Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-10-16
be the owner instead Of the tenant of his

The lawyer went to his Office, and writ
inga note, dispatched it by his office mes
scn"cr. In twenty minutes well-drcsscd
man entered, and bowed to the lawyer
with a dcfcrcntial air
"Takc chair, Joncs-T want to talk to
you" said s.. "You know we've man
aged to get confoundcdly in debt with our
new church
"Yes, so it seems was the asscntcd re-
ply.
And somehow or other we must man
age to get ont of debt; aud we can, if the
thing is done rightly. believe have
hit upon the mode"
All! Well, you are fortunate. No
body else could have done it."
so | tlattcr myself. There are too
many pcws rented. fall who are able to
buy would purchase instead of renting, the
debt would be paid off in week.
"No doubt of that"
every well; that is admitted. Now
my plan is to make them buy"
If You can
"And can, with good fellow like You
to aid me. And think your affection for
the church is strong enough to enlucc you
to lend Il willing hand to the work nclt
is Il terrible thing"
"Indccd it is. But how can aid YOU"
Are you wiling::"
80. certainly
every well. Then. without anybody $
knowing what we arc about, or su>pcctn =
any concert between Us, we can make some
forty of fifty pcw-rcn:crs become purchas,
cgs, and thus pay the whole debt
" How? ] am curious to know that -
every we'll, I'll tell you. There i, Pres
ton to begin with. His pew is a very eli
giblc one, and if he gives it up he cant
possibly get another without going far
down the aisle, for every good pew in the
church is either rented or sold Now his
pew is worth ut least two thousand dollars. .
:" cs. and he ought to pay that for it.
!Io is able enough
:" so | think. Very we'll. Now I will
place two thousand dollars in your hands.
and do YOU 20 to the treasurer, who has
charge of the matter, and offer to buy the
pew, sayin" that you are ready to pay the
price down for it, cash lie will, otcoursc.
tell you that he must see Preston first, and
give him the option of buying it. And
Preston, rather than let you have the pew,
will buy. Dye see p
Capital 1t is the very thing"
"Isn't it?'
elf you amt a lawyer, dyed in the wool,
there's no mistake" said the man leaning
back in his chair and giving vent to a
hearty peal of laughter,
On the next Sabbath Preston sat in his
own pew, sure cnongh; and the treasury
of the church was in better condition by
just the sum of two thousand dollars.
S. was delighted at the success of his
scheme, and tried it on two other pew
renters, who were quite stranges to each
other, during the week, and with the de-
sired result.
Jones got some private abuse for his
| porfn NJ hrc Al Al
had better pay his honest debts before he
undertook to buy igh-priccd pew; but
he put it all quietly i'll his pocket, and went
ahead.
"You are determined to have some-
body's pew, I see" remarked the trcasur-
cr when Jones appeared the fourth
time.
g wish a good pew, and am willing to
pay good price for it, he replied. 81
don't covet anybody's pew; but believe
no one has right to the property that he
merely rents"
go, no. you have right to purchase
any unsold pew in the church."
$50 l supposed"
But Jones didn't get the pew, for which
he had offered liberal price. The occu-
pant preferred the alternative of buying to
being turned out.
Thus the thing won't quietly on, no one
suspecting the agency at work, until pews
enough were actually sold to pay OFF the
forty thousand dollars debt that had re-
manned after the first sale of pews and sub
sequent extra subscription.
"Didn't tell you that I would make
Preston buy his pew?' said s. to the
vestryman to whom he had first hnted his
intention of putting some unknown scheme
into operation.