Eastern times., 1855-09-20

mInlstratlOn is Indebted to me for board to a
considerable amount, which | cannot collect.
l need the money badly, and came to ask if a
portion of his pay cannot be stopped. from
time to time, until this claim of mine, an hon.
est one, General, of which he had the full val
ue, shall be cancelled
l -Madam-that is, l have no con-
troll that way. What is the amount of the
bill 2
Seventy dollars, sir--here it is
Exactly, see-and his salary, Madam1'
{ 1t is said to be twelve hundred dollars a
year.
And not pay his board bill!
AS you see, sir; this has been standing
for five months unpaid. Three days hence,
he will draw his monthly pay, and l thought,
sir, if you would be kind enough To-
Yes, l have it. Go to him again, and get
his note to-day, at thirty days.
His note, sir 1t wouldn't be worth the
paper on which it was written he pays no
one dollar voluntarily!'
But he will give you his note, will he not,
madam
'Oh, yes, he would be glad to have res
pite that way for month, no doubt
That's right, then. Go to him and obtain
his note, at thirty days from to-day give him
a receipt in full, and come TO me this evening.
The lady departed, called upon the young
Low nd Irpoad e. tbo II
he only smiled, and finally asked him to give
her his note for it.
To be sure, said he, with a chuckle, give
you notea sart'n; and much good may it do
you, num-
You'll pay it when it falls due, won't
youp said the lady.
oh, certainly was the reply. And in the
evening she again repaired 10 the White
House with the note. The President put his
broad endorsement upon it, and directed to OBJ
tain the cash upon it a; the Bank.
In due time notice was sent to the clerk,
that note signed by him would be due on
particular day, which he was requested to pay.
At first John could not conceive the source
from whence the demand could come, and
supposing that it had only been left for colIec-
ton, was hall resolved to take no notice of it,
But as he passed down the avenue, the unpaid
board bill suddenly entered his head.
Who has been foolish enough TO help the
old woman in this business, wonder, said
John tohimself I'll 60 and see. It's hum,
| know; but Id like to know if she's really
fooled anybody with that bit of paper and
entering the bank he asked for the note which
had been left there for collection against him.
1t was discounted, said the teller.
Discounted who in the world will dis
count my note I! said John, amazed.
Anybody, with such hacker as you've
got on this
Backer me-backer-who!
Here's the note you can see,' said the
teller, handing him the document, and on
which John recognized the bold signature of
the then President of the United States.
Sold, truly, exclaimed John, with hys-
teric gasp, and drawing forth the money, for
he saw through the arrangement at glance.
The note was paid of course, and justice
was awarded the spendthrift at once.
On the next morning he found upon his desk
note which contained the following enter
taining bit of personal intelligence
SIR: change has been made in your of
fee +; | am diretecd by the President 10 inform
you that your services will no longer be need
ed in this department.
Yours, &C., Secretary.
John Small retired to private life at once,
and thenceforth found it convenient to live on
a much smaller allowance than twelve hun
dred dollars year.