The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-06-01

cave up in the mountains"
DO you find it growing worsey" was
, asked.
q PREACHERS tell Us that the world Is
: growing better" continued Willie .'but
II one days travel in the country
D wouldn't prove TO the contrary I'd give
, my old hat. | began touring sixteen
years ago. and l give you nv word
T that there Is at least twice the wicked.
ness now that there was then. and # is
growing mighty fast. Yes; I'll give
you some Illustrations.
meet so many liars that | have
come 10 believe that not one man In a
hundred has any respect for truth.
get TWO or three DAYS work with q
FARMER. After the days work IS done
the Iamlly looks for me TO sit down
anu relate my adventures. They encour
age me 10 lie. They want me TO foil
ABOUT the rObberies and thefts | have
committed and the prisons | hive hoap
III ana escaped from. If don't lie out
| rageouSly they think ! am a villain
VINO VIII not give himsSf away; if
10 lie the chances are that they will
give some constable the tip AMI he will
arrest me for the crimes ! have con.
feSSed
i have heard husbands lie TO wives |
and wives 10 husbands. | have I'm e,ct |
heard so much lying as to disgust me. |
ana am only a tramp. There are Nv.
pocrlsy and deceit everywhere. There
are SWlndling and graft EVERYWHERE
country constable who arrests me on
the highway as l am plodding along
VIII swear before the justice of tbe
peace that | was just entering or Ieov-
ing a farmers barn. The owner of
mat barn can be induced 10 90 into
court ana perJure himself, and the jus
Ilce who tries me will remark that
look like murderer.
Il very seldom ever heard one fam.
lily speak we'll Of another in the com.
try out when they met they were al.
ways very etfuSive. One afternoon a
farmers wife had me in the house
scrubbinG floors and washing windows
ana moving furniture about In three
hours time she blasted the character
OF every family for five miles around. a..
she mad just finished her TRADE when ,,
woman that she had accused most
bitterly happened to drop in. The sc
cuSer rushed for her with open arms
and kissed her half dozen times be
fore she stopped.
Il have read and heard about saw. o
hSery or war the submarines. the S
POISONOUS gases, the starvation of pris /
Oners-but let me tell you that there r
IS savagery elsewhere than in war. 4
Man was born savage. Il
Let me give you an incident. | d
vas plodding along the highway one a
morning about half-past 5 e,
o'clock. I passed a country school. c,
rouse Thirty rods beyond the house o.
met the schOolma'am on her way et
o open school. ! had not quite for m
'otten the manners of other davs. and b;
raised my cap and babe her a good
morning. She passed on without a
'ord In reply, and a short quarter of
mile beyond l met three children 10
DING to school. / gave them n smile N
nd a word, and they laughed in re- he
~. That was the whole thing, sir -
ne whole thing. l knew that the n,
hildren stopped and looked after me he
Ut l vepped along without turning m,
~ head. "
AT farmhouse a mile further on
OF work hoeing corn. / worked so
ard during the day that the farmer
me at night, and
card his wife whisper to him that
ley had found tramp at last who ne
'emed willing to sweat little to earn H.
s way. l was to sleep In the barn.
ID soon after o'clock and when |
as getting ready to 60 out to nv roost 1
ere arrived at the house, headed by as
e schoolma'am, a gang Of five or six hal
rmers. Three among them had guns, Inf
10 had clubs. and one had a coil Of +
pc I'm his hand.
- There is the villain-thats the = :
an! exclaimed the woman as she +
ught sight Of me. :.
What is the troubler l asked. !.
You ran after me this morning. i.
e cried. You would have caught hold Z.
me If / had not picked up a stone i.
d threatened to throw it in your i.
,er !. ,
Well, that was a nice fix / was in" !.
d the tramp. Nothing Of the kind ].
i taken place, and for a minute ! =
s dumb with surprise. Then / de. !. I
d 1t, but 1t was no go. i {
In moment or two more something 4. {
I'D have happened to me II l had !.
thought Of the three children met + s
lsked that some one might go for = {
m, and my employer was good + {
ugh to hasten on that errand. He !.
1 that l should have a fair show. I. "
, children and their father came, and !. d
Tut different light on the story at !. C
e. When the young woman was ]. t
ed why she told such a yarn, which !. \
hit have brought about the death of i.
ian, she carelessly replied: !. v
oh, / was so scared that l really 1. 81
t know just what did happen !. ie
W employer said to me: /. Ii
You are an innocent man, but !. 81
ked man. You will have to go. !. cl
can't stay in this neighborhoodr i.
md Weary Willie moved on" was i. 81