The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-19
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 @Coae ia. ceme in.- saia the esocesy- man to the bad he1. ss he seopped oa the door-step outsi1e sks grocery to 70 down in his pissnl pocket fex a htte change fcF . tramp that had come ous of the grocery last ahead of the grocery mans boot Come right h, and don't stand there talking with such cattle. and l the groceryman looked as mad as though he had leis the spigot of the molasses barrel running.
 "Wka,'s the matter with youi- said the bad boy, ax he watched the tramp go l into bakery and come out with ioai of bread, aad @ 0d chewing the end os ii as though it vas the sweetest morsel . white man ever put tooth into, and the smile the tramp showed on one aide of the bread as he saluted the bad boy through the window was worth . dollar to the boy. "You seem to have gcs out of the wroag end of the bed this morn- ing. What ails youl-
 70, the uamps, and beggarx. and sub scriptions. and games to beat an honest man out of his hard earned money said the grocesyman, as he threw hsichet on the floor with which he had been split ting up a box. and kicked market bas- day but some one comes Tn here afscs money. Why don't these tramps go to work! Why don, people that haven't ] got any money so to the poor house Why don't sick people go to the hospi,- als? Condemn It. l have had people come m here to, help for the old ladies home. and the old men's home. and to sell ball tickets to help people ,ha, have been sand-bagged. nli l hope may never see another person asking for help as long as l live"
 And you never would see another person asking for help, or coming Ia buy any of your old decayed groceries. fl they knew wha, kind of hardheArted old pirate you was Why, blast your oi vinegar countenance, you haven't got heart bigger than mustard seed" sad the boy. ss he picked up the hatchet for fear the grocery-man would >pli, him for kindling wood.
 -Yes have" said the groceryman, and he appeared little ashamed of what he said. My heart is all right. bu, they play |, on me. The other day gave a tramp five cents to buy bread, and he went and bought glass of beer a, a free lunch place. That made me mad
 Well bread. plain dry bread, IS pretty hard eating How would you like to 70 ou, on the sidewalk and gnaw dinner of loaf Of dry bread? The tramp knew hS business. He could 20 To saloon with that nlekle and buy glass of beet as though he had bashel of money, and while he was drinking t he could go ,o the lunch counter and get sausage, and rye bread, and head cheese, and liver. and cold ham, all for nothing If you had only nickle Jeff. and had full. sired stomach, perfectly empty, which would you do, stand out on a cold corner and chew bread, with no water nearer than the lake, 6: ~cald you go n,o a nice warm saloon, buy a glass of beer and have big dinner thrown Tn for 4 chromo? By gosh, you would go 10 the saloon. and you would make the lunch counter look sick. Nobody else keeps a warm place for tramps to eat free lunches by buying five cents worth ef goods, and a tramp would be fool fl he didn', take advantage of such a chance, when the thermometer is thirty degrees below zero."
 SNOW, don't know bu, you are right, Hennery," sald the grocery man. with forced smile. T guess would paralyke that lunch. But a man has no business to be a tramp Why don't they go 10 work 7"
 Work; Why don't you give one of them work Nobody has any work for tramp. \ tramp may be 4 son of member of congress, bu, fl he has been on the turf until he has had 10 pawn hls clothes. one article after another. to keep from starving. and looks hard, you don't van, him He may be more honest than you arc. and better educated. bu; his clothes are ihIn. and he looks seedy, ard cold, and hungry. and hasn't got any money You sio not stop 10 ,hink that he may be d thoroughbred You hre him out. and he gets so he thinks there lsn ?, a man m the world with soul If he steals, |: $ to keep hlm from starving. and no; to lay up money, like some gro cers.s
 !" Hold on there, boy. l don't steal much, said ;he grocery man. " rat tramps arc all right enough. These old peoples homes. where old men and SO men are kept in idleness. IS what makes me tired Why don't they go and live with ,he,r folks F'
 "Well, you are a smart Aleck." sad the boy. "Why dent they live with their folks That is good. Do you sup pose these old people would go to charitable home fl they had one of their own. They have outlived relatives and friends who would take care Of them. and go to the home, where kind hearted strangers make the las, days of their lives as happy as possl- sible, and they depend upon wha, they can get from people who have hearts, 10 pay the expenses. and i, is moi often ,ha, any person with soul kicks al iittle contribution towards banking up the s,omae hs of the old people ~ho have been pioneers when the country was new Many of these old r,~oxxi~ ,vhcr. va. sSnd Ezuls usstk fny