The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-07-10
The Tramp.
F, ..---.--H. a,
b. LUCY K. wYNKooP

4 Young fellow with a jaunty step
stood at the gate Of cabin IN the
Wild west and looked at q girl stand
! inc in the doorway.
!, Scould get q bite2" he asked.
.aal' W don't generally feed
txsm III fafe, but I reckon ! mousht
sl me you'll ksh Sapiled: A tramp'
Wal surely that EAs i change from
WHAT WHAT h be had been, sdf ths year ,, Be.
!. }orS 6e had graduated win 0" ~r,s
from an EASTERN college. Tae Icy
there had semed too crowded for him,
and he had "lit OUT with just enough
money in bis pocket to take MN 70 9
the new country. The result was INA.
| s. Ind cot stranded. He was now
soing to a new diggings HI had hearo
/, Sf. Getting what he could to sat>gy tne
| Nv. But he said nothing OF al tnis
"a fb4 Fri He thanked her TOR q D.s
hunk I corn bread without Duttel
.he pay4 him and was about to move
~ shou & man> rode up to the cabin
am lookin' for joel Dixon, the horse
thief Have you sssn any SUSPICIOUS
iookin' purson go by here Lately! Inen
without waiting for reply, pe' nAeo
his eyes on 1.-The tramp"
"By jngr he exclaimed. .We sss
luck! You can Just come along #kn
me, young Teller. Reckon you "eH
| ut away with any more horses tma
season. Wen set you dancin wne'e
fhe>rrass is too short"
~ sSu take me for horse tnlel ::
aasd the2os:.ng man: you are m'S'ak
"N.hat salit BiaA : ,s ,s h . vol
he COMMITTEES had yeA, u.s.
8ives.emthe aip?' ,,mittee ?,
"ThA committee! What ~ wei
:, @Whaf lgnorance! You kAh am
e1T1dt6 tint I mean the vfgll.,RGs<
mitteS thaes< bound to stoA this Mo-
stealing an,
"rm not A horse thief hW any VIC s
Of a cri1ninaS! I've come out to tsss
country from tks east TO get aAstal =
Keep your handkc3 meS'
The sherift--fiM' such he was' de-
clined to argue >fhe question, a'ut
mounting his priAo q6r on borrow 'ec
horse, started away With him.
Where are you goin = 70 take him :
asked the girl.
ITO Rocky Gulch."
I'm a couple Of hours a. sothet ma
appeared at the cabin door. he nG
been running and was dead t. Vseh
did you get away?" asked ii e giii'
"Get away? hain't been took en-
SAINT you the Teller the sheriff ieoS
away from here to Rocky Gulch?"
mo; I reckon the sherif"s after n. W
but he hain't got me yet Did he tahe'
Z MANI" .I.e
Eyes. he took Teller he thought was
Joe Dixon. He looked enough like you
to be your twin brother"
"You don't mean It! Well, II that's
80 I don't need to hurry. Can you give
me somep'n to eat?'
The girl got out another hunk Of
corn bread which the horse thief ate,
then went his way.
BY this time night had come On. The
girl was thinking about the tramp who
had been taken away, and it occurred
to her that the sheriff would produce
him at Rocky Gulch and he would very
likely be hanged the next morning,
There was something in the young1
mans smile that had appealed to her.
and she did not like the idea Of his be.
ing strung up on account of a mistake.
Her father came in and she told him
what had happened.
Il don't see what you're going to do
about it." he said. There's no way
o gettin' any word to Rocky Gulch
without some ones carrying it there,
and I don't know anybody about here
that would be willin' to do it without
gittin' well paid for the job. And since
you say the man was purity well run
down there wouldn't be much into It."
With that he sat down to the meager
supper his daughter set before him.
after which he smoked his pipe and
went to bed.
AS soon as all was quiet in the
house the girl slipped out to shed
where horse was kept and, putting
q mans saddle on him, mounted and
sped away in the direction Of Rocky
Gulch.
The night was dark, and the road
was bad, with no guideposts to point
the way. The girl trotted on-her
horse would 60 no faster than trot-
making at most 1--WE miles an hour.
But there was no need for haste; for
the tramp would probably not be hang.
ed before morning.
She would have reached Rocky Gulch
BY 5 o'clock, but her horse went lame,
and 1t was 8 o'clock before she reach
ed the place Seeing a knot Of men
1nder tree. she called to them and
waved her handkerchief. They paus-
ID In what they were doing, and, rid
ing up to them on her limping horse
and noticing the tramp standing
among them: she said:
That hain't Joe Dixon. Dixon, he
,ame along by our cabin after you
eft He looks exactly IKE this Teller.
he seemed good deal set up when