, 1880-08-27
A Tramp's Romance,

,ySesterlay Rcbcrt, Rres,oh ana viz, a
Ha1swho we're happy .u',ed " =. ="
dsvs ago, arrived in ths e''y ell route .
for Texas. The story Of their marriage
:, rothcr q romantic one NOT That j.
abounds IA Lsir-lr'sd,.g escapes or OF
blood in large or small quantities. '"'
+lat-well, that il is romantic
Sbout four years ago Emma Eoand'
ofG,Iycston, visited an aunt in Warren
county, Kentacky., Il was SumNer-
tbe season. wasGand cae-Icvelsins toe
girl sat in the Yard Laf reading and
half regarding the enormous bumseoeeS
buzzinS around - Warren county
fXmblebeelwin attNet attention every
where. He can make you think that
he is tangling himself in your hair, and,
looking arodha, you viii see him ten
feet away, clinging to- thistle bloom
That's enough about the bee A foot
step 9lidpF arouse the young lady it
was a voice that said r,,.,.Y
Scan | get drink Of 'waterN
The arms and chin Of q ttsapp leaned
on the fence He was dressed IN the
tramp's garb---a wardrobe at cnce so de-
scribable and indescribable.
al say, canI set some waer fg0tfy
eyes" said the girl Az "'A '''
"Must | 90 around to the gate, or
6tI9Boss 9s SsSf If '1e 1eaeSoose.b ,SaSs e.bU 3U IL
That's the way l like to hear people
talk" said thetyamp, climbing over and
apsroaehhs sla , az. ---
HNow, where's the waterF
"Ill bring it." -.
- .S--"You'd better bring the well, for I'm
dryer than barrell Of bromophyle."
The,aiEl VEN stothe house and returned
with q bucket of water. When the man
had finished drinking, she did not think
that he had exaggerated his thirst. In
fact, she did not think that his compari-
son had been adequate.
"What book are you rcading% he
a,sfssSSs GHQE, StT04. s
"0verrated. / meyer liked it. All
depth ofno depths Idon't know which.
The 4 novelist has tried to write q story
without a well-defned plot, and has
failed. ., Goldsmith success as 2 slplpt-
less and Charming writer was a bad ex;;
ample" Va y %
|You shouldn't tear my fayorite book
to pieces I like George Elliott and all
her works. "'siasmu1isnl Ia9i1pE 'a'
"You don't like mill on the Floss
for you have been noddin5 over'it for
the last half hour. You only pretend to,
read it because you imagine that in doing
so YOU develop literary taste 4 .7gyks
"E think, sir, you are impudentP y
"But truthful. Here's book you
should read, land the tramp took from
his ragged coat tattered copy OF Bur
sttOn's fAnetonY Of Melancholy (" DR..
SsBohnson said thai this book was the
only work that could induce him to get
out ofTbed mornings sooner than his reg
ular time for rising"
IstoaAnd II that's icwhyis you like IT." re
marked the girl. "If DR. johnson had
not made that remark you wouldn't FIND
the wcrklso charuingisisno3
'That's all right Give me some MOI
wstefsaM 10 t230I0n0
The conversation was pursued until
The tramp accepted an invitation to sup
per. His iieas Oft Barton and Johnson
were soon covered up with batter cakes
Tue tramp, MI. Preston, remained all
night. Next mprnihg, when he an
nounced his Intention Of leaving, the
gil], accompanied him torthespot. where
she sat when he hailed her.
-"Why do you tramp around-hav'
YOU no homer "a ,o,;y ,aT
JiHcfss, asto the nome 7 Don't know
as to the tramping.
A ,iMsisEEE lMsissy!s OHILAD
e 1TaE 3}{, &en''rer qeisF 40 \
eAiiWhe9F bHss n a3T 4LOq
tNow, on, one condition That yo
will consent to be my wife Nee. m
under this tree four years from to-day.
81 will. "syifI NV
1v He bade her goodbye, climbed III
fence,, and was gone. /, No correspond
,ence was carried on between them. TIL