The sun., 1869-12-16

RUNNING ACCOUNT.
Commodore vnndcrbNt Meeting his Match
How 10 Collect n Little BilI--A Hint TO
Horace Greeley.

Cowmo modOre Vanderbilt Meeting his Match
How 10 Collect n Little BilI-A Hint TO
Horace Greeley.
Some years ago Mr.. David Bnilon, who is now
enjoying lns otian cum dig. at his pleasant villa
the south shore Of Staten leland engaged In an
extensive grocery business In this city. MIR. Britton
dcs fr.tclAss articles and enioyed the patronage
and acquaintance Of sccrctarf F-h, Gov. Morgan,
Commodore Vanderbilt, and other prominent ell.
4cus. At that time the Commodorcs mind not
ct,lQus 10 transactions involving less thau millions
0! dollars; H. met, he scrutiniztd even has house
hyl ll!a Sith keen eye.
The Commodore was In the habit oil droTrtns into
Hr. Blittous store once mouth Tor the purpose OF
having a friendly ,nut and settling his bill. Onc
at,rroon he eAmo in apparently In a great hurry,
excldming;
"Dnton, Il you have my account made out, III
cash It,"
"All risi;, Commodore; here arc the items foot.
eduo
Vanderbilt glanced down the lisi uutI be lad near
y reached The bottom, when he CALCULATED;
"How's tbs, Buttoni / never ordered those
thnrs.n
"Mhat tbingsw
Brandy, wines, cigars, sagdires, anehoyies,
why, yos, Commodore you ordered them two
days ago. Young Cornoie came after them with the
nsat wagon: , Supposed you were gong to have an
Party he hanged lie had party somewhere, |
reckon, and . NICE ono 1t must have been. lie was
sick all dsl y,sterdy Scratch tie things oil M
bill I'm not going 10 pay the young rascals debts"
ou allow him 10 order things here, aud you
mrs, pay TIC 5ii Commodore" replied Ar. Bntton,
Grry.
"You val never rei that money out OF me, Dayo
Bnttan."
~ win get it out Of you Commodore"
Come come, scratch those 1t ils OF, now I'm
in a hurry"
"weil, III strike 'em out but next month you'li
have ~ pay up, II Coruro don't"
" III scc you hanged hFsi you were ioul 10 Let
as he handed over the money Tor tue Remainder VI
the bill.
IL needless to say that young Cornclc never set.
tied that little bill II Was Inserted regularly In the
ary tie two old friends had their htue encounter
over it, II served ~ keep their blood In a healthy
circulation,
tinally the Commodore ceased 20 yisl, the store,
when Mr. briton sent The ball to the biuG old Com.
modOre al stated intervals by hs Alcck, who
possessed ne much armbess and determination ~
his lather. Tie BrittUns were bound to triumph or
die In the attempt.
One evening Aleck found the old Commodore in
good humor. He had just returned from drive
after passing everything on the road. This was be-
fore Bonner bad bought Dexter.
"Well, Aeck, said the Old sport. "your father
sticks 1t out pretty well on that bill when does he
expect to get the money!"
"Oh, be's IN great bury, Commodore; he
lawed. There Is plenty of time TO stick on com
yers."
The Commodore hesitated a moment, and then
quietly remarked, "Alock, IN settle up that old ac
count while have the money In my pocket; but
Just tell Dave Brtton that he lets thst young
rascal have another dollars worth II goods IN sec
him In Tophet beoro he will get cent out OF me"
Capt. Aleck britton served his country well In the
late war, but AFFAIR ever gave him more satIsiac-
ton than the victory over the sturdy Commodore.