Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-12-05
AIDEI,Y

AUDELY
Was a celebrated miser Of the time Of the Stu
arts he amassed his wealth during the reign Of
the first Charles and flpurished amazingly under
the protectorate of Cromwell. Audley was
originally clerk with only six shIlngs week
salary, and vet out of this scanty sum he manag-
ed to save more than half. His dinner seldom
cost him any thing, for he generally made some
excuse to dine with his masters clients and as
to his other meals, crust OF bread or dry bis
cult was regarded as fare sufficient after an am
pie dinner. In one circumstance he was some
what different from other msers; he was clean,
if not neat, in his outward appearance. But he
was thus scrupuous in his apparel from princi-
pIe for AudIev often asserted that to be thrifty,
it was necessary to pay some respect to such mat
ters He was remarkably industrious even when
Young man. At an age when others were
seeking pleasure, he was busy in lending out,
and increasing his early savings. lie was al
WAYS ready TO work when the usual hours of bu-
sineSs were over, and would willingly SIT up the
whole night to obtain some trifiing remuneration.
He was never above soliciting rlties and touch
ing his hat TO his masters clients. So rigid was
he in his economy and ST. usurons IN his deal
inGs. that in fonr years, during winch time, how
ever, he had never received more than a salary OF
six or eight shnus a week, he managed TO save
and amass FIVE hundred pounds The salary of
his remaining years of apprenticeship he sold for
sixty pounds in all he lent the whole to no.
baman for an annuity of nlnety-sIx pounds for
nineteen years, which annuity was secured up
on property producing eight hundred year
The nobleman soon died, and his heir neglected
to pay the annuity. AudIey had execution npon
the property, and by legal trickery in which he
was we'll versed, he managed 10 obtain, in the
way Of fines and forfetures, abont four hundred
pounds profit upon his original hundred -
His master being one of the clerks OF the Comp
ter, Audley had many opportunities OF practising
his disreputable cunning, and OF obtaining vast
sums bv deluding insolvent debtors, and IL de-
ceiving their creditors He would buy bad debts
for mere trifie, and aterward compound with
the poor nsolyent one instance of his ayarce
and vianv is 50 curious that we cannot refrain
from givinrthe anecdoIe toour readers. A trades
man. named Miller unfortunately got into ar
rears with his merchant, whose name was White.
Many fruiless applications were made for the
debt. and at last Miller was sued BY the merchant
for The sum Of two hundred pounds. lis was
unable to meet the demand and was declared in
solvent. Audley goes to White, and offers him
forty pounds for the debt which the merchant
g'aiy accepts, he, then goes to.Aller, and under
takes 10 obtain his qutance of the debt for fifty
pounds, on condition that he entered into bond
IN paw for the accommodation. The drowning
man catches at straw, and the lnsolvent, with
many professions of thanks, eagerly signs a
contract which, without consideration, he re-
garded as one 50 light, and so easy in its terms
a. to satisfy him that the promptingS of banevo-
!ence and friendship c62'd only actaate his vo'