The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-13
They Amounted to $4,000 in
Two Years.
JERRY LOVED THE YOUNG MAN so
They Say 1t Was With Tears i'm His
Eyes He Took the Heirs
Entire Fortune.

! pect that the keepers of dives and the
FOUNDERS in saloons and the men who were
accused of retailing the judicial ermine
| would be so Sderate as TO rush in
| and nominate him for Senator, when he
| and they well knew that all the good peo-
pie In tho town were only waiting for the
| chance TO do him this honor. 1t not only
shattered his health, but it hurt his repu-
tatlon.
But it's long lane that has no turning.
an Ill wind that blows no one good, and
| out OF the sickness of heart and the shat
| terlng to health may yet come some bene-
J ut. The righteous friends Of the impee-
cable Senator have sorrowed for days al
the blow that fell to his lot, and have been
| casting around for ways and means to
| assuage his grief At last they have hit
! upon the very thing. There is heard the
crying of the shibboleth in the land and a
| beating of the loud timbrel; there are
shouts of Long live jerry the Pure?"
well done, Mahoney, impeccable Sena-
| torp'
To make the sorely wounded man forget
the injuries he has received 1t has been
decreed by the people that the most feas-
ible method is to recite for his benefit the
around the bedside where his sick mind is
enveloped IN masses of cracked Ice the ear of
the impeccable Mahoney may gather in the
sweets of recollection. Primarily, Jerry
the pure, Mahoney, the impeccable Sena-
| tor, has been above all else charitable. and
| his greatest charity was the Jessup case.
And the recital of his disinterested
philanthropy to the unfortunate heir,
nIaly taso has NO. a tod hxrt l,n
people, who clamor fer his reelection to
the Senate, as the thing that would please
him most.
do you remember the Jessup case,
Senator?" is the form of greeting which
each will address to the Senator as he
meets him on the street to-day, and they
will expect him 10 smile in return.
But they will wait in vain. He viii not
smile. Later 90, although the impeccahle
Senator is religious mar, il is quite
probable he will be swearing at the con-
slant calling up of that matter, but IL is
only his overweening philanthropy that
compels him. 1t chides him that others
should not have forgotten what he has
long ago tried to forget, and he swears only
at The ObStin ate reeOilections that insist on
heaping encomiums upon his head.
Does he remember the Jessup case
What foolish question that is. OF course
he does. Young, simple hearted. half
witted Dick Jessup was picked up from
the gutter by Mahoney, good angel that he
was, and told that he was heir to fortune.
The heart of the kind, benevolent Mahoney,
who once adored little children OF his own,
went out to the poor boy, and he said TO
himself. II Will make his years pleasant for
him."
So he bought him package of cigar
cites, and the waif was Immediately at
tracted to Mahoney. He did more. He
hu Dted up an attorney, and, putting
the case of Dick Jessup in his
hands, started Fortunes wheel a-roll-
ing in the right direction. Tie
immediate consequence of good action
followed. No soone. had young Jessup
blown a couple of clouds of life-giving
cigarette smoke under his hat than he
manifested desire to desert Mahoney, so
that it was necessary for he latter TO watch
him like a hawk. But he did it without
a murmur. as ne considered good action
we'll begun worth the pursuing. He tried
every means known to men aud detectives
to interest the half-wiited young waif,
badge, on which was engraved the word
Manager" followed Immediately by is
installation In Mahoney's Office in that
capacity.
And there the poor. half-witted boy sat
from morn till night, day after day, twirl-
ing his thumbs, smoking the cigarettes
which Mahoney supplied him. and building
all sorts of castles.
Wasn't that good of the kind-hearted,
benevolent, impeca5le Senator Mahoney,
Jerry the pure? Now. really. wasn't it?
And, mind you, he was all this time out in
the streets hunting up evidence to put the
boy in the possession OF riches. Later. he
went into the courts and fought for him
and finally won.
But during all this time he was COM
pelled to keep his eve on young Jessup.
The poor, half witted waif. who was ut
terably incapable of meeting the storms of
life oil battling against the cunning of
scheming men. did not appreciate the
philanthropy being expended in bis be-
half and constantly manifested desire to
escape from his benefacfor. So patent did
this desire become that the benevolent
Mahoney was compelled to devote his en-
tire attention to looking after his protege
and. when his Senatorial duties called him
to Sacramento during the legislative term,
he took young, supplemented Jessup
with him and procured him a position as
watchman in the Senate. so that he could
keep fatherly eye on him.
at last, after two years IF waiting, VIC
tory perched on the banner of Mahoney
and the courts decided that young Jessup
was the heir TO about $4,000. How
Mahoney rejoiced for the heirs sake, and
how simple minded young Jessup re oiced,
and both rejoiced together. Ii looked like
a never ending joy, but it wasn't. The
stern courts. which award impartially to
every man what Is his due, insisted that
the benevolent Mahoney turn in bill
against the estate. With tears in his eyes
ana his hear'strings wruDg with sorrow,
the upright Mahoney begged of his attor-
neys that they might find some loophoie
through which he could escape this unpal-
atable task. His philanthropy, ne urged
/ them, lmpelled him to turn over every cent
to the half-witted young man. and he
| hoped they would exhaust every means in
their power to relieve him of the disagree
| able duty of presenting bill.
| They exhausted all, all the means they
could, but the courts were memorable, and
with signs and groanngs of spirit Ma
honey proceeded to itemze. 1t was a lon g
anu arduous task, but. upright man that
be was and is, he set to it manfully. The