Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-10-05
ar NE COLLECTED HIS BILL.

- twenty-five years ago, Mr.. Bod
OAn s If the old fashioned printers o
VIZ Work. was looking sadly over hi
As he turned over the leaf thu
a.e8 the account of Mr.. Quoin, with
. susstrled balance OF $315.g0. and more
fro years past due, the sadness
I'd to grimness. How well he re
ssred the first visit OF deludins
~ wnen. with a corn-basket full O.
4. r,ts, said to have cost $1,000 he III
iaJ the credulous Mr.. Bodkin into
.;rc a book. For which Qdoin haG
~ ps,id. But he had promised magnifi
soon, Mr.. Bodkin, as receive the
-and the sales Of the book, | KNOW
not be less than that every week-you
have the money. A debt of honor
R,dkin. You should have it, if / had
II nv teeth" And here he showed q
pc.ion that a hyena would have envied
whiteness and hardness. "Then
1 Mr. Bodkin, you hold my wood cuts
security. Worth three times the
mt of your bill! Finer collaterals
never negotiated in Wall Street
h' And he swung his cane around
,ead as if ready to demolsh any man
ninion that might rise in opposition.
Mr.. Bodkin, much impressed with
rhetoric of Mr.. Quoin, went on his way
eng. Ouoin went to Rhode Island,
e he sold his books, and pocketed the
aeds And Mr.. Bodkin had waited
he money. How often he had written
uoin! How be had expostulated, and
ID and threatened! How he had Of
to take cslicoes, Goldfish, potatoes, or
rle nails, or any other production Of
{ island. Ali to no purpose.
len he had put the account in law
hands. Quoin was sued, and judg
was had, and execution was issued,
vas returned unsatisf1ed. Neither Mr..
ms property nor income could be at
ID. Bodkin fairly snorted as his eye
pon the expenses Of that suit
en h. thought of that security
invaluable collaterals-the precious
cuts that had cost $1,000. Bodkin
hawKed them at every publisher in
iy, only to get substantially the same
sr from all. GOOD cuts; of course
are. Worth 81 900 no doubt to cut
but to US, who don't need them,
build not use them, worth no more
irewood." Such securitys! Bodkin
fowing hysterical.
hughed aloud, not scornfully, but
knrly. 1t was the laughter of inspi-
For the wood cuts had given him
motion of how the debt might be
tied. Wi b undisguised chuckling,
1t ou his hat and weat in search OF
fallet, young gentleman Of remarka-
Persuasive faculties, faultless in dress
recover, an agent of the Pokomoke
kry, and an excellent JUICE OF the
of pea and thimble. Whist trans
between Bodkin and Mallet is purely
Ictural. But it was odd that Mr.. Boa.
should, on his return, have directed
)rem I'D to print dozen cards with
Inscription, Henry Mallet, publisher,
D ,45O Washington Street, Buffalo"
Mallet pub isher! Why, even the
r-boys laid their fingers aside their
Will tuCy AShO ~.
10 dave after this Mr.. Mallet laid one
ese cards ON the desk of Mr. Quoin,
begged to inquire Of that gentleman
rObable value Of the wood cuts used
book. Was he disposed to sell
or could they be used? To be can
and candor. was always weak less of
he needed them sorely. He had
arrangements to publish q certain
within three months. If il was out
\a.ime he would make $4,000 sure;
WIS DELAYED q week his chance OF
vas ne forever. The miserable
vers wanted three months to do the
whereas he could not spare three
Qaoin's cuts were not exactly
he wanted, b 1t they would serve.
d he take $50 for the use Of them ?
DIN smiled at bis innocence, and
his he'd 81 don't lend cuts; but
sell them to you for $500, and that
aper than you can get them made to
ere was no denying this: bat it took
than an hours hard b ring to make
abate the price to 5000. The most
BIT argument Mallet used was his ap-
lily careless production OF long,
BALLET, filed with new crisp and crack
bank notes, of high figures only, the
Of which made Mr.. Quoin show the
kiful white teeth. Mallet was un-
tedly cash buyer.
xt came the question OF terms
(uld Mr.. Mallet paw $3.50 Cash, and
IN order on his printer, who would
Or the cuts on payment of $3l5.
was Mallet's turn to smile, and he did
e the heather Chinee, "childlike and
l." What did Mr.. Quoin take him
He never paid for goods till he had
The idea of paying for cuts he had
cen as yet, and OF settling up Quoin's
was absurd! Under no circumstance
ever would he take the cuts, until he
The receipted bills of both the engrav-
ID printer. Was he to buy lawsuit?
served with attachments and troyers
eplevins and injunctions and games
bat sort? Not much. Mr.. Mallet
himself back in his chair, and looked
Prd, as If in quest Of relief from the
Fdities Of Quoin.
ioin became pensive. 1t was quite
that Mallet would not advance the
~ to pay the printers bill. Where
he get it? But If he did not get it,
ould lose the $2S5. That was not to
% ught Of The interview was ad-
bed. Quoin went out to hunt up the
BY, much to the annoyance of Mallet,
could not conceal his apprehension
Qaoin was about to refuse to SELL
n Mallet had made up his mind to
he wanted to buy and end the matter.
ioin would 60 on to New York with
ne would pay all expenses; but ne
ID not pay for the cuts till he had
and with good title. And here he