The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-09

sltuation. and sitting down at tho N
bile. no babe her 20 on and get the
steak ready In haste aud 70 fetch ort
The best AZ everything she hal in addi-
tion. Tho bearing Of Tho nnl WAS 80
terrifying that Mrs. Perry did not dare
10 refuse, and. greatly agiiatcd. she
brought tho steak and put Il over the
glowing Goals Tho other work was
also continued. tho man uaeautlnie
cursin9 her for being slow - continu-
ally that ne did not hear the wheels ~
blackboard that was driven M u the
rear 81 tho house. nor did Mrs Perry
hear them.
The blackboard contained Mr. Perry.
and he could hear tho words 81 the
tramp very plainly Dropping the
rcins he walked silently toward the
Kitchen door Just as Mrs Perry ap.
preached tho stove with quart shaker
hall 81 powdered salt She poised the
shaker, and by accident shook the
cover OF 80 that moro thnn pint Of
salt fell on tho meat glanced NJ the
door and saw her husband coming, and
then fell Iii dead flint beside the
stowe.
Without q word Perry entered tho
room. and, walking 10 the talsle, picked
up the carving knife. while tie tramp
fell on his knees md begged for life.
That was the only move that could
save his life. Perry could not kill a
man who begged for mercy, but he
could md did give him ffighlful re.
turn for the misery Mrs Ferry had on
Lars
how he could punish The fellow, and
then his eyes fell on the stove.
The steak was bnbbling on top and
scorching below over tho redhnt Goals,
while tho salt In o browning heap lay
on the middle
.'IIold ont your hands fIat, said Per-
~. The tramp obeyed. uni with the
knife and fork Perry placed the steak
upon them The man shriolxcd with
pain. but dared not dropit
.You ordered the steak quick, and
you shall have Il. Z said Perry. Now
eat IL I
With tho ready knife before his eyes
the tramp choked Il down, suit and
all, and then disappeared In the night.
The eastern reader may think that
after such an experiences. the tramp
died on the desert next dry, but he
didn't. and the chances nrc that by ex,
hibiting his burned hands and telling
some pitiful story about them he OBJ
tanned more square meals during the
next week than he had lind III three
months before. That Perry was justi-
fed In his treatment Of the man no ono
doubts who knows tho desert and It's
nouaads
Although rarely II ever done todeath
BY the citizens on whom they prey.
more tramps die violent deaths In this
country than elsewhere. because the
country In desert they must ride on
the cars In the hot months. There Is q
| curious rule among the railroads ~ the
whole Rocky mountain region That
worlsa To the advantage III the trampa
The Indians u the region arc allowed
to ride free on tho outside of md be.
tween the cars. IL II great graft for
the tramp who finds u group u Piutes
or Shoshones on d trnin. The train
men do not notice the addition ID the
group, md the Indians nre not unlike
| " 10 share their food with the tramp.
but Indians are not often found on the
railroads il this part Of the desert,
/ while traInps ure us plentiful rs sand
4 storms. A train never goes over the
/ road without carrying trnmps Or with
ont a fight between them and the train.
men The utter rcclIlcssnesa 81 the
tramps Ia stealing rides Is enough 70
unnerve the inexperienced spectator.
1t Ii d Gloss for them 10 try 20 board 4
train that Is standing ut Il station IN
the daytime. So they walk up the track
4 and walt there till the train has started
and attained speed at which II would
be dangerous for an ordinary man tt
try to climb on or even jump from the
platform, md then, grasping the rod
that brace the floor timbers OF car,
they swing themselves under and land
on the brake beams This q done e
some extent by trnmps In the cast
but railroad men say that the trampl
here can board brake beam on /
train going from Twenty-Five To thirtJ
miles nm hour. The tourist hears THU
told so often and so candidiy that he I
Obliged TO believe 1t But sooner o.
later the nerve or tho muscle Of TIN
4 tramp fails, and he dropA under III.
wheels. Somany tramps are killed b.
the trains that the local papers give q
more attention 10 events Of the kint
than New York papers give TO I'd,
manning Of children BY recltlessil
driven trucks. The stories 81 raiiroas
accidents on the desert arc telcgraphe,
to the east only when the lives Of pas
sengcrs have been lost, 50 eastern read
ers do not hear about the kiilcdtramps
but railroad man told the writer tina
out Of seven collisions Involving frcigh
trains, with the details Of which b,
was familiar. tramps had been kiile'
in four. IN. Y. Sun.
A Great Discovery.
william Gilbert. who lived during
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