Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-14

The Rev. Mr.. Delano, of the New
York Baptist conference, did not be-
lieYe that the tralnp~was as bad as he
was painted, or that he was treated like
a brother by his fellow man says the
Detroit Free Press. In order to
prove the matter to his own satisfaction
he spent several weeks of his last Vaca-
ton on the road.
I came to one house at the close of q
peaceful summers day and saw an old
couple sitting together within. My
beard was a week old and my hair short
enough for a graduate of Sing Sing.
My rather prominent nose was burned
aud frayed in the contest. The old
lady had a sweet. benign face, framed
in a white cap border. She told me to
come in and sit down. But the old
farmer looked his prejudices.
What has brought you to such q
state as this? he asked sternly.
Before could answer him the old
lady-bless her-remarkedi IN an audible
aside: Perhaps he knows our Ned
1T was her kind and wOmanly way OF
disarming him. 1 did not know 'OuI
Ned but hope he was worthy of such
a mother,
Isn't it about time for bread and
milk 2 suggested the farmer, and was
invited to partake of the simple and
most welcome meal. AS I was going
after thanking them. the old man said
earnestly:
You will be all right if you'll just
leave whisky alone
This to me. a respectable minister OF
the gospel l wanted to drop my as
sumed character and assure him I never
tasted the stn1f, but it was too early in
my experiment, so 1 kept silent and re-
sumed my tramp.
After that 1 went to houses where
the door WAS opened a crack, and the
narrow face of a woman was thrust out
for a second, then the door was slammed.
Cats arched up their backs and spat al
me. Dogs growled at me. cut
hickory wood harder than iron for bread
that must have journeyed with the chill.
dren of Israel, and 1 slept on q car
painters bench in the basement through
the Christian charity of the owner o.
the house.
~The last venture 1 made was into &
field where a fire was burning and three
tramps lying beside it. 1 was glad of {
chance to meet the tramp on his OWL
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tory and traditions. One of the meI
jumped up and came to me. He die
not hold out his hand in fraternAl way
with a smile Of welcome and Put i
there. pard.' He eyed me with suspic
ion, and asked me gruffiy what wanted
He was bigger than 1, and the othel
two men joined him, so kept a civil
tongue. and they gradually warmed tt
me. The big one was a clergynan'i
son-just as 1 wAs-and he knew a:
much Latin and Greek as I did, anC
had studied more classical literature
and spoke more languages. The othel
was the son of millionaire father. The
third was an outsider. We slept around
the hay-stack that night, and IN the
morning told them who I was. The
clergyman's son remarked: I noticed
that you didn't swear I heard how
every mans hand was against them
and how they were against every
man-Ishmaels of the world, soure6
and embittered by treatment that would
not be given to dogs. In my true char
acter 1 reasoned and prayed with then
as have since pleaded for them.
Treat the tramp kindly and he goe;
away with a blessing in his heart. Shut
the door in his face and his prayer turns
to a curse. That is my experience and
belief"