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EXPERIMENTING
ON A TRAMP.
I v.ns nt work on my Sunday ser- 1
mon when my wife uiietf il the iTo.r.
She was laughing.
"There's a yojtig fellow downstairs j
who says lie wishes t i see you about .
marrying him."
I didn't like to break oCf from thej
thread of my dlseoer.se; hut. laying
down my pen, I went into the pari' r.
There Ktoc-d tlie youngster. six fee! In
height, strong ns Sampson, light hair-;
id, blue eyed, red and brown complex-,
loti, hhoi-ky bnir. Uis trousers were j
In his boots and were supported by a j
pair of country store galluses over a 1
woolen shift; no coat; a felt hat In
Ids hand. He had come in with an ox !
whip over his shoulder, which he
placed ou the mantel. Evidently lie
regarded the furniture n.i too good to
sit on; nt any rate, he was standing.
"Be you the parson?” ho uskeJ.
“I nm."
“Say, parson, if I Agger roun' today
[Copyright. 1XS. by T. C. McClure.J
Tile widow Gregg was a natural re
former. One afternoon she left her
farm for the village to do some "trad
ing" At -1 o'clock, when she returned
and drove into the yard, a strange
spectacle greeted her. Wbnt might he
railed the north end of a man was pro
truding from a kitchen window. The
care was plain. Ills trousers and shoes
showed him to belong to the genus
tramp. lie had culled and. (hiding the
house alone, had forced up the sash
of the window and started to climb in.
At the halfway point the sash hail
come down on the small of his back.
| and lie was held as securely as If he
ti-i ! heeu handcuffed and shackled.
! The widow's face liearaed with sat-
i lsfartlon as she entered the bouse to
I tnhe a look nt his phiz. Yes, It was u
I tramp, and a hulking hig fellow at
that She went outdoors with a look
I of ntitleiuatloa In her eyes and hunted
6an Live
nn git things llxed, cotil I I come t... , , ,
, , , , ... ,i". I'm a hit of hoard of Just the ng.it
here long with a gal nn git married.' i 1
“Corfu 1 lily, f p1m!I be lion? nil tlie; uurt for the west half hour stie
morning. I Inve some parorbial du-| '**ns u busy woman. Slu* fttood ofT nt
tle3 for the afternoon, but If I knew I j,..-t tho right distance from the whi
ttle hour you would he here I would I dow. and the board rose and fell with
l,o on hand.” amazing regularity and vigor. The
I ain't done It all yet. I done It! l Ms lees about and in-
exeept one thing. 1 got my license.
That's already. 1 got It rnore'n a
| week ago."
"That's thn only really Important
| matter," I replied to help him on.
| “ 'N you got a certificate, haln't
I you?”
I "Lot’s of them, In blank.”
I "Well, that's two tilings—the eer-
I (ideate and the license.”
; ’'You're right; that's two very lm-
] portant thingi. one indispensable and
; the other convenient."
I "’N" here's n place to get married
! In."
I "lias your fiancee got her trous-
| eeau?"
I “What's them?"
i "The first means sweetheart, the
i second the clothes brides usually get
together so they won't Imve to call on
i their husbands for some tliuo after tlie
I wedding for such articles."
j He stood thinking for n moment,
! then looked up and said with anlma-
' tlon:
"I!y cracky, parson, that's a good
Idea. Never thought o’ that.”
“1I«3 she got it?”
’’Oh, I don’t know nothin’ 'bout that.
'Twouldn't lie fust rate for me to talk
about Hint. 'Twould lie dead moan
cheap."
"There are more Important things
for the man to say. 1 grant, and move
becoming."
"What are they?"
"Well, the first thing Is tho pro
posal."
“That's Just the trouble with the
whole business.”
"Did you find It difficult?"
"IMflloult? Y’ou bet. 1 hnin't got j
through with It yet."
"Phew!" 1 looked nt toy wife. She
sat behind the young man and was j
cramming her handkerchief Into her
mouth to stop nn outburst of laughter j
My exclamation was mule under my
j tramp kicked his legs
| duiged In remarks, hut the walloping
j did not end until the woman hud tired
| herself out. Then she took down the
clothesline and wrapped it around the
tramp's legs about forty times, eu-
tered the house aud tied his wrists
securely, an l then raised the sash and
I let hilt fall backward ou the grass.
I As he lay lucre alio came out to bend
| over him and ask;
■ "Well, how do you feel now?”
I "I I don't exactly know," was the
I reply.
■ "'l ids Is an experiment on my part,
j I want to tiring you to u state of hum*
: I,tenets. Ho you think I have accom
plished it?"
"Yu. I feel humbler than 1 did. It's
1 a new fee!in', And you must take the
risks of It.”
| "Oh. I'll look out for the risks. Just
j make yourself ns comfortable and as
1 humble us you can. and when the hired
! man comes up I'll see to your care fur
ther."
j Two hours later the tramp's bunds I
| wore unbound aud food set la-fore him I
The food consisted of bread and water
i Thera was n consistency Iti n humble
I man ontlug humble fare. When be hud
finished eating he was again made se- j
' euro a ml dragged to the barn and lock
, ed up In the granary for the night.
•The uext step Is to arouse your am-1
bltioti." said tlie widow as she left j
him, "and I'll tell you ray programui
Investigate and know that
your physician is fully pre
pared to treat you scientifical
ly before you risk your health
ami life with him.
Dr. Hinkle
OF MACON, GA.
Will he glad for all who are
interested, who want health
and wish to prolong their lives,
to visit his new offices.
| In tho morning. I hope to find your
No PtiusiGlan
"Just you hold mi. parson." b* •cud.
"I'm good for It yet Ju-d gimme time.
But 1M rather drive my ox team up
a stone wall. 1 would. She's In town
today. I seen her In a store bayin'
some Rtockln's. That's why 1 came up
here."
"Don't you think you'd have better
settled the matter with the girl first?"
\ "Well." he frowned, "there's dtffer-
! ent ways of doin' things. Ef I'd asked
i her and she'd said 'yes.' what la thuu-
I der would I ’u’ done with nothin'
fixed?"
j "Are you sure you have the pluck"—
j "Now. parson, don't you worry 'bout
i that. I'm going right off to find her.
[ You'll be here when I get back, will
j ou?"
| "I'd stay In all day to marry such a
fine fellow us you. (Jo ahead. Remeui-
1 N>r whut General Grant said when lie
I first marched a brigade against the
Confederates,"
J “Wiint'd ho say?"
I "That he remembered the enemy
1 would likely be ns much frightened as
he."
"Oh, she won't be frightened. Gals
don't skoor worth u cent."
He grabbed his whip and In a Jiffy
was out of the house and striding
down the street.
1 went back to my sermon and wrote
for nn hour when my wife threw open
my study door, exclaiming:
“They're coming!"
"Who?" 1 asked, not so readily turn
ed from my subject.
! "The young ox driver and his girl.
Come."
"I went downstairs, and there In the
parlor were the pair. They had Just
come in. The man looked us If ho were
In u battle and w as looking for an ene
my and an enemy was looking for him.
The girl, a little country beauty, was
all smiles and blushes, with struggling
tears.
"I done It. parson," said the ox driv
er proudly.
"So 1 perceive.”
"Mv wife stoixl them up before the
mantel and had more trouble to get
them placed properly side by side than
a pair of skittish horses. Then. 1 mar
ried them.
My wife gave the bride n kiss which
opened her heart and her Ill's as well,
for she told ail nl>out It. She hn 1 loved
him a long while; but. although she
had often tried hard, she could never
Infuse courage enough In him to In
duce hint to propose. Which goes to
prove that when he said ignis don’t
skeer worth a cent" he was right.
EI.BEBT G. BENTLEY.
humbleness greatly Increased by then
Ho you still feel humility bubbling up
In your soul!
"1 do. martn, and 1 am sorter afraid
of It. It’s a uew feellu', nnd 1 don't
know what It’s going to lead to. Its
nn experiment. Is it?"
"It I,.”
"Then you must tnke the risks, ns 1
said tvfor? I understands n yrclf ns a
■ ii ■ t j i.p. b, t win i y. u come o
r..al. i Hum ole tramp of me that's dlf. :
fii-M." .
Next morning the fellow was hauled
out of tlie burn and asked If any addi-1 visit lltS offices that they may
tlonal feeling had come to him during I
the uight. and he replied:
! "I think there has, marrn. I think
I'm feeling what you cull ambitious
! this morning I find myself thlnkiu' of
j work without the usual feellu's of
dread neeompanyiu’ it That's ambl-
! lion, 1 take It?"
i "Yes."
"But don't blame me. utarin. if any-
i thin' happens. When you go for to im-
plaut now feelin's In the breast of a
tramp you can't tell what he's goin' to I
do."
! "Will you take a hoe aud go to work
in the field If 1 give you a good break
fast?"
"I will, marrn. I'm sorter curus my-1
seif to sec what's goin' to result from I New Apparatus for Treating
i this uew feelln’." * I . , , .
j The first result was a breakfast that |' fincer Should be seen by
should have done fur three hired men.
South is as well equipped
with every modern instru
ment and device to relieve
suffering humanity. I’hvsi-
ci.-Ls in and out of the Medi
al Societies are invited to
learn something from one
who is devoting his life and
energy to relieve those who
are sick and suffering.
Dr. Hinkle’s
It kr^t the widow on the Jump to keep
the table supplied. He wasn't eating
on Ids humility appetite, but on Ids
I ambitious oue. When he had finished
at Inst he was asked to cut some wood
before going to the field. In the course
if ten minutes he shivered two ax
handles and gave a cherry tree a mor
tal blow. Started for the field to as-
I slst the hired man, he tramped over
the tomato atxl cucumber patches, tore
down a panel of rail fence getting ovet
It and In the course of auother half I
la-tir had wielded his hoe so vigorous
ly amou;
up two
every Physician in Miltedge-
ville.
Results
ig the turnips that he had dugj Will count, so keep your eyes
bushels with the weeds anil ,
broken the blade. The hired matt. Open and 3'OU will
sought to curb him. lie was a lusty Lpp flip T IMP teiri. ,
hired man that had licked over a score; ’’ zVJjJv and
of tramps, but they had been tramps hear the suffering men nnd
without ambition^ When he tackled| ” BU
this one he was laid vu his back forth- Women praise
with. /
Then the tramp beaded for the barn.|
and with a club he smashed tlie spoke"
out of three wheels of the family car
riage. He pulled the harness down!
and dragged it about, kloked the horse
out of the stable, broke up the wheel
barrow nnd pounded the fanning mill,
nnd he was shoveling oats out of the
granary window ou to the ground
when the widow came out and said:
"This was an experiment on my
part, you know.”
"Yes, rearm, nnd I told you to look
cut for results."
“1 think you’d better drop your feel
ings of humility and ambition. Here's
a five dollar bill, and you tr.nv go
m. or ad.
X
Dr. Hinkle
i
i
Offices No. 362 Secnd
St. Phone 91 7—2Calls.
Office Hours—9-1 ;3-6
MACON, GA. .