Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-19
Yes, and he ought to pay that for It H
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ies' anu ne ought to pay that for il. He
is able enough"
$50 think. Very we'll Now will ulac.
two thousand dollars in your hands, and do
you go to the treasurer who has charge of the
matter, and offer to buy the pew, saying that
you are ready TO pay that price down for it,
cash He will. OF course, tell you that he
must see Preston first, and give him the option
of buying it. And Preston. rather than let
You have the pew, will buy. Dye see {"
Capital. It's the very thing"
"lsn't it ,"
II you amt lawyer. dyed in the wool.
there's no mistake" said the man. leaning
back IN his chair, and giving vent to hearty
burst OF laughter
81 consider myself hard TO beat in any
thlng'" returned 5. But will you join
me in the matter -
Certainly, I'm ready to serve the church
in any way that humble individual like me
can do it,"
On the next Sabbath, Preston sat in his own
pew sure enough and the treasury of the
church was in better condition by Just the
sum OF two thousand dollars. s. was de-
lighted at the success of his scheme, and tried
il on two other pew renters, who were entire
| strangers to each other, during the week, and
with the desired result Jones got some pri-
vate abuse for his part of the business, and
was told that he had better pay his honest
debts before he undertook to buy high pri-
ced pew but he putt all quietly in his peck
et and went ahead.
"You are determined to have somebody's
pew, | see," remarked the treasurer, when
Jones appeared the fourth time.
81 wish good pew, and am willing to pay
good price for it," he replied. Il don't COW
ct any body's pew. But believe no one has
right TO the property he merely rents"
"Oh, no. You have right to purchase
any unsod pew in the church."
So supposed
But Jones didn't get the pew for which he
had offered liberal price The occupant pre-
ferred the alternative of buying to being turn
ed out.
And thus the thing went quietly ON. no one
suspecting the agency at work, until pews
enough were actually sold TO pay of the fifty
thousanl dollars debt that had remained after
the first sale of pews and subsequent extra
subscription.
" Didn't tell you that would make Pres
ton buy his pew ?" said $ to the vestry-
man to whom he had first limited his intention
OF putting some unknown scheme into opera.
ton.
"Yes But who made thirty or forty others
buy pews' Preston's case is only drop in
the bucket"
"l did"
you"
certainly did The church owes me a
service OF plate for paying off its debt, and
believe will claim it,
"And you are entitled to it, if the thing has
been done fairly"
You shall Judge of that yourself"
And S, whose notions of right and
wrong were founded upon rather extraordina-
ry models, related the trick he had played up.
on the pew renters. and ended by saying.
Now wasn't that capital p
81 believe what people say of you is cor
y rect" returned the vestryman, with unexpec-
ted sobrlety
"And what is that, pray ?"
, Why, that you are lawyer dyed in the
+ wool, and proof against all spiritual bleaching
salts Good morning p'
s. was profoundly astonished for the
moment. But he shrugged his shoulders and
mutered to himself.
!. Melted, because his dull brains were not
:, bright enough for such scheme"
That there was some stir in the church
when it became known what work the lawye,
{ had been engaged in, may we'll be supposed
, Some were angry, some laughed at the trick
but all were more or less satisfied with being
4 out OF debt. The reputation of s. as a
h professional man did not suffer- though we be.
leve, on the score of his pety, there were
some doubts entertained in the minds of few
/ who considered him lawyer dyed in the
4 wool, and therefore hopeless case.