Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-27
A PLUCKY SCH0OLMA,AM.
A Tramp's Adventure with School
House Heroine.

Speakin' Of the rural regions" said an
old chap at the end of the bar. who had
trouble in raising glass of beer to his
mouth with his right arm, l might be in
dooced to relate leetle adventure which
happened to me in lndiany."
He was earnestly advised to free his con-
science OF its burden, says the New York
Sun, aud he continued:
Well. had been hangin around In
dianapoiis for several weeks and finally
the Police Judge advised me 10 leave Town.
never argy with Police Judge When
they come right down to fatherly advice, i
accept il and git. ! left the town inside of
TWO hours, and it didn't take lia over three
hours to reach mile post len miles away.
About o'clock in the afternoon, as l was
Resin beside the highway, achoolma'a am
passed. She was clipper leetle body,
weighing about ninety pounds, and white
faced, and when | sort o. riz up to AK her
If she didn't have Bite to eat in her bas-
ket, she uttered womanish yelp and
started off oa dead run. | didn't hey
my swaIler-tail coat and standin' collar on
that day, and | guess she took me fur a
tramp.
Now, gents, when a feller is ragged,
hungry and ont o rhino, what does he do?
He makes a break, in course. | walks
along fur about y mile, and when | comes
TO u farm house with look of comfort
about it, stops in and asks if poor man
who has lost his whole family in the great
Chicago fire can get u bite to eat to brace
him up as he journeys towards the settin'
sun. The motherly old soul of farmers
wife would hey out squar meal fur me,
but that leetle schoolma am was there 10
prevent. ! heard 'em whisperin' together
IN the next room, and by and by the old
lady come back and give me the bounce A
tramp as has belonged to the purieesh fur
fifteen years ha6n't orter fire up over sich
trltie as that, but il hit me like blow be-
low the belt, and dot rnined on revenge.
went into the orchard and stole some
apples, and then laid around to watch. |
found out afOre dark that the farmer was
an old man, and that there was only three
of EN- in the house. Long huff fore the
lights were out | had arranged with myself
10 break in. There was a chance of plum
der, and / intended 10 scare that leetle
schoolma'am out OF Il years growth. /
don't say as would hev laid hands on her,
but that very thing might hey happened,
you know.
Well, about midnight l begins opera
tons by creepin' up to the back door 1t
was shut, but not locked, and | crept in,
struck light and found my way to the
pantry. There was cold meat, pumpkin
pie and bread and butter, and it took me a
good half hour to fill up. | might hev
gone out then, but | wanted suthin' else
There was nobody s!eepin' down stairs, and
after pocketin' a watch | crept up stairs
into the old folks bedroom. They was
sleepin as sound as you please, and the
moon shinin in furnished all the Eight
needed. | went through bureau and got
wallet, and WIS searchin' The old mans
pants, when | hearti "A step at the door and
voice cried out, Surrender, or III shootr
F.It was that leetle schooimaam. She
stood in the door in her night dress, a re-
vo,ver pointed full at me, and could see
her eyes blaze. made a rush to seize her,
when crack, crack went the revolver,
and one bullet struck me in the right
shoulder and another in the side. | went
down as if shot through the head, and up
jumps the old man and piles on me like
ton Of brick. The little schoolma'am went
down stairs after Il rope, and then helped
tie me hand and foot. More'n that, she
kept guard over me while the old man rode
Off for an officer, and every time fetched
groan she had that revolver ready to
shoot
In conclusion, gents, permit me to re-
mark that the Court give me five years fur
that little affair, while the plucky leetle
schoolma'am received public purse of
$500. Sometimes I've felt as if it was my
dooty to hunt her up and marry her"