Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-10-26
From the N. Y. Monthly Magazine.
THE MONIED MAN-An Outline.


THE MONIED MAN-Am Outline.
Old Jacob Stock!-The chimes OF
the Change we're not more punctual
in proclaiming the progress Of time,
than in marking the regularit. of his
visits to the good old Lady in Three
needle street, and her opposite neigh
Dor in Bartholomew lane. His devo-
Ition to them was exemplary. In vain
the mind and the RAIN. the hail or the
sleet, bastled against his rugged front.
Nor the slippery ice, nor the thick fall
ing snow, nor the whole artillery Of
the elementary warfare could check
the Flooding perseverance Of the man
Of the world, or tempt him to lose the
chance which the morning, how un-
propitious soever it seemed in its ex-
ternal aspect. might yield him Of prof
|itiDg BY the turn ola fraction.
lie was a stout built, round shout
,dered, SQUAD looking man, Of IA bearish
aspect. His features we're hard, and
his heart vas harder. You could read
the interest-ta5le in the wrinkles on
his brow, trace the rise and fall Of
stocks by the look Oh .iis countenance !;
while avarice, sei6s!iness, and money
getting, glared from his grey, CLASSY
EYE. Nature had poured no balm into
his breast, nor was his ''gross aud earth
Ily mould" ever susceptible Of pity. A
single look Of his would dauns the
most imPOrtunate petitioner that ever
attempted to extract hard coin by the
soft rhetoric OF heart moving tale
The wife Of one whom he had known
in better days plead before him for her
sick husband and famishing infants
Jacob, on occasions like these, was a
man of few workable was as ctDary
ofthem as Of his money, and ne let her
come 10 the end of her tale without in
terruPtion. She paused for "a reply
but he gave none-'Indeed he is very
i'll, SIR Cant help it, Our poor
children, too - cant help that
nelther.' The petitioners eye looked
mourDful reproach, which would
have interpreted itself to any othez
heart bu, his. Indeed, you CAM bu,
she was silent. jacob felt more awk.
wardly than he had ever done in h,s
life. His hand involuntar.iy scram.
bled about his breeches' pocket
There was something like human ma
ture stirring within him. Some coin
bad uDconsciously worked its way in
to has hand-his fingers insensibly clos
ed; but tho effort to draw them forth,
and the irnPOssibility Of etfecting il
without enclosing them, reused the
dormant sel6shness Of his nature and
restored his selEpossession. 'He has
been very extravaganza tAh! Sir, be
has been unfortunate, not cxtrava-
CANT sUnfortunate? All! IFS the
same thing. Little odds, ] fancy-For
my part, 1 wonder how folks can be
unfortunate. ] was never unfortunate,
if they look after the main chance
'He has had large family to main
tam 'Ah! married foolishly: 90 Of
fence to youlma'am. But when poor
folks marry poor folks, what are they
to look for, you know! Besides he
was so foolishly fond Of assisting others.
II friend was sick, or in gaol, out
came his purse. then his creditors
might 60 whistle. Now, it he had
married a woman with money, you
know why, then'-the suppliaEt
turned pale, and would have tainted.
Jacob was alarmed; not that he SYM
pathised, bot woman fainting was a
scene he had not been used to; BESIDES,