The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-22

How He Conducted Himself
at the Farm House Of ]. D.
6elman.
Jackson, the Lightning Rod Man,
Waits the Fellow to Wear
tie Blue Ribbon.

fouuS8nCr VI Cueee, cus 10S- H. . = sCe
son, the lightning rod man, to-day 10
{. rm.d . BAzoO reporter of Little sxpe
rience he had viih one On Friday nigh
last that l.ys over them ali TT cheek.
Al the time Mr.. Jackson hsd stopped To-
! the night with the family If Mr. J d. Hell
man, residing nine miies sesi 81 this city
osin. TO the heavy storm Which prevail ed
Mr.. Holman and his vile are Of that he
pi,able clAss Of people uho make ever. one
sb'ul them feel .; home snd Can neve'
turn . stranger away from their door. A
lev minutes before rupper Ms. ilslmsu
heard = he IVY knock II the door. AMI ON
going to "p~n il Vas not . little s1rpsi-esl
20 6"d herself confronted BY dragged. dirty
iouking specimen Of humanity. folly .ix
feet tall. who s.'d not . word. but pushed
her To one side and N ode his vsy TO the
-sove. where he rquaiied into chair and
msde himself NJ home At once. lie
glanced over at Mr.. Jack.on, Who wss s!o
lifting By the stove. and inquired: "Are
you the bo-s her~?' J-ck-on, without =
moment. h~.ita,i"c -.n'i.d: "No; hu, II
4 ger. ynn would We i, ,,.s 90, ia the toos,
heels over head, Instead Of toa.ling your
-h,n. b. the Ere"
The fellow did not seem st ssll ahsshed
by the answer he recrived. but sat in his
char, ard soon Mr.. H,lmac csme INTO the
ro"m. The tramp s,i;i held dosn hrs
chair, never speaking . word ~ to bic
w'--i N. Soon supper Vas announced.
aud Mr.. jackson and Mr.. Helmsu we're
sbont TO sit down It the table when the
roadster Jumped up and was The 6rst ~sn
here. Neither the boat or hostess aid
anything, aud the fellow Wa allowed 10
eat hrs supper, AID J .ckson il willing to
.wesr that he ate more than AIRY elk men he
ever sav in his life. SUPPER over, the
tramp took himself to . corne, and pro-
ce~.iesi to make himself comfortable, never
meI:iDning the f.ct that he Vas out Of
money snd desired 10 remain over night.
Tne ems. BY that time wss coming down
f,s. aud the roads we're almost impxsssbi-.
Mr. H~imsn It'd hi. wife 10 make . be1
N the lounge Cor the stranger. and they
would keep him over night. Tais was
d"ne. .Ei he slept at the rate of forty
knots IN hour. He va the last one up in
the moruing sni m.de more irrubis than
sil The rem .inder Of the household. A. he
h ID pnIaken Of -uch besriy supper, Mr.. |
J .ck-.,n congratulated Mr. Holman on the
iscl that he y ';IId surely eat light brrsk
l,s', but the reckoning wss wrong. H.
fairly discounted his q at. of the pre-
vi"C. evening. Alter drinking three
cnps Of cpff-.. he r.qu..t-d
Iha, a sl,-s o: wst-r he given him, a. -,ke
coffee VS. loo Id we.k for him." This
display OF chrrk settled it. I'-jur-d inna.
renee ~ s;snd no m,sr, .nd the 9, m .in
Ter 81 the m..l was w.ilo~ed in silence.
Al the oo"clu-ion the tramp & ,iu seated
him-eif nv the stov-, and looking out 81
he Windows, remarked that he guessed i; !
~oh!d storm all day. thus preventing him
rom pursuing his jmn-y. The inmate
Il tee hou-e locked ny in borr"', md Mr. |
Ii-lm.n sas that the only way To get ciesr
II his nn~~lcome visitor 81 la hOunc- him. !
shich he did in good style. Before leaving |
."w-rer. TIE 1 low hal the gall TO ak |
nth Mr.. .ck-on and Mr.. Holman 10 thew |
.uid not give Rim . piece of ,,.hacco, hu, |
VI. Holman replied that he h al no,hinx
'ut long green, and thai VS. probably ton /
ss ak Tor hir highn~s..
Se~ing that he mu.i 60 Mr.. Tramp Who
ave hi- na,ne ~ dudley, and 81 incl e.
'e o" hi. 10y 10 Hickory comfy. but,vnsJ
~ HE coat and vent PLEADING through the
rov. hunting for work ard praying to Col
hat he would NOT g. 4 il.
Mr.. J ,ckson says he he. been travelling
~ fifteen years, and has met al ci.s-e. OF
ramps, bu, h. is perfectly willing ihs, the
ellow he mt last Fddsy night should
'.se the blue ribbon.