The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Chimmie Fadden Stories

ny?" I says. "I'm tickled to deat to hear it, but why ere you going good?"
 No mission teacher has done dis for me, as de loidy you calls Miss Fannie done it for you. has figured 1t out for me lonelies; a grafter's wages isn't his own. Oats all dere is in it. De stuff is dere, and it's easy to cop off, but when you get it, whose is it? Your own? Nay. nay! What wit splits and rake-offs, and commissions, and divides, when you gets trough you are in luck # de size of de roll is enough to pass out what you is touched for, by dose dat'll squeal if dey don't set deir rake- off. Dere is noting into it."
 When man goes good after doping out de game like dat, deres noting can save him for his gang; so 1 knows he was a safe proposition, and tell MT. Paul about him. Den 1t was easy. MT. Paul tell Miss Fannie, and she got Wnskers to put Jack on a elevator in building what Whiskers is one of de bosses-di- rector? Oats it.
 Well, Duchess and me starts for de place to see me fren. but we stops on our way to take a peep at me modder and Mrs. Mur- phy. When she hears where we was chasing to, Mrs. Murphy says, "Johnny'l1 stay good. I seen him de odder day and me knowing his modder, 1 asks him how he was finding it. He tells me dat de wages was better, and de woik lighter being good, dan being crooked. Dere's many good man and woman comes down here to preach, dat would save more souls if dey understfnded how many poor creatures goes bad be- cause dey tinks de wages is high CT; and how many would go good if dey knew dat de wages was better-and belongs to de man or woman what earns em. Had you seen de poor slip of a goil-not more dan seventeen-your mod der and me gives a place to sleep here last night! We got her in de hospital dis morning, but she's coming here to help us when she's out"
 When Murphy tel dat, me mod der begins to cry and laugh, and I asks what for
 Sure, Chimmie," she says, Mrs. Murphy and me, being out in de evening for a bit of fresh air"
 And a can of beer," chips in Murphy.
 We seen dis poor child, and bad looking lad taking money from her hand. Mrs. Murphy gives me one look, and den de back of her hand across his face, and he tumbles in de gutter. When de police runs up, seeing de crowd, de man in de gutter says Murphy had assaulted him."
 De cop was Kelly" says Mrs. Murphy, as me modder stops to wipe her peeps, Tt was Kelly Mrs. Kelly's Dan-and 1 tell him I'd give de no-good de back of me hand, and points to de poor shiv- ering goil; and Kell sees what was doing. And I'll give you de back of my hand too, for good measure, says Kell, and he sends l. h h;r xx,tf a his eye. Den your modder and me fetches de poor goil in here, and-Well, well, honest folks have little to complain, and less to be proud of. Pity de poor says de man what was preaching in de street, as I goes out to get some food for de goil, while your mod der puts some decent close on her. Pity de wicked says l."
 Me modder and Murphy is doing so well, wit all de laundry woik Miss Fannie gets for em, dat dey is getting chesty, and is going to have two rooms to live in after this month.
 But dat wasn't what 1 was going to tell you When we gets to de office building, and I'd give de starter a knock down to Duch- ess, she says, "Is it of a verity what my husband say, dat it cost noting to go up in de ascenseur"
 "We makes no charge a'am," says de starter, giving me de wink.
 But dere is a lot of brokers and divoice lawyers in de building, so won't say dat it don't cost not ting to go up in dis building. But ma'am, if you and Chimmie isn't looking for divoice, and hasn't a dead sure tip you are going to play on stocks, it won't cost you a cent to go up or down."
 He gives us de key to de door dat let us out on de roof, and we