Show FACTS AN AND FAN FANCIES F THEY were standing in the moonlight t. t She had been trying to persuade him to buy a ticket to the Martha Washington tea and was telling him of her efforts to effect a sale with a certain of the University Said he Did he buy buyon on one one No was the answer but I think he would if I had pressed him Ill take one on the same condition conditio he ventured Just then the usual cloud happened along the moon went went behind it as it always does under such circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances and all was darkness darkness but but not silence He bought the ticket He was only a tramp made so from necessity As a pr proof of of this it need only be said that he would work whenever whenever whenever when when- ever he had the opportunity He made his appearance one morning at the office where I was working and asked for something to do He was given a small job which he did so well that he lie was given another anal for a anum number ber of weeks Sam It the name he went by and the only one Ive knew was a member member member mem mem- ber of the working force One day there being nothing more for him to do he was called into the office and given his hisIe Ie time tim He had earned sixty J dollars I ij That afternoon Ie Sam was strolling around one of the depots waiting for forthe forthe forthe the north-bound north train A ragged little urchin while crossing the track in front I of a train sturn stumbled bled and fell The train passed over his leg crushing it in a frightful manner and the poor little sufferer was carried carded unconscious to the freight house near by The company surgeon had left town a few hours before before before be be- fore to attend to an important case and the men gathered around knew that before before before be be- fore he could return his services in the case before them would not be needed A surgeon was summon summoned d by telephone and soon arrived That leg must be I amputated on Who is is' the boy No one knew Well Im I'm tired of attending to paupers and as this looks very much like one somebody will have to guarantee me one hun hundred dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars b before fore I do anything What was wast t to be done They w were re all clerks or laborers working for small salaries i and were unable to assume the payment l of such an amount In h. h his IS present condition condition cont con con- t the sufferer could not live long longI enough to be conveyed to the hospital I or even until another surgeon could be called A man mn in the crowd took off his hat and dropped three twenty dollar gold pieces into it It was Sam The hat was passed around among the crowd and soon the requisite amount had been collected After pocketing the money the surgeon performed the operation and the little fellows fellow's Me was saved That ni night ht on one of the brake f beams of an outgoing freight train was wasI seated a forlorn weary tra tramp p. p I never saw him again I 1 |