Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-29
RACKS OF rRAMPs.


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Meal for u Knight OF the ROAD
He had seen better days, Anybody could
tall that. But the chances were that MS
SIGHT had not rested on a day that had not
| heap decidedly worse for Il very long time.
| uis clothes were not in as good repair as
they might have been. His beard, when
was Of n nronounced red, with traces here
and there of warm Titan shade, was fully
! two weeks advanced toward maturity, and
his nose matched his beard perfectly IN
,,aneral au,earauce. He was not a pretty
man.
tramp.
He walked up West Main street In au
aimless sort of way and his every action
gave proof TO the fact that he was playing
in hard luck. Just up by Plymouth av-
enue another tramp came along, The sec
oud one differed from the first but very
little In his general makeup. lie was
Younger though and not quite 50 dirty.
The two men met and stopped. They eyed
each other curiously for moment and
then the second one said, How're they
cominP
Rotten" replied the first one senten-
tiously,
"Same here" said the other one grimly.
Had any grubs"
"Nope"
"What are yer doins"
"Lookin fer t."
"Where yer goins"
"Goin ter try my luck out here on this
street. Worked the same woman four
times by calm an askin If her mother was
in. She's sixty but she thinks she don't
look it, an she's bit every time on the
same gag. Wanter go 'longg"
The young man was pleased at the pros
pect, and said that he did. Up the street
the two pedestrians sailed, and after few
moments walk reached the house where
the susceptible woman lived. Just as the
man who had been there four Times was
about to try, happy thought seemed to
strike him, and he turned and said: Say,
watts the matter with your goin' in an
maxim bluff ut her. She'd know me,
sure"
"W'at'll sayf" asked the young man.
Jaw, give her any CUFF you think Of.
Ask her if her grandmother is in, and
when she tells you she is dead, beg her
parding an tell her she's so young lookin
that you thought she was Twin with her.
Any sort of stuif'll 60. she's SO dead stuck
on bein taken for younger than she Is"
The young man was tickled with the
idea, and he pulled the gate open and
walked up the front steps with noncha-
liant air and pulled the front doorbell, In
moment the lady of the house came to
the door, and lie took off his hat and made
a low bow. "Scuse me, ma am, but is any
nf vour uro do h III ra,, houasN
Il haven't any grandchildren" snapped
the woman as she started to close the door
II ak your parding, ma'am. Come to
look at you, you amt old enough to have
grandchildren. Can | see your married
why, you insulting wretch, and me
only thirty years old. Get out of the yard
or Pll scald YOU" almost shouted the
woman as She slammed the door shut with
a bang that could be heard square
Meanwhile the other tramp stood at the
bottom OF the steps, black in the face from
anger. When the young man came down
he grabbed him by the throat and Kissed:
What did you ask her that for? You're a
handsome gilly, you are. You don't know
as much bout tatfyin woman as | do
about the inside of bank" Then he
pushed the young man from him and
strobe out to the sidewalk. At the gate
he turned and shouted back to the young
fellow who stood where the old man had |
showed him; YOU'RE a tramp. Your
Bah! The best thing you can do, young |
eller, is ter go ter work"
And he strobe down the street never
'nce looking back at his quondam partner.
Democrat.