The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-05-11
Tie TALE or A TRAMP,

IHE iNkE UE n tHHWf,
-
p,,,,.,, was pvnr and scented brIora
,, n,,., .,y.,J Grp nur small family hadc
I"ranrr To- the chill frost Of latoantumn,
scwina - IN brr jan Sid in low tone
nr,Irnlv hoard a rnp
"oro rnt - surr.siod Charlie, fresh
from COLLEGE, md ,kcptirol ON any sub
;act .I,.t n,n'bt be Lrn,chcl Really,
t,n,Lnr if yn,r hearing is so acute,
,,;Yaso ,;,, lon,t thn STEMS Of That half frozen
A., nn thr rnilno
.,Vnn..n.r Charlie. repIicd hismoth-
.n ,,;,i i,5,., .r6in o'Jiut ! nm snro
I.l'.,,I ynn,n' nn, r,n There il il ppuin
w.. w.. .,,nyt Layn brori that Nrttjo, dear.
r,,, wv g. '",' ,Lc Inn,."
ipbn I'nock this timo tbo,,rh modest
o,,i ornIngotir in tonr. was not TO he
'ii',"tnI i,I nj t,,i Nc.tic rcorLrl ONT her hand
,,i''i,,,, w. tini', tLo rnndIc bnt wos ortirinot,d
w. I,',, I'n ;,',,.,,r;mi'In IrotLor who rnJrly
~ wv ,,,t ,,n t1nnr nyrlo;nIino
tny ,hon mother for n test of
,.,,,r -im" in,,,nm;ty ; who is tbis co]lcr. and
%,j,", ;s lie or her o,rond? Listen Can
,an ",,,', onaiyyc ~, thot knorl, ?"
" Wnmsansnl" !" exclaimed his mother
oooin "Somc tramp, | suppose, who
L3s srcn tbe Eoht from our win,ow,
md"
But she WAS intcrrupted by Charles
hnrst o, mcrrimrnt
"a tramp And at this season of the
voorI No no mother. try again. A
tramn's knock would reycrbeTate through
lLn house like thunder"
"Comc, Charles" interposed |, "this
is idle. You may he keeping aneighbor
WAITING, or a cmid."
"a little child /" cried Ncttie, "and
ON Il NIGHT like this No, brother, you
shall NOT detain me another moment"
And after fl SLIGHT scufle, Ncttie
nmrrcpd in trjumpb. bearing the dis
nu4od candle.
As she rousod ON tbe threshold to re-
ljGLt fine candle, [ may as well make
I1Llic nv secret conviction that a being
nearer akin to the ANGELS than our Net.
tio di1 NOT exist, she opens the outer
Ioor her friendly face beaminp well
rom1 10 whoever might be standing in
thn darkness while her rentle voice in
e,,ira,, mNbo is tbnre -
w W. II, ,;,tnmoJ intontlv for tha roulv
u,a w. ,,r;to IN too,i3o Will, tEc
.""' I'',I JaI;+aroi IL l,r etroinnJ
i"i, ""' '''''''''' ''"'
''..J' ". o,,, Lrro,vrco,d and sick saw
,ho linhf from vnrr window and"
'l't I'm y '.o"n ,looo our nir ;mtarrrntod
~ o' ulo I.' "La'o'Ho; to,i;"In "ti sl,o a5Jod
Ne''E, b,",ui1 ,,aI % ~ Lar ' ,,othnr ,r'
G''nI'I'B t,, ''l' "1'a' iooN ~ '''A i''''''0i
nIi"'Al ~, Al'eo'e'. l., .,..., ,,.o-,
Inc 6!l"ilboI' 10 ito l nv Na4tn ~ ', ~
| .'i '"'l 'l,''''"'} -nI;ro ,ha ironort of Lnr
,lo, 5llnIr -Asn''3 'ile i'npTit pa. W ,hoi noi
Ii'St W"iuS' nor tIo n silIto tii'C p'''''"
ifom up 10 up oi t,io i"iliiy ,, 'mE," 'oro ro
hungry, colo "n" H,'h Aroio 't'o
many S"Gl' III vlio "oIlui D"I ~" 1;o., "i'
Dear sucl genuine Ii|'No Ul ui''io"S' .'',,
his cl9tlllhS, worn anu SoIn W 1onH 90
vice, h'IhB III IiLhP Aol'S "Tot' ~, i'!'
shriiihl''%' SI,NoillH loiI' WHY h,.sinai .a
lace, pale anu cuiilinoN:u " l'.9 I I,,"'
Cor was IT mchla, y Sutlcrii,6, nl'b'. . naHt ..
w. ot'' ,nr ,, tbn darl brilliant ewes that
inyrnd Inv denn in thrir sockets,
Nrt,ie had conducted him INTO the
,,itcL"n odioinina and by a clever STRAIT
occm bceiiiled her brother out Of his
oo.y.clo,r which. before he could in
torcent her she had dragged into the
,,nvt roon, and nlaced at the disposal of
hor ,.isitnr
n' :. W., ~ ar, too GOOD murmurcd the