The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-12-25
aBut ! repeat, / have received no money

aBut ! repeat, I have received no money
at ALL"
al hope, sir, you won't mention such
thing; there is no sort Of a hurry" exclaim-
ed the tailor; who busted himself with TAX
ing my measure with slips of paper.
After all, my wardrobe did want some I'D.
dtions and said nothing more.
"My dear sir" said the next visitor. 81
have a very great favor to ask of you Buy
my house You are rich; you must be on
the look out for safe and lucrative invest
ments. Sixty thousand francs are nothing
for you-a mere fraction of your income
With me the case is different. / thought
Mr.. Felix had made up his mind to
purchase the premises, and now have beard
he has changed his intention. What is to
become of me! Ihave some heavy demands
to meet and don't know where the money is
to come from 20
81 buy your house! Why it would be
madness to think Of such a thing"
"Madness! No such thing; you could not
find better investment anywhere. In two
years, with triflng repairs, it will be worth
double its present value; you will never
see such a good opportunity again. Say
"done," and I'm off,
And he was off without allowing me time
to put in a word.
Two hours after, in walked Mr.. Felix,
evidently not in the best of tempers.
"Really, sir" he began, "you have taken
me quite by surprise. This house is indis-
pensable to me; Ireckoned on it as if il were
mine; and only offered fifty thousand francs
because the owner is embarrassed; and / felt
sure that he would be obliged to take them.
With you, sir, the case is different; so come
to ask you if you will let me have it for seven
ty-five thousand francs.'
Fifteen thousand francs dropping all at
once into the Lap of a poor fellow who had to
work hard to gain eighteen hundred francs a
year! l could hardly believe my ears.
81 cannot give you an answer just now,
sir" said, shut if you will take the trouble
to call again at five, I'll see what can do"
At quarter to five Mr.. Felix made his
appearance. spoke to him with candor:
81 should tell you, sir, that had no idea of
buying the house till the owner prevailed on
me to do so. You say you want the house;
any other will suit me. equally we'll, so
accede TO your terms"
"You shall have draft on Paris for the
amount in fortnight" replied Mr.. Felix,
who bowed and withdrew, apparently en-
chanted at my way of doing business.
| A draft on Paris! The circumstances ap-
peared so unusual to me that thought ought
to send it to Paris TO get it cashed. | wrote
Accord ely to Messrs. Flanges g. Bergeret.
the only firm knew there. was in the habit
of receiving through them the interest of a
small sum that had been left me by an uncle.
informed them that having funds at my dis
posal, wished for information to the best
mode of investing them. The Specification
of the word funds varies very much, accord
ing to the name and position in life of the
speaker. The rumor of my legacy had
reached Paris; so that when / spoke oil
''funds'' il was evident that ! meant a con.
siderable sum. This was proved by the fol.
lowing letter:
"Sir We are in receipt of your esteemed
ia vor of the 18th current, which reached us
Just after the conclusion of the last loan nego.
tiated by the Cortas, in which our firm has an
Interest. DESTROYS that our friends should have
an opportunity of participating in an west.
ment which we consider profitable, we have
taken the liberty of placing twenty thousand
piasters to your credit. Should that amount
luppear too considerable, the rise of those
securities admits of your selling out at U
premium.
eve remain, sir, yours to command.
FLANGEs, & Co."
To this we added a postscript, written by
the head Of the firm:
I'VE have heard with pleasure of the re.
cent good furtune that has fallen to the lot o
our old friend and correspondent, and bee
ito offer him our services as occasion may
!, require"
Twenty thousand piastres / let the let.
ter fall in sheer amazement. What would
have been my astonishment, if, more con
, versant with terms of commerce, and more
attentive to the enclosed account current,
had seen that what had took for the prin
cipal was the yearly interest! lost no time
| in writing to my correspondents, to inform
them that the sum was too 'arge. 81 have
received no money,"I said, "From Martini
que, and it would be impossible for me to
meet my engagements"
An answer come by return of post.
ave learn, with regret, that you have
misgivings with regard to the Spanish loan
According to your order we sold out halt
the stock assigned to you, which brings you
in already net profit of eighty thousand
francs. With regard to your property of
Martinique, we are too well acquainted with
the delays which business at such a dis
lance must necessarily involve, to think for
a moment that you can b. Immediately put
in possession of your inheritance; but your
simple signature will suffice to procure you
; all the money you may require in the m can
time. We take the liberty of reminding you
of the advantage of making timely invest
ments, lest, when the leg al arrangements
are ended you should find some difficulty in
getting good interest for SO large a capital
, With the hope that you may entertain bet
ter opinion of German securities than you
do of Spanish, we hand you prospectus TO-
establishing a bank at Grunningen. Yot
will please to observe that no deposit is re.