THE TRAMP'S GRATITUDE
When Blame, at one time Vice-President of the United States, aud who unsuccessfully contested the Fte.sidenpy about fourtLen years ago, was a young lavc'et, aud^cases. were- few, he was asked- to djfen'l a poverty-stricken tramp_ accused of stealing a watch _ He pleaded with all the ardor at his command, drawing so- pathetic a picture with such convincing et.rrgy that at the close of his argument the court was in L«»ais, fin ! even the tramp j wept. " The jury dtlil Mated but a Jew minutes, and' ie»turned a verdict of ' not guilty.' Then the tramp drew _ himself up, tears streamed down his face as .he looked at his counsel, and said: ' Sir, I never heard so grand a plea. I have not cried before since I was a child." I have no money with which to reward you, but— drawing a package from the depths of his ragged clothes — here's tliat watch ; take it and welcome.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 38
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158THE TRAMP'S GRATITUDE New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 38
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