The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-24

"A hard time tn rich have injyin'
life," said Mr.. Dooley.
I'D thrade with thim," said Mr..
Hennessy.
Il wud not" said Mr.. Dooley. "'Tis
too much like hard wurruk. If 1 liver
got hold iv little mound iv tn mon
ey, divvle tn bit iv hardship wud I
infiict on mesilf. I'd set on a large Tur-
kish sofa an have dancin' girls dane
in an a mandolin orchesthree playin'
to me. 1 wudden't move a step with
out bein' carrid. I'd go to bed with
tn lark an get up with tn night
Waterman. If annywan suggested ply
steal exercise to me, I'd give him
forty dollars to go away. I'd hire a
prize fighter to do me fightin' FIR me,
a pedesthreen to do me walkin',
jockey to do me ridin', an a colledge
professor to do me thinkin. Here I'd
set with a naygur fannin' me with
osterich feathers, lookin' calmly out
through me stained glass windies on
tn rollin' mills, smokin' me good five
clint seegar an rejicin' to know how
bad We mus be feelin' ivry time ye
think iv me hoorded wealth.
But that amt tn way it comes out
Hinnissy. Higgins. tn miliyionaire.
had tn same idee as me when he was
beginnin to breed money with a dol
lar he owend an dollar he took FIR m
some wan that wasn't there at tn
time. While he was hammerin' hoops
on q bar'l or dhriven pegs into shoe,
ned stop wanst in a while to wipe tn
sweat off his brow whin tn boss
wasn't lookin' an he'd say to himsilf:
If l liver get it, I'll have a man wheel
me around on a chair But as his
stable grows an he herds large
dhroves down to tn bank ivry week,
he changes his mind, an whin he's got
enough to injye life, as they say, he
finds he's up against it. His throu-
bles has Just begun. l know in his
heart Higgins ideel iv luxury in
enough buckwheat cakes an a coy
corner in a Turkish bath, but he can't
injye it. He mus be up an doing
An tn on'y things annywan around
him is up an dom is tn things he
used to get paid FIR dom when he was
a young man.
"Arly in tn mornin Higgins has
got to be out exercisin' a horse to keep
tn horse in good health. Higgins has
no business on a horse an he knows
it. He was built an idycated FIR a
cooper an tn horse don't fit him. TIL
nachral way FIR Higgins to ride a horse
is to set well aft an hang onto tn
ears. But he's toll that's wrong an
he's made to set up straight an be a
good fellow an meet tn horse half
way. An if tn horse don't run away
with Higgins an kill him, he's toP it s
not good horse an he ought to sell
it. An, mind we, he pays FIR that
though he can't help raymimberin' TIL
man mex dure firm him used to get
tin dollars week FIR tn same job.
"Whin he was a young man, Hig-
gins knowed a fellow that dhruv four
horses FIR brewery. They paid him
well, but he hated his job. He used
| to come in at night an wish his par
ents had made him cooper an Hip-
gins pitied him, KNOWN he cudden't
| get out a life insurance policy an his
wife was scared to death all tn time
Now that Higgins has got tn money
he's took tn brewery mans job with
worse horses an him barred firm
| dhriven' with more thin wan hand
An does he get anything FIR it? On
tn conth'ry, Hinnissy it sets him back
large forchune. An he says he's
havin' a good time an If tn brewery
man come along an felt sorry FIR him,
Higgins wudden't exactly known why.
Higgins has to sail yacht ray