Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1912 — Tramp Then Wondered. [ARTICLE]

Tramp Then Wondered.

The first hobo of the spring season arrived fa Hast Cleveland. He looked even more dejected than the first robin and shivered quite as much. 4«d since then there have come other robins and other tramps, all wondering why they left the southland so soon, and ail appearing blue and pessimistic. One of them —a bum, not a- bird—appeared at the residence Of Cofonel Bush the other morning. It was Sunday mid the colonel himself answered the knock. The hobo took fa the wellknown military bearing at once and said: “Could you please help an old soldier?” “Regular army?” asked the colonel, laconically. “Yesfar.” “Discharged?” - : / “No, sir; no, sir!” the hobo assured him. “I quit of me own accord! Nosir; they didart discharge mfe” And probably that tramp fa ganderfag yet why he was kicked 0# the