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Show A Strange Conversion By F. A. MITCHEL A tramp culled lor food at a band-1 some country residence. The lady of, tho house wa silting on tbe veranda. 8ho wa n woman to Interest herself In building up those who needed building build-ing up nnd ordered a maid to bring n substantial meat out on to the veranda and place it on a table. Then she invited in-vited Ibe tramp to help himself. While he (e she questioned him as to the cause of hi living a life of bagarly Indolence. Ill replies were not very satisfactory nnd Indicated that be followed fol-lowed tho llfo of n tramp bccanc he preferred It to work. The lady, baring fed blm, gave hint some money, and he departed. When her hnsband camo home that evening tho mentioned to him what she had done. He chlded her for wasting her sympathy on ono who wa evidently undeserving. tthercuoii she declared that all person were lu n sense undeserving; unde-serving; that the mere fact of n person' per-son' being In bad condition, even though Uirough hi own fault, was n legitimate object for sympathy, nnd In any event If Mas un mhantage to the giver to lend n helping hand. A year passed. Tho tramp wa passing pass-ing over the sama route u before nnd bethought himself of (he aid and comfort com-fort be had derived nt tho placo bo wa I approaching. He was no mora worthy I of hell! than hofnrn. full no rrntlttiiln' I he only wished to get nnothcr meal and some mora money. On reaching tho house he saw evidence of a funeral fu-neral taking placo lu lu The obsequies were for the lady who had befriended him, and since sho had rendered herself her-self much beloved on account of her charities a largo number of poor people were in attendance. Tho tramp Joined those who were passing to iinro a last look at their bcnefnctrcM. Ho noticed on the linger of tbe dead a diamond ring. Ho further fur-ther noticed that when the lid or the codln was put on the rlug waa not removed. When the funeral procession went to the cemetery he Joined tbe throng and saw i' o body lowored luto tho grave. Then tho mourner dispersed, dis-persed, nnd tho tramp, after carefully noting tho pwsltlon or the lot, went away When night came he went to tho houso from which hi benefactress had been curried, stole n spade and n shovel shov-el from umoug tho garden tools and. going to the cemetery, began to re-more re-more the earth that had been thrown Into tbe graro of his benefactress. Having uncmcrvd tho cotlln, ho took a HCrowilrtrpr fnim lil r.L..i ...,1 moved the lid. Taking the hand, ho wa surprised Hint there wa In It n little wnrmth. The diamond ring wa there, mid ho attempted to remote re-mote It Calling to do o, he look out hi knife to cut off the linger reeling something warm on hi huud. ho struck a match urn! saw tluit It wa blood U-apIng from I lie- grne. he runaway n fast n 111 leg would carry him. Theu he stopped mid begun to think. Tho must likely solutlou of what ho had stumbled ou wn that It wa one of those cry rare ense of n trance having Urn mistaken for death. HI boiirractres wa lying uncovered lu n gravo. What should ho do If be rescued her ho would be obliged to confetu that he had gono there to steal tbo ring on her finger. There are nature so bereft of what I good that they can only be affected by some momentou ercut. The trump wa one or these. A sudden revulsion came orer him. Iteturnlug to the grare. he round thu body as he had left It. Hemovmg It from Ita cold bed. he wrapped It lu hi coat and carried it tbo nearest house and reatoratlres vere applied. Kor a long while the Invalid huug between life and death. Aa soon as there wa any hope for her recovery ber husband was notlUed of what had occurred, but not till thU was assured was the matter broken to any other member of tho family. Then they know of it by tho lady being brought to her home. As soou a the trump had done all In .. inrr io savo m benefactre. , rrom whoo dead body ho bad Intended to steal n Jewel, taking advantage of tho excitement attending the effort to ntore her. be dUapjwarvd. When the lady became vomjlescent ,le uked what bad happened, but It was not bought ndvUnhle to tell her. Hevlug hat her ringer had been badly cut. sti0 "M-dm Into th t-auso. A Mory wa Inu-ntcdtomitUryher. I One thing ponied her. Her bus- .band, who had formerly bee.i un.jin- Ij-utbellc with her chirluw, 0 2 which wn not a ,urt of organized aid badiddenl, bwom. UIirwMlln The tramp again vted the house where ho had recelvclnldund w X? but not u a tranqi. Tho ladr u. i ti ;meufl,U,lrBtlVC;",eu,n' he veranda when she saw , W"S .7"J man coming up, he wa.k. 2 Ml not recognize him till he made him Mr known and told her that u . through ber be had becou.e'n'en,, silts? nmtls. She accepted tlm trim Vr mnde his find donation nn,i . " ontlnureao,.!," |