The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-08
GULLY. ON DER SPOT
How a Hobo Worked a Reporter for
Warm Bowl.
AN ENTERTAINING GENIUS
He Tells the Scribe How to Make
"Bum Stews" and Beat the
Railroads and Work" the
Cops and Brakes.


much talking regarding his life and
profession but when one of these men
does talk. his conversation is interest
ing, provided his auditor can under
stand the peculiar dialect of the
knight of the road. There are sharp
caste lines drawn by the tramps, who
divide themselves into classes. There
IS the "moocher." who is the tramp
pure and simple. He despises all the
other classes as being unprofessional
and beneath his notice. His only means
of livelihood is "mooching' or begging
on the streets. Then there is the
groucher," who is a back door beggar
and gets handout from the kitchen
when he can. The blanket stiff" is
the man who is beating his way across
the country looking for work and who
usually has money and carries a roll
of blankets, as his name implies.
III is the 'moocher" that is the type
or the tramp. He has no desire to work
ana viii walk a long way around IL
ne even suspects that there is a job
ahead of him. His language is one of
ms own. 1t is impossible to understand
without an interpreter. He has his
own name for nearly everything and
uhat name Is always original. He calls
all brakemen Jack" and a policeman,
Is called Henry Star or John Law
emies and he never expects much of
either. although he will tackle a brake
man whenever he thinks he is tender
hearted
One morning this week a Standard
reporter was standing near the Month
ern Pacific depot, when a tvnical
moocher came along. The tramp had
evidently come in from the west ON a
freight train AMI was, beyond any
doubt. a Thoroughbred. lie started
H. nNa1az
man standing alone. He eyed the rail-
roader for a moment and then an
preached him. Say, Jack" he sid.
Wots de chances fer a couple er bits.
Jest go in on der hike and hain't
scoffed since left Hope. You look Ali
right, Jack. an 1 may place II In Yer
INIT before 1 blow der town, see?" But
vne brakeman wasn't as free as he
looked and the moocher was turned
down. The reporter waited till The
tramp reached him and then jingled hts
Keys and a two-bh piece in his pocket.
The moocher took the bait and sbrac-
ed the newspaper man for a quarter.
AS matter of experiment. he pot
the money and the reporter asked him
Wnere ne had come from. 1t required
"Trip across the street and the expen-
dTture or another quarter to get a sat
iSpactory answer, but when the talx
pegan II came fast. Before giving the
moocher'S answer, Ii may be well 10
soaue unat, In his vocabulary, "scoff' |
means eat; to "slop'' is to drink and 70
mop" is to go to bed 1t took tbe ne
porter long time to discover this and
Nne nrst or the tramp's remarks were
unintelligible.
Where did I come from? Well
pard, yer see it's dis way Men me
pardner had 90 gigger-roo ont ar Sroe
hane: I'm er hasher meself, an me |
Pards 8 a miner dat is when his ioblos 9
wanos ter know before he sends us |
over. Dars our lay now. He's er min
er, gofn ter Butte We been nlax,ir,,
der Sound. but tits sstr.ctly ON der En-
UP dere. Der amt no work fer er ha sp,-
er, rer der Chtnks do all der biz in dar |
SCOT line. What's dat? o, Chinks Is
Chinese AS %
Yer see. we came in on er tea ter
spoke from der coast an made er hulIy
run. But we was dead tired an had
Yer iay on at Spoke an flop an scofr |
DIT. Well. / was dead LUCKY an,
moocned enough ter get der stun fer er
good Mulligan-Mulligan? Dat's ar
tramp stew an it's all right yer bet
We got der stuff for der MuIiipan ar,
went to der jungle ter fix her un. We
Just had her cooked when up comes
denry star an John Law-dem's tive
Dulls-an' dey says, 'Where?' 7 saws
suite. But dey wouldn't have II am
saws Come on "'
While We was talkin' wild der bulls.
Il a n
den we went erlong. Dey took MS 10 der
Judge, an say. mis- joblots was er nanny
old guy. He had er big gray mon h,,t
was er pretty good old guy. He inst
give US er 3O-day fioater-er fioater9 n
oats so davs or leave town in an bour
started "N an
Yer see. we hadn't much time Ter
jig. so We pushed right down ter der
yards. i sees er brakey an saws 10
MN. say. Jack like dat, see? lack
wots der show ter get out. We got er
noater an John Law is lampenr mean
IN dat der bull was pipin' us off Rur
der braky was er fresh ruv An, Re
saws we don't leave fer tree hours am
don't yer try ter make her. I ssys
All right. Jack an say, II yer want
Ter make er hrakey hot. call him JACK
WeH' we had ter hike II out er
spoke an John Law was pipin' ms tiIl
we was out er sight We only waiLad
10 der first station an dere we wajtad
fer der freight. We made her go,
but der brakey must er had er hunch
Ter he frisked der whole train AZ der
next stop. He had his gat-dat's his
screwed.
But say. pard. wot's der show for ar
scoop? Me throat's sticky. All right
pard. here's no ter yer
We'll. der chances looked dead tou0h |
dat time. But deyhad ter lay out er dead
one at dat station an while dey was
switchin' we went down der yard an |
when der train pulled out / went nm
der. Me Dard tried but der shacl,
stood him on wild der gat. He over
looked ne. dough. an / made Hone
easy. When we pulled up at Hope i
seen der brakey an says Hello, Jack
ike dat. an ne was dead sore. you bet.
Well. laid of in Hope till me pardner
came on He came in on de rods an
we made her in here dead easy, so dere
yer are.
WAS IL oold? Well. II was chisel, on |
de dead. But twas dead easy side 'er |
some runs I've seen. Cold amt bad IL |
yer can get eriong. But yer orter see