The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-23

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you into an sgrssmeni; 90. without Iss-
her pItaRblr. I came 10 iT rynu an adj
vance Of. fIten thousand francs Jpn
ynar h,rgsin." =. .. 80. Co.,.
Fifteen thousand francs coming. Iknsw
nti how. 10 me. sha had 50 much lroIble
in Gaming ny eight hundnd irsLes e
ssl.ry as rlrIk 10 the registry ollhs tours
Of I.w. Although bul fille srqusinled
with business, I cav the slssn'age 10 he
derived frnm Dy position, snd replied.
:" his impossibis, monsieur, for me 70 gl,s
You an answer a. Ihis momen': return %
ne o'rlnrk; meantime | aill consider
The mater.
At quarter brEre The appoints d hour
Monsieur Felix VAS agsin aI-my doo,.-
" Monsieur" sad |, i" ] hstsno ~ish for
Ihss h'uss, and dad not even think about
Il. v hen The proprietor cane 10 beg me TO
purchase iiisnd u appears The house is
nov mine. A. II snus on, and any other
will dn IS well FOR me. accept your oiT.E"
!" You shall be paid in . fortnight. in
paper on Paris" exclaimed the purchase
ef. delighted with ny PromP'ilDds in bu;
snPss.
Paper on Paris! I was SO little ac-
clslomed - that cIrrsgcy, A. 10 lmsgns
thai il would be Necessary 10 send il 10
The capital for pay menl, and therefore
wToIe 10 commercial house, the only one
whose address knew, az from that re-
eeised regularly an snnuiy Of Eve hun
drcd frtHcs left me BY one Of my uneles,
and which formed q welcome portion Of
nv income. tss
With whs, impotence ] waited the ex.
piTatiOn of the time, when wrote 10 Me.-
sieurs Hughes and BtTaeret, that having
certain lands TO iaye.t, begged their I'D.
vice as 10 the salest mode. Il appeared
. that the words certain, funds have very
different accep'alions IN commerce. &C.
-, corthng 10 the name and position Of him
who uses them Certain funds, situated az
, | was. was a modest manner Of specifying
a considerable sun: al least / supposed
50, 90 receiving 10 answer from the firm
that my letter had been Iece,vsd just be-
fore the close Of the Cor,es loan, IN which
! ihev had purchased TO the smounl oflwsn-
IS ihoissrc dollars; d,a,. i'll thought i. too
much, large proit nigh, be Immediately
realised, as Tie stock had gone on. A
postscript. in The hand Of 'he principal,
cong aluaied me on The accession OF for
tune. i e79 + "a IS aa.e g + d"
Twenty thousand dollars |! q The letter
fell lroo, my hands; the amount frighien-
ed me. lwrote Immediately to my cor
respondents, Informing them that 50 large
q sun went beyond my mesns; adding.
that no remiriances having been received
from Martinique. as they supposed, I vas
unable 10 satisfy their rlsims.n IT,: ..-.~f.
The answer came in day or tao, eta
ting that. as dad not appear to have con-
6ndence IN The Cortes loan, they had snld
out ms stock al pIo6s ofcigbty thousand
francs; and begged me not TO feel uue ssy,
as reml.snces were always slow 10 COM
ing from The dislsn, plsn,s,ions; in tho
interim my signature weuld furnish mo
with all the money | could want. The
prospectus Of German bank was inclos-
ed. in which fifty shares bad been secured
fur me. sss l.s }.rz 80 ..,.s...... ,-r.~ "a
Eighty thousand francs ! Either I un.
derstood nothing OF commercial matters,
or the clerk had written one or two
nongsts TOO many. My situation became
embarrassing, | was overwhelmed with
congratulations, especially when | pu, on
my new sui of black The editor Of the
newspaper 'honghihimselfob obliged 10 give
a biography OF my cousin Jsques, and
asked me Cor additional particulars. | was
bes:eged with annoying questions. 10
what way would | furnish my house -
what would | do for public establishment
! Snme benepoisnt ladies wrote TO recon-
1 mend 10 iay Hotice the institutions under
! lhtis guardianship. | was ruined in pos.
tAges; for. in The n,idst Of all my riches,
Whether real or imaginary. had no mon.
ey. FortGnsls d. fkoD the moment. / was
held To be rich. no one would take sou
from me, and tradesmen courted the hon
or eh giving me credit. -...-..s
/ Al las, decided on going to Paris. I'm
/ med,shly on my arrival, wen, TO my
bankers, who received, ne as the inheritor
7 f great wealth. Il regret" said NJ,
Bereeret. tina, You mistrusted The Span.
lsh loan. for Il e stock has again gone op.
No maler, however,: on have some left"
Will you have the goodness, mon
siesr," sal! |. " to tell me Precisely how
+ much all,hese funds are worth hich you
/, have b,ugh, for mel" 49,. ...- .'.... ~.
. 1.-The calculation is easy. Ta enty
, Thousand dollars. at so much the dollar
: aud the sum already paid. II you sell to
dsy. you will put abou, Two bundled and
w sasy thousand francs into your pocket"
:. | opened both my ears. = You say.
4 mon. ieur, Two hundred and twenty thou
q ssndf Are you quite certain!" 80 ! .'
5. Ascertain as any one can be within Z
! few hundred francs."5 a} eeeh pm
8 | did mol wish TO appear loo much the
II novice, end replied, "'rha, 70 veil; you
4, srI,Le also az J, hankr y @{#uk8+ @sser n