The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-09-07
Peter Films Luck;


In that beautiful, quiet city Of parallel
streets, sweet butter and sweet womeHSEPhil-
adslphia--there once did live cerlqin native
Of the Emerald Isle, called Peter Finn. His
vocation was that of the most honorable, be-
cause Of its usefulness in the commercial
world-drving dray. Peter owned avery
ancient, and 'nowise spry horse, andan equally
unstable dray, by means whereof he essayed,
and by dint Of great physical exerion succeed
ed in obtaining for his large and growing FAM
lily tolerable living.
Stephen Girard lived and carried on his i'm
mense mercantile transactions at the time OF
which write, and was principal performer
in my little story. The One-eyed little French
man; the great pet of dame FOrtune--was not
/, man of very wonderful develOpement oi
heart and soul, of sympathy in the misfortunes,
crosses or losses Of mis- fellow beings; but now
! and then he was known, more through eccen-
trlcty than aught else, to perform some very
credltabe and really magnificent acts OF kind
ness and generosity towards those falling in
his way. One day he said to Peter Finn
: whom he had oft, and for long time employed
= upon his wharves, in hauling goods from hi
: large ships to his warehouses.
'Pe tair, believe you have worked YER
hard' ........ ..
. 'Yes. sir and be me sowl I have,' respond
:, ed Peter. .
= 'very long time; you save any'IngP sal
:. = the banker, the merchant prince, the mi
"a ionOire!
BE my conscience, Mislhdr Gerard, it's nj
:, aha'puth save at all; the devil hlssol mig
! dance hishornpipes in me poe kets Of Monde
i morning, without disturbin' toe-nail OF h
j lut agIn the silver that's lhere'
~ sTwO, three, five, seven of the shildt'
h. home, ehr
n 'Faix, and irs yerself's guessed it exactl
de Mlsthur GerHrdj have seven as brave DO
~ and gals as iver ye clapped an eye upon, slf
r. 'Ah; yes; see, see. Very well Pe-'a
~ YOU shall have one chance prezonlly, by a
re-. by directly, TO do somesing bettaire zan dri
g
he ze old horse and dray.
he sFaix, Misthur Getard;it's meselt that's 50
ed inc It as should not be saying It, PEaPs,
by is few men labor harder nor longer, for
III, mate, bread, praties and hay that wo ate' tn
Ne meself and Barney,the horse there; and be
aid conscience, it would be God.send that wo'
I'VE nut US both, mesef and the poor ould oa
we ,here. over all our ills and miseries' said
Lhe drayman.
hu- IAN! ah! vairy we'll, Petair you come
lelr nv countng-house, by and BY and the Ii
yer Frepehnnan. with hishands locked behind n
ley staIkea oEfto his counting-honses Ileayisg
do. poor drayman considerably mysufed as
what the result Of this conference was to
AN Be dad,' says Peter to himself, maybe
Nv. tbe ould Geller's whim to set me up in 81
rth, or be CORY, 10 buy me new dray and no
v;th Cht be me conscience there's no telling "
vept the ould iintIemun will do when he takes
ails. turn:, and thus soIiIoqOizing, after resi-
and full delay, Peter presented himself at the
.ost- oGthe milli0naire's COuhdng-rOom, and 90
aud, HE hat in he walked.
xpa, sPotair,' said the merchant prince n
for Canton packet ship Mozart lay down
fVlu wharf.'