The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-06

wagon of her own dis very daN wit her name painted, and a lad-Im we'll know ing his modder--to drive in buttons"
 I'm not denying what you may know. says me old lady. but you'il admit dat Chimmie is my son. which his ladder was @ ship carpenter before ever a park was fought of at Cor Tears Hook. which dey make ships in rolling mills now, so dear Lord knows when to call a carpenter. It's not a grandmodder's place to interfere wit her daughter-in-law's child, even when her own son is de ladder of de same: but, Hortense, it would ease me heart if you'd let little Duke learn some needful ting besides all dis brown-stone frilis he's get ting out of de school books.''
 But le petit is too young to sell pa- pers," says Duchess, easy like. not want. ing to rough de old lady.
 "Chimmie started two years younger" says mOdder.
 Could we watch him tryr' Duchess says to me. I says sure; dough I was tinking whatll would de odder kids do to a newsy poissonaliy conducted by his ladder and modder.
 So we dresses de kid up for woilk-and he was Sunday-best alongside de odders. at dat-and I goes to an old pal of mine who buys wholesale at de press
 
 kiddie wit evening one, two and three- centere. He was tickled to deat, and when he gets his bundle under his arms he let sout a "Wrextry! Wrextry!" like a tenor foghorn. He makes for de mid dle of City Hall Park, wit Duchess and me chasing along after him, and in a minute he sold a center.
 How much does he maker says Duchess. getting excited.
 "Four-tents of a cent" says.
 Mon Dieu!" she says, 'It is more noise dan money"
 Riddle done pretty we'll for a time, but den anodder kid walks up to him, wit his chin out, and says. Say. kid, where you get de swell ragsT and wit dat he pokes our kid in de eye.
 Duchess lets out a yell dat woke up de cop on de City Hall steps. and starts for de fight. I holds her back, for I'd teached Little Duke some tings dat isn't in any of de books dat he studies; and I wanted to see if he remembered. Besides, de kids was of size. Little Duke slugs wild in de foist surprise. but all of a student he remembers. and he puts his elbow in de odder kids neck. his foot behind de odder's heels-and dere was no more fight. When de odder kid struck de asphalt he yells murder, de copper mixes in, our candidate slxips. de cop switches uS pOy udt Wd5 oOWHs aNO OuCnesS was near to a faint.
 Riddle wasn't boddered after dat. and him being a blue ribbon for looks. he sold to Brooklyn women so fast I had to stock him two or three times in a hour. He made frens wit some boys. sold tree centers once in a while. was told to keep de change out of a nickle, and chased up to US to jolly; and dough his modder was only a jump ahead of a fit-and de fit gaining-de kid was easily having de time of his life.
 Say, dad" he says to me, "dis is too easy. It's like taking candy from a child. It's like getting money from home."
 When Duchess hears him she could't talk for minue; only let out little gasps dat l knows is sign dat she is boiling, and would explode in a minute.
 whats happened you, woman!" says, to help her along.
 Did you hear him7" she says, showing only de whites of her eyes.
 Sure, he's no dummy, and I'm not deaf
 He has lost his h.!
 His what?' I asks, looking to see had Little Duke lost his dicer, or his money His h."
 taught de fit had arrived, but just as was going to take her over to de fouu- tain, and trun some water on her, cops de game. For two years Duchess had jollied. and prayed and begged de teach CT to learn Riddle to say h. She can't say 1t no more dan I can, but the way she don't say it is different way from