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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1909)
6 THE SUNDAY OREGON I AX. rORTLAXD, MAY 10, lfO0. iff m Ml BT MAY KELLY. HAVE you been there yet? Judging from the mwtta that push through the turnstiles six 'afternoons hi the neck, you probably . have, but If not don't loee a day in add i ins thia pleasure to your list of delight ! Jul experiences. For there's something there for every one, no matter what nationality, sex, age or previous condition of servitude may be his. All sorts of surprises await you in the kaleidoscope of events at Baseball Park. Youll see everything in the millinery line from an Inverted waste-paper basket trimmed with oranges and onions, to the modest "tam" with a navy band on It, worn by the high-school maiden on the nape of her -neck. You'lf see stern professors, and men with - big business interests, relaxing for the time being, forgetting all even their cigars in the tension of the game. You'll see But wait! The game is on! A very enviable, important person In the press box reaches up and strikes the gong; the players hitch up their belts a little, kick some dirt, and draw their caps more tightly over their skulls; the catcher ties on his apron and rolls up his sleeves, as though he might be going to make a pie; the umpire holds up his hand to catch the attention of the Immense throng while he announces the names 'of the pitchers who will lead their respective teams to glory, or perchance, to bite the dust of defeat. see You get out your pencil and run a fin ger down the scorecard to find the place. Just as the umpire calls in stentorian tones. " will pitch for Portland, for San Francisco," your wife nudges you and says: "Oh. do look at that stunning hat over there with tomatoes and grapes on Itl Though I'd rather have currants or cher ries, myself!" WeO. yon didn't get the pitchers" names that time, but there's another chance, for you're sitting on the side near the Bleachers, so when the umpire turns to announce In that direction, yon lean for FARM LIFE (This remarkable letter, bearing every mark of genuLnenesa came to The Sunday OTconlan from a bobo. who signs his Tta-me. but asks Uint It be withheld. As a picture of ltfe on an Oregon farm. It com mends Itself.) THE night was cold and I was thoroughly chilled when I got out of a boxcar in La Grande. I had a lone half-dollar In my pocket and after getting- a cup of coffee I went to the funny side of the street and sat down. Intending after the sun got higher to take a sleep of a few hours. "While sitting there enjoying the In creasing warmth of the sun a farmer drove up and tied his team near where I was sitting- He walked directly to me and asked if I was looking for work. Of course I was. as I had but 35 cents left. He said they were going to thresh and needed a man for a few days. Something; about the man appealed to me and without asking any ques tions about wages or conditions of work I promised to go with him. He asked If I had had my breakfast. When 1 told him I had he excused himself, saying he had some business to attend to. but would hunt me up at noon. He found me asleep in a saloon, bought a drink and w went to dinner. After dinner ha excused himself again, say Ins he would meet me at the saloon we had Just left about 2 o'clock. He was there on time. He bought another drink, bad a two-gallon demijohn filled with whisky and we started to the farm. IS miles distant across the Grand Ronde Valley. A stronger superlative than the word grand is needed to do Justice to the country we passed through that after- noon. For the first few miles we passed through an orchard and vege table country, the great orchards bend Ing under their burden of bis- red ap plet Beyond we entered the domain of tha wheat barons and here was a wealth of golden yellow color of whest, (Knbble fields on all sides, filled with Kreat fat stacks of unthreshed grain. 1 was alwaya susceptible to beauties of this kind and In spite of my drowsiness I was all interest. At Intervals the It J ward with strained attention and an ad- monitory "Hush-sh,' to hear. - pitch Portland; will San Francisco." for the peanut boy has Just discovered you, and siring you ,up ss about his caliber, stumbles over your toes enthusiastically shouting " I'ra.-nuts-s-s! Popcorn-n-n-n!! Chewing-rom-ra-m-m-m!!!" in a voire that car ries far beyond Mount Hood. Well, who cares about the pitcher's names, anyway! Some one always finds out beforehand who Is going to pitch and the Information quickly circulates although all the little buds you can s-e. or big ones elther.are defunct, and adorn some fair enthusiast's chapeau. If you can spare a glance now and then from the field, it will be Interest ing to note the different ways of enjoy ing baseball. You will see the man who keeps an accurate score of the game, and like a military tactician, or a chessplayer, watches every move, and is more Intent on finding ont which player to credit a safe hit to. or an error, than on the out come of the contest. Then . there is the large contingent mostly feminine who are there to eat everything the venders have to offer. And this gross to a larger range every day. for from the original, insignificant peanut of yore you can now get Ice cram, "sody," popcorn, candy every thing up to Coney Island sausages. Others and these are men. of course get their fun In loudly encouraging Indi vidual players of their acquaintance who are trying to make the circuit of the bases, or in apostrophising the umpire or the pitcher. "Oh, you pitch like an old woman!" "Hit the north star, why don't you V shows the style of their ait. No one needs to be an after-dinner speaker to make his voice heard at a ball game. Here everything Is democratic" Here everyone speaks his honest, unpurchase able mind. Here everyone gets a chance to sit where he pleases as long as he pleases, and to get up when he pleases to walk over a dozen people to sit some where else If he pleases. The small, tired-looking man In front AS VIEWED sleep god would assert himself and I would nod. Then the farmer would hand me the demijohn. He knew that If anything would keep a hobo awake it was a whisky Jug. I had learned my employer's name. Every farmer we met on the road addressed him as "Jim" or "Mr. Ward." When we arrived at the farm supper was waiting. I ate It and Jim took me to the bunkhouae. where there was a surprise awaiting me clean sheets and soft blankets on a good mattress, a luxury I had not enjoyed In a long time. I waa no sooner between those heeta than I waa In the land of ob livion, where I remained until I was awakened In the morning by Jim, who told me breakfast would be ready as soon aa I waa Eleven hour of un troubled sleep will knit up several skeins of the ravelled sleeve of care. I felt fine amply svble to do the day's work before me. There was an ex cellent breakfast on the table, which I ate with relish. The days work was easy, repairing a shed to store seed wheat In. e e All the time I was taking not of my surroundings. Evidently the acres of the farm were broad and rich; the outbuildings were large and well adapted to their different purposes, and th house was spacloue and well kept and surrounded by a wilderness of rosea The first evening after supper I went ont among the rosea As I stood there amidst all that splendid beauty I was almost awed. If there Is anything in plant lit that commands my full ad miration it la a magnificent rose. It Is equal to a monarch of the forest or a field of waving grain, and . there I stood amidst a galaxy of rosea Jim's mother, who owned the farm, appeared and asked me what X thought of her rosea Then she told me the names of th different varieties and of the trouble she had had In getting some of them to grow. Rose culture with Mrs. Ward waa no fad, but a high pleasure. And her roses were, attractive. Koses everywhere, with red roses predominat ing, but ther was an opulence or yel low and white aawelL There were roses on clambering buahee and creep ing vines and roses on bushes, treelike In size. And in thst riot of color sug gestive of passton. the white rosea, the modest little maldena of the garden, gentled all. established harmony, where, without them, would have been tur bulence. Ther was rivalry among the roses for regal honors, and of course the gorgeous red ones were the vli-tora But many IniOted that the Marrachal Nell was the rlxhtful queen. But the madam had no favorites. They were alt her roses and to her each waa endowed with life and was a sentient being. e e - e The next day I devoted to breaking a horse from kicking in the barn. A young mare would kick violently when on at tempted to harness her, but otherwise she wss gentle. I got a wnip witn a lonr lash, took the harness down and started towards her. Sue started to kick as usual. When she quieted down I wrapped the whiplash around her beela I thought she would kick a hole In the roof. I stood with a light harness in my hand and continued that treatment until she refused to kick, however hard I would strike her. I walked toward her. with the harness. She shuddered and shrank from me. but did not kick. 1 harnessed and unbameesed her and harnessed her again and thst afternoon I hitched her to the wagon and hsulrd sacks to the graJn stacks. Thst act gave me distinction on that farm as a horse-tamer. The next morning the threshing ma chine was pounding away and in three and a half days threshed over 1"" bushels of grain. Everybody was hsppy. That evening at th supper table the madam said: "Why. Jim. the yk-id Is larger this year than It r.aa been la years. and Jim told her he thought the lsnd was (retting better every year, and still everybody was haprr. e e e Mrs. Wsrd's family coru1.ied of her self and six children, three sons snd three daughters. The oldest son. Jim, was married audi lived at borne; tha sec 1 I flZ JUMPS uf J etc V BY ONE FOR ond son waa a hat fcia mother ca!led an Itinerant workman, a hobo. At the com mencement of the Spanish War he en listed In a volunteer resiment. The life of a soldier arousod within him the la tent spirit of vacruwy and ever since his discharge he has oiieyeo. its Prom pt InRB to wander, lie has been ax bom several tlni-w, but could not be Indue! to stay. The third son graduaU-d at an 2atcrn tnedi'at erliool last Bummer, got married and Is still In the Kast. Two of the daughters are married and live W.thln Sva milrs of their mother's hone and the wedding bells for the third one rang a-hile I was at work on th farm. Jnnle Hohlen was the daughter of a valley farmer who had not been very successful In the great gam of accumu lating property. Jennie was ambitious to become a school teacher and w-nt to work for Mrs. Ward to earn money to buy Wlntf-r clothe for herself. Jim Ward thwarted h-r ambition. 4!e was looking for a wife and if enSrnt love sought a mate it aould be hard to find one more fintrig than Jennie HoWn Their four children, ranging in age from I 11 years to 11 months, wrre born there on the farm. s s Th threshing done. I expected to hit th road again, but Jim said he had lota of work and would like to have me May. and I gladly aaaenled. We built air fences around the ricks of grain In the sack and turned horses and b cattle Into th stubble. Th next morning we ground sickles and started to cut 0 acres of alfalfa. Jim and I drove the mowers and 11-year-oid Arthur drove the rake. The morning of th third day J'.m went to town after more help. II came back In th afternoon with a mid dle-aged man. a veteran of the road tike mysvlf. and two young foreigners. Every body worked the reat of the day shock ing hay. The next morning w started to haul hay, with Jim on the stack, young Arthur driving tne derrick horse, myself Vnd the other hobo on the wagons and th two young strangers In th field. At noon on of Lh f.e:d men quit- Jim settled with him and he started afoot to La Grand, la tn-is 'distant. Our force was now wnoiu'.r Impaired. The re maining pitcher being utterly unabl to keep the wagon Uadyi. X took his fork snd put him on th wagon, but he could not drive a team or handle a Jackson fork. The next morning Jim told me to take the iDutch maa to town and bring out soma more men. I brought out two hobo, who stayed until the bay aaa all in th stark. Both Jim and hla mother war pleased. Kenr were built around the stacka and th fields thrown open to the stock. or two or three dsy w d'.d odd Jobs about tha farm and thea got ready to haul wheat and barsry to ttie warehouse. Eacn man drove a sx-horve team a-id earned a trail wagon. 1m th four wagons w usually loaded 2u sacks and MANY YEARS A TRAMP marl en trip each day. The young mare I had broken of In klr-king habit waa one of my six and befure w fin ished hauling train she was as good a draft animal aa ther waa la the team, e s I think It took us 3t days to haul the grain. It as a dellsht to Mrs. Ward lo have brr grandchildren, around her. One day, every week, she would g-e to tl.e bomrs of lier married daughters and get lh-ir children. It mas their weekly holiday and wa a dav of romping and good cheer. They liked to eat grandma a good, things. In the evening th t wo motlers would drlva up, seeking their errant children, and each one would re ceive an ovation when ah cant. Th children would gather about Iter, cling to her skirts and ply her with all sort of questions. s s s Ther waa something agog among the womn. A neighbor's daughter had been Installed In the kitchen and when the meal waa aerved th womaa of lb fam ily had to be called. He!, th smtnar rird daughter of th hous. waa a fine, g'.rl Intelllgrnt, handsome and as unsf fected as a child. Unlike her fablrd prototype. ti heaven-bora H'lco of Urcrce and Troy, hrr ha'r was tl.e color of the raven'a wing. he had been a ofllc In the neighborhood for three or fouc. years and had been ardently court ed by th wife-hunting taunt of her ac quaintance. Helen remained heart whole and fancy tre until ah met Heury Fleming, as a farmhand oa her own motlier's farm. Fleming. 8r.. waa a renter ther In th valley and had a big family. Tli Hum mer of l'a Henry worked for th Warda H and Helen became sweet heart, but ti.at they were to be mar ried remained a secret until a few days before th wedding. They war tnerrWd th Orst wk In November and th dsy before the wedding Jim and his wife went ta 1a tirande and I wa Instructed to stsy at th house and help th cook. s X carried wood and water for her and built a long table of boards ta tha yard. I'our of tb master gobblers of a Sock of CO black and brona turkeys bad beea panned up for a week, and In th veolng I slaughtered and dressed tfiem. Work Ing around th house. I got quit w;i acquainted with th cook, and aaked her why ab did not g t om city where wage were higher. an satvw "Vihatf and be a servant and wear a cap and apron and carry hot water around over tit house ta a Wot of laey women ? No, I don't want to go to llis city. Here I am aa good aa anybody. I alorp in th suit room with Helen and could sleep with her If I wanted to. Ilty women. Would talner have Chinamen and Japa Hessde. I am going to gt married weal Spn na A Us, awilf-ro- spectttig. tnW-pendent girl ah waa. T American girl 1 uniUled for servant's work and I am of tb opinion that 11 of you gasiT-.g at the field alia glased yes 1-x.kl as though he hated the game snd had been draaged there by his M. bosom wife to buy Ire cream and c-aniy for her, but Just as a wave of pity wane up In your kind heart for bian. be Jump tip, gesticulating, and yelling wtldiy: "Rotten: Rotten! Paste bun one! Give It to him! Ko-o-o-ot-lrn'" tto you bid another oa Pity, and band It on to the wife for being brought Into such undue premuvntc. but nod thai ever one els la shouting snore or Irn. and that the ga of some IV one odd eye Is focuaed oa the unfortunate umpire stho has Just mad a cloea decision, and stands la momentary danger of being clawed out vf existence by the ar.gry players swarming around him. -o be gets th Pity, and It corns not amiss, for the -purple of" Rome never floated ovr-r harder hearts la the ancient amphi theaters then the Implacable ones of our own baseball fans today, until the um pire hands out a derision that pinrr.es the other team! The a about the seventh tnnlr.g a big man doss la frual suddenly Jump tip. calling excitedly on all la the grandstand to get up. Everyone elands Immediately, so you ere forced to do the same. In or der to see what la going on, and whether the President baa been sees sen waled, or whether t He tray-rasai era have e-erhape ehtckea croquettes and lobster a la New. berg to sell Ills time. Nothing of the kind. This Is to change the lock, for the game has be so going to tha visitors, and as e-oca as the pilrfoer turns his bark upon the grandetand and be-In gyrating with the belt, all sit down again, coofloent thet this Inning will give the small bey acrwsa the lot a chance to hang up for Portland some thing better than those beevy goose as he's been rugging acroee the sk ore board all afternoon. One great f semination about baseball la probably the eleventh boar element la It- VntU the last man as out. on t euro bow the gam may go, K leave until then, or jots may cnava a grand like the famous gam a few will be a long ilm be for a else of BiUve aerrant I doveloped- e For sever si days aoorm-elouds had beea hovering over th valley, but Helta's wrSdlng day dawned bright and ctoer. Tb house waa early aeur.' I!ra ap peared quiet but radiant and ever) body was happy. Honry aa4 the prearhor ar rived about 1 o'clock. tVsoa after, th guest began to anise woman, old and young, aad children. prSp s In num ber, and a few men. The season ws still too busy for met to leave their work. X appeared resplendent In a new suit of store clothe, a bard hat and a starched eahlrt. tb drat 1 tsd worn la years, and tb last- e e e I am aa old bobo. for N years my 1 f has be-n spent ta railroad camps, mining camp and boxcars. Th women I have Diet. In trust 9s year, have barn of th under-world and th u nam 11 teg dame encountered at tb kitchen door when soaking a nteaX la my two months read-nc cm thia farm I had met a few of the aru-wt at Jielen's wedding, and know a few others by sight- lrmalltsr ar not very closely observed In I ho country, and I waa soon ai-qualnbed W1tb th reat of the guesta Tlaey w ere all gra-loisnss and I was aa good as an rone, which waa certainly most pleeudng to ma Ooe big portly dame, with a half doses) of ber owa children, with bar. even declared It was a pleasure for her to meet a man I k me. thai I carried with me an almost hers of the b'g struggling world ah waa rates a In. There waa do struggle In tus Oraad stood axcept for more property. e e e Th words making llrnry Flaming and HeJea Ward husband and wife were pro nounced at U o'clock. After tb caramoay th women gathered around th brio nd groom, wlahlng thenn all kinds of future fcapplneaa. Hrlea k!cdy thanked tbeta aad told them ah was certain sSe had the good will of ail. Then too U'.tl gtrts crowded around, but they seemed at a loas for worda On in tie mis of aix. with aa air of ambarrassmont. stood looking up at Helen, when llrlea turned to her and said. "What do you want, kkheir Klhel said. "Mamma told me what to say. bat I hv forgotten. Helen replied. "Never mind. dear. I know tut jou want Jo say and I thar.k you for H Ttien are sipped over and atsaed. tut little girt, who went away nappy. Tle i.t her little girls demanded a k m. which they got. wth a cre added, and all trie happy. To all tr.i 1 stood a atlsnt but Inierrate spectator. Not t:-s my boyhood da a l ad I beard tb fat.rul worda pror.our.oed making r a and wom an buebsnd and wire. see klra. Wsrd said to ma "Rob. hate you no word of congratulatsatt for Helen" On of th other women said I wss Jeal ous of Henry, aad X was. I think any bachelor Is more ar leea Irritated at soelr.g tb finest Met la tb list of eli gible prmaantly withdrawn. Put. whatever my feelings were. I coetreajed them snd went forward. Assuming aa air of tkef-lemaiiea. I rd them a lecture on tb new dutle nd reef ocelti:t ties they bad Just asarumed. ft waa received with tuanty and nly added to th prw vailing good faallr.g. A half d--aee) women wer buey setting th tahl of rough boards I bad built tb day before. Tb turkeys t bad slaugh tered th night before bad beea barbe cued and th aroma from them bad af fected every olfactory aerve for sa bsur. boon t he bugle call announcing dinner waa sounded and thoet hungry, worn and chl.dren rushed to th table. e e e kfra. Ward's dinners were fsrrwxis for mile around, but In thia raa an bad oe-tden herself. Tb tahl groaned under th substantial of the rarm aad the delicacies of th farm and city It was a gastronomle revel and would reeolve mar than passing attention If eerved la the best bote! la I-ortlaad. Mr. Ward waa everywkere. t-iststlrig upon vr - body eattr.g more, ' litre ocn trior tur key. That cianN-rrv aauca Is fi-ie. Ilava you eaten any ef thia salad T etc. And ererjbody Old oat. and lore est tnoee. eu-r-n a crow of ?Ljr svtsea and a trie 1 bad never seen. I'lnnsr ener, th guests toot began la . v f t v o eviv -r wwt- THE OMR. (BE HOLDS UP wXsr k 0 V th Uim bkAtttfeS out a xrary In S tt la nine vltb fotir rutva ! brt. Hat th to of alt tb r It mas. tb cM 4'Mum, la gsTsaw-raily f aw n for Ck laat. a a 4 lfcr la M icptVoB tm Xhim rvr. namt tnotrntnc th finm m tit W ar.li-ra bp In lh papr; om f tra ml Dor drlaUsn !tK-.dal4 that Th SV4 tMX x.atSrata&d. and ou mill ttm aar ai aia tha axel.: Ua ihri:ta. tha aut!rc utd th tumtjll. tha hatr brvasValih ara; ao ou aatUa back com fort a b.'jr ta your chair ttt ttw morttlrttv V EASTERN OREGON HOME DESCRIBED IN ALL ITS PHASES BY A LITE-LONG HOBO. detart for their tv-ene Mr Wsrd waa amorg them. r-edtng th parting gacst. and as eacb weaoa drov away Ha occupants received a pressing Invtta tton to rvtum eometima 1 look back to Helen's wedding oar ss a reel -lector day to my history. AMer the gusets bsd aa gone I brought forth the dcm!W-.n and J: to and Henry and an self drank to th future her-runes of tb bred and g-c-em. Warrued by the whisky. I thought I bad not beea liberal enough with my good wishes, and several tlmos more that evening. In deep potetkm. X drank to their future bapplneaa. llrnry bad a to. a to attend In, and he aad Helen left for their new home, which eras ready ta receive them. Helen was a-eeie. but not far. and would car ten return te bar mother's bowse. as Morning ram and a day's work was to be don. Aa I aat down la th break - test table th madam sot a tomblerful of whisky down by my plate, saving: "f think Rob reods a aunt tt.kt SDornir.g. I drsek It with a gusto, at a big break fast and J -m and X w-rnt to th orchard, for two weeks w picked and bawled big red arple Into the fru't -hotiis. ( day. a we finished dinner. 1 ber waa n ominous ring of tb teleihone belt. Tb madam tnstrorsd It. I herd br-r tay: "Yes. ttarah. 1 will b ther aa soon as poeslVe I4 he asked res to bitch N'eili to ti e buggy. 1 waa back ta a Jiffy snd th Du: a m waa walling. Aa she drov away I divined th reason of this hurry call fmta ttarah. Three data later she returned, and at th supper table ab tod us about It. Ther ttsd been no troute at ait and tha be hy was a tin, healthy boy. and ber old fac beamed with, pleaaur as ah tnld Il ea While the madam was gone a tetter cam addressed t ber and postmarked wait Lake Oty. it waa from bar bob ton. aad stated be would be at baext bo fore erhrwtmaa. This mad th old mother cry with Joy. A raw days later another letter came, stating that her ether soa. th physician, and hla wife, would be at heme for thruinas. T his letter r.-ied U family cup of Joy to trsr. Cowing. It si-mod to en that th next momiiur that th line of peacw aad bap- pmea oa ber sweet old fac wer deeer and smts firmly marked than 1 bad vr aeen them, ft waa all trrwieaiscits aad whatever th children d'd t bey i sraivsd no rrptwarh from grandma Tha nest few days Jim and I employed hauling wood from tb mountain wiut i-aor 1 earns Then w aawwd aad split woo for Ivt or thro day. a e F'-r m this Ideal life waa rapid drawtngto a rtos. for a few fotlowmg da) a we Oil but little Work. I Saw the handwriting on th walL My wttk o thia farm was endrd. and at Ice sjppar mm 4 't taper, utterly Ignwrt the tariff end Turks on lit first page, aod fumbling all th leaves) looee la your baste to r.nd tve sportrrg rare- Ton read: Ok birred a fetngie wi.irh m snuchrd by the star twirler for the Commute!, who more targe buarr.ee of hrehca. and wKeei1d to csoss "-eir-rcV." a he wiped a stealer to deep left oet.ter. while Kit' pocked set oa the enoat which, tl.e tall southpaw ret tl.ird aa.k o.-sl-d te first, taocxuir.g Oteey on the Initial rush ton and el'pnittg the rssto off with lbs Bin htusky bnm ta to kvKt." Then. Tw-eeiilow-laahioo, llh one weak hand at our lore-bead. ou rna. h att.i the other tor your well-thumbed "Vaerr at the Wat." h-rU.g tlri-y to reetote some remnant of rsssss to oar muodled brain before I ou so do a te th of nee. N. B. 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T- a.:4 i wK--e kxts tdiax Tfcr fj -aa pr. 4 t ka-el taa y a 4 r4 anwSa It ft !. t as47M lt. her l-as-.a. e-Jl M a a aa -sTeUr-w 4 War ! fr avf- i aa a 4) r ; atv4 a r a4 rr a ta Cm -ni t i m raia n4 fc'ta with vr n r.4 a. A4 j4 iiIv i-i i ov,it, ia tMfa an 4 t iLa ic-i 4 : tab! en etenlng 1 regretfullr announced 'hat X would lea the o- mumir.( Ptoroa clouds had rarslowd lh H;lr for several days, and when I awoke th oast morning n Inch or two of tb e-aaartful covered to srrouisd. At the breakfast table they tried to l-duc rr a t atay until th snow waa rn. but fr w-andeHust wa on me and t wonid pot stay. Tfcee sell 11 witb ma paying m for two tare' work X !ad not d re. nd wtii'.a I tied bp my Utile bune:a Jit-., bitched ur- a team In take n to la Oraada When I got Into th wagon th family waa Ihrr to bid me good-bra. ail telling me that If I ewer traveled that war again to write a letter ar.d they would b In la tirand lo meet me. Aa ere atarted away the baby ealeaded ber IttU banda tow aid me sVid cried, and I nearly crted myself. Thia waa In 10?. and white I waa at work on thia farm li e Utile vtifT bad com up among the m oi.ee lords of our euunLry and li.ey bad that off th peoiue'e surply of cash, but Jim got my Sifts check cashed. That night I caught th bd end of a r aisrr.ger trait and rod anr th Blu Mountain Into tVndlton. It waa toe cold lo rtua farther. I was again a tramp. R. R. T. L-g wees ttae sTlter tilfla. tat leeg tea ehorteel sale a ca4 aad drear. 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