The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-15
A BALD-HEGDED MONUMENT
Brother Dickey Discourses on the
Rockefeller Affection.

I Frank L. stanton in Atlanta COnstitu-
tiOn.)
/ 4 see by de paper" said Brother
! Dickey. dat de richest man in de
/ country-Mister Rockdefellers-i in
I trouble. Now. dey amt muffin strange
! bout rich man bein' in trouble. kase
I ever sence de Lawd toll EN- what ter
I do ter git ter whar dep amt gWine. dey
( been in de bigges' sort err trouble. De
/ rich man axes de amel, Is YOU been
/ thrOo' dat needles eye yit?' En- dc
I camel say. Not yit. I lowed I'd do If.
| en- I got hump on me, but 7 teetOtal-
( ~ failed. Is you been thToO? En- de
rich mems say. Not yit. We lowed
dat we'd make dc trip. but dey's been
a sight er rain, en- de weather amt
jest right fer it. Howsumevr. ives a.
studyin bout il. en- sorter doOkin' over
de grOun- In de meantime, dey seq
10 de camel: IF you finally makes de
rifle, we wish you'd drap in, Wen YOU
pasSin' by dis way. en- give us some
pints on how you done IT,. En- ez all
de worl' know. de camel amt th'Owed
no light on de subjeck FUN dat day ter
dis!
But, gittin back ter de case er dis
rich ROckdefeIlers man. hit pears ter
me dat he's i'm mighty heap er trou-
bic. he WIZ bon inter de wOrI sorter
baf headed, but bcin' one er de mos
industrious er chulluns he soon raised
or fine crap or hair what feiled all
over his furrid. ter hide what he waz
thinkin' bout FUN de spectators. His
hair growed. en- he growed. en- des es
soon ez dey turned i'm loose he lit in
fer ter make money; en- money rolled
his way lax a barrel rOllin' down hill
But he had ter sit up nights ter study
how ter make dat money. en- run his
fingers thrOO' dat hair: en- pull his
moustaChe, en- scratch his eyebrows
'twell de bell ringing fer breakfas en-
de fUst street car had gone by. His
folks up an tol liz IOOky heah. ef
YOU don res up FUN pullin' dat hair
fust ting VOC knows YOU won't have
none But he lowed ne did. dat he
knOwed his business. en- called for de
bin er fare, en- ordered beefsteak
straight.
But now come de climax Ter dav
he riz up. he did. airIy in the mawnin'.
rum wriJin' en- financin' all night. on
look in de lOokin' glass. He look. en- he
look. en- he look. den ring de bell fer
one or de servants. en- he say ter i'm.
Didn't / tell yeu ter call me fer break
fast Answer me dat question: En-
de sarvant say. IF you please. sub.
amt ] calm you now? No YOU amt,
Dis amt me at all. en- I wants ter know
whar is I--y0u triflin' raskill. wont
Den de sarvant look up en- see his
head, en- felled back en- had a private
fit.
con dat head dey wasn't half ez
much hair ez what dey is on a fraved
out blackin' bresh.-De top er dat head
wuz ez slick ez de stock er de Standard
lie company wild no water in il, Hit
49, a pufick reconsideration, DE
Lawd hep us. hollered be sarvanti
Amen, seq RockdefeIlers. ..Kase ef ne
don't de Lawd knows who wiz Whar
in de hell is my hair2'
BY dat time he'd done wake de
whole house I'D. en- des e soon ez dey
satisfied i'm dat he wuzar't in de right
ROOM en- des ez rich ezNever. he sot
down ter think It over. In he's thinkin'
ap ter dis minute. on he amt come ter
no conclusion yiti He Tow ter 'inself. /
Wid der Scripter. Ez you SOW. so shall
you reap; but Be bonn' ef I reaped Z
dat hair. Somebody must er come in /