The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-04-10
CHARLOTTE. N. G.. APRIL 10, 1876.
: | tell you again have no. yet received

eniTeat Monsieur not TO speak Of mo
ney; il will come soon enough" added the
tailor, who had already taken out his scis
sors, aud passed his measure round my
waist.
! vas in Truth IN great want Of clothes
and permitted hm 10 continue No sooner
was he gone than another Individual enter.
ed, no Immediately began, My dear mon.
sicur, you mus, DO me great service. Buy
my house. You are rich, very rich-you
aaut real eslule. Fifty thousand francs
are nothing for you only the half Of your
income and at present | am in urgen,
want Of money. expected Monsieur lie.
Tx to buy 1t, bat he does not decide, and !
have some pressing engagements Ia settle.
buy your house !-sba, folly p
1t - folly. 1t is a safe investment. AZ.
ter some repairs, 10 two years, II will be
worth double. have your word: and he
lcit without, giving me time to reply. So
well dad he propagate a report Of my pur.
chase, that 10 two hours afterwards Mon.
sleur Felix came 10 me Ia great hurry,
apparently out Of Humor. You have cut
the grass from ind M feet, monsieur
SAID he on entering: cauno, do without
that bou-e, and thought II vas alrsedy
nine, us had made al FER Of lofty.nine
I thousand francs believing that the owner
would surely come to my terms Bot there
. Is no hope OF starving you INTO an agree.
mcni; SO, without further preamble, come
I 10 ulst you 40 advance Of hicen thousand
lrancs upon your bargain.
/ Fifteen thousand francs coming, knew
/ not how, 70 me, Who had so much trouble
IN earning my eight hundred francs Of sal.
aty as claIk 10 the registry Of the courts Of
las. Although but little acquainted with
business, | saw the advantage to be derived
from my position, and replied, Il is Impos
sIble, monsieur, or me to give you On an
.wcr u, this moment, return at 5 o'clock
meantime will consider the matter.
Al quarter before the appointed hour
Monsieur Felix vas again Of my door
Monsieur sad | bad no wish for that
house, and did not even ihtuk about it, ahen
the proprietor came to beg me 10 purchase
At; aud Il appears The house "a now mine.
As q, suits you, aud any other will DO as
well Tor me, | accep, your olief.'
gu shall be paid N q fortnight, in pa.
per on PARIS, exclaimed the purchaser, de-
lighted vuh ny promPnade N business.
paper on PARIS wls 50 litt'o accus.
toned TO Ilnt currency i 10 imagine that
It would bc necessary 10 scud 1, 10 the cap
nuI for payment, aai therefore wrote to
commercial house. the only one whose al
dress ! know, as from thai received regu.
larry an annuity OF five huaifed francs left
me by one OF my unclos, and which formed
a welcome portion Of my income.
With what impotence waited tho cS.
lira;ign Of the time, when | wrote to Mes.
sIcurs Hughes and Bcfgeret, that h7vIng
certain funds to invest, begged thcIf ID
vice bs TO the safest mode. |, appeared
that the words certain fund, have very DIFF
lctont aceoP,auous IN commerce, according
- name aud position Of him who uses
NM a roJc., ir,na,Tnl5ge3y situated as | Was,
siderable sum OF least | Supposed g.: ."
.occNlng IN answer from the firm that my
letter had been received just before the
close Of the Corlcs loan, 10 which they had
purchased to the amount Of twenty thou
sand dollars that # | thouehtit too much,
q large profit might be immediately real.
scj, as the stock had gone up. A postscript,
in the haud Of the principal congratulated
me on the accession Of fortune.
Tacuty thousand dollars! The letter
I cI from my hands the amour, frightened
me. wrote immediately 10 my CORES
pondcnts, informing them that so large a
sum went beyond my means; adding, that
no rem,uances having been received from
Martinique, as they supposed, | was unable
to satisfy their claims.
Tho answer came 10 day or two, sta
ting that, as dad not appear to have con-
6dcnce IN the Corles loan, they had sold
out my stock at profit oil eighty thousand
francs and begged the. not to feel uneasy,
as rcmutances were always slow in coming
from the distant plantations IN the interim
ny signature would furnish me with oil the
money could wont, The prospectus of n
German bank was incosed, 10 which fifty
shares bad been secured for me.
Eighty thousand francs Either | un-
dcrs,ood nothing Of commercial matters, or
The clerk had written one or two thoughts
too many. My situation became embar'
;asslng, | was overwhelmed with congraI.
ulatious, especially when put on my new
suit OF black. The editor Of tho newspaper
thought himself obliged to give b'ogra'
ply Of my cousin Jacques, and asked me tor
additional particulars. was besleged with
annoying questions, In what way would /
furnish my house WIN, would | do for
public establishments Some benevolent
ladies' wrote to recommend TO my notice the
institutions under their guardianship
was ruined in hostages; for, IN tho u''uS'
of all my riches, whether real or magma
~, had no money. Fortunately from me
momen, was held TO be rich, no one would
take sou from me, and trndesmcn courIod
the honor of giving me credit
Al las, decided on gong to PARIS. I'm
medlalely on my arrival, wen1to my bank.
ets. who received me Us the iuherltor OF
great wealth. Il regret" said NJ. Berge