Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-29
DILL r1uns ON JEFFERSON.

I adopted 70 create q little peCuniary ex-
element in the vacant pockets Of those
gentry. Tbs ghost was found to be q per
feet "greeny," but it would yield
no stamps. The "b'hOys" objected to
it at once, though q good invention,
on the ground that II would not bleed,
and other means had to be adopted. A
few heads with practical, though not
sound, sense were put together tor four
consecutive nights, snd
I A PLAN FOR RELIEVING THE TEDIU Oh
POVERTY
was concoctad. It was said that the
ghost had made a keno - but upon in
v~sstigation it turned out, in fact, that
there was no "ke~O," nor "rhinO7 either.
Things wore a decidedly blue aspect
when the plan was perfected. A slight
knowledge of how it operates may be OBJ
tanned from the narrative of one of those
curious persons who Investigated it for
the small charge of ten dollars. The
corner of Main and Jefferson afforded all
the requisite space Tor outside operations.
I5 was fixed on as the base, the field Of
labor; while a room, nicely fitted and
tzstefully carps5ed, over No. 10 was
chosen as the most fitting place in which
to garner the glesnings. Everything
being thus in readiness, the machine well
creased and steam gently up, it CHANGED
upon a day, which was no other than
Monday last, that q person named Gil
lOOley, an Irishman AND 8 planter from
Arkansas, passed along, with hands deeply
thrust in his breschss' pockets, spscula-
ting on the wonderful architectural devel-
Opments Of Main street, and Of the GOyer
block in particular. This man, GilOOlsy
by name; wore a grsy pants and vest,
and a mud-COlCrsd coat, with 8 hat to
match; and was generally what may be
called 50 hearty old fellow" a man of
some hefG in the world, something more
han a mere squirt, a social bubble, a per-
son tsrthest ia the world removed from a
fraud" In fact, he was simply
MAN,
and being q man, he was just the game
that the Jefferson street birds were in
search of. While he stood looking around
him and specializing in his phIlOsophic
soul upon the sh0rtness Of Life and the
length If Main street, be was approached
smilingly by Myers, who o his hand
with polite force and gave il q gentle
Equeezs, remarking al the same time,
with the warmth OF old friendship,
d" Parks. Pun glad to see you. How is
Mrs. Parks-DOlly, u Dolly, the
dear little mink? I haven't heard from
you in an age and a half. How are all
he little Psrkses, and the mare? Don't
you remember the gray mare 1 sold o
about fifteen years ago, tins time that dad
died? Old fellow, Pm so glad to see you.
How is" He would have gone IN in
definitely, If it had been in the pro-
gramme; but it wasn't, and moreover,
Mr.. GuIOOley's face was getting more
ssJOnished and his eyes widened
al every word, SO Myers stopped
short and the country planter
gathered up his eyebrows, opened his
mouth, and drew back his head, and said, /
GREATNESS, why, I don't know
YOU have some slight advantage of
1 dOn'E even recollsc5 the gray mare"
Myers was prepared Tor this, so he
not wilt; o1 the contrary, he smiled
0landly and raised his hat, begging that
might be excused; that be was not I
much more than 3 stranger here himself;
he WAS, ia point Offact, only recently
rom Louisville; and that he had come 70
he city TO engage with q hrm who were
the "Chinee' labor business. He re-
nembered q man by the name of Parks,
"a Kentucky, that very much favored the
gentleman he had the honor Of addressing.
he begged to be excused again. He had
business to attend TO than ever be-
ore. There we're q lot Of "h8athen Chi
zee" coming 10 by boat, The firm had
this business here for b purpose
IF supplying Chinese 81 the low figure of
light dollars a cue. The planter from
Arkansas was taken by this announcement
he was c~sptivaJsd by the prospect of
establishing Chinese LABOR al through the
wamps, at this advantageous rate, and
le 81 once became Interested in the firm,
nd entered into a conversation upon the
merits Of mOngul operations in general,
nd said finally that he would not be
TO looking into the concern just to
what the were like. This was more
han enough, snd.the two gentlemen pro-
.eeded at once to the headquarters Of the
HEATHEN CHIEEE,
10 stairs in No. 10 Jefferson street. They
into q room. It was fixed up,
licely furnished, and sc a desk sat 3
msrJ-lOOking clerk, with two pens and
,encIls behind each ear. He was mighty
,usy writing letters, folding them and
ossiDg them into q basket behind him,
7hlch was already full OF yellow enVs-
opss, addressed to parties down South,
at West. and all over. Mr.. Myers intrc-
.uced Mr. GillOoley to the manager Of
be concern, IS a planter from Arkansas, f;
wished to procure some pig tsil I
umsuity At low figures. The manager, ]
@ Of the pens and pencils, was afiable '
polite as q man 50 deeply stepped Ia {
as he c0ald possible be expected, q
a a day ben everything was rushing. ]
.res8nbly mother gentleman came up; '
g wore q brOsd-brimmed hat, long hair c
I'D a mustscbe, also top boots. He strobe t
ito the room, lashiDg his bOot-tOps with
q ornamental cOW-hide, which he carried c
/ his right hand. He WIS also looking c
II Chinese humsnity, He at one en- E
red into a long and loud conversation
ith the pen and pencil man, and talked
piE-Jails by the hundred and of dollars Z
the thousand. When Mr.. Myers had q
me the polite thing to GillOOley, and 0
hen he thought that the Arkansas Q
anter might feel " SLOW" he asked the
snager if the interpreter was in? The
ansger said he was not certain; that he =,
ID not seen him since be left 10 meet Y
that last batch from above" but he u
ould inquire. So he rang q little bell,
ID presently q large colOred man ap-
AIRED. "He," remarked Mr.. GillOol6y =
relating this history, q" was one of the 3
%. too, I suppose" The manager told .
% to send the interpreter up. In five >
.nutes the delegate from Africa again n
pesred, and said that Chang Fou, the
.eTpreter, had just returned from the
rec with q squad Of Celestials, and that
visa feeding them down below with
and jabbering away among them
ike a boss goose; " that there would be
JUbls If he left that be couldn't then O
yhow, nohow." During these little de-
lopments the manager had dexterouslv
q glazed cloth, and spread it
upon 2 ta0ls before the planter with
wide hat and boots. The glazsd cloth
IS marked on 10 squares, with various
ures upon &c, and there we're dice, and
-ds, and checks, and various other uten- nj
f connected with 1.-THE exact use of
lich Mr.. Gillooley did not comprehend,
Inc manager explained IN a loud tone
voice % Boots, who was going into az
.sslsslppi With one hundred and five
ssthen Chlnee that evening. that this
tn was gotten up expressly for the
NETT OF IKE ORPHANS OF DEAD CON- ST
FEDEEATEs n THE z MEMORIAL. Gi
ran his skiliful finger over the ont 10
read diagram and explained wcidIv -
mere Is for the widows and orphans. I'd
% section Is for us, to dsfrav the ex-
1ses Of the schsme; the average Oains
that region is not W. ten per cent.
3 this wide space here is for GeDarsi
g, for bis monument, which is now
ng built to bis memory on
far-famed battlefield of the Seven fol
les" This was considered satisfscto- NJ
clear, and Boots planked down a ten pl!
lar bill, in consideration for which he Al
5 given a handful Of checks, and then pc
TIE GAME WENT ON. ~ .
he little corner allowed the player
inst the "Lse monument" and "ths !
and orphans" and the ten per
b. for "-expenses Of the scheme" said
Gillooly, was 'like a graveyard lot in
sfalv settled section" Boots lost bis !
oks, bat no lost them principally PSI
the Lee estate, which was the
pest on the cloth. During the OPP =,
lion OF spending money he grew 81
buaiastio on the character Of the great %
sWore be would bet on him al the ~
G; was fervent In his admiration, and ~
] against al the world and the rest Of sls
lkind that the monument would be "a
everlasting credit to the South When ~
checks were al gone hs purchased 70
o, and as they were raked 10 be APP
red to become reckless in admiration g
The monumental section; reversing
oow hide ha Gave al