Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1887 — The Tramp. [ARTICLE]

The Tramp.

Slow paced. with listless step he moved glong. To w.bere the woodbine.mantled all the door, And tossed its restless shadows oh the floor: His idle breath, escaping in a song. Bore scents of Old Tom Juniper most strong: t’pon both feet he limped, as t ravel sore, ■' For alms he asked: ate them and asked for more: . —.. . . And lingered yet. the banquet to prolong, ' » While I felt envV of his bone and brawn. And his glad life, so free from toil or care; And did not know, till after he yras gone. That he had taken with him my best pair Of summerclothes. and other things, to pawn. And drifted idly off—we knew not where. . —Robert J. Burdette in Brooklyn Ragle.