Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1858-10-07
Your are very kind. s,r, am a poor

woman, General
Poverty Is 10 crime, madam
No, sir; but have I. little family to
care for-I am widow sir, and a clerk
employed in one of the departments of
your administration, IS indebted to me for
board to a considerable amount, which |
cannot collect | need the money sadly.
and ccme to ask if portion of his pay
cannot be stopped, from time to time, un-
til the claim of mine-an honest one.
General, Of which he had the full value
shall be cancelled 2
i really-madam-that is, have no
control in that way-how much is the
bill 2
Seventy dollars, sir; here it is
? Exactly, | see. And his salary, ma
dam?'
Is said to be $1,000 year.
And not pay his board bill?'
AS YOU see, sir, this has been standing
five months unpaid. Three days hence
he will draw his monthly pay, and |
thought, sir, if you would be kind enough
to
Yes, have it; go to him again, and
get his note to-day for thirty days
His note, sir! 1t wouldn't be worth
the paper on which it is written; h. pays
no one dollar, Voluntarily
But he will give you his note, madam,
will he notE
oh, yes; he would be glad to have a
respite in that way for month, no doubt. ;
That's right, then. Go to him OBJ
tain his note at thirty days from to-day,
give him receipt in full, and come to me
this evening
The lady departed, called upon young
clerk, dunned him for the amount, at
which he smiled, and she finally asked
him to give her his note for it.
To be sure said he, give a note,
sart'n, and much good may it do you,
MIN
You'll pay it, when it falls due, won't
you, s:r; thirty days hence 2
oh, yes, sart'n; of course | will; al
ways pay m notes, m'm, l do and as
the lady departed, the knowing young
gent believed he had accomplished a neat
trick once more.
i wonder whatthe deuce she'll do with
the no.. Egad! I'd like to settle some
Of tn, her accounts in the same way
Hope she i have coed time ge. :;ng the
money on thai bit of paper. John Simp-
kins is rather too well known for that.
And he turn / with a chuckle to his books
again.
The poo clearinghouse keeper called
AGAIN upol he genera.. a few hours af.
tecr-ards.
Did you get y. noto, madomy
Yes, sir; here /. Is
The Presil mt quickly .urned it oIer
and, with a dash Of his pen, wrote the
name of Andrew Jackson upon the bach
of it.
Take this 10 the bank tomorrow morn
o ing, madam, and YOU can get the money
: for it, he said hur, .edly.
The lady acted accordingly, and founC
, no difficulty in obtaining the cash for i
+ atSight.
d \ week before that months termina
tion, Mr. John Simpkins received a not,
to the following effect:
Bank of Washington, -, 1892,
'Sir-Your note for seventy dollars i
due on the 27th inst. at this Bank. anC
you are requested to call and pay tht
same.
'-, Cashier
'Ha. har screamed John, after read
ing this brief note. A capital joke, that
Can't come it, m'm-cau'lno how Scar,
crow-lvft for collection-I m'sland-
won't do--no go and John very soon for
got il.
Bat payday came round again, ano
John took his monthIy stipend once more
e 500, from The cashier of the department
: as usual. As he passed down he ave
nue., the unpaid bilFsuddenly eE;-~ed hi
head.