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'I'm an orphan mesilf, says Dochney; 'an' as f'r th' widdies, anny healthy widdy with sthreet-car stock ought to be ashamed iv hersilf if she's a widdy long, he says. An' th' man wint away. "Now Dochney thought he'd put th' five thousan' out iv his mind, but he hadn't. He'd on'y laid it by, an' ivry time he closed his eyes he thought iv it.
Th' sthreet-car comp'nies is robbers, he says; 'but 'tis thrue they've built up th' city, he says, 'an th' money 'd come in handy, he says. 'No wan 'd be hurted, annyhow, he says; 'an', sure, it ain't a bribe f'r to take money f'r doin' something ye want to do, annyhow, he says. 'Five thousan' widdies an' orphans, he says; an' he wint to sleep.
'Twas a shame to give th' comp'nies what they wanted, but th' five thousan' was a lot iv money. 'Twud lift th' morgedge. 'Twud clane up th' notes on th' new conthract. 'Twud buy a new dhress f'r Mrs. Dochney. He begun to feel sorrowful f'r th' widdies an' orphans. 'Poor things! says he to himsilf, says he. 'Poor things, how they must suffer! he says; 'an' I need th' money.
They met down in Springfield whin th' la-ad had something he wanted to get through that wud protect th' widdies an' orphans iv th' counthry again their own avarice, an' he must've handed Cassidy a good argymint, f'r Cassidy voted f'r th' bill, though threatened with lynchin' be stockholders iv th' rival comp'ny.
"You don't take it round to the houses." "Nay, I don't tak it round to t' houses, but I reckon out aforehand who's to get it." It was evident that Lizzie had some private arrangement for the disposal of her milk, and I encouraged her to let me share her secret. "I've milked for all maks o' fowks sin' father deed," she went on, "bettermy fowks and poor widdies. Once I milked for t' King."
''Tis a good thing f'r th' comp'nies, says this man; 'but look what they've done f'r th' city, he says, 'an think, he says, 'iv th' widdies an' orphans, he says, 'that has their har-rd-earned coin invisted, he says. An' a tear rolled down his cheek.
I'll milk it hard, an' whin 'tis dhry I'll dispose iv it to th' widdies an' orphans iv th' Sixth Ward that need household pets. Be hivins, if they give me half a chanst, I'll be as gr-reat a fi-nanceer as anny man in Wall sthreet. "Th' reason I'm so confident iv th' value iv Steel an' Wire stock, Hinnissy, is they're goin' to hur-rl th' chairman iv th' comity into jail.
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