Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-07-09

Did you not pay Taylor before the usu-
al time, SO as to help him cheat me out Of
my bill?'
No SIR
But he was paid hefore the office was
opened
He was
We'll. what did you deny it just now
for?'
L did not
Yes you did,
BE civil Mr.. Spike, or shall have moth
ing TO say to you. say we did not pay
Mr.. Taylor to help cheat you
I've got bill against him.
That's your look out
And the law allows me to collect it,
Il don't object
HE won'tpay me. He is a scoundrel,
and swindlcr.'
There we differ. He is young man Of
excellent character If there Is swndlny
about it, you have swindled him.
L never got dollar out of him.
You will, he is honest, and will pay
your BILL
4 doubt. if h has you TO keep him out
of difficulty
4 shall endeavor TO keep him out of trou-
ble'
You shall?'
How much does he owe you?'
Thirty dollars
And YOU trustee for fifty
Sixty
Very well. Taylor is honest. He
means to pay all his debts. Now is it
right to lock up nearly all his salary for
weeks, perhaps monihs?'
But he don't mean to pay
Has he told you so:.'
No, but he asked me to wait, which is
just the same thing
Which only proves his honesty. If he
had intended to swindl+ you, he would not
have gone to see you about it. This debt
and credit business is al wrong, Mr.. Spike,
and | would not allow a debt TO be collect
ed by a legal process, unless an intention to
defraud could be shown or fairly sup
posed.
'Humph You would let us be cheated
out Of our property
Il would let you cheat yourselves out of
your property if YOU choose to do Look
at there is a young man on a salary of
three hundred dollars a year. You let him
have horses, you trust him along for two
or three months, and thus encourage him
along to spend his money for what he can
not afford. and which, if he had to pay for
on the spot, he would not have Riding is
a useless luxury. You hpve led the this
young man along ill he has run up bill
fora year. Now, do you suppose if you
had made him pay for his horse when
den quarter part of what he has?'
i suppose not but that is his own look
out
And yours to get your pay. Now, if
he had paid your bill to-day, lie could not
have pain his butcher or his baker, proba-
bly,. and they would refuse to trust him,
and thus, perhaps, his family might suf-
fer
No business to have family SAID
Spike.
Nay, commend him for that; and he
can support them decently, if any one
would teach him the value OF money But
A. b. G.. trust him and he lives beyond his
means.
That is his lookout, not mine
IF there were no laws by which you
could collect this debt, Taylor would have
been better off to-day. The credit system,
properly restrained, is well enough, but l
do not like to see young man placed in
your power, perhaps hampered for life, be-
cause your desire TO do a large business,
induces you to run up long bills
'Humph'
Mr. Spike, give me your receipt for this
bill, and | will pay it,
And the costs?
No; only the bill
Very well; you may pay him. Taylor
shall not
Spike thought and concluded to accept
Mr.. Mason's proposition.
John Randolph said that pay as You
go. is the philosophers stone. Mr.. Spike.
When Taylor rides any more, make him
pay on the spot
Il SHALL and Spike left not very well
satisfied.
But William didn't ride any more, and a
few days after Mr.. Mason kindly pointed
'ut to him the philosophers stone. The