The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-05-25

kass mosey ~as aissss plenty. bst bard
70 eel Il.
Tight . boat 70 day. We have ,sn |
shnusasd dollars = pay.
Good moFning.' said Thompson, sho
understood ihs ssssisn.
'Caa yoa lel ms hare shsl hundred
dnll.rs y dssi | shsll need every csns
! Gao raise be said % he seat inso an.
other slers.
nor 4 ron can spare il longer
Ton should have II longer ID xel.
eemr. bsl ! mnss raise three thousand DOL.
lars to-day. and don'i know no moro shaa
Tbs na1 ID the moon where d 10 20 cone
fron.'
4 ~iIl lei you hsvs II ihsa By one
o'cloek.'
This sasslso snisrd anongihs memo
rsndums.
Hos are ran N for metal 10 dayf'
ass ssked Of smother retailer.
Nothing over 70 day. Thompson;
sofry for u L and The man turned to bis
desk and went 10 wiring.
Have you . thousand dollars oui Of
iown money 10 dayi' he asked Of part
ner Ia large domestic house NEAR Sharp
street. Tor he had got up This high.
Some In, and | will sse.' After
running over large bundle Of notes. and
selecting from Them pretty respectable
qaantilily. The merchant turned 70 rhomp.
son and sad: !. Here 10 one thousand dol
lars Wheeling and Pnisburg, which you
can have for wcek--and Eve hundred
Louisville. which you may have Tor two
weeks
Cans you say anything better than
ihail'
These are The best terms. We can
ususlly work !, of even better. Bul IL II
vii accommodate you any. you are vel.
come 10 H.
.Iwlll take il. ihen.' said Thompson,
eagerly clutehins The money, and passing
his lwo cheeks, dated one and TAO weeks
aheaI.
He VS. now pretty well through with
all the business friends upon whom be
could call. and lie returned 10 his stofe "a
lake soundings. The dag had proved in
lensely hot, and on his return he found
himself completely exhausted. II was
past twelve o'clock. and as be Fixed his
eyes upon The face OF The large clock. tick
ing away In one corner Of his STORE, tn
minute hand seemed 10 move with s,rsng.
rapidly,
WIS, Is 10 be done noai he said, hal
despair,nglv,-' o. there 10 my frient
c. in Howard street, who 10 general
ly pretty easy. | must see him.. 81
of be hurried up street. and 10 his grea
Disappointment. found c. was net in
Alter waiting for quarter Of an hon
he came back; without having seen him
| LII lacked now but quarter 10 one. III
second person upon whom he had called
promised to lei him have one bundled dol
lars OF one o'clock. so he went in there
The store was full of customers, and hi
friend seemed to care more about attend
ing 10 them than loaning money. Ale
. waiting len minutes, Thompson moved ii
wards the door, saying, as he passed ou
!. I'll drop in againr
Very well.' said the man, without al
). ludin2 1, the known cause Of Mr.. Use
Il rand.
= lie next called upon his friend who wa
= 10 have returned The borrowed money, b.
:, he found il impossible To raise over iftJ
1.-The Two hundred dollars that had bee
a pro,nised-Mr - had gone TO Dime
and left no word with his clelk about
!, Thompson was still twelve hundred az
= finy dollars short, and in one hour u
- bank would close. HIS bill book shove
n the existence of several bills receivsbl
- amounting 10 seven or eigh, thousand Dc
- lars, maturing in short dates, drawn
Il business men, good and true. All u
i banks had ceased discounting. and 'hss
consequently, had been turned down al u
~ board, and handed back to him. Visio
!, of three aud four per cent. month no
began 10 foa. before his mind, and rends
"a ed desperate. he selected notes 10 the
noun. Of fifteen hundred dollars. aud pi
ceeded To the Office Of noted broker, W.
received him with cold nod.
n. .Iwsn, TO &c. these notes done. MIR
p. went over them very slowly. remaE
:, ing, as he went on, or rather dropping
few wards at time. as II talking to IN
=, SELF. rather week too long to ~
- another name. -&c. &c,
ne .Ifyon can get another good name
these, l think | can get them done
nd YOU
~ Its too late to talk abou. another nan
I must have the money al once.'
IN, .The drawer Of these three notes is
k. ,her ,icklish, i. is thought. II they w
10. stronger there would be no difficulty
IN Doni you think you could easily get "
friend 10 put his name on ny
.No-he is gone to his ainner, ant
have no time olase. II you think
can, ge. them done, must GO to