Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-04-21

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VI WIZ I'd ~ M work?" The IA
@ae@&.A)W miliar question
sounded in 41y
ears one morning as stood at my case
busily setting type. knew at once
that a member of the travelling fratern-
ity had made his advent he was a
queer looking individual, dusty, ragged
and forsaken. His clothing seemed to
be made up of the contribution of all
classes of people. A broadcloth Prince
Albert coat gave him a decidedly minis
terial look, which was sadly dispelled
by jaunty crush hat which vainly
tried to hide his rough, uncombed hair
He passed on to the next room and I
resumed my work. After awhile he
came back.
Say, ~pard, have you got nickel
'bout?" he asked. 'The foreman is go
ing togive me some work and want to
get bite to eat"
l duly contributed and he passed
out.
7 The next morning when I entered the
composing room he had been installed
in the same GALLEY" with myself and
was hard at work. And so he stayed
He was fine workman, a thorough
master of his trade, and he declaredth
he was tired of tramping and was going
to settle down.
~. 81 haven't always been tramp" he
vouchsafed as he got on his stool at my
side. Upon my expressing my gratifl-
cation, he continued: ..,,..---...,,..
II should say not. 1 was one of the
biggest men in big state one day,
young man. Owned one of the finest
daily papers in the west They didn't
call me Old Pete, them" he continued,
musingly, more to himselfsthan to me-
Il was Hon. Peter Burbanlxs then, and
had nice home; now I'm Old Pete, the
tramp"
% | thought l actually saw tears glisten
in the old mans eyes, but l must have
been mistaken. The truth is, several
years experience with his genus had
taught me that the wonderful tales they
always told of their previous lives were
not to be credited as absolutely true.
Z looked at the old man pityingly.
His bent and shrunken form and un-
cared for person were certainly worthy
of compassion. His fingers mechani-
cally deposited each letter in it's proper
apartment, but his thoughts were far
away.
70 no %,.ot mn
asked, to arouse him. "a
'Oh, it got too rich for me; couldn't
stand success, you know"
He looked at me defantly, and 1
knew that his light answer was given
merely to conceal some circumstance,
some tragedy, perhaps, of his life of
which even he, tramp that he was, could
not bring himself to speak
''How long have you been on; the
road?" I inquired. !, ~:
''Ten years. Haven't been back to my
old home or heard a word from there in
all that time. Just been trampin',
trampin', working day here and day
there
Again the veteran fell into a reverie
and the click, click of the type was the
comnos;ng.room IA d. .ro,,,a !. +s .
to whoaver would 1;s+a, ~ "a haa,,
evervwhera and Nd saa,, 1872, 10Y, 49, 49,
He told wonderful ta1ss ~ lie ssnin;ts
Of the ,thinos ha hid aona TX 49,
notable people he had met, all of which
were pronounced ''fishy" by the work.
men. -
I ts.TEe. governor Sent for me one MORN
ing" he was saving one dav asI on.
tered the composinpsroom and Joined a
! group OF Worlx m,en1who were waitin,
for the one lock sipnal :s.,s,
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galley how nb4;n 8 t....:: !:
...1v. TOD go; p. 5; -. Co.,
dale and ,s,,id ~ .. o.
order. out tie. mills a to MT down r;o ~
AMONG the =, 4, 81. 49, S5:. :
- Inol.ad q : ;i,s, e. 49,, ~ 4haL4 ~
trrulv he had f,a we . rance af .sG
..bassador for the. garernor - -. "'-
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the ,;nars .nd hatona : ~ 80 aA1. w
,y.s 80 o,,;e+ - ) en ~,
norarno. ,uantsd - ..;,.a aoi =: lne
maid Ave .hnnssna dn5,ans : ,,a.. yo - .nav
for tbat ;.nt n1n,,1d nat 80 " :. ~ Pay
a. toh,oaoo,, W. as,.aa o :. '' a,s., ~ uo'
eny ~ .op 90, ~ oeAou - snug '"enty'
90 .no ..,' i'is.
es' ne contln 119 as ne took his
pace az ms case - could nave been
me governors private secretary II l
mao mao waneeu ene pace, ous went PACK