Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1890 — Getting Even with a Tramp. [ARTICLE]

Getting Even with a Tramp.

There is a boy who makes Park place his begging headquarters on every Sunday. Many months ago the writer was weak enough to give him a small sum of money, ana ever since has been pestered by the same old tale of hunger and the necessary want of three cents to make up the five. In a happy moment he thought of a good pl*n to rid himself of the nuisance, aud one Monday a solid sandwich was bought for five cents, and carefully stored away. By Sunday the bread was beautifully hard* and the meat not too fresh. It was carefully wrapped up in paper. At Park place the boy was on hand with the usual pitiful tale. “I thought of you this morning,” said the reporter, and handed him the paper packet, saying, “Here’s a sandwich for you.” It was not what the beggar wanted, so he only gave vent to a surly “thanks." About an hour later the reporter had to bo down Park place again, and he saw his tormentor on the sidewalk. The tramp saw him also, And slunk across the street, and the look on his face was as malignant as it could posßibly be.— New York Tribune.