The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-23
A REAL ONE.

0I0-tlme ueteCtlVe-One or the real "sleuth" tribe of detectivcs--"and there have been for many years. I am not speaking either of men or monstrosities, freaks or phenomena, who happen in some unaccountable way to be gifted with knowledge or intuition of some one thing, like the music of Blind Tom or the 'fgurative' ability, so to speak, of a natural mathe- matician. speak of tIamps who have thorough, full, brilliant educa- tons in every branch of college cur riculum.
 But to return to the educated tramp. Once was sitting in front of leading hotel in St. Joseph, Mo, with the young son of the state gov ernor at that time, who was also a very wealthy man. It was a pleasant evening in summer. The young gen. tleman and l were enjoying an after noon cigar, when specimen of the genus tramp approached. He was an elderly man, and his language at once bespoke tbe wreck of gentleman. Said he Gentlemen, pardon my in- trusion, but observe that neither of you seem to be specially engaged at tho moment. desire to solicit & small donation, or would willingly accept one of large proportions. would feel gratified, however, to obtain a sulii- cient amount of cash to continue, to as great length as possible, the connec- tioA between my soul and body-that is, to protract the association between my psychological and corporate at tributes. I have not indulged In any thing in the character of reflection during the day, and now that night Is falling, l am only alike the Son of Man in having not where to lay my head.'
 This the seedy old tramp said in spirit of facetiousness which was in- tended, but at the same time he looked very much as if he hadn't had bite to eat in week, and he was altogether a dilapidated specimen of humanity.
 My companion asked him his bus iness or profession.
 "'Well,' said he, 'at present am only 8 gentleman of elegant leisure. Formerly l was college professor, and am yet something of an educator, in warning way, that is to say, in the capacity of what Is sometimes spoken of as frightful example,
 "Thc conversation continued be- tween the two until it became appar- ent that the tramp was really man of brilliant school attainments. My young friend had just graduated in law st one of the great universities, and had previously graduated, in a DO less distinguished school, in let ters, and was, therefore, capable of sounding the old man deep. The tramp would recite, in the origi- nal tongue, the odes of Anacreon, begin anywhere in Homer and spin off the blind Greeks poetry at any desired length; was no less fa- miliar with Virgil, Cicero anI dozens of other Greek and Latin poets, ora tors and law -givers; talked beauti- fully about law, and referred in the most delightful way to the leading characteristics of JustiniaH, and of later law commentators, including Blackstone, Kent, Bouvier, ef ni., ran cbeerfully over the beauties of Green leaf in that authors phiIosophizings on the nature of evidence, while in other branches of learning and science, in mathematics and art, in the wide domain of knowledge, he seemed to have been freebooter.
 My friend almost fell in love with the charming old loafer, took him to . clothing store and had him fitted out with . new suit entire, from top to toe and from the skin out, had him led and hathed, and gave him money to continue eating and looking decent, but that old wretch preferred drink