The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-24
I'll show We whu's tn boss here"

wan EXCEPT f'r gain an was incapable iv false
hood outside iv business To those who sec him
in tn rough battle iv life at home or among his
neighbors he may'vc seemed hard, but we who
knew him in tn quiet scclusyon iv tn bank
among his recreations, found another Dochney, a
cheerful soul, who always had a smile on his
iace, wrote little verses to tn promissory notes
an cudden't keep his feet still whin TIL goold
coin Gathered on tn counter If Dochney had
wan fault it was he too sintimintal about
money. Men like We ar-re tn ra ally rapacyous
vans. Ye have nawthin but desire fr money.
4e don't want to give it home an take care
" it. But Dochney had tender feelin' f'r it.
L ears come to his eyes as he watched it grow.
He become SO attached to it that no wan cud
pry 1t away firm him. An money reciprocated.
livery dollar he had wurruked fr him. 1t wnt
out an decoyed another dollar an avcn if it
come back ladin' nawthin' more thin little
chckenfeed Dochncy wasn't cross about it. He
wud pat nickel tn back an say Yere
small now, but with little incouragemnt we'll
make big sthrappin' dollar out iv We yet
Dochney lived to an old age, because as TIL
potc says, There's nawthin' like avirice to keep
man young. TIL Spanyards knew that, whn
they sarched f'r tn fountain iv perpetchoo youth
heyd heerd tn Indyans had money Anyhow,
Dochneys cheeks wore tn bloom v usury long
afther nanny philanthrophists ARE lookin' pale
But tn time comes whn somethn' in tn ewes
iv his financial frinds told him 'twud be betther
not to go down town again unarmed an he re-
tired. He planted his money TIL way they do
eyesthers an let it breed, sndin down wanst
week to haul out enough to sustain life an put
tin 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-
gresham sind him iv'ry hour TIL new currency
bill; cut out tn reports wanst week iv TIL
bankruptcies in tn United States an Canady an
wurrukcd tn cash rcgisther fr him be tn hour,
because he liked tn old refrain But nawthin'
did him amy good onti Dock OLeary advised
him to alther his will. TIL Dock says he always
thrys this prescription on aged millyonaircs
afther tn oxygin fails. Wan mornin' Dochney
come in lookin' as cheerful as an advertisement
~ breakfast food an jinglin' his key ring in
his pocket, fr he niver carried annythn' else
to jingle, but made practice Nv exthractn car
fare out iv TIL gran'chdherns bank with pen
knife iv'ry mornin'.
Ye're lookin' we'll, me OF buccaneer,' said I.
It's feeln' well am, says he, film his pocket
tr m tn cheese bowl I've been with me lawyer
all mornin' revsin' me will find I've left out
a good many OF frinds. Ye haven't middle
intyal to yre name, have YEP That's what
told him. Give me glass v sas-prilly,' he says.
Well, sir; though | knew tn crafty OF pirate,
tn thought suddenly lept,nto me head that may
be his heart or his brain had softcned an he'd
put me In tn will. In that fatal sicond bought
two autymobills, yacht, an goold watch an
chain an shook me Of frinds, an whin come
to me sinses he'd gone an hadn't settled FIR tn
sas-prilly.