Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-08-14 | Page 4 | America's Richest Bootblack

Americas Richest Bootblack The riche t bootblack in America is Mr Patrick Malloy whose stand is opposite the Adelphi Hotel in He Hotl Saratoga owns two houses and has a fat bank account He seems unable to explain how he got rich in any other way than by saying that he and another boy started out in life together to-gether and while the other boy invested in horses he put his money in the bank The other boy is a poorman and he is not The proudest moment in his life next to the one when he bought his first house was when a tremendous swell from Boston came to him to get his shoes polished and said a he dropped a dime in the old mans hand That is the last cent Ive got Ive been betting and have lost every dollar I had Now I must walk back to Boston The boot black took him to a railroad ticket office I bought a ticket to Boston and gave that and 2 to him The grateful gambler repaid re-paid him with heavy interest when his I luck returned New York Sun i