The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
SECRETARY VIM, H,
TAFT NAMED BY
REPUBLICANS,
A Tramp's One Chance.

Anyway If i had succeeded in making
new start 1 doubt If I'd have kept up
the effort There are people fitted for
statesmen. soldiers, business-profes-
Sional men, sailors, roustabouts, serv-
ants and tramps. l was made for a
tramp.
The chance refer to was this: /
was in my travelling carriage one day
| mean on the truck under Il railway
car-when l cspied Il paper that had
been caught in crcvicc. 1t looked
like bank bill. and its denomination
! appeared TO he n dollar ! couldn't
reach ii till the train stopped, and l
was afraid it would become detached
| before that. | WAS half an hour look
Ing at IL. wondering all the while how
| II cot there. IT had probably been
dropped by some one. most likely mt n
station. had been sucked up when the
train was in motion and got lodged i'm
| the crcvicc, the sides of which had
been compressed from some cause or
other to hold ii.
AS soon ms the train came to stop
reached for it. What was my astonish-
looking at was followed by three
naughts. was the possessor of
thousand dollar bill No sooner had !
become conscious of my good fortune
than crumplcd it in my fist and made
for field near the station at which
the train had stopped. Seeing barn
| went TO II, climbed into the NOW
and, reclining on the hay, thought what
should do with my find.
| | spent whole afternoon thinking
We trampS take lot of pleasure in
| thinking, just as other people take
pleasure In acting. The tramp to en-
| JOY his profession should be a castle
| builder. The afternoon | spent con
! iurlng up fortunes obtained with my
thousand dollars was the happiest in
my life. | would go TO the city, buy
out little shop. be economical and in
| dustrious, enlarge my business, make
money invest Ii and in time become Il
multimillionairc. Then | wonld travel
lnsid" instead of under coaches and
see bigger world than ! could see
tramring in America
Ii wouldn't do for one that all the
world could see was tramp to offer
n thousand dollar bill for Il railroad
ticket. The agent couldn't change II
If he would. So | trampcd to the city
| When | got there | thought the first
| thing for me To do would bc to fix my
| self up. Going into mammoth store
where they sold clothing, | asked 10
see Il suit about my size The clerk
| went away and came back with
/ Sni,1s MI r,I
walker, rcckou-who hcmmed and
hawcd and said that goods were only
sold there for cash. / pulled out my
| bill and showed II To him. asking if he
| could change it, He looked at il
| dumfounded and said he'd see. He
went back To the office and slid out.
| ] could see 10y the look IN his eye that
he'd gone 10 call policeman.
What | was suffering from most
about that time was Il vacant stomach
| went 10 restaurant and took
seat ut table. None of the walters
came near me, but presently the pro
prictor did and asked me if / hadn't
got into the wrong place What could
! do-ask him If he'd give me a meal
on thousand dollar bin? Not much.
! told him ! had thought the place a
restaurant, but | reckoncd was mis-.
taken; sorry Id intruded. And j went
out
Somehow l didn't see where ! was
going TO begin. Besides, couldn't he
"n all fired while finding out, for had
no place but the park 10 sleep and not
crust TO put i'm me- You see. !
wasn't used To city life. If | tried to
buy ont shop or rent one and buy n
stock of goods 10 put in it the moment
showed my bill the gcntlcmanIy
owner would ask me 10 sit down while
ne got the change and would telephone
Inc police. / went about trying 10 get
some one 10 give me Il meal. but city
servants are not used to bcggars. cX
C'pt those who beg for money. and /.
thcy all shut the door I'm my face.
FINALLY when was nearly starved |
struck little house, where nv ring /
was answered by a girl about nineteen
NenrS old. That girl was either n fool /
or she was altogether out of place I'm |
inns world. | never struck such a green
hue even III the country. She took me !
In and gave me what she had TO eat
then sat down and talked To me. look
Ing all the while out OF her sympa
thetic eyes at me to cheer me up. She
must have known that misery loves
company. She told me that she was i'm
love with young fellow who wasn't
Getting along very well ana was going
10 lose his position. Her EMPLOYER
wanted $1,000 in his business and was
gong to take in another clerk with
mat amount and make Il partner of
him.
rs that all he wants?" SAWS
Could You git married If your feller
had $1OOO?"
OF course we could"
We'll, $1,000 isn't much I roclon
can spare you that in return for vopr
meal and your kindness ana eon0-
dcnce.'
l pulled out my bill ana gave II to
her, and before her eyes got down
from their big focus so as to see mo I,d
gone out and away.
In less than an hour | was in tho
country and at home. tramping. as Two
Il WayS tF0mDCd bogouso that, a..