The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-06-02
ONLY A TRAMP.

through the DDt utmDADhprp Df tbp piyaun
desert, between Yumn ma Ransom ma
heat was intense Even tbe tnllsntive San
Francisco drummer hnd collansed in n
sweIterlnp ham on tbe and sant M tbo
tired nnasengeru IN. hot hoi,rs aoo,,ad ond
lessly long. Suddenly the brakeman en-
tered bringing with him n oloud of black
smoke and nllSnli dust With one hand he
shut the door. while with the other he
dragged n beap of raps iuto tbe car
80 YOU were spenkIu, n ride wore VIM,
Wnll Won be tough nnt sure eno,,gb
Got ANYTHING ter sav FAR versslfgn
The figure within tbetntters stroigbtonnd
itself up, wiped tbe alEnti dust from its
ewes. essayed to sneak then nolnted N tbe
Ice water tank and snnk bnck m the Amor
exhausted
"The moor critter,s ,bout done nm y soid
the man frou, p'exns, "wbere,s INV anskgu
"Where'd Won get the moor cussY, asled
the snn Francisco drummer. wipinp his
perspirinp brow
"Found him on the brake beam when wa
stopped at the water tank, y said the brake
man.
"Great heayens Won don't mean 10 sny
that MANS been riding under this car i
calculated the drummer, "Oh, Lordl and
I've been sitting here rr,mblinr about tbe
heat and the mean DEGREES of fate Poor
cussp'
'He's nil right tin we get TO nj paso
now" remarked the conductor wGainst
the law to nut II man Off at this nart of tbe
road. Put pedaler Off once, found his
puck and fine skeleton n week Ater.n
The tramn Mt last regnined bis hre,tb
and the tender hearted Texan assisted him
to sent.
He was man of middle ape. with n
stubble beard and preat scar running
dinponnlly aeross his foreheod from tbe
scalp to the right cheek His clothes or
tattera denoted him a tronn-.n ,vootarn
tramp at that
"HungryY" asked the Texan.
aHed nothin' fer thlrty-six bours
"Gentlemen. remarked the Texau "n
strapuer's nt YER doonrn
eyer all white said the tranp n bals
hour Iater. as he pulled n match otlt Of his
pocket and used il for n tootbpick
"Gentlemen, you'd hardly think owned
a name by my looks, would yerS but | do
--and O. q, cd one nj that. George CaIyert
ez nv tills. Thirty wears odd aeo used
to say tbas handle came to me from Lord
Baltimore, the jamestown Puritan. but |
never says it now"
"Thats perty tough wine you've pot
thar, partner.n remarked the Texan. re
spectfullyeyinp the scar across the trnmp's
forehead 'Be thar an Injun story thar"
"Naw."
And the tramp looked out OF the window
with wist[ul expression on his SCARED
face before proceeding
"That scrape never come from an Iniun.
at come from Greaser, and his bones hey
been picked long apo by the cnyotes ont
thar"
"Taint often tells my wees, cause no
body believes my story. Would Won like
to know why I'm wearing rags and ridin
on car trucksY"
AIN the year 100 | was n younp mnp
studyin' law in Boston. with e5 good pros
poets ahead ca any man ever he'd alore him.
he'd lust come In fer five Thousand BIZ tl,e
death of an uncle, the Inst of Kin. One
evening, at n social hon. Imet Mary--donit
matter about her other name-and-wall
itwas cuse Of love from the word 20 She
was a rich mans daughter nv wealth
didn't 40 fer much 'guinst the governors
but then | he'd prospects.
"Things went ON ez slick ez possible for
a time, when nv health failed. md tbe
doctors ordered rest and change The gold
fever struck me and made nm nv mind
one day to dig for n fortune in Caliloruey
and get NV health in the bargain ,Course
Mary cried, and | pive up Che trim twice
but finally got started
''Gentlemep. loved that pal Of ever NOR
tai loved any critter on Gods green earth,
used to lie under the great sky roof on
the prairie at night, wrapped in a blanket.
starin' ut the stars, building great biz gold
CASTLES, and many's Che time turned nv
hoss' head round to 20 back to Mary III
l had gone back I'd never been here,
"Wall, reached tho diggings finally
and located n claim ct Gold i'm. and in six
months laid away quite pile, wasn't
much on drink then, ana didn't hey the
rcd nose ha, now