The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04

needer, only 1 was altered ne u TURN over ana
AFTER a little, when he ken to, ] dragged him
up ON the bank. and ! says, says ], Now, you
,est set there and III hurry to the village and
10 Do annudder, he was that eager t. stop me
Well, thin. what. can I do for you, Mr. Gram
mont. says ! polite IKE lord but u was only
KEEP il back, thin How do You know my name
in your, wallet lie clapred his hand in ,6is
you didn't take. none he cried, Nope, says !,
they'd ball and chain me without furder proof,
directly | tried To change one Of thin long greens;
besides we don't do business on a cash basis
What is your name and what is your lire
he asst.
shorty l. my Christun name.
Aineriky my natnn,
Jails u ms ristun place,
And trampln's my SALVATION.
says / thlnkin' to amuse him by breakin' into
ytuss' but | don't think he even noticed the swing
lie set there for 50 long a time. with his head
IN ms hands and a swingin' 10 and fro like a ola
woman ION the coronaci that ! made up my
MN bot dObus in his antecedents and queer
N his ways. But the moment | made a move
he was onto me. Hold on, he says. Let me
ask you, you go wAndcrin' about The country,
ana don't no one disturb you? Isn't the autori
ties arter you with all kinds Of questings, and
won I lhey put you under d~eStralnt you don !
" u kN"I NN''ulltI yourself .Npl Ilu'u
says |; 'theyre too sick Of takin' care of us all
winter To bother us in the spring. So long MS
they don't see no sign Of setllin', they let US be,
except mabhe, s'ttim' up a cold bit, 10 help us
on our way.
Thin, take me- with you, he begged, until
can make up my mind what Is Dist for me to dc,
! don I car" where, You 90, III go along, too |
tell You plainly, I'm IN trouble, and have got
10 keep dark, see You are an honest man, aud
won I betray what | We got with me. In my
other packets, | have enough small bills to keep
us RIlH. mn uhlI tha ma .VpnS fAF pa In lon ia
you l II see that you don I lose nOthin by IL
Take me with you, or III kill myself but
you re- hurt You ain got the proper clothes,
| OBJECTED. ! WAS only stunped, said he, and
as for my clothes, look here. And, Colonel.
he stood up aud shaked hi,sclf, and Thin illigint
clothes, which | had fancl"d 50, hung in shrcds
about him, all TipIsHl 10 the divll and back agin
rom ihe bangin and rakin he got in the col
ll;sun. With a touch of car grease here aud n dab
OF muck there, you wouldn I SEE a better outfit
III a ltuwcty bpordln' house.
Well, Colonel, | alluS tried 10 be good ma tercd
Tor 1t the only Kind Of good that comes easy
10 me, and So, not wHntIn to saw, no, said, yps;
ana arler rubin ms hands with bark, and his
la'e WIN sLIhaC, hnd diRgln out Il busted hot
lor hum rom the tulugs, and wHrnin lin 10
NluuCh along, and not walk AZ II he owned some
,nin hlm and me took the road and KEEP 1t for
tie mex zee weeks, slerpin mostly by day
ahd Lranpln be night, whin the weather was
me, ll"f IN curSe he had no kind of a CInstituu-
tun, ben USED 20 bedclothes all his life. Ne
was lib raj IN his way, comm down with the
stun for tubdcCer and beer, WHENEVER they wa,
CONVEX ent, but as for Sasslty, well, | might lest
as well have been cahopts with one # thin Egyp-
lln munmieS that stand around and Spllc feaStS
a. W. hectd tell on. lie did nothin but NOPE
long, mutterlng as he wlnt, a seem = PinkrttIn
IN very scarecrow, and u twitchin at livery
sound like n man with the horrors. aud if liver
he had any sand IN him, II had been we'll dumped
out, you Kin bet in the cullIs'un. 1t was de-.
prissin', Colonel, arer one had been sighin' for
lOy al comp ny I 100 a I Tee mont bit
And | I ought was on my way To find il, YOU
KIN b !leye, Tor all the while had been maxim
n bee line for the meetin place in Ohio. | told
you Of. \ %beaut'us place At was, Colonel, hid
IN lhr woods, ana on lrum the uSal hants uf H."
rlch city folks that had country seats IN the vi.
clhIly, yet Jest near enough To- have n regular
ciin'h on hand me7outS, 10 say nuthin' Of the
Ch zee Of 'r.StOcratiC hen Coups. II was an old
freight car, which had been desarted by a per
Spectn' party what was goin' Ia build n branch
road TO an lie well, which give out and CoEse
qu-ntly the idee Of u rad with IL II had q slidin
d"ore, ~ colrre, which let IN air Whin desired.
and rs for light, 1t didn't need no winderS. In
the clhtre 81 the floor there was a hole cut out,
and over this a stove had been set, By a char
that knowed his biz, with a bit Of pipe stickil
up on bot sides. And in the spring II the year,
when the nights still KEN down cool, YOU couldn
he more coscy. no, not even up in this ere 'ors.
pital, with all the dilicacies Of The season a tlmpt
in your appetite.
And now | : pose you want to know how il
was that things could be So %scrumptus IN sech
u INT Well, ! II tell you, That ere car Wa
set right over the pipe that had been let down
for lie, and no lie KEN up, material gas did, moi
IN bOumin quantities, at least 50 far Ms | kuOw~l,
but gintly. and jest enough for light and hen,
and Cp"kin purposes, AFTER that handy hubu
had arranged II pruper. And 50, when We ar
rived Their" arter nighifall, truly expected 10
find the place all lii up and filled To rrrlctmn with
the ale"t nf the gang; the can a suCCulatin free.
and fresh meat u brilin' for any one to cut his bit
from and no objections But no. Colonel. that
invilln lint Mas as cold aud black and dcsarted
as The cooler durin n week # revival
Il led !h" way IN, Colonel, all wonderin' and
the smell II tn" gas, II was awful. Nr,pr plug
GIN up III" pipe and alrin' her out for y while |
wcut"r'd To- make y glim with the tail end of n
taller DIP, and lnu' around The hyeS had been
there Sartin ant ull left in n hurry too; for the
STOW" 1t had been kuCNrd over In u corner and the
camp stools and b'Illn was piled up permiscupus
To the best q I my Judgment, there had been some
sort II mix up or scrap, u cataStrpfe likely to occur
IN III" mos, gen I'll of cOmp'ny. whin the stale beef
has stood too long; and So | explained "a Gram.
mont.
lie paid no attenting IN my wudS. Colonel
but thr1wed hlsself down on the pile Of beddin',
as 3hIlv US to the beautu US tIansmicratun. AFTER |
had set back the stove, and touched of the gas
pipes, and the lights was a bla1in', and the hea
WASH snnthln aS II he was as accustomed To gittIn'
i%veIythln for nothin' as Nladun hisself
Tor my part lost no time IN fetchin' some
broken pieces from our paper passed., and Seitin'
thin a stewln 10 beat the band I'm q tpmaitnr tin.
Even while was cntranced with the Savrry fumes,
Colonel there KEN a. successun Of screams from
outer doors Help help help cried a pityuS
female vice; I'm lost come to me-, David, or de-
Grammont spranG To his feet, q listenin' for a
,nstinctE, ana IN hat i%nStlnctk, for the fust time
| felt that ! might like him Notwithstandin
his dlsrrputablr garh, his stuhhy beard and ali,
he louhrd Ike . gintleman. and what's more
a good Teller There was a amaIin' eNpressun
ON his face, seCh rs you might see in n saints
on his deaf bed, all doubt and thin raptur' and
thin glory. lie waited until that patetir cry rung
out agln, and thin away h. dashed, and before
! could set tn" stew So aS 10 not SCorch in my alb.
sence, he was back with n lovely young gin in
his arms.
In coorS', Colonel, | didn't know thin what I'm
sure Of now, that this was his betrot, uf which
you told me, who happened 10 be wiSitin' near
this very spot. and had got lost in the woods, "A
w%anderln IN her melancholy. but | seed to onct
that they was old ftlndS. and 50, whin she bngan In
KEN To-, muSied out doors, and paced To and fro,
IL keep the heat | had Jest been takin' in from
goin out too quick; and I roo the crack in the dnnr
could see and hear what was a goin' on, and watch
the stew the whites.
Colonel, She knuwed him at Onct OH, David
she subbed, To think | should see you agin like
this, you, that was my pride Nnd hin she
suothed and iundlrd him, q settin' on a stool.
with his head nigh down to his knees, as think
my muddrr might have CarlSSed me whin was
n new born KID, II She hadn't given me the 20 by
IN n Statun house, which she Truly did. AFTER a
time. though, She grew sad and ser us. with a
sort ofuplinln' looh on her face, u knceiin' down
by him, and n pleadin 50 lnw that couldn't make
1t Hl out, though ! did hear the word rlStItutun,
agln and agin. lie swayrd To- and fro, Colonel.
aud his body shook like a hay rick in a gale II
wind. Finally, with u suddlnt glstur', he tore
the long red wallet from his hrlSt bone. and flung
long greens. one arter anudder in little piles on
the lloor, ana my eyes stuck out wusS than before.
there was So many Of thin, We will but ha
happier, dear | herred her say and thin. and thin,
why there KEN a dwf ul roar, and y bUHdln' baHe
Of light the old freight ear rocked as II il was
lnin' pvnr iIl flas anl tha aart' tr.t,ll.l