The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
CHIMMIE FADDEN'S
Side Glance at Main Street. and the FearsOme
Ia. + II -.-- ! - Disraph.
By EDWARD w. TOWNSEND.

! selling clocks in Grand street stores
chips in Murphy.
Be DER busts what dey may" says
me moddeT, None OF EN- would take
better care of Chimmie's savings dan
me daughter Hortense Fadden," she
says, giving Murphy a cold eye. Blu
Hortense, me deary, Ill tell you about
de Little Duke, as l see de trute; dere's
! plenty OF bread in de woild, as De say
ing is, but not enough white bread TO
go around, and never was since before
and after Robert Emmett was hanged,
which ChiTnmie gread fadder carried a
pike in de blessed year of '9S.'
"Hooroo." yeIls Murphy.
"Dere's dem as tink dat bacon and
potatoes, and a drop in de bottle,
comes by wishing, Hortense, me dear;
n while true it is dat you and Chin
mie has fine places, and never will
look in a bare cupboard, there's dem
as goes to bed to forget hunger; but
dey never had de education dat CHM
mic had. So why not let Little Duke
go TO de Row, and learn to sell papers,
and make sure dat he'll know how to
earn a living, no matter if all your
savings are took b. Providence?"
Or de Trusts s, 5 Murphy.
You are i wise mama" says Ouch
ess, but Providence don't count when
it comes to getting away de savings
dat a French born gOiI has put by.
Providence can do many smart tings,
but and h shrugged her shoulders
like she was giving Providence de
laugh. and win Murphy's heart so dat
Murphy says, What Chimmie wife
says, dough h is form born, and not
Irish, is no fairy tale. I'm be knowing
to Il French lady dat began by taking
in washing, at de very time I did, and
she has a delivery wagon of her own
dis very day. wit her name painted.
and a lad-I'm Well knowing his mod
der-tO drive in buttons"
I'm not denying what you may
know, and not know, Mrs. Murphy"
says me old lady, but you'll admit dat
Chimmie is my sOn which his fadder
was Il ship carpenter before ever a park
was fought of at COrleers Hook. which
dey make ships in rolling mills now, so
de lear Lord o when to call a
carpenter. It's not 4 grandmOdder,s
place TO interfere wild her daughter-in-
laws child. even when her own son is
de fadder of de same: but. HOrtense. it
would ease me heart if you'd let Little
l'uht 4C3I4l III 1lSSu4u1 klAl1y OCSAUSS
all dis brOwnstOne frills he's getting
out of de school books"
But lie petit is too young to sell pa
pers," says Duchess, easy like, not
wanting to rough de old lady.
"Chimmie started two years young
En-" says mOdder.
Gould we watch him try?" says
Duchess to me. 1 says sure; dough I
+S-9S tjnEjno u-har'll would de n11ay
kids do to a newsy poissonally con-
Quoted by his fadder and modder.
So we dresses de kid up for wolk-and
ne was Sunday best alongside de Cd
derS, at dat-and I goes to an old pal
of mine who buys wholesale at de press
rooms, and sells to neWsieS, and out
fits kiddie wit evening one, two n
three centerS. He was tickled to deaf,
and when he gets his bundle under his
arms he lets out a "WreXtry! Wrex-
try!" like a. tenor foghorn. He makes
for de middle of City Hall Park, wit
Duchess and me chasing along after
after him, and in a minute he sold q
center.
How much does he make?" says
Duchess, getting excited.
"Four-tents of a cent" [ says.
Mon Dieu!" she says, 1T is more
noise dan money
Riddle lone pretty we'll for a time,
but den anodder kid walks up to him,
Wit his chin out, and avs, Say, kid,
where did you get de swell rags?" n
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. 1 holds her back, for I'd
teached Little Duke some tings dat
isn't in any of de books dat he studies;
and l wanted to see if he remembered.
Besides, de kids was of a size. Little
Duke slugs wild in de foist surprise,
but all of a sudden he remembers, and
he puts his elbOw in de odder kids
neck. his foot behind de odder's heels
an dere was no more fight. When de
Odder kid struck de asphalt he yells
murder, de copper mics in. our candl-
date skips, de cop switches de boy dat
was down. and Duchess was near to a
faint.