The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-12-07
PECK'S BaD BOY.
He Wants to be "a Millionaire or
Work Miracles, he Don't Care
Much Which.

swell, never see a boy change
as you have,' said the grocery man
TO the bad boy, MS he came in with
II poor dirty looking tramp, aud
bought him pound OF crackers
and a big piece OF cheese, and as
the tramp sat down on u soap box
and began 10 90 through the fodder
as though 1t was n banquet, aud
the boy looked out OF the window
at the rain that was falling, the
grocery man added, "What has got
into youi You haven't got religion
have your
"Naw, guess not, said the boy,
as be sled II pickle out of II barrel
To the tramp. THAT is, | haven't
got il by any regular rule, but may
be it is in my sytem. | tell you,
old Ole0margeriue, have always
been in i0r fun, aud haven't cafe!
much how | had it, but lately
have had more tun making peopl,
happy, than | ever had making pt
jump arouua. DON'T you know, il
you see person who is IN hnrt
luck, aud thinks the world is all d
fraud, and who almost wants to b,
Iun over by a freight train, aud you
go to work and surprise the persot
with a bit OF kindness, smuggle !
warm meal down him before h,
knows it, it makes your heart fee
as though you had got TO looSer
your beltl never knew there WI,
so much suffering in the world unli
that humane society fellow hiret
me to 60 around with him to holt
his horse while he relieved dis
tress, but the woods are full o
people who have no drawers t,
wear IN winter, aud who woult
faint away at sight of "a roast .
beef. Gosh, | wish l had u million
dollars y
80, what would you do with {
million dollars" asked the grocery
man, as he watched the tramp picl
his teeth With II silver off the s0al
box. at YOU had Il million dollar,
you would buy Il dude suit o
clothes, aud trotting wagon will
red wheels, and Il horse that coul,
trot in two ten. Aud you woul,
part your hair in the middle an,
wear yellow gOtes and SAY e hang
That's The kind of millionaire yOl
would be-
mo, sir! You are no guesser,
said the hoy, as he ave the tram
q glass of cider. ~ would buy on
a bakery and meat market, an,
when poor people hadn't auythini
to eat | would invite them to cal
OH Hennery. Then | would take
hundred thousand dollars and g
around paying u months rent i
advance Tor people. 1t soine pc,
pie knew they would not be boll
cred about paying rent for a month
they wou'd he SO happy they woul
ache. Then | would buy ten thor
sand pairs of red tlannel drawer,
regular old thick ones, all size,
aud sci! then to poor people an
take their notes for the pay. Yo
see some people won'.u't like {
have drawers given to them, but
you took their nOles lu-y woul
feel as though they bought th
drawers, and then you could hav
a bonfire and burn mp the note,
But had rather be able to wor
miracles than bc u millionaire.
l could take stones aud turn ther
into loaves of bread, aud waite
into wine, the way Christ dill,
would set up business at ston
quarry aud open Il tree bakery, IAN
l would take the Milwaukee rive
aud make it into wine and tell th
poor people TO help themselves.
would make the br, weries sick, bu
they could ship their beer to Texa
and Colorado. tell you, what thi
country needs Is a fellow that ga
make bakery on, of u stone qua
ry by asimple a turn of tho wris
and | had rather have such a 10
than to 6e president. ii l coul
turn hard heads into bread it woul
be u picnic. ] wonld take a hi
stone aud 90 to the home of poo
woman who had nothing to eat
the house and tell her l had brougl
her some bread, and would han
her u stone as big as q peck mea
,.a o,,I uhau cho ,vnnl1 ooa it ,u,