Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-18

CROSSING over to the stone SAID
Il say. mister, I'm a tramp printer
and hungry one, too. Advance me
ten cents and in as many minutes III
be back here and this paper II be out
on time"
We listened in breathless eXpecta.
ton of hearing the boss order him out
Of the building, but he only tossed hinr
quarter and went savagely to work
tearing up Jones old ad.
"Til time him." muttered the devil,
Guess you'll get tired of your job, "
! said. Hell never come back"
THE boss is either getting liberal
or going crazy" the deaconess said.
Nav" answered the devil otis the
old story of honor among thieves. No
printer ever refuses to aid a fellar in
dlstressa fellar printer, you know
In just nine minutes that tramp was
setting type at the angels case as
composedly as If he had worked there
all his life--but how his fingers flew,
We thought the boss could set type
and / was rather proud of my own
ability in that line, but none of us had
ever seen anything like this. Sudden
Ily an eXpletive caused rs all - look
up; the boss was Tuning over that
ad.
Perhaps | can help you" 1t was
the tramp's voice and he was standing
at the elbow Of the harassed editor.
Let me try just once; smaller type
would look better there"
In five minutes the boss walked
away with n sigh of relief.
full half hour earlier than usual that
day and nothing was omitted.
Toward noon the next day the tramp
sauntered in, and was rather cordially
received by the head man who, In
course OF conversation asked his
name. He hesitated moment, then
with short laugh answered;
Can me M, Quad" and then he
went quietly to distributing,
What arrangements they made we
did not know but Monday morning NJ.
Quod attacked the job printing an eX-
cess of which was on hand.
WC--the office force--did not quite
like It, not that the fellow was trouble
, some, Indeed, he slouched about as
, softly as a cat; never seemed to know
we were in the room and he was not
bad looking either but he smelled
vlloly of bad whIskey and his hair was
long and unkept Anyway we re,
belled at assoClatlng even in n bust.
ness way with 4 namcless tramp, tho
his ability as an alI.around printer
) was beyond question,
That evening the angel came back
to town quite recovered she said
and of course the deacouess and
told her all about our new acquisition
, She listened and commented sweetly
the angel did everything sweetly-
and then we passed to other matters
without the shadow Of n presentment
Of what the future had in store.
was sitting idly waiting for copy
on Tuesday morning whom M. Quad
came in. The angel was at her case
STRENGTHENING up" as she said, and
did not observe his entrance,
; There" she cried, with her happy
laugh, looking across ut me.
Her auburn hair was cut short ant
curled over her head and about hel
VI white forehead distractingly. Sh,
y wore dimples and roses in her cheeks
, and chin" rs the devil put It, and hen
: great hlue-gray eyes were deep, limpiC
and long-fringed, but her bit of red
. mouth was perhaps her greatest
, charm.
] Tho most kssahe mouth. her NAL,
admirers said, but that was no affaiV
of theirs rs she was perfect little
r |prude
, Her laugh was like n flash OF
sunshine, but had il been u stroke OF
$ lightning II could not have more
= visibly affected the tramp printer, He
: starred straight at her turned white
( then red. white again, but by the time
! she looked toward him he had re,
+ rolapsed into his usual apathetic in
d difference. There seemed nothing
alive about him but his hands, and
they were not only def but beautiful
q SO white and shapely, and strangest
of all, on little finger shoue a SET
: ring the set n maltese cross of pearls
Why he had not pawned or sold II for
I bread or whiskey was the problem.
Life was not quiet the same in tn,
{ Censor Office after that day, The
Q tramp staid on--the boss said he wa.
: worth ten times his wages; bu
= gradually his appearance changed
= until | awollo one day to the fact tha
= he was an uncommonly handsom,
) man. Indeed, barber and tailor
can metamorphose almost any tramp
but IL began to dawn upon us that Nj
/ Quod was no common turnpike gentry
but If he was changed SO was the
/ angel, but that In her was too subtle
for discription-due TO no tangible
, artist or tradesman, but, We knew In
t,,,,, %, tho4 ,ovgtaYi,,tg III la Iyipts "A