Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-06
RAISING
THE WIND
3, M Quad
copyrighf. 1872. Dy Associated Lit
erary Press


| Ing hard for thirty Of them Amos
SchrrmrrbDrn found himself worth less
than $40
Mr. Schprmerhorn had never spent
mnrh time thinking and planning of
things outside his daily work. De was
a carpenter. and TINT settled that de
sOuId earn $50 per day when he bad
work. and that settled that. he never
allowed himself 10 have dreams Of
riches aud ease. Perhaps II was for
1 tins rp.lSon and because be was no
iaIkpr and didn't mix up with politics
fhat he came to be looked upon ~ q
rather duh man.
On his fiftIeth birthday the carpen-
ter. isdng out Ut work, sauntered on
into tile woods and sat down to have
Ills first real think Hard work was
already beginning to tell on him. and
after nlout five years more what was
To lss1inie OF himi He was frightened
! Ut the Thought. When ne could no
iong.f earn wages II must be the poor
AoiIsr for him. as he hatl no relatives
10 help him a,It For three long hours
AnIo~ kelt his brains a. work. and is
| ne walked back to the yillage people
notmsAd change On hIm A DEACON
iiIker nfrerward ren;tfktd:
Why. NJ booked Nh altogether diff
ferpnt iImn TO me. ana he talked right
up ~ brisk m u ligDiins rod ulnn. !
rounds help bui Wonder II ne had
folnld dollar in tIir rsni.
Next day Amos Sellrrnprllorll packed
his clothes III siitcflpl aud he,i,lpd for
village thirty nliles away. lie enter
I'd il un the se;'und day There had
l,ern Two or three recent rbhIleries.
and The cuii<tahles were OH the alert
A mile from tie village aud directly
M front uf farmer's barn Anus sat
dawn to rest. The farmer saw him
aud came cut aud asked questions and
finally ordered him to move. oD and
helped him with kick. He did more
lie folkwsd I he wayfarpr into the vii
lage and lnitntpd him ouf as sus-
l,i.iolis person aud had hin arrested.
Anlus made no kitE and was arraign-
ed. convicted and sent to Jail tor thirty
days with great celpriiy The con.
stable slapped his mouth wliph he
started 10 protest. the Judge said he
looked like an unhune villain. aud the
jailer slammed him into cell with 20
much violence that be was thrown
down and had finger broken.
Amos Schermerhorn served his thirty
days In Jail and was then warned 10
leave town within half an hour. he.
made straight for the office of a law
ser iFstpad. and before night there was
something to be talked of The TURNER
who had kicked him was arrested for,
assault and battery. the constable who
had run him In was arrested for false
Imprisonment. the Judge got SHIN
nuns for defamation of character. and
the jailer was arrested ON the same
charge as the farmer
The, Judge had been judge for
fifteen years. and he had always
thought II Within his province to call
u prisnlipr son OF a gun ar any other
old thing he happened to think of.
He now lenrned that his legal duties
ceased with pronniming sentence He
had DETAINED The character of good
inln. aud he had to pay for Il. Amos
had $40 IN his hind pocket when ne
moved O,l. and he hadn't put In an
hour NJ hard work lie had smother
vilIier In mind and he headed for IL.
Ii was u farmer again That gave hin,
away lie was l,ln,idine along the
dusty road when act7HItd with:
Here. ymi tramp dont you want a
tew'days work.
How much dayT'
FIFTY cents and b,ard"
II can do better
.Oh. you ran: What ais ron is that
you don'f want work nj any price
Your kind just want to tramp and beg
BY John. there ought To he Jail big
enough TO hold you air
II am not a tramp" mildly replied
Amos
'Oh. you are gentleman. mebber'
We'll. can pay my way"
And the carpenter dug down ana
brought ont his roll and held II up to
view and walked OF.
Gosh exclaimed the farmer to
himself. ..But he's a highway robber
or never saw one. Like enough be
broke into house last night. Well.l'lI
settle his hash mighty sudden
And he went into the house and fele-
sphoned the constable nj the village that
there was suspicious character head
ed thar way. and Amos was collared as
soon as he showed mp he refused TO
give his name oI 10 tell where he got
the money fOnnd on him The charge
put against him was suspected rob
berry. and ne was sent 70 Jail and held
for ter days in hopes his virtim might
he heard from Al the end of that time
ne was sentenced for ten days for be-
ing vngabOnd
When his sentence was up It was
cali on a lawyer again The defend
ants could prove nothing whatever
against the plaintiff when II came TO