Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-07-27
nlsfsRsl ne A TRAMP.
w,ha, H.sp.aed 70 tho Unw,ss Iaaivis-
aais Who tried IT,


aais who Tried It,
was eating linner al farm house
in Indiana whd N one OF the children
came in and aur ounced thar highway
tramp had callb Nj at tho kitchen door
and asked for bite To eat. The farmer
was a very short. very TAT. and very
.beadcd m nm, and he was post
master at the corners and justice of the
peace In and fot the county. lie had
son called James, another called Moses.
mud hired ma h who was addressed as
Towser. lie ) ent ous word for the
tramp 10 sit down and. rest and as
laugh went r Dund the table he ex-
planned
after diun er shall he pleased TO
show you how we encourage tramps In
this section. This Is evidently new
man 10 this part of the State. or he
would never have called here"
After Dime er we went out The
tramp was sitting under u cherry tree.
looking Us comfortable as you please.
and evidently unsuspicious that any
thing except dinner was In store for
him. lie looked To me like bad man
To fool with. but the farmer didn't seem
to read him that way.
snow. then. he said. as he rubbed
his fat hands together. ''you win stans
up"
! ..What iura' asked tho tramp.
10 be kIc ksdl am going To boo
you from this spot down 20 that silver
cd telephone pole"
..3ut obi pct
..Can't help that A q fourth-clas
post-master OF the United States {
America Cd mmand you 70 arise"
: III am Kicked somebody else wi
: get hurt cautioned the tramp as
4 got up.
i As one oil the justices OF the pea,
4 In and for this county command 70
to disperse.' said the farmer as he tur
ed the tram b toward the gate snd a
: ministered kick.
!. Next instant he received left-han
! er on the sIse which knocked him In
. a confused heap on the grass, and q
tramp got cut OF his old coat and pr
pared for business
.'Towser. pulverize him! shout.
!, the farmer. as he struggled to his knee
. I'm the ma me cf the United States
a command you TO knock him down.
:. Towser advanced. his big fists doubl
= up. but the tramp danced TO the rig
and the left, and then sent in one
the hired mans eommissary depa
ment which doubled him up, and Ia
!. him among the hoilyhocks
= james. Moses. make him prisoner
: yelled the old man. ne he plucked
J. handful ot grass. and held II 10
= bleeding ndSe.
Z. The tramp chnckled: There was
: : Rksi;d
a The two boys were strapping you
n fellows. 81 rong enough to knock dor
. nm OK and they were willing TO go
!, As they stripped of the tramp back
"A mp between two curTant bushes. wins
~ they could not flank him. and as Oh
advanced upon him he grinncd
over, lie played with them for m
uie or u so. aud then drew a 10
:. breath, made three or four felnts. a
piled the m on the grass togeth
Neither moved 10 get mp for full I
y minutes Meanwhile the tramp rest
'" and locke over 20 me and queried;
You aln't one OF the crowdf'
Is No"
10 "And don't want me 10 disperser'
mot particularly"
OF "All right don't think the Uni
IL States and his gang want any III
more OF ale just now. and as have
an engagement down the road. I'll m
'st on. Whom they get washed up and
bandages on. tell 'em ] used to SC
an with the boys liz Chicago in days q
10 by, and that ! held myself in and
nd 'em of very mild. Goodbye. strang
his Ia. Ia. old fatty.'
And he had been gone ten mint
II before the postmaster came over TO
er- and whis peredl
he ibid you ever.s \. SUN
Alfred in Tight Place.