OCR Text |
Show I A General Lot of Squibs FOUND THE POSITION FILLED Tramp Unsueeestful In Pathetic pole of Returned Wanderer. 11 In knock on the door of a crr'aln Iioiibo was answered by a demure little lit-tle woman, and he felt millo suie of a cold bite as ho led off with: "Madam, do not think mo Impertinent, Imperti-nent, but let mo ask If It so happened hap-pened that you had a non wander awn from tho family fireside jenrs ago?" "Yes, I did," she replied, ns she opened the door a little further "He went out Into the world nml became n wanderer o'er the face of earth?" "Yes, ho did " "Days and weeks ami months ra.i Into years and you heard no word of him? You knew not whelhei he lived or dlml?" "As j 011 un I knew nodilng," re-piled re-piled the woman, ns sh" Moul In tho door ami looked flxcdl at tho tramp. "Well, ma'am," he continued, "I don't want to lalse any false hopes, but but" "Hut you are Just a lllllo too late!" she finished, as he swallowed tho lump In his tluo.it and tried to wipe away a tear "My wandering son re-j re-j turned about two hours ngo and Is now taking a souk In tho bathtub Had ou enlled carl this morning, , on know -" "Then the situation Is ntlrtl?" "It In" "Just 111 j luck, ma'am; but of rourso joti are not to hlaiuo for it. I congratulate con-gratulate oii and jour wandering son, nml will bid nu gnod-iliv and try the family net donr." Philadelphia Tele-Rinph. |