Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-08-21
:ATramp's Dream

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Que summers day when Farmer
Bingham was washing his hands at
the Kitchen door preparatory I" the
MONDAY meal tramp turned in from
the highway and asked for Il bite tn
eat He was asked if he would work
for it, and after look in the direc.
ton Of the corntiell aud Il shake of the
head he replied:
I'm just out of the hospital with
three broken ribs aud AIN not strong
enough. but Ill do heap better than
to handle a hoe. | turned in here le.
cause l dreamed OF this place last
night while | was seepin in Il barn
five miles away. Yes. it's the same
place-house, barn. orchard blue pump
in the we'll and everything else. It's
just as If my dream had been photo.
graphed."
What sort of a dream:" asked the
farmer, but without much curiosity.
Il thought | stood right there under
that pear tree and saw you come I'LL
from the barn. You had an iron huunG
box on your shoulder, and you coulG
hardly stagger under it. You threw
1t down just where that old hen il
scratchin' aud got the ak and broke
1t open. Gee whiz!'
and what?"
We'll, the 500 gold pieces Went fly
in all around here like snowtiakeS IL
winter 1t was the beautifuest sight
my eyes ever beheld- great big yalel
coins. and how they did chink togeth
er! 1t was their chinkin' that woke
me up"
but there's nothing in dreams" sal,
the farmer, although he was beyinnin:
to turn pale around the mouth.
''Mebbe not, mebbe not. but never
had one vet that didn't come true. Are
you willln' to let me search your barr
and gimme half what tind:"
"You sit down here and I'll bring
you out some dinner, and then We'll
talk further about it,"
Farmer Bingham was no fool. He
was young man of twenty-five and
was accounted above the average in
sharpness, but the dream hit him. He
had scarcely related it to his wife
when she exclaimed:
'You carry that tramp out the big
gest dinner lie ever had and then pump
him dry and get rid Of him."
After the tramp had eaten his fill he
offered to help them about the box
They made excuses
Ladies' and gentlemen" lie said. 81
underestimate perfectly understand
You don't want me around when the
box is found and opened. You dom
want me to hear the chink-a -chink q
them yaller boys You think I'd claiu
Z sheer for dreamin'. WAL. I'll move
on and let you have all the fun to your
selves"
The tramp was watched out Of sight
and then the couple went to the bari
and began their search. They had pu
in two hours and We're still at 1t whel
Mrs. Bingham's mother arrived Thu
idea was not to give her the slightes
hint about the treasure. but In tn
course OF half an hour she had picket
the information from her daughter
Then she said:
Amelia, you want to see that 20
get your rights In this thing Half tina
money belongs to you. and you wan
to stand up for it,
but George will do what's rigl,
about it, of course"
'There's no Of course about It, I'll
minute he gets that box in his hands hi
greed will lie aroused. He wont wan
to give you enough to buy an apron gu
of it."
That old barn was almost turned DO
tom side up, but no box was fount
The farmers brother came aroun
next morning OH an errand. and whe
he found George crawling out from III
der the hogpen lie wanted an explain:
ton and had to have It, AS soon as Il
got 1t he said:
you look out for Amelia. Ii ever
saw avarice in woman's eyes it's
hers She'll want at least half OF III
money to buy gimcracks with"
Before noon the Wife's father and tW
brothers and sisters were on hand al,
after them came the husbands fatht
and other brother. There We're wra
Cling and quarreling from the star
When the dirt door Of the snokeluu:
was spaded up and the spade Stint
an old tomato can there We're pllsh!
and showing and swearing When Il
farmer prepared to drain OF the W
ters Of the goose pond and refused
pledge himself to an equal divisio
there was fight. out Of which gre
bloody hoses and black eyes.
course the affair attracted the ate
ton OF the neighbors. and they can