The St. Mary banner., 1921-06-18

who continually smiled at each other
and matted each others hands in what
was intended 70 be a surreptitious man
npr nrg.ertiu1 their food shamefully
"Hotrymronpr> grunted the fat
man aeru,, tie table from jerry. Act
crazy. don't they!'
"Oh, don't know" Jerry demurrcd,
ana was surprised at himself because
ordinarily he would have held the
same opinion,
When darkness WAS settling the
train stopppd ar a small toWn-one Of
those places which uses tie station as
n plblic assembly hall. Young couples
were s,roliing about The platform. arm
in arm, chatting gayly and laughing
Jprry felt Il lonesome feeling creeping
over him. Never before had he eXpe-
rienced anything Of the kind, and he
could not explain it.
, "It can't be I'm hom"sick," he
growled, and turned from the window,
drawing the blind.
Terry had II lower berth in the center
of the sleeper, but he failed somehow
to sleep well Things didn't seem nat
ural 10 this lover of adventure who
was more at home on the trail than
In house. The next morning he had
to change trains al a small town, ana
also TO purchase a new ticket. lie
didn't believe in continuous passage
tickets, because he might want TO
change his mind about where he was
going.
Soon he was ensconced once more
In the seat Of a rushing coach. 1t was
warm and lie divested himself of his
coat Later he went to the end or
the car to remove some traVellnS
CRIME from his face and hands, and
when he returned to his seat he was
unable to find his coat. While he
was searching for it the conductor
came along calling, Fares, please
my coats lost" Jerry explained.
"and it contains my ticket-yes, by |
George! And 1t also contains all my
money except these three nickels.
"Old STALL" the conductor scoffed |
and pulled the whistle cord. The
train stopped and Jerry was put off,
protesting and fuming in vain.
Philosophically he started walking
the ties, in the direction from which
he had come. About mile down the
track his nostrils detected the odOr
Of frying bacon, and he paused be-
cause he was hungry.
A dirty-fa man, garbed in tat
ters, sat beside the track preparing
food over a small fire he had kinded
from brush.
Come and join me in my repast,"
The tramp invited. Help me cee-
)rate my good fortune-the first in
en- years. Look at this" and he held
lp an object that caused Jerry TO
,asp. The object was his coat.
"Just my luck!" grumbled the
Knight Of the road, but good hu-
noredly, when Jerry explained the
situation and proved his rights to the
ooS " "iut thC poNhClS |
ontained. I've had misfortunes ever
'ince-since l lost my-my sweet
eart, long ago. It's a sad story, and
hats no josh, bo."
Lets hear it," said Jerry, as he
ccepted some bacon and bread and
eated himself. ,
well, I've always been rover" ,
eclared the tramp, as he masticated 3
big mouthful Of sandwich, but one
|me l settled down for a spell and
ell In love with a girl. l was going {
marry her, but the four winds Of {
reedom lured me away. Her love /
'as so strong that l went back some I
me later, but she had married an
ther man. If I'd stayed settled I'd >
e happy now. / was fool; the four
inds blow nothing but sorrow for
bling stones" =
jerry finished his frugal meal and
anded his host twenty-five dollars.
For my dinner-and some good ad- =
ce,' he said, as he set off down the
ack. AT the next town he bought
ticket for Waverly
"A one-way ticket, please" he told e
le man at the window. I'm going
stay there-the rest of my life" U