The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-04
Qbe Qintes, Mem BLOOMFIELD, pa.

"You are philosopher"
"No-simply a poet. l write verses
for amusement, only"
"When first met you in New Or
leans"
Ah, my dear sir, you anticipate me.
Say nothing Of our first meeting. TWAS
a mere matter of business. There is
something more in this world than mere
labor and worriment. am still young,
and can now retire from business with an
income of three thousand dollars per an
mum, for which l worked-aye, sir,
workedp
But your business was to-"
"Find money"
You surprise me !"
No doubt In the course of ten years
have realized, from finding money and
returning it to the owners, upwards of
twenty thousand dollars thirty thousand
inherited from an uncle.
Butt how is it possible, sir, to be so
successful ?"
"System, sir, and localities. In Lon
don, returned to owners upwards of thir-
ty thousand dollars. In Paris, about
twenty thousand, and in Rome-well, in
Rome did less, but what may appear
strange to you, I made more. The Pope
returning from ride, lost a diamond
cross. All eyes were upon his Holiness
mime were on the ground. No one but
myself thought of what might be lost in
such crowd, hence my luck. The cross
| cnt NTH hp,11,onfe +hot -,
stant I suspected who was the owner
Nor was l mistaken His Holiness pre-
sented me with this ring. 1t is valuedat
eight hundred dollars.
"Strangew
" What-my business? Yes, it is
Sir, thousand of dollars are daily lost in
large cities, which the owners never have
returned to them. In no one instance,
except small amounts not advertised, have
I failed to find the owner. When / find
a ten dollar note, advertise it-so
with all amounts above that In many
instances, as you know, / have returned
the money before it was advertised at
ALL"
''As | know How and wherey All!
| recollect. was in Mr.. Williams office
when you returned his pocket book. |
did not think you saw me-"
"Ah, my dear sir, if you had served
ten years apprenticeship to money find
ing, you would learn that the eye, like
the human voice, can be cultivated. l
did see you on that occasion"
Have you heard from the gentleman
who lost the money in front of the Gil
rard Bank?"
Instead of answering me he opened a
small writing desk and showed me a
check for one thousand dollars.
"There, sir, was good days work ?"
90 1t was"
"But | had still better one last week,
not in remuneration, befitting the pocket,
but more satisfactory one to the mind"
:" How so ?"P
% picked up small pocket book on
Arch Street, containing ten dollars. 1t
was evidently the property Of poor per-
son. There was memorandum In wo-
mans handwriting, appropriating that
amount to parties whom she owed. Land
lord, six dollars baker, one dollar and
fifty cents; grocer two dollars and fifty
cents. On the inside leaf, | noticed the
number of house in Cresson's alley
Inquiring my way to the place, | found
the nnmber-it was small house. Just
as | was in the act Of knocking, | heard
a female voice say, put it in the Ledycr
This was sufficient | knocked, and the
door was opened by decent looking wo-
man the inmates, beside herself, were a
young girl and a lad called, marm,
in consequence of finding small amount
Of money
. Oh, sir, have you found it? Ten
dollars, sir; all the money had in the
world, aud that owing to those who would
turn me out of the house if the rent was
not paid.
"F There is the money, madam. [ am
happy in being enabled to save you
from the power of a merciless landlord
81 handed her the book and left"
That was indeed kind"