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

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singularly reposeful and eracious--so
replete with the significance Of the sew
enth day Of rest that even the sabbath
bells ringing mile away over the salt
marshes had little that was monitory,
mandatory, or even supplicatory in
their drowsy voices. Rather they SEEM
ed 20 call from their cloudy towers, like
some renegade Muezzin; ssSleep is bet
ter than prayer; sleep on. O sons OF the
Pnritansi Slumber still, o deacons and
vestrymen. Let. O let those feet that
are swift 70 wickedness cthl up beneath
thee; those palms that are itching for
the shekels Of the ungodly, lie clasped
beneath Thy pillow. Sleep is better than
prayer. y
And. indeed, though il was high
morning, sleep was still in the air
Wrought upon At last by the combined
influences OF sea, and sky, and atmos-
phere, l succumbed, and lay down on
one of the powders of little stony
slope that gave upon the sea- The
great, Atlantic lay before me, not yet
quite awake, but slowly heaying with
the rythmical expiration Of slamber.
There was no sail visible in the misty
horizon. There was nothing to do but
to lie and stare At the unwinking ether.
Suddenly became aware Of the
strong fumes Of tobacco. Turning my
head saw q pale, blue smoke curling
up from behind an adjacent bowlder.
Rising and climbing over the interven-
ing granite, came upon a little hol-
low in which, comfortably extended on
the MOSES and lichens, lay power
fully built man. He was very rugged;
he was very dirty; there was a strong
suggestion ABOUT him of his having too
much hair, too much nail, too much
perspiration; too much Of those SUPER
huous excresences and exudations that
society and civilization strive to keep
under. But it was noticeable that he
had not much Of any thing else. 1t
was The Tramp.
With that swift severity with which
we always visit rebuke upon the per
son who happens to present any one of
our vices Extensively before us, in his
own person, was deeply indignant
at his laziness. Perhaps showed il in
my manner, for he rose to half-sit-
ting attitude, returned my stare apollo
getically, and made movement toward
knockiRg the fire from his pipe against
the granite.
Shure, sur, and il I'D balaved that I
was trispassin on yer honor's grounds
it's meself that would hev laid down
on the say shore and takin' the salt
waves for me blankets. But it's SWIM /
teen miles I've walked this blessed
noight, with nothin' TO sustain me. and
hevin mortal wakeness to fight wild
n my hrr -
and only bit o. baccy that the Widow
Maloney CIV me at the cross roads, to \
kape I'VE up entoirly. But it was the \
dark day left me home in Milwaukee
TO Walk 10 Boston, and If ven oblige
lone man who has left wife and six
children in Milwaukee, with the loan of
twenty-five cints, furninst the time he
gifts wurruk, God'il be good to YOU"
Ii instantly flashed through my mind
that the man before me had the pre-
vious night partaken of the kitchen
hospitality Of my little cottage, two
miles away. That he presented him
self In the guise of distressed fisher
man, mulcted Of his wages by an in
human captain; that he had wife w.
ing sick " consumption in the next
village, and two children, one of them
. cripple, wandering in the streets OF
Boston. l remem Der that this tremen-
dous indictment against Fortune touch
ed the family, and that the distressed
fisherman was provided with clothes.
food, and some small change. The ,
food and small change had disappeared.
but the garments for the consumptive ,
wife, where were theyP He had been |;
using them for pillow.
1 instantly pointed out this fact, and /,
him with the deception. To
my surprise he took it quietly and even +.
ssBedad. yer roight :
ye see, sir (contidentially), We see sir. :
until ! get wor-ruk, and its wurruk I'm !
lukin for, have to desave now and
Lhin 70 shute the locality. All, God .
rave Us, but on the say coast thay'r that /
har-rud upon thin that don't belong 10 !
he say !. !.
vensured to suggest that strong, !
healthy man like him might have found I
work somewhere between Milwaukee 4
md Boston. = =
"Ah, but ye see get free passage :,
IN freight train, and didn't SHOP. IT !,
vas in the Aist that EXPECTED 10 find ), j
v0rruk.r y
Have you any tradeP- 4
= Trade, Is itP I'm q brickmaker. 9
rod knows, and many's the lift I've =
lad az maxim bricks in Milwaukee. r
lure, I've As aisy q ha1d at it as any y
nan. Maybe yer honor might know y
4 kill hereaboutP" =,
Now, 70 my certain knowledge, there A
vas not brick kiln within fifty miles ~
that spot, and Of ell unlikely places "
ma one would have been this sandy III
enlnsula, given up to the summer
esidences Of . few wealthy people. 10
.et ! could not help admiring the as Of
umption Of the scamp, who knew this !"
Iet A. veil IS myself. But said, ~ OF