Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-16


10 Wondrr thar. With all his trouble
l., should 90 head down and fail to see
lie team that was running down the
street. He got to the roadway just as
they did, and was cau@ht under the
hoofs and wheels trampled and dfag-
sed until his clothes were torn and
his clean hands soiled and the Ii
beaten ont of his body. Just as h
sa&ped his last his mother dashed
| lis bloody face one moment, shri Il
and fell in dead faint. This We
something like it, Willie gaz@d on
| hcr form lying limp in the roadway.
aroaning in her agony. though helpIas#
/ il her sWoon. and thought that noN
| She was being paid for the way She
| had treated him. She would hay II
wash her own hands now. She W4Hli
have TO Get someone else To r'!n er-
lands and bring water now Oh how
she would miss her little VIII Boz,
and cry and decorate his gray vii
flowers.
This was life number }. and i mad"
him feel great deal better toWi;1,
his mother. now that he kneW NV
she suffered and really did cara for
him. But his father, Hadn't h. 'oll
~ / l,, ,trr4f' ,.t
and he didn't know what woui,l be
come of him? This was more tE2n his
proud spirit COULD bear.
So Willie Boy ran away from hola".
so many boys do. But he soon ohtqin
e employment. He saved his money
and invested It with rare Judgment.
BY the time he was 30 he had cael
Portable fortune He was very nGpn-
lar in society ard had inri ations
among he best families Finally h
|colrted and Won a beautiful girl whr
vas hcircss to d million, and ON his
wedding journey he came back to h
IEOyhOod home and was received with
astonishmont and honors. His fathc.
was clearly ashamed Of himself whom
he sax the ACHIEVEMENTS of the soA,
V hose powers he had ridicnled. Wiflin
Soy would NOT take his bride 10 the
louly homa OF his parents but they
rut I'D at the besl hotel. He did. how
ever. give his father more money than
he had ever possessed in his life and
the poor man received i with aWk-
i ward gratitude. as he admired his bril-
! 81 an messenger came and Willie Boz
: looked at il. So many boys do. Then
h was elected % congress, and after
/ serving tWo terms the people demand
eG his promotion to the senate. Here
he Won national fame as an orator
and statesman and Was paid bic
prices for writing by magazines. Will"
al, his investments pf 9spor"d and
made him fabulopsly rich. He had
children OF his own and always
t,eated them with the utmost coasid
Grafton and thav idolized him. In tn
, tulnpss Of his wealth and hon0rs The
@llm messenger came and Wilie Boy
Fasscd from he earth, while all the
lJation motmned His body lay in
state aAd his old father tottefine
With az. laid wreath on his coffin,
lille tears tliclAed from his dim
,3.eeks surely hi had received pun,
ishmaal aal Willie Boy for2aye hias
fhp f00@a procession Wa TIN q
rsiles lou4. and the military saya hi2
honors III the crave. Will. er q.
preachers eMeeizad biW aad al tho
ppapIe= 8eH4
Tha Na- aJh numbor hroe I
ya -5a 5hiee like Il, fNHf5 Bog
iii p.t5 aHa aapter-a atss # har
be had fena ssel way 10 Ger eas4a
v3fh Jh5sa VINO hna maj reaset his
~N4 Haz Dre'lI dearly for re.
lao4c -gl j vo:ee aear lin, soan-
bere at Afgia Boy coaldn' ten
qneflpa j. eas - rs side. al1a4s l5fa=
or vi Ain.
~ h Aat. ho falaeraJ
Ia la. ha
VIII Raz aosed rp afe4a}. ~
her. any person eanld possibly -.
~ nQ on cagll Pc aeeA.
s. beeo, 1ap bad better no. tT
Nctr tricks % me. [ au not in eo9i
aauor. and ! Vo5, stand H. hr. a
encd Willie Boy
lia, ha, ha
where are YOU anyhow p
4 am here What a fool YOU are
Willie Boy You needn't look-you
can't find me. But wouldn't try thai
1ay of getting even any more, Willie
Boy,
Il don't know that it is any of yeui