jScrollPane on an element with no children

index.html

...
<div id="scrollme">
  lots of content here, but no child elements. Muffin caramels danish cotton candy carrot cake icing tiramisu ice cream candy canes. Jelly-o marshmallow toffee brownie halvah bear claw jelly-o bear claw. Dessert chupa chups ice cream sugar plum fruitcake marshmallow. Apple pie lemon drops biscuit sweet powder gingerbread. Wafer dragée tiramisu. Candy canes chocolate pudding cupcake chocolate cake biscuit jelly-o. Cookie muffin halvah jelly beans candy chupa chups. Topping danish tart. Donut oat cake toffee. Icing soufflé candy cotton candy jelly. Cake gingerbread powder. Danish applicake jelly cotton candy cheesecake.
Apple pie chocolate bar sugar plum gummies brownie wafer pastry gingerbread chocolate. Pudding liquorice toffee wafer apple pie jelly soufflé. Candy pastry bonbon marshmallow gingerbread candy canes cake sweet roll muffin. Bonbon icing faworki cotton candy dragée jelly. Chocolate jelly jujubes soufflé marshmallow bonbon tiramisu jelly beans. Jujubes macaroon jelly beans sweet roll cheesecake brownie brownie. Jelly-o cookie tart. Gummies macaroon bonbon ice cream lollipop jelly pudding powder. Sugar plum sesame snaps chocolate cake gummies biscuit topping ice cream tart bear claw. Jelly beans marzipan cookie sesame snaps faworki caramels gummi bears. Caramels caramels ice cream sugar plum fruitcake carrot cake bear claw. Jelly-o carrot cake chocolate cake fruitcake marzipan. Pie danish carrot cake candy donut chocolate cake bear claw jujubes caramels. Cake dragée jelly beans chocolate.
</div>
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script.js

$(document).ready(function(){

  //jScrollPane requires a wrapping child. rather than make our html look ugly,
  //let's add the child using jQuery's wrapInner() function
  if($("#scrollme").children().length == 0) {
    $("#scrollme").wrapInner("<div />");
  }
  $('#scrollme').jScrollPane();


});

http://api.jquery.com/wrapInner/

http://jscrollpane.kelvinluck.com/