The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-08-13

Burling, the New York Dun.
Ten years ago was seated in my Office
at No. II Wall street, busily driving the
quill when I heard a quiet step behind
me, and then a mild voice inquiriug if |
had the transcript Of Il certain iud gmcnt
against one J. G.. o, the protector of the
Peg-@hc-wah-wah company for selling In
dian medicines. | looked up and saw a
man whose twisted foot and pals!cd arm
We're quite familiar to me, but whose name
or calling knew nothing
Yes, ! replied, Il have the trans
cript"
"Well, want it, he said, " I'm going to
collect for Tie creditor
"Going 10 collect itr' | exclaimed
Why. the Judgment i perfectly worth
less. Executions, and proceedings after
judgment. and all ordinary means of grace
have long ago been exhausted upon O.
He is hopelessiy insolyent, and is besides
the most adroit scamp o! q swindler ever
encountered
What's that to me. broke out the visi-
tor in gruii, strong voice quite different
from the first tones Perhaps you don't
know who ann. I'm Burling, the man
about town You, n lawyer, and not know
M. ShcIifs are good for nothing: cons ta-
bles good for nothing: executions and ere
ditors bills good !ol nothing. Giycme the
transcript-hcrc's the order for it'll
take the money out of him.
swiveled around my chair and stared
al the man And will you hc 80 good
Mr. Burlng," | asked, as to tell me what
your patent plan for supercedng officers
and writs, and for squeezing blood out Of
turnips and cash out Of the President of
the Peg-ghe-wah-wah CompauyE
Z" How do ii, you mean? Why. | dun
en- at their houses, dun en- in the
street, ! dun en- In the theatre. dun On
in church, ! catch EN- early IN the morn
ing and stick TO EN- all day; follow EN- up
wherever they 90; 90 to meals and eat
with en-; 90 to bed and slcep with en-
give 'eIn no peace night or day Sunday or
weekday; stick to e.n Ike death to =
dead Niger. 4 man owes Il debt. He
won pay it. / follow him up all the week
30 he can do any business nor 20 TO see
his sweet heart, nor walk IN Broadway. nor
eat with any appetite. nor sleep without
dreaming that IL after him, with the de-
VII TO help run linn down III this won
do Very well. When he goes to church
Sunday. he finds me in lis pew (Your
Sheriff can't woTl; SUudaye-l do my best
business them The conGrcgation rise
and be rises. takes ont lis book, opens at
the place, and there he finds the bil! I've
stuck there. and gets 50 mad that Ire ca:.
hardly say amen.
Sncritis and couztables| continued he
getting loud and fierce. VIII q Sheriff go
Of Sunday morning to a parsons house.
and follow him TO church. and walk up
the broad aisle with him before all the
congregation. and get rp when he gets up.
and when he opens the Bible open John
Jones ILL at full length, and slap ii down
over the chapter and verse, and tell him:
/ hat : th'; bill Tor horse hlre, pay 1t be
lotT 70" lF''''h' hu' 'ii;'' what u'o'
ana / got the moneT, to-"
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" Wirc.,i car.t II. : ..at H. -. -
broadway. sont me - dun q fellow who
lived back in q ward. and I,err two InII
dogs. that he lei loose when ANYBODY came
10 collect honest debts. ! went after him
wiki a horse pistol in each hand and Dr
C,-s Hli' IN mvt,gtn. and made him
pay up. What did Dr. c otf;,r me for
getting his sixty dollars ?-hc offered me
g,,s dollar. | won't take il. saws / III
bay no more. he said Paw me thirty dol
i,1-. saws 90 "a HI Saw. he anil he
LicI,ad mo ont of his dror AMI len .be
st.r. into broadway | ro.s across to tho
- hotel and hi,es n great arm chair ont
of the bar room and takes il across the
street. and plants il on 1h, cnrf Stone
right opposite DIR. C-'s Office door. aud
lays the bill | had laid out On a full sheet
OF fool>cap across my knees. han@iu. down
so everybody that went Lv could read in
large, black, sanded letters:
Dncrop =
To PI-Rr1vG Dr
For coIIarring Of pi.LarI Do
r,,5,,,i-.;,n e20 0o
ana al 'he cr""I KEPT stollihS To read
80 there was ali the Whhe two or three
hundred people standing ON the Doctor
pavement Itadihs hlst my biii ana then
ms sign, and ma ahing tier jokes. had
LEei the char Tor the whole afternoon,
but he had not stood tbs more than nj
teen minutes before lie comes 10 the door,
and says, come here, you ID rascal, and
went IL. and took thirty dollars of his
money, and lett the bill recclptcd.
but. my friend don t Your nnpudent
ways often get You lnto scrapes; are You
not AFRAID some one VIII some day break
Your head?
Break whose head! he thunGercd;
didn't Col 8, 81 New Orleans, a man
that's killed seven men in dUcls, when |
went to dun HIM at the Aston liouse-did
mt he grab ne by the slack OF my breech-
&, and hold me out OF the fifth story win
dow and shake me there above the pave
ment and say d-n YOU shall ! let YOU
IL r.
take you IN and kick You down stars
ia +hon9,, 9'''' = S''->'o''ts "'i''' ''''' ="
What did do9 said PAY ME- THAT
MONEY! and didn't he pull me in and pay
Inc every cent?
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