Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-24
RICHAGAINsT ms WILL.

IstanCeS of q man OF geH1uS. .1pe0 h0S q Dt1SsA>
or! His account with his banker used to
tbe a very uncertain one. Now and then
he was 't fiush'' with the proceeds of q
successful tour, or concert, and he made
haste to indulge in little financial re-
spectability. by making deposite. on
which he could draw checks like a capital
ist. The season, some FIVE or six years
since, was very productive. He had
made tour with Jenny Lind in Germa-
ny. and his pocket being heavy on his re-
turn, the great banker. Mr.. Barring, had
been the recipient of some twelve hun!
dred pounds to his account.
But Vivier's heart was in his own coun-
try, and, the moment he was unOccupied,
he began to be home sick. He would
make visit of month or two, to Paris,
and return again when the great Fair of
London recalled him to the banks of the
Thames. He drove to the bankers for
his money.
By the eminent Mr. Barring. he was re-
ceived with the genial courtesy which
genius commands, even in the marts of
Mammon, from those who are its princes.
"I have called to draw the little sum
that have in your hands, said Vivier.
At these words, the banker put on a
grave air. and slightly pinched his lips.
+" 1t is impossible to let you have it, Z"
was the reply.
"Ah you are embarrassed at this
particular moment" innocently supposed
the musician:
''Not at all !' said the banker, and one
of his clerks entering at the moment, he
turned to him, and said: " You will
send to His Grace. the Duke of -,
the forty thousand pounds, which was the
amount of the loan he requested"
90 This assures me-" said Vivier, " if
you can lend forty thousand pounds. you
could easily furnish me the two hundred
pounds, from my deposit, which Irequire
at this moment for trip to Paris
Certainly I could-but l must still
refuse it," persisted the imperturbable
banker.
"Monsieur i" said Vivier, "I like a
joke well enough when it is not carried
too far, but this seems to me to have at
tanned its limits"
"I never joke on matters ofbusiness," !"
said Barring, ''and, when 1 assure you
that you cannot have the money, am
quite in earnest"
"Do you pretend to deny that 1 made
a deposite with you, then ~
" Certainly not, remember perfectly,
that short time since, you deposited
with me tweve hun dred pounds, for which
with con6dingness, that was compi>
ment to me, you did not ask for receipt" !"
"And will you abuse this confidence?"
"Neyer, of course. But still, you cans
not touch the money in question"
" Your reason why, sir, you please?'
81 will tell you. A few days before
her departure for the United States, Miss
Jenny Lind, whose banker 1 also am, did
me the honor to dine with me. After
dinner, we pleaded for the privilege of
once more hearing her delightful voice,
and she assented on one condition that
would grant the request she wished to
make. promised. and she sang. The song
over, we claimed to know our obligation,
and she then said Vivier has deposited
money with you-twelve hundred pounds.
I hear. He ought to be rich, with the
money he makes, but the careless crea-
ture spends his earnings with the prodi-
gality of prince. Some one should be
prudent for him, since he has no prudence
for himself. His capital should be invest
ed in spite of him, and the interest allow
ed to accumulate. This sum, now, might
be. one day, little capital that would
save him from want. wish you to re-
fuse to let him draw it out Of your hands. "
This is the explanation of my refusal,
and you see that it originated in kind
and affectionate solicitude for your welfare,
ooh very WE'LL" said Yiyier, land,
which actuated the illustrious woman
whose heart is even greater than her tai
ent; but. notwithstanding my gratitude, l
do not accept the tutelage, for am out
Of m oney, and must have it for my pre-
sentneed. III can get it in no other way,
1 must appeal to the law"
Very WE'LL" said the banker, " the
right is on your side. and you can go to
law if you like, but you will ruin yourself
with the cost; and With my means, l can
make it last as long as your life, for the
delays of the law are endless if you
choose to pay for them. Nothing shall
| prevent me from keeping my word to
Jenny Lind, and carrying ont her be-
neyolent design. You cannot touch the
money in my hands,
Before the infexible determination of
the Banker, Vivier was obliged to yield,
and. to the delight of his friends in Paris.
he was obliged TO give concert during
his vocation there, to pay the expences OF
his idleness.
Vivier is the greatest of living horn
players, and though he still makes exor.
bitant sums of money, is as extrayagant
in its expenditures as ever. If he lives
to the common age of man, he will be
rich in spite of himself
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