The Newtown bee., 1879-08-06
Turned from the Door.

"No tramps here," said I, and I shut the door in his face, I did. The wind blew so I could hardly do it, and the sleet was beating up the panes, and the bare trees were grooming and moaning as if they suffered in the storm. "No tramps here; I'm lone woman, and I'm afraid of 'em."
 Then the man I hadn't seen yet, for the dark, went away from the door. Champ, champ, champ, came the man back again, and knocked at the door knocked not half so loud as he did be- fore-and l opened it, hot and angry. This time saw his face-a pale ghost of a aface-with yellow brown hair, cropped close, and great, staring blue eyes, and he put his hand against the door and held it open.
 "How near is the next house, ma'am?" said he. ..
 "Three miles or more,'' said l. mo drinks to be got there; it is Miss Nit tens, and she's as set agin tramps as l am.n
 "I don't want drink" said the man. "though do want food. You needn't be afraid to let me in, ma'am. I've been wounded, and am not able to walk far, and my clothes are thin, and it's bitter cold. I've been trying to get to my parents at Greenbank, where I can rest till I'm better; all my money was stolen from me three days ago. You needn't be afraid; let me lie just before the fire, and only give me 8 crust, the stalest crust, to keep me from starving, and the Lord will bless you for it." P
 And then he looked at me with his mild blue eyes in a way that would have made me do it fit hadn't been I'd seen so much of these impostors. The war was just over, and every beggar that came along said he was a soldier and travelling home, and had been wounded and robbed. One that had been foolish enough to help limped away out of sight, as he thought, and then--for I was at the garret window - shouldered his crutches and tramped with the strongest.
 "No doubt your pockets are full of money" said I, "and you only want a chance to rob and murder me. Get away with you" ..-r H-
 Drusilla, that's my niece, was baking cakes in the kitchen. Just then she came to the door and motioned with her mouth to me, Do let him stay, auntie,' and if hadn't had good sense l might, but knew better than a chick of six teen.
 "Go away with you!" says I, louder than before. "I won't have tEis any longer"
 And he gave a kind of groan, and took his hand rom the latch, and went champ, champ, through the frozen snow again; and I thought him gone, when there he was once more, hardly with knock at all "a faint touch, like a child's now.
 And when I opened again he came quite in, and stood leaning on his cane, pale as ghost, his eyes bigger than ever. ne. ssaa es.f..s .....g..
 "Well, of all impudencer' said I.
 He looked at me and said: Madam, have mother at Greenbank. I want to live to see her. shall not if try to go any further tonight"
 "They all want to see their mothers" and just then itcame to my mind hoped bllib my son CnaTle, WnO naQ been real soldier, an officer he had come to be, mind you, wanted to see his, and would soon.
 ''1 have been wounded, as you see,n said he. 2t @4t
 Don't go showing me your hurts,n said I; '.they buy lem, so they told me, to go begging with now Tread the papers, I tell ye, and I'm principled, and so is our clergyman, agin giving any thing unless it's through some we'll organized society. Tramps are my abomination. And as to keeping all night, you can't expect that of decent folks-gop
 Drusilla came to the door and said, "Let him stay, auntie," with her lips again, but took no notice.
 So he went, and this time he did not come back, and I sat down by the fire, smelt the baking cakes and the apples stewing, and the tea drawing on the kitchen stove, and I ought to have been very comfortable, but 1 wasn't. Some thing seemed tugging at my heart all the time. sAe