The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-02
WHEN I AM RICH
 by Roy Mason. Copyright, G. w Dillingham; Company, 19O9)
by Roy Mason.


 These pennies, gentlemen, are belng charged up to you.''
 ''How dare you, sir!" exclaimed a director.
 You promised not to interfere,' g said Chester, "and my check is or deposit in your possession. Will you kindly stand aside so that I can see my way clear to throw?''
 He scattered a handful of pennies as he spoke, and there came a re- sponse of whoops and yells from small black youngsters approaching from all quarters. When Chester had distributed a couple of dollars worth of coins he stepped to the edge of the verandah, and addressed the assembled pickaninnies.
 ''Boys," he said, tomorrow morn ing at eight o'clock I am going to throw five dollars worth of pennies here. I want you all to come, and to bring your friends. I want every black boy in town to get at least one penny. After that there will be some waterme1ons for the boys who OO WHdC l WcdI1C L1S1n to-
 Mad, quite mad," said one of the directors.
 I'm sure so sure about that" re- piled the other, with a look of dawn ing hope.
 Chester 1abored all night in the printing office, and by morning the shop was full of little piles of glaring n fa1J
 BARREL OF WHISKEY
 AND BARBECUE
 There will be a grand competition between the following pop1ous cen- ters of this community for the above reward. The competition will be to see which center can prepare the most roadbed and lay the most track for the Warsaw Street Railway in the next eight weeks. The score will than fifty men from any one center will be accepted. Regular wages paid. Come one! Come all! The list follows:
 Warsaw proper HaydensvilIe
 Coon Corner
 Mason City
 Barrettsvil1e
 Blue Ridge
 LibertyvilIe
 Pickslay Hollow
 Chester found almost the entire board of directors assembled on the verandah of the hotel when he re- turned there in the morning. And in the roadway in front surged serried ranks of pickaninnies, their white teeth gleaming, their eyebal1s roll the highest pitch of excitement. Something further that Chester had not foreseen, behind the boys stood row upon row of grown up darkey men and women almost as excited as the youngsters themselves.
 'I seem to have created a holiday in the town,'' observed Chester.
 ''Every man jack who was work ing for us has left the construction gange,'' replied a director bitterly. There was a slight delay, as Ches- ter had to send to the bank for the necessary complement of pennies. but the bank opened obligfngly half an hour early, and by a quarter to nine the fun began. Never was there such a cloud of dust in front of the old hotel as on that day. Never was there such a wild scuffling of ex- cited pickaninnies who gradually shed the, major portion of the rags which had hitherto e1ung to them Never were there such shrill cries of encouragement and commiseration, such ha1lelujahs outside a camp meeting. Time and time again, Ches- ter had to plunge into the fray to rescue a bruised and sobbing young ster, set him his feet, and slip him 8 penny by way of consolation. Some of the little darkies had come in the most ludicrous costumes, their belts tightly cinched, and their feet protected by enormous shoes whose size bore no relation whatever to the feet of the wearer. Here and there was the gleam of a scarlet cap. or some vivid color, which gave a sug- gestion of the primitive savage. It was a whole study in psychology and the human struggle for existence to watch the triumph Of the more az