The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-03-21

"you would favor mowith ia hint as to the
special class Of Investment in. which you are
dessirous Of laying out yopr, capital, and would
also, furnish m is h me With some idea Us TO the
amount Nc Of the capital itself, should then haye
some positive data to work upon, and, could
give you tho benefit Of my, experience in that
particular line of procedure which your in
ciinations may lead you to prefeTfn ."i'|'
""Captal three thousand; line oof in scstncnt
not decided on" I Said. a''somcthing light and
gentecl would be prcferrcd'' '''an l'sn "9a
""Such as an importer Of wines and spirits,
for. instance said Mr.. Tracy. A''a s52't1as2'
y 'sThat' would do capitally, TT darcsay, only I
happen to know nothing IN ths world about
it."hsib b,r hY1ar 10 = ytaU2r g- l
""Quitci unnecessary, MY dear sir, that you
should" Only find the money, and will en-
gage TO find the brains, and make your fortune
into the bargain 'f5 Mr. Tracy sighed deeply,
took long pull at his tumber, and then proceed
cd to cnlightcn my ignorance as to The various
methods by which extraordinary profits might
be realized, wthout'thc slightest risk of fail
urc BY any one who, combining capital with
brains, might choose to appear before the
world as an importer ofwincs and spritss
| That Some Of the methods indicated by Mr..
Tracy !wcrc9scvcral degrees on the shady side
of"honcstN might ut Once have been prcdicated
| from theH character Of the .meu; but he Ger.
tainly had n very neat way Of wrapping up and
labelling hissstricks' Of trade" so rs to make
! them look as much'likc Il genuine article ns
| possible. apf'."" sat gairlir ,!i sal
+ His exhortatioh and Ills third tu,nblcr came
| to an end together. 'T?naS 'Ao fii#l
s,"Have you ever been in the United States ?'
| Iisuddcnly aslSed.1oap 81 ,,U4 sdi rnl ;. rs,
Never, sir.'''As patriotic Engl;shman,
my love of travel ncvcr.took,,mc SO FAR from
homc,N'yHi Ans 1dSl iiaGf - Ai,
so "Then you never tasted aany of Those deli
cions drinks WHICH, under various, 4, st ausc
names, are so popular among the Yankees p
'.Oncc moro negative must be my answer
Hnt, my Gear young friend, if you wil only
decide oilay out your capital in accordance
with ------i!oey.q e. ..,s' le tt.t has
"a moment, if you please said. "Bc-
fore going. into amy further business detai!s,
what ,lo ryou say,tu al change ufsstirplca,-';f
think,wc havc had enough of this stutl Let
me try whether L,cannot brew ynuon Of those
delightful American drinks of which spoke
just now: 4 = had the recipes for several of
them from au uncle Of mine who is captain Of
a liner" s7 y. .a ii ffirr A
a,"Just asyou, like, che, ami-just as you
likes, he said though dou't think much i'm.
provemcnt on this delicious toddy is possible"
| r"We can come back to it again, if the other
docs not prove to our liking ! said. :.
"And not be fouted for our Inconsistency"
added Mr.. Tracy, with laugh, so now for
this Yankee nectar Of yours. I GROW thirsty
by anticipation" -
Two large tunibcrs and tho various ingrc-
dicnts required for my purpose were quickly
got together; last q all, went into my study
and after staying there about couple Of min
utes, went back, carrying with me q packet
containing half-adozcn powders done up in
differently y-co,.nrcd papers The degree of
knowledge had laid claim to as concoctcr of
American drinks was by no leans fictitious ;
and | now proceeded to mix one aIt". the most
approved fashion, and ended by opening enc
Of the coorod papers and pouring the contents
of it into the tumhlcr, and then offered the
whole to Tracy. tl
| But the putting of the powder mad eyi-
IDENTITY reused his suspicious, and with polite
wave of the hand, he refused the rroffcrcd
tumbicr. CATER you, my dear sir" he said
II must really insist on your imbibing the first
tumbler yourself. The second one will do cx-
ccllently we'll for mo-" i@
"As you please" I said, with shrus. With
that proceeded to drain the first tumblcr, ex
pressing by pantcmimc, as did SO, my apprc-
cintion of its excellence. After this. mixed
a second tumblcrful, into which. as before,
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.
JTe gave a Sigh of intense satisfaction as he
put down the glass. "Ambrosia, by Jupiter p
he exclaimed "Thc man who invented that
tipplc ought to IL immortalized by statue of
the whtcst marble I have no wish to BE
thought prcsumptuous, Iut cannot .csist ask