The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-06-27

,ering il upon his memorandum book.
Can you spare FIVE hundred dollars TO,
day = was asked at his next place Of entry.
No; but we can two hundred
Thai'll help little
. But il is IN Ohio funds
sAh! that is another matter. But stay,
keen il for me until two o'clock, If can't
do better I'll take H.
Very well, it is at your service
After entering this in his memorandum
book, Mr. Thompson went on his way.
Easy as an old shoe, here, | suppose.
How much can you spare TO day 2 be said,
careessly, as he entered store where be
knew money was always plenty, but hard
10 get al.
Tight as boot TO day. We have ten
thousand dollars to pay
Good morning, said Thompson, who
understood the evasion.
Can you lie! me have that hundred dol
lars TO day shall need every cent |
can raise, be said as he went into another
store.
Not if you can spare il longer
y on should have 1t longer IN welcome,
but must raise three thousand dollars to
dav, aud don't know no more than the man
10 the moon where it is 10 come from
Il will let you have i, then by one
o'clock
THIS was also entered among the memo.
randums.
How are you of for metal TO day ! was
asked of another retailer.
Nothing over TO day, Thompson sorry
for i! and the mau turned 10 his desk and
wen, TO writing.
Have you a thousand dollars out Of
town money 10 day z he asked Of a partner
IN alarge domestic house near Sharp street,
for no had cot up this high
Come IN, and will see After run
ning over o large bundle of notes, and Sc
Letting from them a pretty respectable
quantity, the merchan. ,uFned 10 Thompson
and said: Here is ore thousand dollars
Wheeling and PItisbutg, which you can
have for a week-and five hundred Louis
VILE, which YOU may have for two weeks.
Can't you say anything better than
lhaip
These are the best terms. We can
usually work il off even better. But If IL
will accommodate you any, you are vel
come to IT,
Il will take it, then said Thompson,
eagerly clu,chlng the money, and passing
MS two cheeks, dated one and .wo weeks
ahead.
He vas now pretty well through with ell
the business friends upon whom he could
call, and DO returned 10 his store 10 take
aoandings. The day had proved intensely
F. bot, and 90 his return be found himself
completely exhausted. |! pns past twelve
O'Clock, and as he fixed bis eyes upon the
face Of the large clock, ticking away IN one
corner Of his store The minute hand seemed
TO move WIN strange rapIdtg.
What is TO be- done now he said, hal
despairiDgly, 20, there IS my friend C.
10 Howard street, who is generally pre,il
easy. must see him. So of be hurried
up street, and 10 bis great dlsappoinimen,
found G-was not 10.
/ Alter wahlng for a quarter Of an hour lc
came back; wlthou. having seen hin. i
lacked now but quarter 10 one. The
second person upon whom he had called
promised 10 lei him have one hundred dol
lars a, one o'clock, so be weEt in there -
The store was full Of customers, aud bis
friend seemed to care more about attending
TO them than leaning money. After wait
ing leo minutes, Thompson moved toward
tho door, saying, as be passed out, III droI
10 again 7
Very well, said the man, without OIL
luding to the known cause OF MIR. L. = or
rand.
lie next called upon bis friend who va
TO have returned the borrowed money, bu
! he icaud II impossible to raIse over fifty
The two hundred dollars tia, had bee
! pronsed--Mr. -- bad gone to dinner
Q and left no word yith hl. clerk abou; H..
Thompson was still twelve hundred an
fifty dollars short, and 10 one hour the ban
would close. HIS book showed the ext;
tence Of several bills receivable, amoun,in
Z 10 seven or eight Thousand dollars, matul
: ing 40 short dates, drawn by business rner
q good and true. All the banks had cease
; discoun,ing, and these, consequently, ha
been turned down at the board, and handle
q back TO him. Visions of three and fol
! per cent, month now began to float b
lore his mind and rendered desperate
no selected notes to the amount Of fiitec
Is hundred dollars, and proceeded 10 the Q
ice Of noted broker, who received hi
y with cold nod
| want 10 get three notes done, Mr.. I
II 7. went over them very slowly, remarl
ing, as he went on, or rather dropping
. few words al a time, as if talking to htr
self rather weak - too long 10 run ,
,, another name, &c. &c.
NJ IL you can get another good name
. these, | think can &c, them done Tor yoi
~ It's too late to talk about another uam
u must have the money a, once
The drawer Of these three notes is raj
er .ickiish il is thought. II they we
stronger there would be no difficulty.
81 Don't you think you could easily get 70
," friend &c put his name on il =
ne Ns-he is gone to bis dinner, and