Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13
AS YOU LIKE IT.
ORLANDO-"As I remember it
was upon this fashion
TRAMP.
This is the story of Tramp,

This is the story of Tramp.
| Tramp was Il dog. That is to say. he
was the frame work Of d dog; but there
WAS 4 certain dignity ana pathos about
him that makes me hesitate to nam"
| him entirely canine.
Where Tramp came from. who his
ancestors were. who was his owner,
what kind OF Il dog he was (rcferrnl;
TO Tramp what his intentions were.
are questions l never could answer.
All l know is that one day some iif-
! teen years ago, when the foreman Of
the Norfolk NirEinian dragged himself
| from under the telegraph EDITORS desk
| where he was wont 10 take his rnatuti-
nal nap, he found confronting him the
| raEG"dc&t specimen Of canine kind his
eyes ever rested on. The visitor was
| Tramp.
Had Ill the misery and wrctchcdncss
and loncsomcness in the world been
coined into u dog. hat dog would have
| hccn Tramp. He was about seven
| inches high and bow-lcgged. His color
| was 4 rusty. ron-orc. reddish yellow:
but he did not have enough hair on him
| To make Il respectable nail brush. and
what there WAS of it stood straight up
on him like the Quills of Il fretful por-
rupinc. He was swaybackcd and anSu-
| lar. His age was uncertain but it could
not have nnnunte7 90 more than half
Il dozen months. Appearances. how
ever. were against him. lie looked q;
hundred.
| To continue the description. Tramp's
eyes were red and watcry. His w1isk-
| "rS Wer. scattering and unlielnp. His
| ears were cropped Enthusiastically. lI,s
whole appearance was disreputablc. He
was attached TO an appcnt.age which by
courtesy | call . tail. 1t might have
been tail once. but its glory had pass
| ed away. 1t was no longer Il tail 1t
was Il stub 1t rcseInbled nothing 50
much tho hro)<np ,l17Hcr If AZ, ,b,,,
doned ticrclict.
"Hello Have l got 'cm again.F said
the foreman, and he reached forth MS
hand and smote Tramp upon the nose
TO convince himself that it was a rca!
dog.
Poor devil. he looks like / feel he
muttcrcd as he reached for his lunch
basket and emptied what remained of
the contents on the floor in front Of
IN" dog who watched him dumbly until
the basket had been thrown on the
| desk. Then he shifted at the food con
temptuouslv. paved the ham out of a
sandwich and ate it, leaving the bread
Come and 80 home with me-" said
the foreman.
Tramp shook his head and refused to
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Then stay where you are, doggoneit,"
said the foreman, and he packed his hi;
and left. Tramp took possession Of the
place under the desk and there the
! telegraph editor found him that after
| noon when he came down.
70 make long story short. Tramp
became an institution. He stayed about
| that Office until ii was torn GOWN ana
| then he went over and located in the
| new Office. For about fifteen years he
stayed at that Office and never but once
| dld ne get further away from it than
| the first cross street. Nothing would
| induce him to cross a street 1t seemed
q ii,NGt !,
the street was an unknown world
Tramp had no hankering after the IN
| known. re stuck to the NirSinlan
block. Reporters, press,nen, printers,
advertising men bookkcepcrs, editors,
came and went: Tramp held his job.
As the years rolled by. he became moro
ancc became more and more accentuat-
81. ny soineWay ne sneakcd himself
| INTO the affections Of the Philistincs and
| vas never routed ;herefrom lie ar
lcnacd az OF the klckcrs' conventions
ana tilc i''lSS meetings. OIL me Knockers.
SympathlzlnS with them sniiiingly. He
| louSh' every olhef doE tliat came
t'"u!la ana was a ways licked, put
| ncNtr ucicrrcu- iiad q human being
| ttt.c'lii 'ecd y lick Tramp ne would ha%c
~. 'no shol' ~ an aMpulahcc. ocra-
S,rna'lS ~ Stranger Would resent
| ramp lhNarliiole Snarls with 4 KICK.
| - w" ~ .i,"ltii tAEid!hed |" nun lni-
| .'S ,i'i, 80 ii,u ,oiilli''tle,i y
| - ihlc NnlIh .oula o'llS re excused On
til. t ,:Ii - - 'ulaiiIc' ,nitt Wniie ne
| ~: ~, hiht w. 'os. hiS NJ hau hhHS
- t'ic ''lee. - ne '1led II aSa'h. IN"
us suI'": M"uiu nave me pleasure or
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ny uHs az! ''i,Stip,e ola gentleman
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