The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-10-30

Refag0in Tree-A Bad Case.
About four o'e'ork Tuesday afternoon n
tramp callei at the farm house Of Mr..
Powell. southwest of Seslalia. and asked for
something To eat, which was given him.
As he was going away, and when he thought
un"iserved, he picked up from the table,
IN the room, gold breast pin, and started
I'll with il. Mrs. Powell called to him to
put il down, but the fellow took to his
heels and wa making fast time down the
road, when the lady called
A LARGE BrLLDo<s
aud sicked him ON the Aeeing stranger
The dog darted after the man like the wind.
The tramp saw his danger AMI iairly hew.
lie knew that all was mp with him ii the
savage animal once got in reaching dis
,ancr. AMI Perhap. mans legs were never
employed in such energetic work ~ hi~
w,.r- upon that occasion. lie would have
! busted had there been any dust "a DUE,
with: hut there MAS nothing hut mud.
This. however. hal no Noticeable effect upon
his rapid locomotion, lie headed for the
timber, MT over Fifty yards distant when
THE PURSUIT EusAN,
hut the ,io. WAS close upon his
heels when h. reached il. There
Was mn time tn l,ss., and he took to a tree "a
naturally a. n squirrel. When he had a.
c-,,,ied to height which he deemed sufici-
INT To secure him from immediate danger,
he turned and surveyed the situation. II
was anything hut encouraging. The bulldog
was at the foot oi the tree. and was contenn-
plating the tramp with savage and regret
iul eyes. In the distance Mrs. Powell and
her SIN were making ominons preparations
WITH AoUN.
The affair hooked serious anil was in noWise
." the taste al the P,lirring vagabond. IL
tried tn call parley. lie shouted loudly
that he was willing to Surrender the jewels.
Rnt no attention was paid To him. The hoy
went ON loading the gun AMI the dog kept
up his unrrlaxin. guard. Ifthere ever was
a sorely be,leviIed tramp this was one.
AZ last the hoy came down towards him.
The tramp though, his last hour had come
.'nd l~gnn praying Justify.
lie Promised to give hack the breast pin,
and get them any number Of others just
lis. il, IL they would only let him 20; but
the boy evidently dis,rusted h,s ability to
keep his promises, for he inquired "where |
the tramp would
LIKE TO BE shot,"
and raised the gum N il to pat his purpose
into execution. This elected succession
,f The m.st frantic wells that ever echoed
along .he leaty shades Of Flat Creek. Mn.
Powell coming upon the .cene, inquired il
he was not heartily ashamed of rubbing |
people who had Just led him.
IL am, madam-I am! I was never 20
sorry for anything in my life."
There was M doubt in the world Of his
entire sincerity.
"Well, then, throw me DOM that breast
pin you took away"
This was done with an alacrity which
testified to the mans extreme desire to
make restitution.
"You promise me never to do anything
like this again ?" the lady asked.
The promise was given With profusion
Of protessasions, which left no room to
doubt his sincerity. He swore by every
saint in the calendar that he would never
do such thing again, il he lived thou
sand years. In fact, he had only took il in
finn. and meant 10 bring il back again.
"poN'r LIE 10 NE, SIR"
The fellow declared that he Was not lying.
He was incapable of such thing. Ii was
vice from which George Washington was
not more free. He would scorn to do such
a thing, Just ~ the father Of his country
would scorn il.
ay.,, ,;u. ton r,rch am afraid
IT,
sna'i nave I" 'e' '"o NY 'noos !oo A"e
| righteous deed IN Possin9 s"eh 'eiIow as