The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-03
From the Columbian Magazine.
Debtor and Creditor.
ny r. $. ARTHUR.

Two men met in Wall street. They
were merchants.
~ hat do you think Of Cartoons al.
fairs, Mr. Elder!" asked one OF them.
81 think we shall secure a pretty fair
per ccnlsge. Don't your
.yes. II we wind him up" .....
"rhal we shall DO, Of course. Why
lei him go On! II will take him two or
three years 10 get through. il al ALL"
"If he can get through in two or three
years, I shall certainly be in favor Of let
ling him 60 on. Times have been rather
hard and business dull. But every thing
looks encouraging now" ~ ,
- don't believe in extension. Mr..
Highland. The surest way, when man
gets into difficulties, is TO wind him up
aud secure what you can. Ten chances
to one, il sou lei him 90 on, you lose ey.
cry cent" ...,s...m.....:... - *....g, .
81 have granted extension in several
instances, Mr.. Elder" replied his COM
panion, land obtsined. eventually, my
whole claim. except in a single case"
al. always a risk. Igo by The mot
10. "a bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush,' returned Elder. Il am always
ready TO take wha, can getto day. aud
never trust to the morrow. That is my
way Of doing business"
"Bnt DO sou not think the debtor emit.
lied TO some consideration 2"
How" with look Of surprise.
"lIe is man of passion as well as
ourselves"
IL don. know that | understand you
exactly, Mr.. Highland" -
Mr.. Carlton has domestic relations as
well as you and l." "A
Il never doubted it. But what Of
that p '' .
"lf we break him up in business, the
evil will not visit him alone. Think oil
the effect upon his family"
In trade we never consider a mans
family relations" ..... .
But shonld we not, Mr.. Elder! Should
we not regard the debtor as a man =
"As a man who ows US, and is unable
! 10 pay WHAT due; bu, in no other lighl,"
returned Mr.. Elder, with slight curl oil
the lip. 49,.
"There we differ widely"
And will continue TO differ. | ina
CINE. Good morning, Mr.. Highland !"
The two men parted.
An hour previous, Mr.. Carlton, abou
whom they had been conversing, sa. will
his family, wife and three daughters, a
the breakfastiable. lie tried to converse
in his usual cheerful manner, but too hea
w weight was upon his heart. Their
had come crisis on his affairs, which h
feared would not be passed without ruiz
10 himself. II the effects Of this woul'
not reach beyond his store and coun'ln!
room; if upon his head alone would tai
the fragments Of broken fortune, h
would not have murmured. But the dis
aslcr could not stop there. Il would eS
tend even to The sanctuary Of home. F.. p
As their father had little 10 say, IN
/, daughters cha,,ed about various matters
interest to themselves. They little kne'
how many pang their words occasion
ed. Brigh, hopes gli,tered for them
the distance: but their father alone kne'
how imminent was the danger that threa
eued destruction to all these Turing hopes
lie felt oppressed and gloomy when ,
left the house and bent his steps in the d
rec,ion of his store. On the day prev
!. Gus he had called in a few Of his creditor
: and asked them an extention. 1t tn
were not given. i. would be imposslo
q for him to keep on longer than a fe
9 weeks. The spiri. in which most oil h
creditors had received The unexpected a
= nouneemen. ,ha. he was in dltilcultle