Telegram-herald., 1890-02-23


De W-s IN q hurry. De eEssred the sbop
rather soft and giidy bke. ~ 4 be ~@s
booki1g for Jgiius Cesar. with view "
sI2boinz nIn Al an early cafe
4 N0aid ssy, Good morning, 1r.
Bsrrect
he would say. 'SIrrah. I kBow thee
nots IL ~oald tnen foid his arms. and.
With growing wonder and delight. look
Ia the mirror as the onls man Tor vi b0m
he ever showed a genuine respecs an1
esteem which nothlng could sh2ke. Then
Dc ~0old take of ms coat and fOld has
arms again and throw back his head and
~ u look nke the nan ~ ho acGs as
chief tram dispatcher FOR the solar sys-
tea.
Larry, 1 ~ooki say. come OF the
perch nov. IE - your turn, Ar Brsnni-
gan
But De would rock bach on ms heels
and throw out his chest and kind Of
skuR his shoes 0n the fioor ike tumbler
that l. chalkiRg hts feet in the carctEs, a
hebat be got when he was a bareback
rider. and thsn be would lnhzle and ex-
male bis breath quickly like a gentleman
who has blown oct the gas and is par
italy asphy mated, bat which really
meant pasaion, 50 l understand, and then
DE would say.
Hahl S~agger not, thou topless var-
lee. thou unwhelked fy-up-the-creek.
stoughton bottle and tallow spatter on
the brow OF nature. Avaunt, Shet up.
''Wilt thou forsOOth poor the rlbald
Next" into the ear of Laur-r-r-enee
Barr-f-r-r-retue
u would then ejacuiate Rats and he
would take seat in the chair like king
that Is getting 81 a week 10 reign through
one act and then take tickets at the door
the rest of the time offered him once
a strop TO hold IN his hand to reign with,
but be would not have II.
is he hard 20 shaver"
"No, he Is quiet in the chair, and
winks perfectly natural. He is a real
try TO forget that he Is sitting for htho-
graph. When he gets his head out of
the iron head rest and IL not having his
photograph taken he Is first rate"
who else did you ever shavey
Il have shaved Chauncey NJ. Depew
once, but he did not know about it, or at
least did not tell him who was, and
so perhaps he would not remember me
now. He was very nice and quiet, and
didn't make me any trouble. He kept
looking at the clock while he was being
shaved, and said something over softly
10 himself. l Judged he was going out
10 dine somewhere. | asked him if he
wasn't Mr.. Depew, and he said ne was.
Then | asked him if he ever heard about
the tramp that called at farm house on
Fifth avenue TO get something TO eat He
said no, he had not. Well, there was
nothing to it only it seems that once a
poor tramp, with clam shells in his rich
Rembrandt beard and chicken feathers
in his nut brown hair, called at quiet
farm house on upper Fifth avenne and
asked for food. odds bodkins,' ex-
claimed the farmers wife, as he came TO
the door, you are indeed In sorry
plight. And how long since you tasted
food?
-Four days, said the tramp, catching
madly at the waist band of his trousers
just in time, for be had no suspenders,
-four days | have been without food,
and four nights have slept in a railroad
culvert with nothing over me but a first
and second mortgage and right of way.
| have college education and an angel
mother. Give me crust, lady, or a lit
tie plum duff, lady, and God will reward
you. For three days / wandered aim
lessly around on the site for the Worlds
fair trying to find my way to the settle
ments. On the fourth day came upon
a habitation and tried TO get a bite
There was only one bite at this house,
and large mauve colored bull dog got
that Lady, will you give me of your
bounty, OF must | ask you to look the
other way while / pass out at the gate
and go away?