Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-08

exceedingly scarce commodity in Jan
nary, 1857, and it likewise happened
thst on the dsy Of sale bidden were
extremely scarce also. The auctaoneer
proposed a postponement Of the sale.
l told him to 60 ahead; to sell every
thing, without reserve. And the went
aLead-the property bringing Just
about one-fourth its value! There
was only one man in the crowd who
seemed to possess any money,-a big,
black whiskered chap,-and he bought
house, lands, and every article Of furni-
ture, from my carefully selected library
down to the gridiron."
"Quite compliment to your taste,
Mr.. Tinder," l said. thinking that this
time | had not put in remark in
OPPORTUNITY.
"Quite compliment to your gran
ny, Mr.. Gynggo. replied the Sensitive
Man rather testify. "L'sten, sir. Ire
ceived my money from the big black
whiskered man, and Immediately post
ed down to settle some of my city &C.
counts. The first creditor called up
on told me that my note was not in
his possession, and he appeared sur
prised that l didn't know it. So with
the second, the third, and all-aH sir .
Upon close inquiry, ascertained
that the big black-whiskered man had
bought up every one of my notes-at
less than their par value, too, for my
creditors had too much faith in me to
sacrifice them, sir, and with the amiable
design Of effecting my ruin, no doubt"
"My gracious" exclaimed.
ayes, Mr.. Gynggo, l suppose you
would call that proceeding Of Black
Wiskers' quite compliment to my
taste, too, wouldn't you? Well sir, |
don't pretend to say that my conclus.
ions are always correct /; but do say
it never takes me long to make up my
mind. So in this instance. instant
y concluded that my quandam friend
John Perley, was at the bottom Of this
business, with his usual cunning, he
had devised this method of reveng,ng
himself upon me for fancied wrongs
that | had committed. He was the
only man, excepting my trustworthy
book keeper, who could possibly know
who we're the holders of my notes.
Don't you see? And the sequel will
show that my surmise was entirely
correct. John Perley acas at the bot
tom of it all, sir"
"You don't say so, Mr. finder "
"Yes, do say so, Mr.. Gynggo and
will prove my assertion, too. One day
whilst making preparations to vacate
my house, l received q note, signed
peter L. Jarvis (which was the name
Of the big black whiskered man, in
forming me that he would not take
possession before the first of March,
and that | need not trouble my mind
about the matter until l should hear
from him again. This arrangement
suited me very we'll but l could not
conceive what the villains object was
in thus delaying the blow.
81 did not have to wait long for an
explanation Of the mystery. The day
after receiving Jarvis note, as was
walking along Main street, deeply oc-
cupied with my own thoughts, l acct
dentally ran against gentleman who
was just turning the corner Of Chestnut
street. Looking up to apologize, |
met the features Of John Perley.
"'Why, Tom, my old friend T he
cried, holding out both hands, you
are the very man have been looking
for these two hours
THE fellows assurance astenishei
me, SIR! / did not deign a word in re-
ply, and walked on, avoiding his out
stretched hands.
(CONCLUDED TO MORROw.)