Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — Their Boyhood Friend [ARTICLE]

Their Boyhood Friend

Once, on a freight train, the brakeman said to his mate: “There’s a bum stealing a ride on that car up In front. Go and put him off, George.” George walked over the car tops till lM came to the tramp, and then wared: “Git off! Git, now!” But the tramp calmly drew forth a revolver, and George retreated over the car tops again. “Well, did you put him off, George?” the brakeman asked. "No, I hadn’t the heart to,” George replied. “He’s an old boyhood friend es mine, poor feller.” “Well, I’ll settle him,” said the brakeman grimly, and he in his turn set off over the cars toward the tramp “Did you settle him?” George asked later. “No,” was the answer. “He turned out to be an old boyhood friend ol mine, too.”