tol,
her it was all right and that he had load
ed it up again to save the master trouble.
think | showed my concern in III,
face, for he added hastily, at was only
duck shot--a few wouldn't hurt him !"
Nevertheless, we both walked on in 81
lence for Il moment
II thought the gun kicked a little h,
aid q lnet lnusiItrI, Glbt tho Ia1 nt