Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
JIM, THE TRAMP.

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He was a bad lot Magistrates, iail
chaplainS, and police had all ut various
times told him so, anil he quietly ac-
| copied their Judgment, KNOWN. it to BIZ
| pretty near the truth. An outcast from
his very babyhood, what chance had he
ever had! Left by an nnfccling mother
to die in roadside ditch, he had been
taken to then nearest Union, to bc brought
up a workhousc founding, until he was
old enough to be bound prentice and the
guardians could wash their hands of him
entirely. A drunken saddlcr covcnantcd
to clothc, hoard, and teach him his trade
and ut his hands poor i'm had dogs
life, until. goadcd to madness by every
species Of ill-ircatmcnt he struck his
muster and fled. For II while he tried
hard To get work in the villages through
which he passed; but No one would take
on the strange, iricndlcss lad, and he
! made up his mind To enlist for Il soldier
Bui ill'luck would not let him 90. He
was routed out of an old stable by n
Jealous member Of the city police, and
charged next day with sleeping out at
night, or some equally hcinous crime, the
result BEN" that he was committed to
prison Tor seven days. This broke down
his last shred of sclf-rcSp.ct; and when
that Happens To man or boy, heaven help
him. for his doom is sealed.
Jim came out of iaiI utterly reckless.
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