St. Landry democrat., 1891-09-12
A TRAMP,S STORY.
He Was Not Thoroughly Dad, Nct"hu
stantins Ills Appearance.

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We wanted to cot tLr.,,rL with tho iol,
egore miInicit so a. To- taEn a train
that would r.,rry u, ont If reach if we
were su,,irin,.n1 oul wn walked ont
nioht milo. +, tl,o n,ara and cot thera
parfv in H.. eyn,i:'r
At tIn dannt w., hoo,a oi q dora
blood thirsty nla,,ir that was keps
chained I,y and rioht--onlv ot nioht if
Was taken into tlr hon @ So we had
to change cur ,,In. There WAS q park
in front Of the lon~c and I rot M a
scheme. Orc Of rs wonll he taken
sick suddenly. and call ont to attract
attention. Tia women and children
would run ,rlt to zee what was the
matter. &. Il then the other one would
slip inside AID re. tie yaIuabIes AS
the house was ur,lv an ordinary family
residence We believed tits could be easily
done. The night was dark aud there
WAS no street lamps. which favored our
scheme
Bill insisted that I should do the
sick act, and when the folks came he
was to slip in and rob the house. Up
to then it seemed easy enough. but
vuuve heard Of burglar's luck? No?
We'll, it., a kird of ore ointment that
gets hold Of YOU Just at the wrong mo-
ment aud makes you weak4n. Oh,
pshaw! 1t was the soft spring night
and the pure c.ul.trv air that turned
my head, and all in iify, and You
might say, got sick of the job and
wished myself out Of it.
"Howsoma,or, I was ashamed to
back down now, SO told Bill not to
start till | gave him q certain signal
agreed mon betvixt Us, and then be-
gan to crdan. and hoIler, and call for
HELM. There was no ether house near.
the next building being q church, and
now | ,av )jcht, moving in the house,
Them woman came out on the yeranda.
She had q lantern, and looked out into
the darkness TO sac where the cries
came from.
"It's some pC4,r man in dreadful
pain' heard her saw.
She was followed bv two children.
Bill was hidin' back Of me in among the
frees. ana he wLisuered loud;
"'Now', NV time
.No'T soid back 70 him. wait till 4
rive the sipnal
"Then 7 eronDcd and carried on worse
than ever, saw that the lady was
coming down the steps of the veranda.
The chi lren began to scream,
".non't 90 mamma don't 90: YOU
will he kinejIp
Nonsense she said :.sunpose It was
nam lvinr their hurt and suffering II
aaIn another vcf];. wouldn't Won be
thankful to anyl1dv who would help
him? -
"With that she came direct toward
me- and 7 pyoancl and nhut NV ewes as
IS !, GRANT Hain She Ieaned over me-
and icouIi ,ce that she Led a good,
kind fare
"sWhat il the matter with YOU. GOOD
man? Wint can | do for YOU?
"Her voice WA sweet and kind ana
all the time | could hear Bill making
motions for the sirnal, in the bushes
behind Inc. The two children, pretty
little girls, had hold Of their mothers
gown, and were staring at me. There
was everything had blamed for lust
within reach, and vnu'Il never guess
what did. No, can hardly believe it
OF myself
care YOU in great pain? What can
I do to help vou?' she said again.
Il opeucl nv ewes wide aud looked
at her.
".Take vour children. and 90 back
into the house. and lock the doors,
maam. Don't wait a minute, and don't
.end ANYONE 10 Look after ma-vou un-
derstand?'
"She did. She turned as white as a
sheet, but she vas plucky, and says she,
come. children and walked straight
back to the house and INTO II, and
heard the doors ana windows slam, and
the keys turn i'll the locks Then there