Show The Tattooed Tramp The other day a tramp walked into o ron yard and asked for a days work trimming trees assuring the mau of the house that a pair of old pants ora square meal would be considered con-sidered a sufficient equivalent for the job The man who owned tho premised was a philanthropic fellow and fished up a pair of old pants in a law mcmsnts at the eama time setting set-ting the stranger to work mauling the woodpile While thus engaged the children got around him and were dazzled with the pictures of some angels an-gels in redjaod blue and a lot of sheet anchors and mermaids tattooed on his mm They soon learned the stcrmy hIstory of his life He had been a sailor ia i the Oirribean Gas gain and Polar aeaj an i after giving a craphic account of hia tiger hunts in India his wrestles with gorrilas in Africa and his great catch acatch match Queenaburry rules with a boaiconatrictor in South America it is but to add that he commanded the entire respect and attention of the audience When the wood pile had boenBufficienly splinteu he announced announ-ced that the hospitality he had received receiv-ed called for mora work and there seeming to be nothing special ia sight he expressed himself as uneasy unless he was shown something more One of the children asked him if he could put some pictures on her aa he had on his arms Be said he could and in A twinkling produced the necessary paraphernalia The children were simply delighted and almost ha1 a riot disputing ever the first oLoice By four oclock the evening he had two young boys aged four and seven and a baby all covered over with pictures of South American scenery hearts sheet anchors and Italian sunsets besides making engagements with twelve of the neighbors children child-ren and enough prospective jobs to laB him a week When last seen hA was leaving the premises in front of a shotgun and bulldog Carson Appeal Ap-peal er A |