The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-21
JIM'S INvRsTMENTA
a CsisreA GN'issw D-assssvates WY sIsNs
sf0ssd Lack are Useless.

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Jim knowcd ail kinds Of signs. lie said no
knewsd most everything sad II looked mo like all
the signs was about bad luck, and 90 asked him II
there warnt amy sood'luck nsns lie says.
Mighty fow-sn dsy ain no use to q body. What you
want 10 know when good iucks comm for t-wsnt to
Keep II ON" Aud he said; III yOu's got hairy
hairy breas. ia sign dat yous sgwyne 10 be rich
Well dcys some use In stn like dat, kase it's 80 fur
ahead You 400, may be yous got to bc po long time
fust Ell ~ You might git discourage kii yorsf you
hin' Know by do sign dat you swyne TO be rich
bynrby."
Have you got hairy arms anil hairy breast Jim -
whats do use to az dat question: Don't you see !
bss,"
"wcli, arc yon rich"
40, but ben rich wuns and Rwyns to he rich ar'n
wunsf had foteen dollars but tuck TO specula a. en-
got busted out"
what did you speculate in JIM :"
well, fns tackled stock"
&c What kind VI stuckv
why. live ,tock. Cattle. you know. pat ten dol.
lars In COW. hat ain swyne to resk mo money
in stock De cow up n died my hans"
$50 you lost the ton dollars'"
40, didn't losc 1t all Tony los bout niue Of H.
soi. lie hide en- taller for dollar ten cents"
You had i've dollars and ten cents left Did YOU
speculate any morci"
Yes You know dat onclaigsed Niger dat biongs TO
ole Mi-to Brndsh' Well. lie sot up abank, en- any
body dat put IN dollar would lit 70 dollars mo- dc
en- -r Tie ysnr. Well all dc nissers went ill., hut doy
stuck ont Tor mo- dan To- dciars said ~ dan' s
II I'd start bank ,oyscf Well ~ course dat Niger
wan to keep out or de business bckase he say dey
warnt business 'uough for two banks. SO he say could
put In my i've dollars he pay Thirty Ave al de en-
er lie year.
" So done It, Den reck'nd I'd inves' de- thirty Ave
dollars iight on On keep things amoyin'. Dcy wux a
Niger nnne Bob dat had ketGhei u wood.hlt. ,n his
marster d!dn know IL; Ell bought 1t on ham en- told
him to take de thirty FIVE dollars when en-
GENE, but somebody sol. de w0odlat dat night, en-
noN DAY lie onelassed niger say lie banks busted So
deg dlin none nv us git no money.
what did y0l do With the ten B, nts, jim ~
We'll, w RwyHe To spen' II. hut had dream. Ell
dc dream tOe 10 give II to a Niger n-ne BA;uIn-
Bnluns Ass dcy call HIM. for short; he's one dem
chnckle-he"ds. you know, Bat he's lucky. dey say en-
SEE want lucky Dc dream say let BaluIh nves de
ten cents en- he'd make raise for Well Baim he
tuck de money, when he In church he hear de
preacher cav Hat whoever give to dc pp Len De Lord,
en- boun' TO Kit his money back hunid times SO
Balun h. tuck cn give lie ten cents to de laid low
To see hat wul gwyne 10 come it."
We'll. what did come Of il. JUMP
"Nunn' OF it, I couldn't inAurge 10
k'icck DAT money way; Ell Balum he coUl,in' I ain
gwyne to len no mo- money 'iout see dc yccurity.
Boun tn Kit yo money back hundd times de preacher
SAYS III could git de ten back ia call II equah
EN- be glad or de chanst"
" Well. it's all right ANYWAY, Jim, long you're going
t. he rich again time other
"ies-en Is ricn now. to look at IL owns my.
sef. Ell Ia wuth eight humid dollars Hut live s.ueks
too re-ky. nuck visit had do eight hun dollars.
somebody else had de niger" MNrH rgtts