The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-08-12
EXPERIMENTING
ON A TRAMP.

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ECopyrisht. ,sas. By :. G. Meclurs.l
4hs widow Gregg was natural re-
1oRmef. One afternouu shs left her
4 sarzm fur the village 10 do some "trad-
ing At o'clock. when shs returned
md drove into the yard. 1 strange
spectacle greeted her. What might DO
called the north end ef man was pre-
aFu1ing from a kitchen window. The
aass was plain. His trousers ana shoes
| showed him 10 belong to The genus
tramp. He had called and, finding the
house alone, had forced up the sash
VI the window and started to climb IN.
| At the halfway point the sash had
come down on the small Of his back.
| and be was held M securely as n he
| had been handeuned and shackled.
The widows face beamed with sat
| 7sfaetion as she entered tha house TO
| take ! look at his phk. Yes, It was
tramp, and hulking big fellow at
that She went outdoors with look
| OF anticipation in her eyes and hunted
| up bit OF board At just the right
!. shape, and for the next half hour she
was . busy woman. She stood Of al
| jnst the right distance from tho win
| dow, and the board rose and fell with
amasing regularity and vigor. The
tramp kicked his legs about and in
| dulged in remarks, but tho walloping
| did not end until the woman had tired
herself ont. Then she took down the
clOthesline and wrapped it around the
tramp's legs about forty times, en-
| tered the house and tied his wrists
| securely, and then raised the sash and
| let him fall backward on the grass.
| AS he lay there she came out 10 bend
| over him and ask:
well, how do you feel now?'
tt don't exactly know Was the
reply.
''This is an experiment ca my part.
| want to bring you to state Of huna-
bleness. Do you think have accom-
plished it?"
eyes; feel humber than did. Its
| a new feelin', and you must take the
risks OF It,"
"Oh, I'll look out for the RISKS. just
| make yourself as comfortable and as
humble az you can, and when the hired
man comes up I'll see to your case fur
Their"
Two hours later the tramp's hands
were unbound and food set before him.
| The food consisted Of bread and water.
| There was consistency in d humble
man eating humble fare. When he had
finished eating he was again made se-
| cure and dragged to the barn and lock-
ed up in the granary for the night
sThe next step is to arouse your am
bftion,' said the widow as she left
him, land Ill tell you my programme
in the morning. hope to find your
hum leness greatly increased by then.
DO you still feel humility bubb1ing up
In your soul?'
II do, marin, and am sorter afraid
Of it. It's new feelin', and l don't
know what it's going to lead TO. IT'S
an experiment, Is it?'
"It is.''
"Then you must take the risks, as |
said before. I understands myself MS
cheeky tramp, but when you come to
make a humble tramp of me that's diff
ferent''
Next morning the fellow was hauled
out of the barn and asked if any addi-
tional feeling had come to him during
the night, and he replied:
Il think there has, marin. think
I'm feeling what you cali ambitious
this morning. / and myself thinkin' of
work without the usual feelin's of
dread accompanying 1t. That's ambi-
tion, take it?'
"Yes.p
aBut don't blame me, Marin, il any
thin happens. When you go for to Inn
plant new feelin's in the breast of a
tramp ron can't tell what he's goin' to
do"
win you take hoe and 60 to work
In the field il give you good break /
fast?''
II will, marin. I'm sorter Gurus my
self to see what's goin' to result from
this new feelin'.'
The first result was breakfast that
should have done for three hired men.
it kept the widow on the jump to keep
the table supplied. He wasn't eating
On his humility appetite, but on his
ambitious one. When he had finished
ut last he was asked to cut some wood
before going to the field. In the course
ef ten minutes he shivered two az
handles and gave cherry tree NOR.
bal blow. Started for the field to as.
sist the hired man, he tramped over
the tomato and cucumber patches, tore
down panel of rail fence getting over
It and in the course of another half
hour had welded his hoe 80 vigorous
ly among the turnips that he had dug
up two bushels with the weeds and
broken the blade. The hired man
sought 10 curb him. He was lusty
hired man that had ii.kad over a scora