The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-03-21
sATURDA n e.. lzssl 1855

ryouJw would favor moiwith, Ia hint asl,.to the
special class ofsinyest1nents in which. you are
desrous af layipg out yoar, .capita, and would
also Furnish m ii mo 'gith ssme idea .ps;to the
AMOUNT Of the capital itself should then ,haye
some 7PosiIiys data to work npon, eFpd, 4, could
give you tho benefit Of ply, experisnc in that
particular line of procedure WHICH your in
cifaations MAY lead you 1toJ pTsfefa.a :heS'"
"aCapital three thotisand; line of Investment
hot decided on" said:. 'sonnetring tiight ahd
geHtecf would be prreeferrcd'd 'I'an baS ,asq'
3asuch as 'an importer Of wines and spirits,
for instanco said nff Tracy. al' eaug'seta.'
- SThat would do capitailY Y;'I darcsaiyy, oh1y'I
happeh 70 Know q ~ nothing il the world about
it..'a'ib brs b@'oso4aoSS yiaslos ~ b NJ
a'"Qdite undsscessaryy,, niyT dear sir, thaat you
should? Only find The money Ind will en-
gage to find the Trains, and :nake your fortune
into the bargain u'S5 Nr Trhaccy sighed deeply,
took long pull at IFS tinbler, and chen II proceed
ed to cnlghttn my isnorahc6 as rs to te 'various us
methods by which extraordinary profits nlis sht
be realized, withont'thSH slightest risk of fail
urc,' by any one who;'combining capital with
| brains, might choose ito appear before the
| world as'ah' importer of wines and spiritss
That aomef of'thc methods Indicated by Mr..
Piracy !werc-scveral degrees on. the shady side
ofAhoncsty,,higlt at onoe have been predcatte,d
from 'thef character Of the man but@h Ger.
tainly had very neat WY Of. wrapping Up and
labelling his 'tricks tdfi trale' SO rs to make
them look as much'ike a genuine article as
4 posaibIel n"i'eaa sds ..aiTlih -, Ia aaiil.
''A His exhortatioh and His third tumBor came
to an end together. .T?Fi'sf u" a'fi''e
's,''Have you, over becninithe unitetl States ?"
Iisuddenly nskeh.ooarii 50 sss sAi 41i - ,a,a
]adf'NeYcr, asir.sfAs a9patriotic Engiishmah,
my love ofstrayel ncvcr..tooknapG SO Far from
homc"lDb Sos ..n1l .iis&A 70 ftti aG IL
- "Than you never tasted aany of.tllose deli
cions driiksYwh HIGH 4. under. various. ast:angc
names, area so popular iamong the. Yankees z"
.15f'Oncc moro a'ncgntive must be my answer.
But, my dear young friend, if you will only
decide ITO lay out Your caFital iiili accordance
with r.9o.ysq !io lsj1i ~ bit.l boz 1l..
"a moment, if you please" Itsaid. aBc-
fore going into, amy further biisincss details,
wllat-Yio cyou'say,to AT ehahge ufsitirplc'a,A;f
thinkAwe hnvc had .enoughi of thisastutf Let
me try whether iI.cannot brew yhu one of those
delightful American drinks of " hich / spoke
just nUwv T. had the recipes Tor several of
them, from IN uncle Of mneswho is captain Of
| liner s;7sts:.ss ~. bs,. b4a5r.r,4 ,.r 4.
iss' lust asiyou, like, cher an,i-just as you
likes: he said though don't think much i'm.
proveaenrt on this delicious toddy is possible"
D..it'We can come back to it again. if the other
docs not prove to our liking" said. L &.
d "And not be fouted for our Inconsistency"
added &C MIR. Tracy, with n laugh SO now for
this Yankee nectar Of yours. / grow thirsty
| by anticipation" s.. r.s.a ...,-. ~
Tive. large tumbors aud the various ingre-
dients required for, my purpose were quickly
got together last Of all, l went into my study
and after staying there about a couple of min
utes l went back, carrying with me packet
containing half-a-dozcn powders done up in
ditIeiently-co.,ored papers. The degree Of
knowledge had laid claim to as concoctcr Of
American drinks was by no - leans as fictitious !;
and now proceeded to mix one ais.. the most
approved fashion, and ended by opening enc
of the colored papers and pouring the contents
of it into the tumhler, aud then offered the
whole to Tracy. .-ge ,;,...ro
But the putting in of the powder had eyi-
IDENTIFY reused his suspicious, and with polite
wave of the hand, he refused the rroncrcd
tumblcr. CATER you, my dear sir" he said
II must really insist on your imbibng the first
tumbler yourself. The second one will do cx-
cellently we'll for mo- I tgao
"As you please" 1 said, with shrug With
that proceeded to drain the first tumbler, ex-
pressing by pantcmime, as did So my apprc-
cntion Of its ts;exccllence. After this. j mixed
a second tumberful, into which, as before i
poured the contents of ono of the colored pa
pcrs, and then handed the whole to Tracy.
His lips having once touched the glass, stuck
there till it was empty.
He gave Sigh Of intense satisfncto oili as i"
put down the glass. "Ambrosia, by Juritrr .
he exclail cl. "Thc man who invented that
tipple oug 1t to bc mmortalized by statue of
the whit, st marble I have no wish to be
thought p esumptuous int | cannot rcsst ask
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