Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-03

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Near the close Of he last century. |
Quaker. knight Of the shears and ,imble, i
who exercised his avocation in Philadelphia. !
Mas imposed upon By an sdsoit sco.indrel.
who contrived ri gst suit Of clothes on
credit. and afterwards eloped without paying
for thems The Quaker was too poor TO lose
the dabs, but Ike. too many Others Of his
cloth, BE had apparently no other alierna
tive. The account was placed on bis books
md soon forgotten.
Some years afterwards be was examining
his old record Of debt and credit, profit and
loss, when his attention was Attracted TO
thiysccount and all the circumstances at
tending il cAme fresh to his mind. Sud-
denly nsodd thought suggested itself to
him. =
Iii try an experiment. said be to himself
perhaps I may succeed in catching the
rogue and getting my pay.
He immediately prepared an advertise
ment ID substance ss follows. which he in
serted IN the Philadelphia Gazette
HJ-C- who was in Philadelphia
about the month of 49, in the year 1890,
win send his address to the editor of this
paper. he will hear something to advantage
Printers in neighboring States are reques-
ted to copy.
The latter clause was inserted from
vague suspicion that the rogue had taken
up bis abode in New York. Having in.
structed the editor not to disclose bis name
to the rogue il be should call. but to re-
quest the latter to leave his address the
Quaker patiently awaited the result Of his
experiment. In short time he was inform
edby note from the printer. that the in
dividusl alluded 10 in the advertisement
having arrived from New-York. might be
found Mt q given place in the city. The
ts;iof lost no time in preparing transcript
ofhis account, not forgetting interest from
the time the debt was contracted. Taking
constable with him. who bore legal pro-
cess suited TO the occasion. be soon arrived
at the lodgings Of the swindler. The
Quaker now rang the bell. and WHEN the
servant appeared. requested him to inform
the gentleman Of whom he was in search.
that . friend wished to speak with him at
the door. The man obeyed the summons.
and soon both debtor and creditor were
looking each other in the face.
How dost thou do kindly inquired the
Quaker. Perhaps thou dost not know me.
believe have not had the pleasure of
your acquaintance, coolIy, but politely
answered our hero.
Dost thou remember purchasing suit
Of clothes several years ago Of poor tailor
and forgetting to pay for them asked the
Quaker.
o. no, said the gentleman blushing
eighty. you must be mistaken in the per-
son. | cannot be me that you wish to find
Obi joint know thee very WELL
Thou hast on this very moment the waist.
coat made for thee. Thou must scknowl-
edge il was Of good stuff and well made, or
il could not have lasted thee so long.
o yes. said the gentleman, appearing
suddenly to collect himself; | do remember
now the circumstances to which you allude
Yes. yes-l had intended to call and settle
that bill before leaving Philadelphia. and
you may depend on my doing so. have
come here to take possession Of large
amount Of property which has fallen to me
by will. See. here is the advertisement
which apprised me Of my good fortune.
Here he handed to the Quaker New.
York paper containing copy Of the adver.
tisement, the history of which we have
given above. The Quaker looked at him
with imperturabls gravity. and continued !:
Yes. see you are in luck but as my
demand 10 small one. ] think must in.
sist on payment before thou contest into
possession Of thy lsrge estates.
The proper signal here brought the con.
stable in the presence Of the parties. The
swindlsr was particularly astonished at the
appearance OF that functionary. who imme.
disiely began to execute bis part Of the
drams.
What exclaimed the rogue in an angry
tone. you surely haven't sued me 1?
Yes, have. replied the Quaker. and you
should be thankful that nothing worse has
happened to thee.
Come into my house, said the debtor,
finding himself fairly caught. come in and
will pay you if | must.
The three went into the house together,
and the slippery gentleman after having
ssesrssined the amount Of the bill. paid it
in full
The tailor having signed the receipt,
placed in the hands Of the late debtor. with
feslings such as may readily be imagined
The swindler then took il and for the frs.
tine glanced a the various items oil which
it vas composed. He said nothing till he
came to the last charge which was for ad.
vsrtising, when he broke forth:
Halo! what's this : for advertising
that's On odd charge for tsilor's bill. You
are cheating mel
o no. coolly replied the Quaker, that is
oil right. have charged you the cost of
publishing the sdvsr,isswent you JUS,
showed NE.