The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-12-07
MEEkER HERALD.
TWO EXPERIENCES.


,oas Ab"ut Trssspa
hnvo two experiences TO relate In
regard to tramps. which sot me even
ON the question Of discovering honesty
and dishonesty among them Ono
morning I was sitting In the dining
room at home when IL poor follow
came up to tho kitchen door and asked
my vito for breakfast, stating TINT he
was hungry. could get no work md
was actually starving. I wont out.
however. to SEQ Whist specimen Of n
boggar was there. and found nm In
tsiligont-appearlng young fellow.
Dire. .ed ,oierabiy well In clean. though
threadbare. clothes lie assured IN.
that he had tried in vain to secure
work until no was heartily discour-
aged. and ns last resort was COM
pu..cd to wound his pride by begging.
III you'll prove your willingness l.
work By saving up that pile OF stove
wood. you enn have breakfast. said
l. Well. III work" ohecrfuiiy re-
sponded tn. young man. ms he throw
,n his coat and pushed bnskraF
with TN nincri,y born Of hunger aud
desperation. gave him Il good break
fn.,-,he bcst my table afforded. IL
conversation found him bright IL
wa. a book-kecper. no said. took
rn interest In him aad secured HIN u
position In tho Missouri Pacific frcigh,
offices. after p.rsuadin. n friend In
charge IN Give him II trial. Tho
young man proved one Of tho hrost
ponmcn In III. Office. and after n trial
of three or four months MT forty dol
lars IA month he WAS given "a inc
posi- lon In mn oiiic, with tho same l!nc
Ia ..gxnnsas Tho other experience
with tramp was with young
follow who had 80, down
In tho world. but camo to
TIL. city from icnycnwor,h. Kan.
with letter of Introduction no had
formerly received from nm ncquaini-
nnrc OF mno there. lilo ncco,i'd mo
ono cold winters night md said he
Ind b,cn sleeping out for two nights
hnd Ind not eaten any thing for two
days. I gave him u meal ,ickc, and
paid hi. hotel BIZ, for week. :.;,s. took
him down to --, tho same man nj the
Missouri Pacific Offices. which. ] was
inclined To believe. was bceomIn; no
asylum for unfortunate follow. who
w-r, gaining my sympnihic>. The
manager didn't ike tho appearance Of
ihi- young man. but h. gave him Ia
trial Tho wages were not 10 bc paid
for month. The young man brnc-i
up md worked steady. and ! stood
good Tor his board In tho meantime.
bnc pay night h. dr-w nil his months
salary. aud that was tho last ever
heard of him. Ito skipped. was
lars for hi. bills. ! wrote III. man In
I,cnvcnworih. who had 80 highly r-c-
commended him Ia m. for honesty. uhrt
I though, no ought Ia rritnbur., mo
lilo replied Tint II wns my osn look
out; h. wasn't paying tramps' bills.
] happrn-d Ia hear that h. wns h.h
linz nfsrr mn Important Uovcruu,-ot
appointment y, Washington. That
WIS pic for inc. ! wrote him TO pm,
TIM, iiily dollars In thirty days. or l
would nall him To the cross by getting
Il CERTAIN uniici States senator. ~ hc
was n AiHnch friend OF m!ac. To Ugh,
him Well Tint h!iy dollars came up
smiling by the mex; mall. But the fact
was ! was mt acquainted with the
United States Senator alluded 10. and
wouldn't knou him n saw him. hut
tho Lraycnworth man wanted office.
aud know could Rcarn him Into do-
Ing whn, was nothing more than
right st Louis G.obc-Dcmocrai.