, 1879-04-12

vent 10 him. nrI IL WBB IltCf Ind thu mind D{
ihr woman rest, n,ui she nrayc,l ut n neriI,n.
with strange srrryur u,ul snng the ioxolopy no
ihat all co11l hear her votre AWAY top VI nlt The
others.
She was FIND Ut beautiful flowers, nMl thu
harden III front of her llon.a was alwnya kept
curly summer she WA up helimcs gathering
the lovely ro.ts md the swect y,nlcts for a
bouquet to pfaro b. Tho t!,!u Of her husband
ccso @ 0aSi nwaro that .a,sw o l naG''s ea,so sd
hetwcen her anl the bright s,lnas,fnc. Bho
glanced 1T, md saw innn staud,nt on thr
stuewall:, grasping the rnlllng, nnl laoltin1 at
her I.an. a.ost !Isree'y: sio Ka7e .tast, almost
nut. II wns frtyhtful object that atooi there.
The hair WIS coarse, iutig, and matted, MD
coyered Win greasy straw hat, rIiu bcar'l
wa M istarsy aud tniseInpt. The cycs werc. rcd
TUG elotltcs were rugged md foul, nn,l 'hc
OF tl,e blood-slut cye md ttic rt, aud the claws
nnd the sags, ths hatf-fainting woman knew
TINT the hkCUus bEfnE was her Eusbntld.
4.Ah, you knnw mc, see," he said. "Yourc
well ilxcd, aln't you7 A ano house, nnl a
pretty garden, and n-n hust,nt that's re-
spee'innie a., mr. don't drink. Him. ho, Jou'vo
:, Tie wre,eFed woman was about to rush into
TIC ho11se, 1,,t tlle trump shook tho ralngs
"Oh, IN follow you in. ri follow you, an.!
let 'crl kno" I'm alivo md well. Look here"
Of grcen)acks Htul I'll RO.n
slc felt In her pocket, but her pt1rao not being
There she turlle,! towards the house. lie seemed
to Know her o1}}sst, ana said: .....,
Be quick. u wnft two minutes; not more.n
In less ttne than that she was back, AMI ,a.d
roll Ut bills Ut the stonc, between thc Rulings.
'fhcn ahe Withdrew to thy houee. A week aftcr
thts tho tramp wns onck ngatn.. This time he
cnInc by night, ntt asked at the bnsc.nent door
fnr t11tI att]GffrEA. aha hnIf tn,
money. Then she refused to sec him, nn,l hu
hung around the spot for threG days, pccrlns
into thy garden, n,Mi even going c'osc 10 tho
lower windo%s 1, Md putting n. faec 70 .hs glass
the woman inside, who had been IN dread 20
many long weary hours, felt weight pass from
her llcaf,
graVc After dinner, he nnii his ,wlfc-let
her 70 Mt tlat for the prescnt-hnl 1D,,r ntul
sccrct talk. Thta ts what be ha'l 10 tell her:
THAT afternoon, while III his store, wretcllctl-
look5ny tramp earnc in and forced his way up to
"You arc Mr. Dash, i believe" said tho
traMni tram, i, n'dinE without pauso for an upswer,
~ don't sev what that has to do with me-"
said Mf.. Dash, not for tho moment tnidfal that
u. wns The ,iasnc Of the woman whom ho had
"Wc'1, not much" the tramp answered.
" only r0N married. my Ntlc,"
Daaii was sllunderstruck. The tramp saw It,
alll enjoyed It.
"i'm not going to be troublesome" !" tho tramp
snid, Int ! have nv rights. Ny wife Is MY
wfo still, for thu divorce sllc got was ali sham,
s,l ,.s sha swore TO lic when she swora tlmt sle
did not know where wnA. have ler letters,
written 70 INC within nix months Of tic ttmc
she saws elle rot her dtvorGe.n
Tic iacc OF the man to whom the tramp wns
spcaking was white. Ills tongue .wns 80 dry
ttNf hn ,rf {kn .Jt
ing, nlltl hts feet 'lnIcinE up atsd down. UP md
down., up To his brain md down again, thou.
sAln1 times In 4 SECOND.
-, " Give .ne somc money" said the tramp, md
I'll go nway.n
Mr. Dash lifted Ills desk, graspel some notes
nrtl llnuacd them to the tramp. lie put them
Into Ills pocket nN1 stlyc1 past tic clerks md
cuatone1a Into the open atr.
When Mr. Dash told Ills wife all this, she told
ll:I, in return what had happened to herself.
sttnngc enough, no pla1s wns agreed On by
which TO curb the wrctclIcl mai, or got rid ut
TUG cause Of tcaF. Time and again ,le tramp
cailcd ut Mr.. Dash's office, and Eot nancy. ile
was the sainr sl!thy sot, no matter iow much
money went Into lis ha1"ls. liz never bought
new e]1ilcB, or took pains 10 make himself Look
evrn clean. lie WAS never without whisky TX
cept when hu was without money, alld he was
never without money except When he was
coming out u lop. ucbnuci,. A. length, how
ever, even Mr.. Dnshs .Erneo fntlcd, anl he
spurncd Lie hateful drunkartl. Then Le haunted
the house again uptown, but a big. strong man
was placed oil guard With Lux. club, mud the
tramp could only swear, ana rave, ind stnnlp
ut distance. He took. To another way,
ngller, md more dramatic. Quo Sunday night
whru Mrs. Dash wns quitting church, he
stepped Up md asked her for rnuncy, using
q threat 10 show her up on tho spot II Blie
did not give tl!tn what he wished. Her trenl-
bling hand sought her purse, which shs thrust
out nj him. At the doorof the conccrt-hal', TIT.
tramp watched for her, alld nlweyB with drcad-
tul threat upon bis lips.
Wher tho grand Methodist reunion took
place 1t the Academy uf Music, not long ugo,
Mrs. Dasl went thtiicr IN her carrtnge Will, l.cr
l,tlsbanti. As stie passed no tho stops amid tho
pious tlronE Il man tn Il s1uuehel Int mud
shabby cont thrust his hcatl nlonG-si hers and
tisscd out the threat, '.Givo me the diamond
ring on your ilugcr, Or III follow you und tn-
troduco yot.h
The alflghtcd woman had nothing to 10
but tear OIL tho ring ntd pass 1t 10 the fontpal.
AMI 80 this sa1nU dreaded porll-thu 1iuearthing
Of sllam nitl fraud IL, a diyorce-hauDtB this
wotnnn ut all times. To this day the hus1n.l Is
around as II tram,', drawing money by threats,
at,d boasttlg lu gim-Iutls Dt hs puwer to lIaul q
bty n,a,l down alnl ruin his wIfu Whenever liz
chooses. Thu yicttn Inns been told what 10 tlr
to ease herself Of tho burden, but sho ~ afrtil
to net. lest u stury now written should 6u told
With the real na,nGA put iD.