The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-13


from the poor, weak young man, to lei
not one single item escape. And not one
did.
lie charged him up for every glance of
DIS eagle eye, for every box of the tieeting
cigarette and for every puff of every one
10 every box thereof, and, at last, he CON-
pieted the bill and it was presented. and,
although some enemies Of Mahoney's tried
TO question his bill. it was finally passed.
80 it transpired that after ali had been
settled. the attorneys satisfied, and Ma
money had paid the cigarette bills, there
was about $4,000 lef, to young Jessup out
OF an estate of $4,000. But just at this
point the latent goodness in the young
mans character sho wed itself for the first
time. In one graceful. little act he showed
that he fully appreciated all the philan-
thropy and fatherly kindness of Ma
honey. the pure. Fully aware that his
heuefactor bad nothing for all his two
years of trouble after paying for his cigar
cite bills. he turned over to him the re-
manning $4,000. That is. he didn't turn it
over to Mah0ney, for simple as he was he
knew that that great and good man would
refuse it with scorn. He turned it over to
Mrs. Mahoney. and with his last box of
cigarettes in his pocket driftsd out into
che world to wander no one knows whittier
Poor, simple minded Dick Jessup. With
brain utterly incapable of coping with
scheming men, it was well for him he was
lucky enough to find such a benevolent
man as Mahoney-a man who cried salt, Bit
ter tears as he was compelled 10 take about
$4,000 from the poor boy for twO-year
cigarette bill. II was also noble of him to
present his benefactor with his last 5000.
Very.
That's general history of one oil the most
charitable acts the pbiianthropic Mahoney
has ever committed, and it is of it that the
good and true voters of San Francisco
propose TO remind him. hoping it will
cheer him up after the shock the dive
keepers and salOon-rounders gave him the
other day. Of course some carping evil
minded persons, satisfied with nothing and
having a special dislike to the pure meth
DDS of the purer Jerry, who say he was
the author of numerous ''einch" bills from
which he profited, Will point out that he
paid too much for young Jessup's cigar
cites. 1t is even likely tina some of them
will go so far as to say they didn't cost
anywhere near that much and that he
pocketed the difference. But let them
figure it out. Four packages of cigarettes
day, which is twice as many as any
smoker could comfortably consume. would
amount to 20 cents (Jessup preferred those
costing cents a package). Well, % cents
day for TWO years just amounts to S40.-
600, doesn't it, Mr.. Mahoney. the pure, the
impeccab BILE. the benevolent?
Yes, and further, If the critics who
carp care to receive another sumner let
them imagine what would have been the
con sequences 10 MahODey had his benevo-
lrnce led him to buy cigarettes for such
young man in these days of the tobacco
trust. He would have to go down 10 his
pocket for half of $4,000 more, and be
would have had young Jessup in his debt
fully $25, 900. with no chance of reimburse
ment.
Yes, indeed, Mr.. Mahoney took chances,
without the hope CT reward either, mind
you. Now, what do the critics who charge
him with engin eering cinch bills say 10
thatq Nothlng-of course not. The cal
cuIation is unanswerabe. Dou bters, figure
it out for yourselves.
Twenty cents worth of cigarettes a day
for two years is just $4,000
And when Mahoney gave him the last
circles he turned 10 him and said:
go, Dick; 60 out into the world and
show them that you are a man. l will
start you with a package of cigarettes. but
that is the last you get from me. l have
been reading la.ely in the medical journals
that cigarettes are bad for the health. Go.
and may fortune smile on youw
There was tear in his weather eye as
the slim figure of the young man vanished
around the nearest corner, and with con-
sciOusness in his heart that if there was
none of the $4,000 to 60 to the heir he
would at least not die from cigarette
smoking. Ne. not that; he could starve.
but not cigarettes-never.
Can the ill-advised actions of dive
keepers and saloon-rounders and men
who are charged with attempting to cell
the judicial ermine hurt the reputation of
pure, clean, nice old party like Maho-
ney? Not in thousand years. 1t is all
we'll enough for them to claim that he is
bosom friend OF theirs; that he clasps
their hands and takes sniftels with them |
whenever he meets them. That Is all we'll
enough, and the pure and sDotiess Maho-
ney will probably not care to deny it, but
it is a well-known fact that he despises
the lower orders and bankers in his soul
of souls to train with none but the good.
He is constantly on the lookout for
young men he can benefit as he benefited
Dick Jessup, and be would probably audit
their bills as scrupulously.
A vote for Mohoney is vote for purity.
WhatP Are there still doubters? Are
there some who think he fleeced young
Jessup? Well, you never can satisfy
some people.