The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-03

dym' hosses, and 1t won't bring her
back.
"You may sarch under de stove and
all de benches and. stools In de hall
and you won't find Brudder Comealong
Johnsing tonight. You can't find a
man in Paradise hall who am fo'ty
miles away and still gwine ober de
dirt road at To- miles an hour. What's
happened? you AK. Muffin much
muffin but dat same swagger bizness.
Brudder Comealong blacked stoves
and did whitewashin'. Sometimes he
ARMED SO week. sometimes $112. He
had de reputashun OF beln' level head
ed He was nebber known TO go to
the theater, and de man wild rugs to
sell on de instalment plan called at
his cabin To- hundred times a year
and couldn't make sale. On mo- dan
twenty different occashuns have held
Brudder Comealong mp as safe man
to foller.
"waal, what's happened7 Three
months ago he found passel Of pa
pers IN dc street. and de loser reward
ed him wid $500 in cash. we all
knowned 1t, and we all complimented
him. Didn't seen to be case for ad
vice. Nobody doubted dat de brud-
der would make de best sort of use of
dat money we was all lookin' TO hear
dat he had bought Texas lie well
and doubled his capital when de sur
prise cum. He walked In we're one
night and presented slch picture OF
gorgeousness dat some Of us nigh
tainted away. ! can't remember all
he had on, but he was splendlferous
We dasn't hardly tech him wild de tips
Of our fingers. Instead of buyin an
lie well or a silver mine he had start
ed in TO be swagger 1t was hard to
credit at first, but we soon found II
was so.
"It hain't much use IN gwine ober
de pertlcklers. IT was plug hats and
gold headed canes and high teas and
theater parties tin de bump come. De
bump allus comes, and 1t glnerally
comes mighty sudden In dis case de
landlord, de butcher. de grocer, de ice
cream man, de coal man and six or
eight other creditors arrived and pulled
de bell at de same time and fifteen
minits later de tragedy had been
played. De swagger bizness had
tooken skate. Mrs. Johnsing was
| lyin' in ded faint on de flooh and
Brudder Comealong was headin' south
] southwest by compass pint. Nobody
kin say II he win eber return.
He Condemns Whites Undoina.
"One mo- case. We took into dis
yere club two years ago humble man
| by de name of NicOdemus White lie
was gentle and mild. lie was indus
| trlous and savin'. If he couldn't alrn
| 81 n day he tried TO airn one. and his
wife went out washin' TO help things
along. No frllls on dat family. Jest
went right along like an old fashioned
clock. allus dere and allus to be de.
pended on. II any one had suggested
to Brudder White to rent postofIice
box or attend a vaudeville show he'd
have almost fallen dead In his tracks.
Ober and ober said to myself dat he
was man TO tie to and dat his advice
| uhu tAdAhplc WOuiu anus Dt BOou.
'Den comes de surprise, In dlggln'
a cellar he finds n glass can wild 500
In gold IN It. We was all of us pre-
pared to hear dat he bad mlnce pie
extra for breakfast next mawnin', but
not for what actually follered. De
White family jest run wild. Dey gal
loped and cantered and cavorted. Dey
figgered dat dar could be no end to dat
money. Dey reveled In gilt clocks and
fried oysters and rode in taxlcabs, and
dey was beatin' de Rothschids all
holler when de bump stepped in.
Muffin left of dat gorgeousness today
no home, no furniture, no job. Cleaned
up and cleaned out, wild de hull family
threatenln' suicide. Dey have had
their swagger and am payin' de pen
atty.
"My frens don't do 1t. Oar am some
games you kin beat wild buttons or
peanuts. but de swagger game is one
dat takes money. You've got to have
1t or de bump will come. Let's break
de meetin' in two and go home and
think it ober" NJ. QUAD.