The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07
4 WOMAN AND 4 TRAMP.
The Ions Walk h Took in the Dark I'm
Trying to Overtnke Hin

The Long Walk She Took in the Dark IN
Trying to OVertnke Him.
The light shono from the large kitchen win-
dows and cast o glow Of hospitable comfort
across the dark road. The tramp wandered
aimlessly along until he reached the house,
There was an appetizing sight at the end Of
this rainbow Of hope when he followed It. He
looked through the window and saw a group OF
girls eating about q largo table. They were
laughing as the remains Of what must have
been a large meal gradually disappeared. There
were great plates filled with vegetables out OF
the garden that lay In the black shadow to the
left of tho house. At one end Of the table stood
o roast OF beef only half eaten. At the other
was q side Of young lamb.
The women talked and ate. and the tramp
looked through the window and his mouth
watered for q taste Of the food. He made cer-
tain that no man was in sight, and then walked
around to the door Of the kitchen.
eat y he asked. sstrofihnS his grizzied 6eeardfarId
brought fhs pFesslto a sudden end. Most of tile
81 ain E9n,to do any harm, !" he said. II
09 b. T 9Sis time hSS t SSu y Sny Eistn of the group had
TRs rest SuNddIod together at a corner Of The;
t va H Sot FS " % SoS q R %SRt S Sa5's 5SE" mi sG a3Ssn g.
That bravery put courage into the rest Of the
party ". vo, 90. or. ., boro,. o,uod ,no.,o.
we've got nothing for your shrieked a third.
Soon. there was not q woman in the lot who had
plainly growing, too hot for the intruder. He
licked ,3, back S. and saw aPPGrosaShhi1g the house
moSin %"n Pap Td19 e eISser s'a lie w WAS a little Re m M2s
but he had a rake in his hand. Between
s ni% there SeS shS s1f SasS gE esn tr Of Eoms So t IL;
tramp cast a final look Of desperation at the
% tS5,e' I RG% deserted SaS9ais HnS beat H. a 6 5fs5eat; Hs
quickly out Of the IS stretch { Of light in front =
to the regions ppstairs the news that 2 tramp
T op hat at f thss k WSisS slowed dSST ESea aIsie1T ths VIII r. a s lfS9b5S
places. would not have astopished her. She
That disappointed her. She turned apoloset:
icallY to somebody who was following her,
" Hs's iSs af lesii. Ms Miss ' If%eiia. enc ONE ne q eft the wo-
men said who oemaong. them all hpd been ths
This boast was addressedt to amiid-mnnnered,
sweet-faced woman who had followed the mes:
her white hair was parted in the middle.
.s I%h S,t said there ? tr,c was 8, a tramp here p .wshhss
tight has q tram, got to come to my kitchenf
swered the man who had watched the direction
ne a We e I%N she said. with an air of surprise. I'll
find out what he wants. One Of you girls give
Inc lantern was u candle IN n glass globe. Ic
was soon II. and before anybody could follow
her the Gentle-yotced. mild-mannered woman
X yHs yn IntP o thG TO d tRd n PssS, S TEs h |sntssa s SHt .
in her hand. almost the only bit 'e Of iight H in tRSS
lanndEScape. But 1t was moving rapidly;
There was a tramp at my kitchen, Mr..
Brown she said. stopping in front Of a piazza
S an T 6nt what E man raiRRbfT Rs b sttfi b so land d. want to
The man had seen somebody pass a few mos
M Sim before; and # was net + familiar fiGuTe
times she met friends, and they gave that same
R rsRHF Waking EESE{ {o SRs d d oRs e mad T fSsg a q s1g%aGf FS
the superstition that he was the tramp,
nearly every one Of them asked. for they knew
her gentleness OF character. and some knowing
the reason OF the pursuit,
thew sH 81 zane rag to :. % Tyn Eit 9 en- VA Vas !, the e rssGoSPss
out Why Re dared e some: No, ! lS II " you H'9 I
can Tb get along all right by myself" -
pursuit had lasted for more than a mile when
she met an acquaintance riding q in a buggy. He
lie WASN'T a hundred feet ahead of you,
his S Amelia mucS Sai ID the III, man who bad stoned
ized that every moneat EneaFtot Chat th snt tr rHnlo
E Sy B Eiafss5nFg f fond. Of Al sef + d r5"st D aowR r. tfSs 5S
do @aa and e1 Sl Ss I u" dRid f I S ksSp3 f Ri% s running him
me yet He was the most scared man | ever
s saISb b The n6 he st Ar sfat to run NV YpH e9uIdGt
with me-" "O
With a wlstfql look she glanced down the
BLACK road. If he were running and had really
gone toward tho woods there was little oppor-
ttpnity Of her overlooking him. She looked 1T
the lantern then and back at the road. But she
and smoothedo out her white hair.
..TTt d9 hate 70 miss that tramp she said.
That has not happened for ten years. That
was IA the Kitchen and didn't have to waste my
In another way. though. II It had been dayc.
light, though. I'd have walked to New York
him how he dared to come to my door, Wish
Pow "a kent right on; might have overtaken
She leaned out Of tho wagon and looked back