The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-25
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The Case of Jones.
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stlll he lost his wife and babe Us the
former became mother Then he got
into trouble With his uuion Tor working
: overtime. was expelled from the 81.
cicty. and dur q the next year II was
bitter Hght with him against odds
The shops u,ncd him down, his health
: became pocr. there were mnrc lahorrrt
than thcry wcrc picks aud shuvclS lie
was carrying IN Il ton or coal aow aud
then or carrying out u ton ~ ashes
when lie got IN the way OF a street ear
lie wasn't killed Indeed, lac wasn't
badly hurt. hut policeman took II ~
4 bit of impudcncc ON biz part tu iu
tcrrupt traffic aud he was cull1rcd aud
scut W for thirty days In cue Scnsc
the Imprisonment was a great rvljrf
Ia Jones lie got something tu eat ana
got II regularly When uight ramr BE-
got u mitly comfortable lrI. lu uu.
other scusr hr felt degraded. Ills keep.
ers aud uu ~ the other prisoner,
would hay" laughed at the idea but Il
was u,vcrt less true lie had wadr
q good nGA iur IL aud hal been down.
ed through uu fault or his own. aul
he had done nothing TO de rr,c imprlg.
onmrut II uumiliatcd aud irnhittrrcd
him. aud wien hts sentence hai been
served hc had lost his SELF respect aud
had u frcIIng that the world wts
against him
From that day Jones became hobo
I lie trampci without any particular
aim except wanting To get snmcN here
when he went among the farmers the
usual thing was tu set the dog on hlm
~ soon as he entered the gate ur
climbed tie fence IL there was uu
dog then the farmer came forward t.
give the hobo the boot Iur every one
farmer who led aud lodged HIN nttrcn
turned him away. The latter Thought
II necessary to call him names aud
threaten him and make hlm feel bis
position The former demanded that
he pay i've times the value uf the food
In work. and when hc gut ready tn
move along they insisted "u scar, hing
him TO make sure that be- Wa,ut rar.
rying on plow or the contents ~ the .
-laha'ss sNbN hNl NAflls W lfNa t#Nfl j
walls. Jones met u human rriug mun
or woman They talked 10 him 1s one I.
human being talks to another aud fIr .
nn hour after he would feel hlu Hlf /
again u ulan Then along would yuair I
q country constable tu run him IN ou I
suspicion of having stolen wagon 4
load OF wheat or POTATOES and abuse
him because the proofs were lacking
For aye years Jones Wandered over
the face Of the earth In that time be
met more people aud saw more uf IN.
man nature than the ordinary mlu
would see IN living two li'rtlUicE. In
particular he saw the llttlrucSs ~ biz
fellow meu lie discovered that Tor
every broad minded mau there were
thousand with plnchgd nui contracted
souls. lie heard gossip luL scaEdul
and lying lie saw the Injustice Of
man To man. lie saw Hp liitlc that
was good aud 10 much o. condemn
that. hobo n, be was. BE- became dis
gust-d aud no longer wondered why
hogs crowded each other 40 ON" trough
on. day hr picked NJ an old uowspa.
per on the highway aud sat down and
read. among other things. that q Ger
tain philanthroriC old lady had found,
ed and endowed n home for the uiling I
and INDECENT Jones had known Tor a
year past that he was q Victim Of con.
and that his tumplng days !
wer. drawing TO a close Sometimes !
ns be lay under tree and thought Oi |
Il he reasoned that the roadside ditch
was good enough for tramp ~ die IN.
4 again. there would come a longing 90
have human beings about him when
The end cane. to die under roof. 10
lie IN his bed. even 10 have 10 talk
with u minister before the lamp dick. !
,red out.
A month later Jones was asking for 9
admission 10 the home. He was then
, human wreck. aud his days were
numbered. Yes. they took him Ia. but
he attendant In bis ward gave him {
warning that II he made any trouble
red get the bounce. The same attend d
mt asked him In the frInkcst manner I
Why he didn't die somewhere In a Il
instead Of coming anon, q
lis betters. The doctor didn't look Il
w" "Nfis Ii' hHlb UNITY WIS no AecI / VI
Il that Any one with ears on had ~
My 10 listen Ia that racklng cough u
lis eNcellrDcy the doctor further 10. ~
marked that there was no need of II
wasting good chicken broth and port T.
vine on that case and that hc snppOs. n
d there was n coffin In the basement
D IT. The nurses In that ward had a
reat deal OF gossiplng nn1 very little
ursiDg 10 do. At first Jones wanted !,
his aud that and even dared Ia call "
VI at night and awaken the sleeping u,
urse. but after few days. after no "
ad been talked 10 few times, hc ~
armed better. One day when he ask. lc
] for the minister he was laughed at 81
hey did finally bring him II Testament, ia
ut by that time his eyes were too III
'eak to read the fine print He reallz. II
] that the end was near. but was "
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