Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-09-13
DISPENSING A TRAMP.
What Happened to the Unwise Indlvtt
4 unls Who Tried It

uaIs Who Tried It
! was eating dinner at a farm house
In Indiana when one OF the children
came In and announced that a highway
tramp had called at the kitchen door
and asked for a bite to cat. The farmer
was very short. very fat, and very
bald-headed man. and he was post
master at the corners and justice Of the
peace In and for the county. He had a
son called James, another called Moses.
and hired man who was addressed as
Towser. He sent out word for the
tramp to sit down and rest, and as q
laugh went round the table he ex.
planned; e,rss4
''After dinner / shall be pleased to
show you how we encourage tramps In
this section This Is evidently new
man to this part OF the State, or he
would never have called here"
After dinner we went out The
tramp was sitting under cherry tree,
looking as comfortable as you please.
and evidently unsuspicious that any
thing except dinner was in store for
him. He looked to me like a bad man
TO fool with, but the farmer didn't seem
to read him that way. A T.
snow, them" he said, as he rubbed
his fat hands together. ''you will stand
up" fa
''What fura" asked the tramp.
10 be kicked! am going to boot
you from this spot down to that silver.
ed telephone pole" T f
but l object"
Cant help that As fourth-class
postmaster OF the United States OF
America l command you to arise"
III l am kicked somebody else will
get hurt" cautioned the tramp as he
got up err ess nr~a IN
''As one OF the Justices OF the peace
In and for this county l command you
to disperses" said the farmer as he turn
cd the tramp toward the gate and ad-
ministered kick.
Next instant he received leit-hand-
or on the nose which knocked him into
a confused heap on the grass, and tho
tramp got out OF his old coat and pre-
pared for business.
'Towser. pulverize him!'' shouted
the farmer. as he struggled to his knees.
'In the name OF the United States |
you to knock him down"
Towser advanced. his big fists doubled
up, but the tramp danced to the right
and the left, and then sent In one on
the hired mans commissary depart.
ment which doubled him up. and laid
him among the hollyhocks
James, Noses make him prisoner!"
yelled the old man. as he plucked a
handful OF grass. and held It to his
nose. ..
The tramp chucklod. There was fun
ahead. FHb 20 |
The two boys were strapping young
fellows, strong enough to knock down
an OK and they were willing 10 60 in.
As they stripped of the tramp backed
up between two currant bushes, where
they could not flank him. and as they
advanced upon him he grinned all
over. He played with them for min
ile or two. and then drew long
breath. made three or four feints. and
'iled them on the grass together.
Neither moved to get up for full two
minutes Meanwhile the tramp rested
nd looked over to me and queried:
you amt one OF the crowdP" y
mo" ....' Is 11.l .... .-t.
"And don't want me TO dispersed"
mot particularly" ~ 'i |
"All right don't think the United
'tates and his gang want any thing
more Of me just now, and as have an
down the road. I'll move
n. When they get washed up and the
andages on. tell 'em / used TO scrap
18th the boys in Chicago In days gone
y, and that held myself In and let
IN OF very mild. Goodbye. stranger.
a, Ia. old fattyi" l....l U I
And he had been gone ten minutes
efore the postmaster came over TO ILe v
nd whispered: ~ Il.. w q
"Did you erer!"--N. 7. Sun. lie