Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-10-06

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FEEDING A HOBO.
Experience of Drummer With Hungry
| Man in Butte.
/ A story from Charles n. Crewd
sons new book, Tales of the Road"
Published by courtesy of the author.
| Copyrighted, 1905, by Charles N.
/ CrewdsOn)
| Not the poor widow alone, but ev-
/ en- the big, able bodied tramp, comes
| in often to share the drummer's gen
crosby. friend once told me of a
! good turn he did for a Weary Will
lie" in Butte.
Now if there is any place on earth
where man is justified in being mean
it is in Butte. 1t is mining camp.
1t rests upon bleak, barren hills; the
sulphuric fumes arising from roasting
ores have long since killed out all
vegetation. 1t has not even a sprig
of grass. This smoke, also laden with
arsenic sometimes hovers over Butte
like a London fog. More wealth is
every year dug out of the earth in
Butte, and more money is squander-
ed there by more different kinds of
people. than in any place of it's size
on earth. The dictionary needs one
adjective which should qualify Butte
: and no other place. Many time
while there | have expected to see
Satan rise up out of hole. When
ever | start to leave | feel | am 60
ing away from the domain of the
devil
"One morning l went down to the
depot before o'clock" said my friend,
Il was to take belated train, it was
below zero, yet | paced up and down
the platform outside breathing the
u sulphur smoke. | was anxious to
!. catch sight of the train. Through the
l blush haze the lamp in the depot
u cast light upon man standing near
), the track. | went over to him, sup
u posing he was a fellow travelling man
II But he was only a tramp who had
l. been fired out of the waiting room
e wore a warm chinchilla, but it made
/ my teeth chatter to see this shivering
} 'hobo'-his hands in his pockets and
IL his last summers light weight pinned
$ close around his throat.
t ''Fine morning, old man. said l.
I
the hobo, but you stan out in dc
% breeze longs have in Fourt of Chuly
y toys an you'll have to have Ions
e pipe dream to tinl it's fine morn
u in Say, pard, cup o coffee and ;
sinker wouldn't go bad
. Il took the tramp to the luncl
u counter. l was hungry myself ant
told the waiter to give him what HI
wanted
Cup O coffee an and sandwich
g tick slab O. de pig, Cap'n, please sait
+ my hobo friend.
Il saw some strawberries behind tn
e counter and l said to the waiter: Jus
u start us both in on strawberries ant
p, cream, then let us have coffee an,
"a some of that fried chicken.
= "'Sport you are in on this, said
to the tramp.
- HE unpinned his coat and looke'
with longing eyes on the waiter as h
le pulled the caps of the berries: he new
" err said word, merely swallowing tn
lo secretion from his glands. When h
le had gulped his berries told the wait
'e er to give him some more.
= Ever hungry, Major said the he
10 bO. OATS kind feather weight TO
~ my aptite. Let me have ham sand
ie ich stead.
9, No, go on, you shall have a goo6
"a square meal. Here, take some NOR
j.. berries and have this fried chicken
~ | answered.. showing over anothe
60 bowl of fruit and big dish with
half dozen cooked chickens on il
- Help yourself like it all belonged t
ie YOU.
~ The hobo ate two halves of chicl
en-, drained his cup of coffee and star
IT, ed to get down from his stool. Blu
40 he cast a hungry look at the dish c
- chicken.
"a Have some more, old man. said
{, Its been s'long since | have ha
~ a good, squqare meal that could stan
~ a little more, Major; but let me go Il
81 against a ham san'ich-it's got Ions
GU er reach
III Eat How that fellow did go fc
it-five pieces of chicken. I'd rattle
~ see him repeat that performance tina
w 90 to a minstrel show He slid off hi
~ stool again saying: Major, CUES
al I'm all in. Tanks
no "'Oh, no. have some pie, | said.
~ We'll, Major he replied, IS yo
eii shift the deck. guess | will play on
ST. more frame.
he Cash o apple said Weary to tn
waiter
lis when | insisted upon his havin
nc a third piece of pie, the hobo sale
Nd, No, Major, tanks, got to ring off {
er I'll break the bank
VI He, for once. had enough. | ga,
UT him a cigar. He sat down to smoke
III; contented, | thought. | paid the bill
'u things are high in Montana, yC
e. know-hiS part was $2.S5. My HOl
;h- friend saw 1885 rung up on the cas-
Ill, register Then | went over and s.
IRA down beside him.
~ Feeling sood?' said |.
'hI Yep. but chez! Dat feed, spree
DIS out. would a lasted me clear to Sal
eN- Paul."
ID Some Seasonable Advice.
II may be a piece of superfiuOus a
vice 10 urge people at this season
,or the year to lay in supply of Char
'ad berlain's Cough Remedy. 1t is
~ most sure to be needed before wint
as is over, and much more prompt al
~, satisfactory results are obtained VIII
"a taken as soon as a cold is contract
w and before it has become settled