Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-02-11
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The LITTLE OLD GENTLEMAN

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"Would you like to loek az tne l'"es' sit
Singular trial, that Of Risk Allah bey sgshSs 'l'e
Daily Telegraph" 80
The speaker was CURIOUS httie oio "an' uesp.g ~.
dressed, cleanly shaved, WITH snort' cr,sp' "hioe
hair, and face hike q req pipplni such ,aoe %
Is hardly ever seen OUT OF THIS ceunaS, auu e'en
here rarely, save amongst farmers' game-keepeis'
or others who are much IN the open air at al sea
SONS. This ittle-for ne was very sman iRoeeu as
to size-this little old gentleman was eacoanterea
In hrst-class smoking carnage On Tue ooe'i"e''
ern railway ,n.c1
"Cuious trial, that, before the LORD Onlef Jus:
tice," continued the old gentleman, as u ne WISH
ed-te promote further conversation. Was once d
tried for murder, myself. lWltn peasant S,nhe' J
'Yes," said the little oid gentleman anu very
nearly hung too. DID not get Oh nee was
sentenced to transportation lor hle went 'mousn
seven years OF 1t, and then they parooneu h'e iof
what had never done" =.
'You see," said the little old gentleman, smi-
ing more than ever, as the five other smokers IN
the carriage stared at him ou see' was ~ ior
many years cattle merchant IN Lonooa' my
business consisted I'D receiving HUN aoroau Nv,
Holland, Germany, Normanuy' Ut "nefe'e' oouiu
form aconnechon-o3en' cows sneeP' piss' so.e
on my own account otners 10 De sun VI
sion tor correspondents VINO Seps 'nei 'Snna' "
me for sale. The trade was pfoheaiae one' -
Every beast sent over on my account was ioly
insured, so that If they died on the passage came
upon the insurance company. had very 1e"
debts, and taking one thing with anotner, may
have fully calculated upon reaNng at least t"enty-
five per cent, on my capital every three months
In other words got proht OF one hunareo per
cent. on the money had commenced puslneSs
with. .,
"But with money comes tns aes,e ,ci ~vaH. ..I.
There was time before began 70 oeal III oatue
when thought myself nch II, at tns emu oi year.
had two hundred pounos III JAM o,s, "DI NJ; a
my expenses tor the last I%eiSe @1ntns. w" M -
was otherwise. iamen.eo tnaSi hau NV ai"a'
an IDLE oaiance oa nl'ee.i nuuI e. y. wv .oI.o
pounds was 1ono ol sioney III 4U, ,,y ,,shs. %
could not make "suey iaS' enousu iol -, " ~
In the cattle trade ana .aeieiole ueOei n'0 " w
little In the loan anu o'S0'un'''s "ay.
"It Is nearly twenty years ago, anu nave sone
through great deal OF troaoe SINCE "y sysOe"
was never to put too many eggs IN one po1IneVer
to lend very much to any single pelsvn-gu' "
lendvery small amounts to various people 1sea ,se
to answer the advertisements OF uaaesmen Id uin-
Guilty, and If l found that borrower nao goou Sc
curity to offer, would lend MIN perhaps enify Or
forty pounds, taxing ten pounds lnoh'h ,ol .no s
accommodation ana mueh "oTe ~ piopoiS.cn .ol
longer perloas one VI s a". J,vn1 ao thsp .olIAd
with a small business near ~naO p, Dae 'r n I LoJ
the New hoac, near ha,sleuouo s anoo -. romcb
often borrowed e"eney 'niy' al sis IL a,,a;J
as sixty pounos iIUm n, he' anu -''N !,
me to the Gay. ine seIuii' n ss s:o,le W 80 h;s H.
the same, JOINT note ol manu- VI ninTun M =.
brother, grocer up r1Acknsy way. o.- no nI H. r,
tns DorIo~e. "a' oua el..I.S ai,ro.,a ,fssr,,o
was IN dehca'e s'a'e VI ne"is: a, =. e n.sd te
irom MS cnes'' anu ~ no.S,u ~ bod oou,b
De ialo up ~, "eeN9 - s oh;,a,an
he was "iuo"ei' ', "-'-- '1- o',-lI -, ....,,
"One Gay Strange came " Ile auu oa.o s...c
had very eAclting oner " en'.. tJ ~ hms;
with PRIMER "no lau Ia, Doou oo' :aI ~ - ,o;d
ness seVerai years ine su" DS, ~ nnS
tor the partnership was 'nree nuuuou p' 10. Nv
he asked me to advance tnat a%oun' upoa sne %
cur1ty OF pohcy INSURANCE l9f one 'Iesa
pounds upon MS own he; On tnqury .oanc
that, years before otrange nau' "nen yoI.e I ns
healthy man, e1ecteo an T s,;s up ~ aIa,s
for five hundred pounos; Inns pol'y ~: I"@y: L"s';
managed to Keep up ana sun ~snea .naI a ~ s, O"-,,
not relapse. AS II naG Deen running VI III ne
twenty years. and as ne pa,1 very n, sn.u plems
um, and was now IN very oao neai'n 'ne lsu'an0'
company would nave oeea vary s'ad - nave pJ, th.
chasedit back. Therefore after looking at M the
affair in every possible way came 70 the conciu
sion that the security was good ana tnat tmlga
safely advance the sum OF three hundred pouncs
upon the security policy being ndorsed over t(