The Newtown bee., 1888-11-02
ONLY A rRAMp,s STORY.
W. J. L. in New York Evening World.
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ITal aTk, the OlneT aIJernOOu. He nau been stretched out, fast asleep, on a bench in the sun near the lake, until an Evening World reporter and Park po- liceman passed by. Then the gray-coat- ed guardian of the peace had rudely aroused him by flaming" him on the soles of his well worn shoes.
 s'Get out, you can't sleep here," com manded the officer. As the fellow scrambled to his feet prepared to obey, he remarked, 'sWell, did sleep here to- day. did morn sleep. I dreamt. never dreams in the places whar I giner- ally sleeps. Leastwise not sich dream as this wun wuz.''
 s'What was it?'asked the reporter, who had become interested in a certain air of | pathetic despair which seemed to envel- op the tramp. Turning his bleary eyes on the reporter, he replied: GA dream, which I'll bet is still actual realitie fer you, young feller. I wuz home again. The old man and old wom- an wuz both thar. They uster be daddy and mamma in them days, but that is nigh onto 40 year ago, and I wuz kid on'y 12 years old or whereabouts then.
 But seed 'em agin. wuz back home with Jack and Tim, they wuz brothers O mine, and I had two sisters, Kate and Mary. We played together agin just | like we used to, and how innocently we amused ourselves. We lived in the coun- try and poor mother would pray that | xya-1 laa it nfsr txta,a ,c kids 'ud kneel down beside her she would say: "Ask God to keep you from the temptation of ever going to the big | wicked cities.
 | just went through it all again and re- member it as plain as day, although I don't believe I ever thought of my old home for ten years or more before."
 s'Well, how did you come to leave your home?" asked the reporter.
 sWell, now, that's outside 'er the dream, but as am singing my gab and softer than usual, I don't mind telling you. l fell in love with an actress who visited them parts and kum to our house to be nussed. And she wuz we'll
 
 with her night and day and my sisters f tended her like she wuZ twin. l wuz then booty we'll edicated and not the wust looking feller in them parts. She was younger, but older in experience.
 Materially, she being so different from r with her. She purtended to love me. g She wuz ther about two months and ' when she left she had promised to be n my wife. That wUZ q secret, though. e Don't you tell your folks, Frank They would never forgive me for taking you away she pleaded; promise me not to tell 'em,' and I,fool like promised It was agreed that should get to Chica go a few weeks after she started fol s there, and that we wuz to be married then.
 I tried and tried to get dad to consen to my going, but it was no use, so finall! I run away. I never told him why wanted to go though. Before going robbed him of large sum of money I took it from safe in the house. Whel I reached Chicago, went to the addres
 
 she gave me, but she was not know there. Still suspected nuthin' wrong = but haunted the theatres a-l0Okin' fo her.
 One night I met her. It was in va ve riety theatre. She seed me and turne pale on the stage. 1 waited for her q the side door. When she came out, ,ther was a flashy dressed feller with her an she tried to brush past me. l caught ht by the arm and pulled her one side.
 Stop! cried, hoarse with passion, q
 you mean to fiirt me after my desertin my home and robbing my father f. you?
 - You robbed your father for mes sl
 asked.
 Yes, I said, and then her mann
 changed. She pretended she did n oi- know me at first sight, and, still fot . in love with her pretty face, I believ
 her. She introduced the other fello
 to me as her brother and me to him
 My future husband, dear brother me. I went home with them. We arrang
 to be married in four weeks.
 I bought presents for her. The d lair before we were to be married, she P,
 suaded me to give her the few thousa -- dollars I had to put in the bank wi
 money she had. When l went to mt her next day to go to the altar with |
 she had fled. She left me a note. I ke = it until it wore away, but I rememt
 every line of it. It was about the or letter ever got. It read like this. ass' know it by heart:
 MY DEAR FRANK: You are so gulli ble tn, | feel sorry tor you. Go home and have tn
 kill the fatted calf for you. My husband q
 will take care of your money: You co
 brother, Hai Hal Too funny. Good by JESS at Iwent crazy. It was weeks befor
 woke up, in hospital, to reason aga
 Then swore vengeance. I set out
 track that pair down. I had never bo
 cred about investigation before. It wo' 'RS, have been better for me if had. RA- Lots of people knew them for p ITc. of black-mailers. He was no relation
 hers at all. Well, followed them.
 It was two years after when met hi i. :. It was in mining town in Colorado. eeth lounged into the place one night for search of work. Later I went into the gambling house. The brother , sa- dealing faro.
 i My pistol was out and aimed at hin
 a second.
 Draw! yelled.
 He recognized me and went down
 his hip pocket fer his gun.