The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
ON THE PURSUIT OF. RICHES.
BY r. p. cUNNE.
Copyright, 1904, by M cClure. Phillips & Co.

thrack. But me an him started tn same
way. TIL cry difference was that he
wud cash in an l wudden't. TIL on'y
thing I iver ixpieted to get money on
was me dhream iv avarice l always had
that. | cud dhream w money as hard as
amy man We liver see an can still. But
niver thought " wurrukin FIR it. I've al
ways looked on 1t as dishon'rable to
wurruk FIR money I wurruk FIR exercise
an l get what til lawyers call an hon
oraryium be dilutin' tn spirits. TIL on'y
way / iver expict to make a clint Is to
have 1t left to me be a rich relation an
I'm tn pluthycrat iv me family, or to
stub me toe on a gamblers roll or stoy a
runaway horse FIR Pierpont Morgan. An
tn horse mustn't be runnin' too fast. He
must be jus gon' to stop ony Morgan
don't know it, havin' tainted. Whin he
comes TO, he finds me at TIL bride, mod
estly- waitin' FIR him to weep on me
bosom. But as FIR scramblin' down town
arly in tn mornin an buyin chattel
morgedges, l niver thought iv it. l get
up at siven o'clock. l wudden't get up at
a quarther to siven FIR all tn money 1
dhream about. I have lot iv things ar
round here | cud cash in if l cared FIR
money. | have tn priceless gift iv lazi-
ness. It's made me what l am, an that's
tn very first thing ivry rich man cashes
in. TIL millyonaires we r-read about thry-
in to give tn rest iv TIL wurruld a good
time be runnin' over thin in autymobills,
all started with a large stock Nv indol-
ence which they cashed in. Now, whin
they cud enjoy it, they can't buy 1t back.
Thin l have me good health. Ye can al
ways get money on that. An l have me
frnds; l rayfuse to cash thin in. 1 don't
know that | cud get much on thin but
If | wanted to be a MILLIONAIRE, I'd tuck
" a n ~ hue ma
arm an Gerry We down to Nose.
"McMullin did cash. He had no more
lazness thin me but he cashed 1t in be-
fure he was twintywan. He cashed in
his good health, a large stock iv family
ties tn affection iv his wife, tn COM
forts " nome, an wan frind .afther
another. Wanst in awhile, late in life he'd
thry to redeem pledge but he niver cud.
They wasn't anything in tn wurruld
that McMullin wuddent change FIR tn
roly-boly. He cashed in his vote, his pa
threetism, his rellijon, his rillitives an
fin'lly his hair. Ye heerd about him. didn't
ye? He's lost ivry hair on his head. They
amt a spear iv vigitation left on him.
He's as arid as tn desert Nv Sahara. His
head looks like an iceberg in tn moon
light He was in here tn other day, be-
wailin' his fate. It's great misfor-
tune says he. What I'D we get FIR it?'
says L. InatS tn thrOuble, says he.
Well, don't complain says 1. Think
what we save in BARRIERS bills l says, an
he whit away lookln' much cheered up.
mo, Hinnissy, you an l, me frind was
not cut out be Providence to be millyion-
aires. If We had nswthin' but money, yed
have nawthin' but money. Ye can't ate
it, sleep it, drink 1t, or carry 1t away
with We. Ye've got a lot iv things mat
McMullin hasn't got. Anybody that goes
down to Moses, won't see ye'er peace
Nv mind hangin' in TIL window as an
unredeemed pledge. An anyhow, II ye're
really in search iv fortune, perhaps 1
cud help we. Wud dollar an half be
amy use to ye?"
Life is full iv disappointments." said
Mr.. Hennessy.
1T is said Mr.. Dooley IF we feel
that way. It's thrue that a good nanny
have thried it an none have come back
FIR post graduate coorse. But still 1t
amt SO bad as career FIR a young man.
Ye niver get what ye ordher but it's
pretty good if ye'er appytite amt keen
an we care f'r tn scanery.'