The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-17
WANDERING BOY
WITHOUT HOME
WAS in Keokas Yesterday u=ss--eES-
fully Searching for "ork
on Main
stree.
TOLD PATHETIC STORY
Il. TEX Ct Fnsa1tgg Trzsess .saaae
LET. Him Fst..rfesh Mr--ss-
Tess and Eo-.Ssss
ia n. Morris

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In eg1siusss ozsss On ME5l s1-ssf
ssa--5sy -o-zEzg ze.uut 1cl1f-E
There us1s tso ll IN 1as s-5rss- sssl-
81 ami en1Es-szng when EC--.-
s4raE- IN rbs CITY. E1-ssrE-11F stsoz1
sEEa.asl F1-s us gEs, G-Ess1 TIE 1-T1-EaE
gr,1r and eaza il half rsalc1L--89E-
and booking sr7s*hs- t5-5f3F at'-a1.
vAs room sssssa Il ahs-s IVES IT
ma-a taara far hin, washing W-lsgRs
- sc-a5a-s1E the 5us1- O-a OF 1hs
-wo Ee- inside WIS cos nj t1a E1o-
u-5s-n-s 1s taa ss-aEall5 s..-sa-- Ttso IT,
pssas that he needed ND help II r1s1
line az ths porter 1f. Eu za= w7u-E n
he kind
He hss-z-srz II IN @aDz-1 azt
undetermined kind II WIZ. sa5 IVES
asked where he hsEs@ 1-nz azd Il
said that ST. Mars, missouri WIS ms
homa town, b-. hs had no permanent
home now. and then briefly s-H-ssi Ills
condition. He sad -5sE Us L.iszc
about year ago in Ns-ce hsz A-TfssS
his mother, sister and : ersrcs-
and then killed himself ~ zss l,a-
the father also attacked hin E-cs-
ing out his front teeth. breaking lis
collar bone and number OF ais -lots-
besides shooting him in the LETT Leg
below the knee and he was left %
shift for hims Elf after recovering from
his wounds. The youth exhibited eTt-;
dence OF the truth of his story By
showing signs of collar bone frac-
ture, exposing his gums which were
bare OF front teeth and scar where
the bullet had entered his leg.
On being asked where he was bound
for, he replied ANY place where can
re. work" He seemed to have in
view no locality and imbued with the
zrsa. that any place where he could
ma work upon which he might sub
szst would be his home, or. at least
me locality which he had been seek
ing.
He said he had found no work hare
and along In the conversation 1t was
ascertained that he had been out az
the carnival grounds where he unsuc-
cessfuIly sought work, that he wo-E-
ed around the grounds little FTczy
night and had got his suppzr rhs-=
The proprietor then sbrEDtiE asked
Have you had any breakfast ar
the youth responded that hs Lz6 -1--
"Come with ne, ! viii EsTs rorz
your breakfast said TIE Ez1- s--
the two left ths oEce s-5 rzEss -
Main street II the dzrec-50z 0. -eE
taurant.
A few hours Izts-. the s-Es= 1-D--
ped into tas sane o5es- AID 51s
gentleman who conr-Eb-Ead the 1-sak-
fast had returned Ee szl6 tss- tsgF
was certainly 5ugE- TIE var y
waded into sggs. potatoes 81 eso@=e@
was proof positive 11z- IL ls71s-
food.
The youth s0vez-s1 ID y - I'D
phisticated o1tcaEt 10 u rz-s1 "a
had none OF the air d Z f1.3t-5-sT=3ss-
tramp, wise in I'll the gCsstE2z s-5s
tricks Of the road 70 ssscZ-e = ET=E-
hood without work His year q Il
perience in his lonely coz6t3o-- -ss--
ing all kinds OF rebges -hs- cz-s -
the helpless. did not sss- 80 IzTs
hardened his heart against -hs Wi.
but had kept him unEuIfied at -
boyish as when his good slain Es--1-
er had imprinted kisses On 1Es bs5T
lips and told him TO be 2 good toT
and blessed him with nother cz-=sssz
There is work il this world Tor so-s
good Samaritans. and this uoth=-lez=,
wandering boy is an object for -aGt
work