The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-30

about forty yards behind scratch an
Vanderbilt TO beat. They always put
tn best man I'm amy race behind tn
line. Befure McMullin gets through
he'll pass Vanderbilt. carry away tn
tape on his shoulders. an run two or
three times around tn thrack. But
me an him started tn same way. TIL
on'y difference was that he wud cash
I'm an wudden't. TIL on'y thing /
iver ixpicted to get money on was me
dhream iv avarice. / always had that.
/ cud dhream Nv money as hard as
amy man We iver see an can still. But
/ niver thought Nv wurrukin' FIR 1t. I've
always looked on II as dishon'rable TO
wurruk fr money. / wurruk FIR exer-
else an / get what tn lawyers call
an honoraryium be dilutin' tn spirits.
TIL on'y way liver expict to make n
clint is to have IT left 10 me be a rich
relation an I'm tn pluthycrat iv me
family, or to stub me toe on a gam
bler's roll or stop a runaway horse f'r
Pierpont Morgan. An tn horse mustn't
be runnin' too fast. He must be JUS
goin' TO stop on'y Morgan don't know
Il, havin' tainted. Whin he comes to,
waitin' fr him TO weep on me bosom.
But as fr scrambin' down town arly
In tn mornin' an buyin' chattel NOR
gedges, l niver thought iv II. I get
up at slven o'clock. / wudden't get up
at a quarther to siven rr all tn money
/ dhream about. I have lot Nv things
ar-round here I cud cash In II / cared
fr money. have tn priceless gift Nv
laziness. It's made me what / am.
an that's tn very first thing ivry rich
man cashes in. TIL millyonaires ye
r-read about thryin' 10 give tn rest Nv
tn wurruld a good time be runnin'
over thin In autymobiles. all started
with a large stock ~ Incidence which
they cashed in. Now. whin they cud
enjoy II. they can't buy II back. Thin
have me good health. Ye can al
ways get money on that. An have
me frinds: / rayfuse 10 cash thin In.
don't know that / cud get much on
thin. but IL wanted 10 be a miliy-
onaire, I'd tuck you an Hogan an
Donahue undher me arm an carry
ye down TO Nose.
"McMullin did cash. He had no more
laziness thin me. but he cashed II in
befure he was twinty-wan. He cashed
in his good health. a large stock iv
family ties, tn affection Nv his wife, tn
comforts Nv home. an wan frind afther
another. Wanst IN awhile, late In life
he'd thry to redeem a pledge. but he
niver cud. They wasn't anything IN
tn wurruld that McMulin wudden't
change f'r tn roly-boly. He cashed IN
his vote. his pathreetism. his rellijon,
his rilitives an fn'lly his hair. Ye
heerd about him, didn't ye? He's lost
ivry hair on hi head. They amt a
spear Nv vigitation left on him. He's
as arid as tn desert ~ Sahara. His
head looks like an iceberg IN tn moon
light. He was Ia here tn other day,
bewailin' his fate. It's a gr-reat mis-
fortune, says he. What did ye get fr
itT says l. That's tn throuble. says
he. Well. don't complain says I.
Think what ye save IN BARRIERS bills
/ says. an he wint away lookin' much
cheered W.
NO Hinnissy. you an I, me frind.
was not cut out BY Providence to be
millyionaires. II ye had nawthin' but
money, ye'd have nawthin' but money.
Ye can't ate Il. sleep Il, drink II, or
carry II away with We. Ye've got a
lot " things that McMullin hasn't got.
Anybody that goes down to Moses
won't see ye'er peace Nv mind Aangin'
IN IN window as an unredeemed
pledge. An anyhow. " we're really IN
search ~ a fortune. perhaps / cud help
ye. Wud a dollar an a half be amy
use 70 yer"
Life Is fun ~ disappolntments." said
Mr.. Hennessy.
1T Isl" said Mr.. Dooiey. ~ ye feel
that way. It's thrue that a good man
ny have thried II an none have come
back fr a graduate coorse. But
afiil X Amt 80 bad as a career fr a
young man. We niver get what ye
ordher. but It's pretty good n ye'er
appytitc Amt keen an ye care fr ~
scancfx."