The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
I'll show ye whus til boss here"

minded innocint OF la-ad who niver harmed
amy wan excipt FIR gain an ncap'ble iv
falsehood outside " business. To those who see
him in tn rough battle iv life at home or among
his neighbors he may've seemed hard, but we
who knew him in tn quiet seclusyon iv til bank
among his recreations, found another Dochney,
a cheerful soul who always had a smile on his
face, wrote little verses to tn promssory notes,
an cuddent keep his feet still whin tn goold
coin clatthered on tn counter If Dochney had
wan fault it WIS he wus too sintmntal about
money. Men like We ar-re tn ra-ally rapacyous
vans Ye have nawthin' but desire FIR money
Ye don't want to give it home an take care
iv it. But Dochney had tender feelin' f,r it
Tears came TO his eyes as he watched it grow
He become so attached to it that no wan cud pry
it away firm him. An money reciprocated
Ivry dollar he had wurruked FIR him. 1t wint
out an decoyed another dollar an even if it
come back ladin' nawthn more thin little
chicken feed Dochney wasn't cross about it
He wud pat nickel on TIL back an say, Ye're
small now, but with little ncouragemint we'll
make big sthrappin' dollar out iv ye yet
Dochney lived to an old age because, as tn
pote says, There's nawthin' like avirice to keep
a man young The Spanyards knew that whin
they sarched FIR TIL fountain iv perpetchool
youth They'd heerd tn Indyans had money.
Anyhow Dochney's cheeks wore TIL bloom iv
usury long afther NANNY phianthropists ar-re
lookin' pale But tn time comes whin somethin'
in tn eyes iv his financial frinds told him twud
be betther not to go down town ag'in unarmed,
an he rethired. He planted his money tn way
they do eyesthers an let it breed, sindin' down
wanst week to haul out enough to sustain life
an putin tn rest back in again.
But this was no life FIR wan that had been
an eyesther pirate in his day, an Dochney begun
to pine. thried to ammuse him. / had tn con-
gressman sind him iv'ry hour tn new currency
bill; | cut out tn reports wanst week iv tn
bankruptcies in TIL United States an Canady,
an wurruked TIL cash regsther f'r him be TIL
hour, because he liked tn oil refrain. But
nawfhin' did him amy good ontil Dock O'Leary
advised him to alther his will. TIL Dock says
he always thrys this prescription on aged mill
yonaires afther tn oxign fails. Wan mornn
Dochney come in lookin' as cheerful as an adj
vertisemint iv a breakfast food an jinglin' his
key ring in his pocket, f'r he nver CARRIED
annythn else to jingle but made practice iv
exthractn carfare out iv tn n'childhren's
bank with a penknife iv'ry mornin'
80 Ye're lookin' we'll, me oil buccaneer,' said T.
It's feeln we'll | am, says he, film his pocket
firm TIL cheese bowl I've been with me lawyer
all mornin' revsin' me will ] find I've left out
a good NANNY OF frinds. Ye haven't middle
initya to yeer name, have yer, That's what
told him. Give me glass iv sas-prilly,' he says.
Well, sir, though knew tn crafty OF pirate,
thought suddenly lept into me head that maybe
his heart or his brain had softened an he'd put,
me in TIL will In that fatal sicond bought two
autymobills, a yacht, an a goold watch an
chain, an shook me OF frinds; an whin come