New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-21
I'M WAY I MADE n FORTUNE.

THE WAY MADE n FORTUNE.
Three Of us were sitting in . small room, and
complaining Of the hardships Of our destiny .
Z. Without money one can do nothing, said
George; &c were to hit upon speculation that
would have done honor to q Rothschild, coming
from pauper like myself, no one would think
it is worth attending to-" Ut
ssI," said Albert, G have actually finished a.
work which would establish my reputation as
an author, if could only find o bookseller to
buy it. i"
crease Of salary" exclaimed, anxious to con-
tribnte to the chorus Of lamentation g and he
told me that for forty louis year he could get
more clerks than he wanted" !"
g II would not so much NATTER said George,
thoughtfnlly, Sc if. besides being poor, we did
not seem poor. Could one Of us only be thought
rich---'' x ~
"what is the use Of the shadow without the
substance 2 1 asked
+" OF every use" said Albert; q I agree with
George-the shadow sometimes makes the sub
stance The next best thing to capital is
credit" ss
. Especially, 2 returned George, s..the credit
Of having good fortune Have none Of us a
rich uncle in India ~
"A cousin Of mine went tc Jamaica Or Mar
Unique, forget which" said innocently,
z and he never came bach"
/" Capital that is all one requires" exclaimed
George; I'VE will conjure up this cousin OF
yours-or, could we not kill him Yes james
Meran, of Martinique, deceased, leaving sugar
plantation, a hundred negroes, and a fortune of
one hundred thousand louis to his well beloved
cousin, Louis Meran.''
We laughed at the joke, apd I thought no
more Of it but George and Albert, slightly ex-
cited by the fumes of bowl of punch which
had sent for to do honor to the testator, lost no
time in concocting, and afterwards publishing,
full account, in q local newspaper, Of the for
tune that had been left me-
The next day sundry friends dropped in TO
compliment me. OF course endeavored to un-
deceive them, but they would by no means take
a denial. In vain assured them it was hoax !;
| it was of no use. Several people remembered
! my cousin James very well, and had seen him
| at Nantes before he embarked, in 1883. Among
others came my tailor, to whom owed small
| sum, which it was not quite convenient for me
| to pay at that moment. No doubt the rumor
| of my cousins decease had sharpened his mem
ory. wished my friends at place that shall
| be nameless
Good morning Mr.. Mayer l suppose you
are come for those fifty francs /"
:. / hope, sir, you don't think came for such
triae as that. No sir; came to take your
orders for suit Of mourning
CA suit Of mourning :"
Yes, sir; cousins mourning. Dark bronze
frock, for morning wear, black trowsers and
| waistcoat.''
AT the present moment, Mr.. Mayer-'''97
8 hope, sir, have done nothing to forfeit
4 your patronage !" siS
i ssBut / repeat, have received no money
at all.''
4 g hope, sir, You won't mention such thing
there is no sort Of hurry exclaimed the tailor
who busted himself in taking my measure with
slips Of paper.
g After all, my wardrobe did want some adj
ditions, and / said nothing more
MY dear sir,' said the next visitor, g have
: : a very great favor to ask Of you. Buy my house
f You are rich; you must be on the lookout fol
safe and lucrative Investments. Sixty Thousand
francs are nothing for you-a mere fraction Q
: your income. With me the case is different
thought Mr.. Felix had made up his mind to pur
chase the premises, and now / hear he ha
: changed his intention. What is to become q
don't know where the money is to come from
$ 81 buy your house' Why, it would be mad
q ness to think of such thing 2
Madness' No such thing; you could no
= find q better investment anywhere. In tw
q years, with trifing repairs, II will be wort
s double its present value you will never see sue
lie Pm off,
a-sFAnd he was of without allowing me time
put in a word.
1t. Two hours after, in walked Mr.. Felix, ey
in IDENTIFY not in the best of tempers.
:. 'Really, SIR he began, ,'you have take
of sable to me; reckoned on it as fit were min
and only offered fifty thousand francs becaus
lie the owner is embarrassed, and felt sure thu
II he would be obliged to take them. With you
sir, the case is different; SO 1 come to ask yo
if you will let me have it for seventy five thou
l. sand francs.'
/ x1 Ca o1c
into the lap Of poor fellow who had to wor
: : hard to gain eight hundred francs year!
q could hardly believe my ears.
ss cannot give you an answer just now, sir
/; said, ' but if you will take the trouble to ca
!. again at five, III see what / can do
At a quarter TO five Mr.. Pelix made his o.
" peprance, spoke to him with candor:
; 81 should tell you, sir, that had no idea
e. buying the house, till the owner prevailed on
to do so. You say you want the house III
is other will suit me equally as we'll, so l accede
IL your terms" 'g'7
You shall have draft on Paris for Il
t amount in fortnight replied Mr. Felix, wi
1t bowed and withdrew, apparently enchanted
my way Of doing business.
A draft on Paris! The circumstances al
I'd peared SO unusual to me that I thought ougf
to send it to Paris to get it cashed. wrote a,
70 70 eordngly to Messrs. Flanges and Bergeret, til
,d only firm l knew there. | was in the habit
d. receiving through them the interest of sma
p sum that had been left me by an uncle. il
IT. = formed them that having funds at my disposa
Of | wished for information as to the best mode
investing them. The Specification Of the wo,
g funds varies very much, according to Il
: name and position in life Of the speaker. II
$, rumor of my legacy had reached Paris; so tn
sr when spoke of ssfunds" it was evident that
meant considerable sum. This was proved
le the following letter:
d. !. "SR-We are in receipt Of your esteem
ID favor of the 10Th current, which reached us ju
,e after the conclusion Of the last loan negotiat
'e by the Cortes, in which our firm has interes
~ DESTROYS that our friends should have an oppo
be tunity of participating in an investment whit
we consider profitable, we have taken the liber'
as Of placing twenty thousand piastres to yot
at credit Should that amount appear too col
* siderable, the rise of those securities admits
I'd your selling out at premium.
y We remain, sir, yours to command,
"a FLANGEs & Co..
is To this was added a postscript written by th
ID head of the firm:
:. n I'VE have heard with pleasure of the rece1
d good fortune that has fallen to the lot of our o
ID friend and correspondent, and beg to offer hi
le our services as occasion may require
II Twenty thousand piastres! | let the lett,
Mt fall in sheer amazement What would hav
N been my astonishment, if, more conversant vii
~ terms of commerce, and more attentive to Il
re enclosed account current, l had seen that VIII
| took for the principal was only the yearly il
be terest? l lost no time in writing to my CORE