The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-18


something, and you were curt as you
please"
why. there is no mystery about it.
1t was a great, big healthy tramp who
asked for a dime, and | told him to
pass on"
"Ah, | see. A homeless wanderer ap-
plies at your door on a night like this.
and you not only turn him down, but
do it in a way to hurt his feelings"
The cook fed him yesterday. and he
found fault with what she gave him"
How do you know? You know be-
cause she said So She said so because
she was veXed at having to bother
With him. You made no investigation
to see if her statement was correct"
81 know that all fellows like him
| ought to be in jail for the winter" re-
piled Mrs Bowser with a little show
of temper.
"Oh, you do? Because a man has
met with misfortune he ought TO be
dragged off to Jail had he? BY thun-
der. Mrs. Bowser, but if any one had
told me ten years ago that you would
turn out to be such a hard hearted w0-
man | couldn't have possibly believed
it. We have passed through almost a
| financial panic. winter is with us. and
times are hard, and yet you send a
man forth into the night TO sleep and
freeze in snowdrift. An African saw
age wouldn't be as inhospitable."
Il had no 10 cents to give him. and |
knew you wouldn't bother with him."
you knew what? Speak for your
self, madam. Had ! known who it was
| | should have given him at least a
quarter. That's the difference between
us. | presume he inquired for me, and
you told him | wasn't in. He probably
turned around at the gate and looked
at the house and said TO himself: This
is the Bowser house. and it is inhabited
| by the most selfish and cold hearted
people in this town. | will warn all
other unfortunate people against call
ing here to be insulted and lied to-"
There will be at least three tramps
here in the course of the day tomor-
row." said Mrs. Bowser. land will
ask them all to sit down in the parlor
and wait for you. | won't tell them
how you threw one of the profession
over the fence last spring and put his
shoulder out of joint"
Wouldn't Hear Excuses.
woman. don't try to bluff me! You
have done an un-Christian thing. You
have turned a man from your door who
may be dead of hunger and cold before
daylight. Don't seek to excuse your
conduct by indulglng in sarcasm. |
threw tramp over the fence because
| he sassed me. This one simply ap-
pealed to you, and you practically told
| him to 20 away and die in the snow.
BY Jimmy. but a woman that will do
such thing as that would put poison
in her husbands coffee"
"Mr. Bowser, aren't you making a
| great fuss over a tramp who is getting
along in his way as well as you are ?
He looked fat and healthy. and his
breath had the odor Of gin"
You say that to bolster up your case,
but it won't do. woman-it won't do.
He has gone away from here feeling
that this house is occupied by savages.
propose to disabuse his mind on that
score. | am going out on the streets
and hunt for him. If can find him |
shall bring him back with me and seek
TO cheer him up a bit"
Very WELL" was the reply, and Mr..
Bowser put on his hat and overcoat
and started out. He hadn't far to go.
Just as he reached the corner he saw
q tramp kicked out of the drug store,
and approaching him, he queried:
"Did you call at house down the