The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-10-13

Decn SO fortunate ds, III q icw )Sa' y W 'S"-
lie what l have been aiming at for forty,
and have hardly gaincd--an independence
and all by honest thrift doubtless"
"Honcst, ave, YOU know always sustain
ed clear reputation; but there is one grand
point to gain yet; finishing stroke to put
to the business, and ! must have your assist
ance."
"At your service" said Mr.. Prince, "what
shall do for yon?"
"My dcbts-inv debts, Peter. they are in
the way--I must apply the brush to them,
or shall never be worth a groat. The In
solvent Act YOU know will fix this matter,
and for the present | wish you to take
conveyance of all my property, whiie isiip
through the crucible."
Mr.. Prince was a purely honest man, OF
the old school, but he had lived too long Ill
the modern world to fall into Mysteries, at
the bare mention of such proposal lie
neither started, nor turned pale, nor pricked
IN his ears. But modesty told Mr.. Gr'st
that he was sorry to hear such PROPOSE
tion from him, and suggested III the most
oolite terms his doubts as to the entire cor
rectuess of such a course as he had mention
ed.
But Grist, however, had been taught IN
far less conscientious school. w nat the
last generation would have called swindlins
or theft, or downright roguery-he had
learned to distinguish BY the less grating ap-
lpelations of cunning, shrewhness, and cr"fI.
To make away ones property for the pur-
pose of defrauding honest creditors, Ncd
C1rst, like good many other fashionable,
considered rather as an act OF superior WIS
dom, than as a scandaous ana degradlng
crimc-and that man deserved praise for
IN, 4
Prison. Acting on this theory himself; hay
ing long held 1t; and seeing moreover num-
eruus instances around him in the world,
not only of men acquiring property in this
very way, but Of men who having thus ac-
ouired their fortunes lived in the world hon
cured. and courtcd; it was scarcely to be
wondered at that he should importune Mr.
Nrince to assist him--for even these FASH
ionable rogucs seldom venture to trust one
another. -,
"And what then" asked Mr.. Prince "wili
Won do with your creditors Of the Great
Spring factories >.
"rhev must all have the cut" replied
Grist, 81 intend to deal with perfect honour
and fairness in this business, and it shall -nev-
er be said that made fish Of one and fesf
of another
"What, then, cut off the widows and or
phans, the poor day-labourers, and me.
chancs, will you have no mercy on thcmH
"Nlcrcy!" replied Grist, rather astonsh
cd at the singular turn the conversation wa
taking" you'll allow, Mr.. Prince, tina
mercy, like charity ought to begin at nome
and the step am about taking IS absoutei,
necessary to preserve my properly; mus
take care of my self first therefore"
"Excclcnt reasoning" said Peter, "wal
until tomorrow, and ! will be ready witt
an answer
1T is wcll," said the young gentleman, ra
ther out of humour that his neighbour shou
be so scrupulous, "but remember, It YOU dc
cline the honour, can easily find tiicn
who will not.'
They parted, and Mr. Prince after giy
ing the case a thorough consideration, toe
M his determination. The next mornln
his friend called Oh him again, and toun
him willing to undertake the trust. the deco
were regularly made out and acknowledge
--and Mr.. Prince, became the legal ownt
If all Grist's property.
10 compie the game was an easy tas
Grist put Oil a long face, and while he iaus
cd in his sleeve, plead perfect poverty; wei
on the limits; swore he was not worth ny
pounds, &c. &c and came cat new men
Der OF society; able, as he boastcd to sns
MS flnptlS at the WOIitl, aS Nc oWSu hotuli
But the Devil sometimes cheats his custom
ers when they little dream oft.
A few weeks after his liberation, Gri
called upon the old gentleman to relca
him from his agency, by making final SC
tiement of the property in his family. NJ
Prince met him with grave face, and
answer told him that he could not by Al
means acknowledge that his neighbour CIR
had any interest or right whatever in or
the property in question, because to ente
tain such an idea wcald be to char
ISIS, him directly with committing peuul
md when he swore he had no such right OF
tcrcst. And that further, as the proper
really in fact belonged to other people tn
Mr.. Grist, having been purchased out
their money, he felt it his duty to put t
les. true owners in possession.
~ Mr. Giist was thunderstruck; and all
49, in vain attempting to persuade himself a
Prince that this new idea was all a joke,
abandoned the ground in utter despair; a
after two or three fits OF melancholy, tut
ed himself over to labour for a decent live
hood In the mean time Mr. Prince call
Sh', the creditors of the insolvent together,
made fair distribution of the whole est
its among them.
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