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Show H TRAMP PROVES A HERO. HHHJ " " BBfl Loses ISandwIch, Rescues Boys, Gets Bflfl $10 and a 8ult of Clothes. KJ H CenterUlle, N J. Certainly hero- BBfl mil Ih mcamirei! hy tho Hiicrlllco tho BBfl hern willingly iiiakeH. So what greater BBfl hero than n tramp who dropped a BBBj Kimlwlch ho wiih eating and took n BBBj bath to Have two boys from drowning BBBj John rhepn, a furmor near here, tho BBBj boyii' gratefur father, offered thu BBBj tramp it good home nnd good wageH BBBj hh a farm hand. Hi "Anything," said thu tramp. bIukI- BBBj: derlng. ' unythlng but' work." BBBj William Phelps, in yearn, and CharleR, it, went Hwimuilng In n baBln flfl' of tho Morris canal near their homo. flfl Chiirlim iIIvihI, Htruck IiIh head on a flfl sunken (anal boat, mid tloatcd, nearly flfl tieiiBeleHS. William Jumped to his rea- flH ciih. Charles seized tho brother nnd, H Htrugglu ns ho might, William could flH not freo himself. Tho brotherH were flH sinking thu Hecoml timo when around flH ii bend of tho road Jumped tho hero flH hobo. IIo was dovourlug n sandwich IIJ u fnrmer'tt wife had Just given him, IIJ nnd wondering, probably, where hU flflj next meal was coming from. PPJ "Diltty HoaiU" aw tho brotherH flflj w.rlthlng nud choking In the water. flH Tho sandwich fell In thu diiKt, and, flH without ns much nn throwing off his fl ragged coat, tho trnmp ran to tho PH canal, Jumped In, and dragged tho flH boys aaliore. Mr. I'luilpB gave "Weary flH Willie" ten dollars, a suit of clothes, n PH hat, and n pair o( 4hotH. PH "Whore nro you going?" asked Mrs PH I'helps, pityingly, i'B thu tiamp took PPJ up his Journey. PPJ . "Nowhere," said hu, dreanMly. 1 PPJ |