The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-01
BIZ f. P. dunno.

~AAiESSy.
5 do l." aid Mr.. Dooley. st need
it,
Ye wudden't get it firm me-" said
Mr.. Hennessy.
IF 1 didn't said Mr.. DooIey,
"twud be because I was poor or tired.
But what dye want money Tr? Sup
posin' 1 lost me head an handed over
all me ACCUMULATED wealth? What
Wud We do with that gr-reat fortune?
Befure We had spint half iv it, ye'd be
so sick yc'd ONE to ne an hand back
tn remainin' eighteen dollars.
"A man has more fun wishin' FIR
tn things he hasn't got thin injyin'
tn things he has got. Life. Hinnissy,
is K a Pullman dinin' car: a fine
bill iv fare but nawthin' to eat. Ye
go in fresh an hungry, tuck ye'er
napkin in ye'er collar, an square
away at tn list iv groceries that tn
black man hands We. What'l ye have
first? Ye think ye'd like to be famous
an We ordher a dish iv fame an bid
tn waither make it good an hot. He's
gone an age an whin he comes back
ye'er appytite is departed. Ye taste
tn Ordher an says We: Why, it's cold
an full iv broker glass That's tn
way we always sarve Fame on this
car says tn coon. Don't We think
ye'd like money FIR tn sicond coorse?
Mfstber ROCKEFELLER over there has
had forty-two helpin's,' says he. 1T
dnD't coono RI oOrpp with him Saws
we, but we may bring ne some,' We
say. Away he goes an stays till ye're
bald an ye'er teeth fall out an we
set dhrummin' on tn table an lookin'
III at tn scenery. By an by he comes
back with yeer ordher but JUS as he's
goin' to hand it to we. Rockyfellar
grabs tn plate. What kind iv a car
is this? says he. Don't 1 get amy
thing TO eat? Can't ye give me a lit
tie happiness?' I wudden't ricom-
mend tn happiness a y tn waither.
It's canned an it kilt tn las man
that thried it, Well gracious says
we. I've got to have something. Give
me a little good health an I'll thry
to make a meal out iv that Sorry,
Sir saws tn black man. but we're
all out iv good health. Besides he
says lor-ih yC Guilty. be III
we're comm into tn deepo an yell
have to get out he says.
AN thare we ARE. Yell niver get
money onIoss ye fix tn waither an
grab tn dishes firm tn other paEsen-
gers. An We won't do that. So yell
niver be rich. No poor man liver Will
he. Wan iv tn sthrangest things about
life is that tn poor who need tn
rnrrr lUa g
that niver have it. A poor nan is a
poor man an a rich man is a rich
man. Ye're ayether born poor or rich.
1t don't make amy diff whether
or not We have money to begin with.
If ye're born to be rich, yell be rlch
am If ye're born to be poor, yell be
poor. Tn buttons on ye'er vest tell
TIL story. Rich man, poor man, beg
gar man, rich man, or wurruds to n a
effect l.. I always find that I have e
Their two buttons or six.
"a Door man is a man that ray
fuses to cash in. Ye don't get amy
Nhins FIR nawthin' an to gather In q
rnillyon Nv thin beautiful Autographs
Nv Salmon P. Chase. we have to &c
down ivry day with something undhe1
ye'er arm to tn great pawn sho
tWhin Hogan wants four dollars. he
takes tn clock down to Moses. Whin
RockyfelIar wants tin millyon, he puts
arp his peace iv mind or his health OF
something akeliy valyable. If Hogan
wud hook his priceless habit Nv sleep
in late 1 n tn mornin', he wud be able
to tell tn time iv day whin he got VI
without goin' to tn corner dhrue
store.
sTook at McMullin. He's rowhn' II
it. It bulges his pocket an initiate:
his conversation. Whin he looks a
me. / always feel that he's wondhrin
how much I'd bring at a forced sale
Well. McAIuIlin, an I had tn sam
start, about forty yards benln'
scratch an Vanderbilt to beat Inc!
always put tn best man in amy rae
behind tn line. Befure McMullin get
through he'll pass Vanderbilt, carr!
AWAY tn tape on his shoulders. an
run two or three times around %
thrack. But me an him started Tn
same way. TIL on'y difference wa
that he wud cash in an I wudden
TIL on'y thing I liver Expected TO ge
money on was me dhream Nv avarlce
+ always had that. I cud dhream Il
money as hard as amy man We I'VE
see an can still. But I niver thoug
iv wurrukin' FIR it. I've always looked
ON it as dishon'rab1e to wurruk I
money. I wurruk FIR exercise an &c
what tn lawyers call an h~onorar9iu
be dilutin' tn spirits. tn on'V wa
iyer expict to make a clint Is TO nav
it left to me be a rich relation an In
IN, pluthycrat Nv me family. or to stu
me toe on a gamblers roll or stop
runaway horse FIR Pierpont Morgan
An tn horse mustn't be runnin' 10
fast. He must be JUS goin' to sto'
on'y Morgan don't know II, haV1n
tainted. Win he comes to. he d
me at tn bride, modestly WaiIn
fr him to weep on me bosom. bu
as FIR scramblin' down town early u
tn morning an buyin' chattel morg
edges, I niver thought ~ it. I get VI
at sfyen o'clock. I wudden't get vi
ax a uuarther to siven FIR all tn moo