The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-26

BITTERNESS OF DEATH"
a lawyer to defend me. but was re-
fused. While l dug my way out Of
the old jail within week, I've always
wanted to get even with that J. p.
After getting out wrote him letter
that 1 would get even"
"WellT
swell, I've got even at last. Half
an hour ago the worst looking old
bum I've seen in three years came
along here and struck me for a nick.
We fell to talking, and hang me II he
didn't turn out to be that same old
]. p! Lost his wife, lost his home
and all else and has come down to
tramping. Say. got up. turned him
around and gave him the boot six
times, and now feel that the matter
is Off my mind. DIR. Parkhurst would
say that i ought to have taken him to
my bosom and forgiven and sent him
back to Ohio with necklace Of
pearls, but I'm not doing business ON
that corner
IL was telling you one time" con-
tinued the dilapidated. about the abb
sorbing interest farmers take In muir
ders and robberies. 1t is because they
seldom meet up with anything of the
kind personally. l have stayed ut
farmhouses where such a thing as a
robbery had not been known in fifty
years. told you at the same time
that the general idea of tramp is
that he must have been a pretty
wicked fellow at some time In his life
If he don't own up that he was and
state that he has reformed he's con-
sidered as only half tramp.
Five years ago this summer I was
touring Michigan. There's town up
In the northern part Of the state
named Bad AK. Perhaps there's a
Good Ak around there somewhere to
match 1t, but can't say. Five miles
from the town ! struck farmer who
offered me certain sum and board to
grub out some stumps. i went at 1t.
After supper that night was asked
enough questions to prove that the
family was curious about me, and |
promised that on the next night l
would relate an experience to make
their hair stand up. That farmer was
thrifty man. He went among his
neighbors and repeated my words. and
the result was that when night came
sixteen outsiders had gathered at his
house. at charge OF 10 cents each. to
hear me talk. Did he divvy with the
undersigned? oh, no! He knew a
good thing when he saw It,
His Marriage to Lovely Girl.
when ready to talk | began with
my marriage TO a lovely girl and the
happiness that followed for year.
Then iend incarnate told her that
/ loved fourteen other women, and
she eloped with him. found her
tracks In the mud and vowed heaven
that l would never rest until / had
had revenge. For eight long years /
followed the guilty couple. and was
about to give up In despair when one
evening l found myself seated direct
ly behind them at circus perform
ance. AS they ate peanuts and drank
lemonade l tried TO borrow a stiletto
TO stab them In the back. No stRett0
was to be found.
when the show was out followed
the couple. They got into wagon
and drove three miles into the country,
and ] followed close behind. could
have pulled rail or the fence and
killed them as they drove. but ! had
another plan. At this point asked
each one OF my audience to .ake a
solemn oath not to betray my secret
ior take any steps whatever to bring
ne TO justice. Not one refused to take
he oath. They licked their chops and
we're glad to take u. Itpresaged some