The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-18
THE
COURTLlY
TRAMP

"Ah. ,ou don't know Babe" and y
strokcd The doQ. who looked very h1p,1
and very proud Nov for some irieis
Babe Show the young folks WI
you can doF A moment later The AK
was balanced drsicate!y on his hindlrn
and walking forward OF backward y
signals from his master Another ngneN
and he Jumped through the hoop rlsd
BY his masters arms, then limped syi.
rowfuly on three legs, and at a h1M
signal dropped limp and as y dead al
his masters feet and lay thare Ill a
snap OF the fingers told hin his task was
over, when hr frisked abort tho road
barking pleefully. =
Il guess Babe and can cA enough
milk Tor al Of rs on thai. at tho nearest
farmhouse he said. III always fetches
tne-l.'
II don't worder." replied Then.
my mind on the theatre, added \
don't see why YOU don't show him IN
the s,ag- Tis's Ane!'
"ii.sts an idca." said IN, man. "Bu.
wha, theatre i take ..le in these
clothes
They'd take ycu with Babe 7" He
laughed when said that--it made the
ioE seem OF 50 mach more account than
the r.an---srd irer. with 'RAbc- foiiov.
ing. he went toward Il .srnhcasc a..tie
or the ro,d
Tire mill was good. bu. We didn't e..
it I'LL late u 'he aftesaoon. fo.. w'iile
Babe" and his r-aS,er were gone. our
fatigue got the better OF us and ws .cD
fast asleep on the BAN! By the roadside.
That evening we came 70 little har'.et
called Mountain View. only aho-t ten
mile from San Jose lAnd VIC had cx-
pccted to reach San Francisoo!) The
man took us TO the little hotel ti.re,
and after some conversation vttk ;le
landlady which we didI't hear, shco'<
hands with us Babe jumped ~ 90
us and said goodbye with J.Iei hfte
lick on our faces. Then master aud
dog went their way.
Things happened very quickly .rcr
that At the supper table SaA n an.
cisco drummer looked up from hin paper,
gave a start when he saw us, and wis.
pered to the landlady as he looked from
us 70 The paper. while she nodded her
head in assent. Next morning we were
awakened oy sobs Of Joy at ouf bed.
side--our dear mothers wecpine As each
held her respective offspring in lner rrnA
our fathers trying 10 look s.v-: S'jt
unable to keep back their owa tes-s,
That noon we reached home, DOT tan 10
as we had expected, but chasteprc ir
spirit; exilcs from the theatres TT
long, long time and separated eoin = b
other for nearly as long
OF course. our parents were INN .a1>
ly interested when they heard about TIE
man. the t-anri who had given VS. hio
protection. They advertised FOR his
and the papers printed he ssory With
sen sational headlines, but he revcr az
pcared to claim a reward
Ten years later was on the staxt aud
acting with Augnstin Days company IL
New York One afternocr on my way
from a rehearsal. ! stopped in q. ar. Of
the Continuous houses A dog scs
was just going on The mar YES IN
the stage, There was something odt,y
| familiar about him seemed 10 hevs
heard his voice before Yet sSS;t ,.cs
place him. But when, looking MO thS
wings. he called. Nov for Esane srieks,
Babe Show the young folks wtss
you can dol" and ar Irish terrier s;,,l-
cately balanced on his h;ndless came
out from the wings-probab!y, .'sa ros
the original Babe" bu, his successcr--
how the scene came back 70 ne Y
don't see why you dor', show h,rn o.
the stage" I had said srd "Thsrs sr
idea" had been hh comment
My first impulss was 10 ask II .hs
stage door IL I could see ne ,rsiner,
and recall mysau 70 ny cd friend a
the Santa Clam highway. Bu, IA ~
Aection thoyght bet.r ci h He
looked prosperr,A wa dressed IL -
immaculate n,ssdo uit s,c w>s bflks4
a. one OF ne eflsf .st-acft<ns Of -
house would be carv 70 h s~,ri. "a
Of the days uh.n hs wss . s--,,rr
Probably not. Bun w-.-. resrhs<
homA I dropped him . aote ssas~nf.
telling him .set the two y;rls vAs--..
he had safs6 r,;dsd 70 Mcsr.air Tep
ten ycass kalpre never vuuid Ic-rss
his Eindnsaa ] think ry no signing
ths kttsr vs. . guarantee y him that
nsSss vould disclose hs k<nhU. :