The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-10-09


reduced IL to q ragged state.
.And now whaty' was asked
Il am going to prove my case. am
dressed IKE tramp. am going
forth to appeal to the charity Of my
fellow men. I shall ind human SYM
patty with me. You can't make me
believe, Mrs. Bowser, that this town
holds another person ~ selfish rs you
are. II It does. then where Is our
boasted Christianityr
Mn. Bowser made ne objection to
his going out. but smiled behind his
back - hs went Mr.. Bewser had
gene snJ three blscks before he saw
q lady sitting sn the steps Of her
house. She locked Sympathetic and
charitable. he licked tender hearted
and fun Of lsve fer humanity. He
therefore turned In, and. removing his
rusty old hat, he said:
Lady, I am q tramp through mis-
fortune. A tornado caused the deaths
Of my wife and children, and
"And why didn't it cause yours rs
wellr' was asked.
MADAM. l was once a happy man
I had around me-
James" called the woman over her
shoulder to some enc In the house,
"hers Is some enc bothering ne.
Please come cut and remove him"
Madam. 1 simply ask for q crust of
bread / haven't lad anything to eat
fer three
James appeared. He was q husky
husband. He alss I'D q voice on him
like the rear Of baA. When he reared
at Mr. Bswser to git" the disguised
tramp got Five houses down a man
sat en- his steps smoking. Mr.. Bow
ser leaned ever the gate In q weary
way and worked q bit Of pathos into
his vsics 40 he asked:
Sir. d you knew what 1t IL to Be
all alsne In this wsrldT
why don't you try the jail for COM
panyY was the reply.
'CaA II -. sir. thAt ! must sleep on
the damp earth tonight for the want Of
q dine - Get me bed?'
1T can. ana yes'd better be doing It.
Come: - - with you!"
This was q direct and an aggressive
srdsE. and LII. Dewssr moved on As
~ s6uck the nsxt hleck he found q
csok ahiAs - sves1As air at q base
meat acsA - was q middle aged
wenal. aad ~ sav pity In her eyes.
Il en- 80 that yea have the heart Of
q wsoaa," - said a. - halted.
"AnA whet Of ity'
Il crave q little food to assuage the
pans Of huaSer."
~Oh. yen de-! Perhaps you crave q
stravbsrry shsrtsaks with whipped
ersan - top"
NE, na'aa. saiy Q few crusts.
- Q hn1A AasDaiEiag nan- Any
Aias = - enough Tor me-"
Then ~ u the way Of some cop
and let hin give ysu the collar. Lord.
but hsw I shoald like to zee him make
ysur heck 1Vr'
Sure 81 . Kind Wslesms.
Farther Down tie street. but on the
opposite side, q woman was playing
the plane and singing Nearer. Ny
God. - Thee" A tie words noated
eat Of Ne spsa widow spon the even
ing air Mr.. Bswssr lslt ssrs that his
welcome wosh - kinA- He had
mounted the sssUs and was hooking
into TIE han whsa the music ceased
and Re singer saos eat and said:
wed, III, what b itT
LADY, viii ysu please b Kind enough
to spare
NE. cir! Tee Get right cut Of hersr'
"RSt LADY. an net - blame for
n.y.
~OMser. s0cerr' called ths woman
to q pslisenan that cane Daeing along
at Just that nSosat. -O0cer, please
rensvs this lay and drunken old
tramp
Mr.. Bowser was removed He was
removed with enerlg. He was re
moved By the scru6. By the back. by
the arms ana leg. Ne was yanked.
and he was twisted. and when let 60
Of On the corner ana told to 'pks" his
head swan anl his knees vabbled.
end the ehiy cs1versafies he could
call up was 10 say to himself:
by the seventeen bullfrsgs Of Bull
lake. but Ars Bowser shall suffer for
this! How she shah suffer-
N. QUAD.