The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
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 Well. never sec d boy change as you have, said the grocery man to the bad boy. as he came m with poor dirty looking tramp. and bought hun pound of crackers and a blg p,cce oi cheese, and as the tramp sal down on a soap box anu began to 70 through the fodder as though Il was banquet. and the boy looked out . oi the window at the ram that as falling the grocery man added. What has got into you You haven, go, religion have you:'
 Nav. guess not, said the boy. as he slyed piekle out oi barrel to the tramp :" Ina, is, haven't got 1t hy any regular rule. but may be Il Is m my system. tell you. old oleumafgefne. l have always been m io, iun. and haven't cared much how had IL. but lately have had more iun making people happy. than ever had making ps lump around. Don't you know, II you see person who is in hatd luck. and ihiks the world N all d fraud and who almost ~ants to be run over by a freight tram. and you go to work and surprise the person wiih bii of kindness. smuggle warm meal down him before he knows It. II makes your heart feel as thouyh you had go, tn loosen your bel, / l never knew thege vas so much suffer. Ing m the world anal tha, humane soci. ety fellow hired me to go around with ham to hold his hot>c while he relieved distress. but the woods afe full oi people ho have na drawers 10 wear n winter and who would fam, Il stsht ot < roast oi beef Gosh. wish had d million dol lars
 "D. what would you do with a milton dollars 7" asked the groccryman, A he watched the tramp pi'k h,s teeth ~iih A silver off the soap box. II you had < mlliion dollars you would buy dude SUI, of clothes. and tro,ung wagon ~,th rcd wheels. and hotsc that could trot m two-tcn And you would pat your har in the m,ddlc and wear yellow gloves and say g-lang. That's the kind of A millionaire you would be.
 No, sir You arc no guesser, sad the boy, as he gave the tramp glass oi cider would buy out bakery and d mea, market and when poor people hadn't anything io ca, would invite them to call on Hennery. Then 1 would take a hundred thousand collars and 20 around paytns months rent In adsans . for people. II some people knew they .suu,o .iss as s,5.s,S:c. sssc., .sy,e. '~ni for a month, they would be so happy they would ache Then l would buy ten thousand ps,rs of rcd flannel drawers, regular old thick ones, all sifes. and sell them ,o poor people and take ,heIr notes for the pay. You see, some people .A. then. but fl you took ,heir notes they would feel as though they bought the drawers, and then you could have bon fire and burn up the notes Bu, 1 had rather be able To work les than b~ a millionaire. If could take ,,ones and turn them into ioavcs of bread. and water into ~ine, the way Chnxt did. would set up business at a stone quarry and open A free bakery. and would take the Mill w~kee riyer and make Il into vine and teii the po0f people .o help themselves. |, would make the brew cries sick. but they could ship ,hetr seer to Tesas and Colorado l tell you. what this country needs IS a fellow that oan make bakery out of stone quarry by simple turn of ihe ~Tist and l had rather have such Job than 10 Dc prevalent if l could turn hard headA into bread II would be plt mic. would take big stone and go to the home of a poor woman ~ho had nothing 10 ea, ln the house and tell her had btough, her some bread. and l would hand her 4 stone AS big as peck measure, and she would see H vas A stone, and the teArs would come to her eyes, and she would | f then while she was ~iplng her ryes on the undenide of her apron, would touch the stone w,th my magic wand. and ;uin it into a loaf Of sali-nsing bread. os brown bread, with a mansard roof on, and the look the poor woman would give me when she found the stone ~as bread would be worth ,housand doliars, and I would go away feeling pretty cunning l should want to be able to turn cord wood into canvas hams. too"
 les. that is all right for talk, but you am, no angei. yet" sad the grocery m zn The detective in this ward says he IS shado~ing A lot of yoa boys that are holding elzndessine meetings m a barn, and he thinks you are up to some devil try. You better look out or the detecuye ~iil have you boys all pulied."
 bon, you ~ory Abou, us, said the boy. as he gave the tramp quarter to buy the next meal, and told him not to mention II. when the tramp began to thank him. That detective IS too smart for his boots. We have formed A society for playing jokes on poor wido~s, this winter. have 20, nine boys in sur neighboshood io loin the society. and ne are going to make !, ho, for ~idovs. and don't you forget 1t The , humane socisfy man n gong to seil us whea they take d load of wood 10 os ~i6o.s house. and as boys are goink ,o sneak up 10 her house, after d@rx, armed