The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-02-19
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4 FASiliONABLE rORCER.
AsKETcH FROM LIFE.

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4 FASuiONABLE FORGER.
AskETcH FROM LIFE.
! | ati an attorney aud bill dis.
counter. As it is my vocation to
lend money At high interest to extrav.
| asant people, my connection principal
!. b M AAaaE { " n 'ssssstsises
sMons rogaes {" Of equality. Mine
sa pursuit which rrejudiccd world
either holds in sovereign contempt, or
visits with envy, hatred, and all uu.
charitableness but to my mind there
are many callinss. with finer names,
that are no better. 1t gives me two
: things which l lovc--money and pow.
er: but | canno: deny that it brin.s
with 1t bad name. The case hes
between character and money, aud
involves Q matter of taste. Some
people like character prefer moncy.
II l am hated and despiscd, |
chuckle over the per contra / find
it pleasant for nclnbers ci' proud ar
istocracy to condcscend from their
high estate to fawn, fci,n, tlat,cr-
TO affect even nir,hful familiarity in
order to gain my good viii. AIN 10
Shyiock. No client can accuse me Of
desiring either his hesi, or his blood.
Sentimental vengeance is no item in
my stock in trade. Gold aud bank.
notes satisfy my "rage - or, il need
be, u good mortgage. Far from seek ..
lns revenge, the worst deiaal,er
ever had dealings with, cannot deny
that am always willing to accept a
good post obit.
| say again, l an daily brought in
contact with all ranks Of society from
the poverty stricken latcn,ce TO the
peer and l an ro more surprised Ct
receiving an app i'ation from duch.
ess than from pet operA-dancer. In
my anteroom wait, at this moment,
crowd Of borrowers. Among the
men, beardlcss folly and moustachoed
craft are most promiSent. There isa
handsome young fellow, with an elab.
oratc cane and wonderfully vacant
countenance, who is dissipating, in
feeble follies, an estate that has been
in tho possession Of his ancestors since
the reign Of lIen,y the Eighth. -
There is a hairy, high noscd, broken
down non.dc cript, in appearance
something tctween horse dealer and
ru4i>., lie is an old Etonian.
FNe years ago he drove his four-hand'
h. now waiting to beg a sovereign,
having been jus. discharged from the
lLsolvent Court, for the second time.
Among the women, pretty actress,
who, a few years since, looked forward
to a supper Of steak and onions, with
bottled stout, on Saturday night, as a
great treat, row fluids one hundred
pounds amonth insufficient to pay her
vine merchant and her confectioner.
| AIN obliged to deal with each case
according to its pcculiarities. Gcnu.
inc undcserved Ruin seldom knocks
at my door. Mine is a perpetual bat
tie with people who imbibc trickery at
tho same rate as they dissolve their
fortunes. | am hard man Of course.
should not be lit for my pursuit if
were not; but when BY remote
chance, honest misfortune pays me a
visit, as Rothschild amused himself at
times by giving beggar guinea, so
occasionally treat myself to the lux.
ury Of doing a kind action.
My favoritc subjects for this unnat.
ural generosity are the very young,
or the very poor, innocent, helpless
people, who are uu6s for the war Of
he. Many among my clients (es-
peeially those tempered in tho " ice.
brook" Of fashion aud high life-poI-
ishcd and passionlcss) would be too
. much for me, if | had no, mado the
face, the eye, the accent as much my
study as the mere legal and financial
POINTS Of discount. 10 show What l
mean, will relate wha, happened to
rne no, long since.
One day a middle a ged man, in the
usual costume Of west-end shopmau.
who had sent in his name as Mr.. Ak.
minister, was shown into nv private
room. After little hesitatiua, he
said" Although You do bot know
ne, living at this end Of the town, |
know you very well BIZ reputation,
and tha, YOU discount bills. l have
bill here which | wan. to se, dis
counted. l am in the employ Of
Messrs. Rus,lc i Suo,lh, The bill
is drawn By one Of Our best custom
ess, the Hoa. Miss Shape, niece Of
Lori BlimIey, and accepted by Ma.
jog Munge--sbom no doubt, you
tnow BY naue. She has dealt With
Us for some years-is very. very ex
trsvasan,; bu, always psys." lie
pa. the aceeptahc.-whica Was i9r
Two hunirei pounds into NY hands.
| looked at it as Fcru.inirin,ly as
! dsIslly d. 'uca rape:. Tie M,