Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-21
THE TRAMP.
thoughts and Things That Sug-
gest themselves 70 Him.


Their is man in the midst of the city
every now and then who sees things
with his own eyes. He was in the act
of perambulating his aged frome down
a prominent thoroughfare few short
days since in company with the Tramp |
when they passed a drug store.
. The man said to the Tramp: "Do
you now that a man can't hardly get
a. prescription filled in this towe after
a certain hour at night. no matter, how
badly he needs it?"
The tramp didn't know that such
was the case and so he told ',.e Man,
and said, Il thought that there were at
least two drug stores in the city that
advertised to keep open all night and
and to attend promptly to night calls. ;"
Yes" said the Man, but | was in
front of one of them the other night,
and an individual came in hurry to
the front door and rang the bell that
was supposed to waken even the slum-
bers of drug clerk but he got no re-
sponse. don't think that physician
should give a prescription after such
late hour unless he knows that 1t can
be filed, and If he don't know surely
that it can be done, think that he
ought to put up the medicine himself"
"I know" continued the Man, that
drug clerks should have some recrea-
tion, but when there Is a show that
they wish to see they should leave
some one in the store that can fill
prescription, for it is not known at
what minute q mans life may depend
upon getting the proper drug at the
right time"
To all of which the Tramp was fore
ed to agree, as it is good reasoning.
The Tramp was in one of the office
buildings one day in the not distant
past when Mr.. Real E. State was led
into making the remark that If man
who can make a map will take the
trouble to draw a good and up-to-date
map of the city, and put it into a us
able shape on good paper, and in that
ditions, the street and public. buildings,
that he, Mr.. Real E. State, was very
sure that the map-maker could dispose
Of such large number that it would
pay a handsome profit ON the invest
ment .a-
A little incidenet came under the OBJ
servation wheels of the Tramp only
few days ago Mr.. w. H. Flesher was
in the city from Parkersburg, having
some business at the bank--oil men do
have business at the banks, you know
went into the Citizens National, and
when he came out he was accostedsby
gentleman, who said: II saw you
going in there and thought that you
were man knew in the penitentiary"
The stranger offered an apology for
having interrupted Mr.. Flesher, but
not for having taken him for the man
he knew in the pen.
Squire Guyton has something for
Mr.. Flesher when he returns to the
city. At the time of Mr. Flesher's last
visit here, Mr. Guyton had fine cal
endar of which he was justly proud
He was out of the Office for a short
time while Mr.. FeIsher was about The
building and when he returned to his
office, the calendar was missing, and
he has not found it since. We think
that the Squire will rive Mr.. Flesher a
warm reception when he returns to the
city. These two gentlemen have been
working something on each other for
some time, and the Tramp won't tell
you which horse to put your money'on.
Tramps are supposed to have first
class sound receivers, but some of them
are exceptions The present speaking
subject, for instance, has not the best
of sound receivers, but one thing was
received by them ON Wednesday night
last and recorded vividly on the think
machine with which they connect
The Tramp had just sought the soft |
side of the paving for forty winks |
before going to sleep for the night, |
when the sound of footstep aroused |
him in time to lose sight of the first |
thirty-nine winks and only get a
slight glance with the observation
wheels of the fortieth one. When a
footstep like that soundeth upon the
sounding board of the think machine
OF the Tramp he knoweth il Is NighL
but in this case there was
no need for fear, as Night Watchman
was away across the river; but the
sound came over in clear cut waves
That were almost as plain as though
hey were in the immediate vicinity
The Tramp raised himself to his elbow
and looked. There was Night Watch
mans lantern moving down the pave
nent on the other side of the muddy
Muskingum, and in time with the
'peed of the lantern came the recurring
step, step, step of Night Watchman,
ust as plain as could be. Thou Night
opened the door of the
and Went into. Three distinct
teps sounded across the muddy water
lfter the light stopped moving and
hen all was still.