Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-09-29
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The Tramp's Story.
BY WILL CARLETON.

BY WILL CARLETON.
usIperieace has gold in 1t as discerning folks
sgee,1
ma there's quite little fortune slowed away !
ssgn, where in me,
Ana deal IL out regardless of regular stated /
pTiee,
!, Teagh-sione up prize package, of common
.ense sdvice
ne peOpie. they can take it, or run round Il, A.
they please,
toe best thing thev'll find in it is some
"A, words Ike unto these:
"0rm or beetle. drought or tempest. on a
u IaF1aer'S land mae fdH,
Ior .aTst-cldSs raiRdtiOH. trttsf a mort
gage 'gdiRa them al.
"a my we,idn day nv father touche, me
Kindly on the ann.
ana handed me the psper> Tor an eighty acre
- farm.
With the stock an, tools an. hnn.lip,. far an
Independent start.
aging, Here's Il wedding present from INV
muscle and my heart:
ana except the admonltion' YOU have taken
Rom my tongue,
ard The reasonable lickin's that ,ou had when
You a. Young,
AID Your TODD and clothes aud s,hoolin' not
80 much a. could wish,
had = number ratiu from sanlr'a a
scsnty di.h,l
@'d the ho2est love YOU captured when YOU
n hrst sal an my knee,
Il I'll have to give you-so expect 10
more from me"
'7'ple'd said | couldn't marry the sweet girI |
"a tred 10 court,
We smIlinGy subn tilted minority report;
atasy hid their theories over " it'll quick
hess Q0ser to see,
aid icy knew we'd marry. bat We never
eouid uTee,
We - not frsIne and hang up ali the
= l. aeigh6ers had to say.
- run CIR little heaven In our own peculiar
Exy.
W siartsd % quite jolly. wonarous full Of
health and cheer.
Al q genesni Understanding that the way was
wetty elear.
=, wed - toiIed and prosperea. and the |
iiitls lilly party
Tai eziE1e Gfo@ heaven 10 visit u were bright I
and hote mo hearty;
AID 49, We might Ia been there had only 4
just o4ve known
ssw To-Day my road down solid and let well 4
endugh alone
But 4 son commenced kicking in the traces.
Ther.s pa too much land thai joined me that /
8dn'l set possess.
Whenapacc he get, land hungry. strange how .
1eous one can bc
fwG long before l wanted all the land that
1tpuld see.
sol ghi another eighty mot iorcbodng any
As1 that and some dowu-money put
ffcAge on my farm.
The bought another forty, hired some cash
- ~ new
Aud - bu. covered carriagc aud Of cour,,
mortgage grew
SoWDRy vii, was SQUARE against this .ti~ but
bi that you should know.
Gil I'm very far from saving that think
ai'rays ~
h p went IN hearty with the. working hard
fpm day Ia day,
r. " knew that iife wa businc., nov We
hsd that debt 10 pay.
worked through spriuS and winter.
y through summer and through fail.
BUi hat n"rtsagc worked the hardest .,' ,,,,s >
lrs4Sest of us alt: -
IL worked on nights and sundays; il worked
each holiday;
II seltlrd down among and never went a
way.
Whatever We kept from il SEEMED Almost a,
bad a. then,
II watched Us every minute, and 1t ruled u
Tlghl and len.
The rust and blight We're with IA >ometiue-
and sometimes. not:
That dark brow ed. scUWlIn. mortgage Wa for
ever on the spot.
The wueyil and the cut Worm, they went i,
well can't.
The mortgage siaId forever. eating hearty All
the SAM.
Ii nailed up every window, stood guard Al
every door,
And happiness aud sunshine IA lds. their hom,
with u, 10 more.
TIL with failing crops and sickHc>, We got
stalled upon the grad,
And lhere came dark DAY on u, ~hcn the IN
teresl " A>u't paid
and there sharp foreclosure. AMI
kind . host my hold,
Aud grew weary and discouraged, and Tie
fsrm wa che apply >Old.
~ wife he pinned aud persisted. Al found
4HI Anew she died Of uaougug-ju-t q,
Nelf- wanted 10.
y'd ha' found mortgage l,ing On uae
woman broken heart
asxzil.
One l. tbe Inan no C0nquers the other. BE-
Who fails
Bat still tnink the lA-t Kind ATT til soonest
% give up.
shameiul cup
Like same Old king or other. - bOse nAIL= I-Re
somehow Io-l
They sfraightway tear their sy.- 0ut- gu.t
When thsN Deri IN mot.
When one ! had d!-cos er'-1 that lhe 1rd !
oocid Dot pay.
I tricd L. liquidaie Il IN rather c151zGaOG sAy.
1 uzcd b meet IN prlsAie E. Iyss ia 4Isrlsr
And we woul drlnk Oursrlses worth tn
thousald d,l4r. ciear-
A. ezsy i Nay 10 proper 2s ever h. IN
foand.
But one's heap sight poorer whsn De- g.t-
back TO thr ground
OF 1ouTse ought 10 la braosd ". su' worked
On jus the sAIne-
L Amt a-lryiHg 70 -hlrk out or cover up fTUIa
rut an / think men often. il safely NAV b.
srid
Are drirea to temptations in place Of being
I'D:
Ard II thai tyrant mortgage hadn't cracked it,
n, 's ss.o.a I've never stolen or aef.ul,sa.