Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-06
A Newspaper Advertisements

upon by an adrOlt ScOundrel, who con
trived to get a suit of clothes on credit
and afterwards decamped without pay
ing for them. The Quaker was too poo
to lose the debt, but, like too many o
his cloth, he had apparently no othe
alternative. The account was PLACED
on his book and was soon forgotten
About five years afterwards as ht
was examining his old records ot
debt and credit, his attention was attract
ed to this account, and as all the cir
cumstances attending it came fresh tC
his mind, suddenly an odd thought sug
gested itself
''Ill try an experiment" said he tC
himself, perhaps | may succeed in
catching the scamp and get my pay"
He Immediately prepared an adver-
tisement in substance as follows, which
he inserted in the hient HeraH:
NoTIcE.-IfMr. Henry Webber. who was
| in Canterbury. aboutthe month of August
i'm the year 1888, will send his address Ia
the editor of this paper he will hear some
| thing to advantage.
Having instructed the editor not to
| disclose his name to the rogue if be
should call, but request the latter To
leave his address, the Quaker patiently
waited the result of this experiment In
a short time he was informed by note
! from the editor that the individual allud-
| ed to 10 in the advertisement, having ar
rived from London, might be found at
the Rose Hotel.
The tailor lost no time in preparing a
/ transcript of his account. not forgetting
| to charge interest from the time the
/ debt was contracted. Taking a hailiff
with him who bore a legal process suit
/ ed to the occasion. he soon arrived at
! tie lodgings of the swindler. The bal
/ lift was instructed to stand off a little
! distance till a signal should indicate the
/ time for him to approach.
| The Quaker now entered the coffee
| room and rang the bell; and when the
/ servant entered requested him to inform
/ the gentlemen Of whom he was in search
/ that friend wished to speak with him.
The waiter Obeyed the summons. and
soon both debtor and creditor were look
/ ing each other in the face.
''HOw dost thou do?" kindly IN
quired the Quaker, in a bland tone.
perhaps thee does not know me 2"
Il do not believe 1 have the pleasure
of your acquaintance" politely an
swered our hero, with a forced smile
''Dost thou remember purchasing a
suit of clothes of a poor tailor in this
city, and forgetting to pay for them ?"
asked the Quaker.
ing slightly, you must be mistaken in
the person. 1t cannot possibly be me
that you wish to find.
But the Quaker was not to be shaken
off by this denial Of his identity.
"Ah, John, ! know thee well. Thou
art the very man / wished to see. Thou
hast on at this moment the very coat
that | made for thee Thou must ac-
knowledge that it was made of good
stuff and well made or it would not have
lasted thee so long"
ooh, yes. said the gentleman. aD-
pearing suddenly to recOllect himself.
4 do remember now the circumstance
to which you allude. Yes. ves-I had
intended to call and settle biz before
leaving Canterbury, and youmay depend
upon my doing so. ] have come here to
take possession of a large amount Of
property which has fallen to me by
will. See. here is the advertisement
which apprised me Of my good fortune"
Here he handed the Quaker a copy Of
the paper containing the notice whose
history we have given above. The tailor
looked at it with an impertubable grayi-
tY, and continued:
Yes, | see thou art in luck: but as
my demand Is a small one, / think /
must insist on payment before thou com
est into possession of thy large estates
y tap on the window here brought
the bailIf into the presence Of the par
tics.
The swindler was particularly aston
ished at the appearance Of this function
airy, who Immediately began TO execute
his part Of the drama.
"N hat" exclaimed the rogue in an
angry tone, you surely havn't sued
me 2"
Yes. l have" replied the Quaker.
land thou shouldst be thankful that
nothing worse has happened TO thee"
Come in then, said the debtor. find
ing himself fairly caught. ''c0me in and
| will pay you. if / must"
Then the three went intO the house to
gether. and the slippery gentleman, hav-
ing asceTtained the amount Of the bill.
paid it in full. The tailor having signed
the receipt. placed ii i'm the hands of the
late debtor with feeling such rs may
readily be imagined. The swindlcr took
lb anu lpa Ailts ilA~t ttlllf lditsth AT alt-
various items of which il was compoSed.
He said nothing until he came 30 the
last charge. which was ''for advertising"
when he broke forth, "Hallo. what is.
this for for advertising That's an
odd charge in a tailOr's bill You're
cheating me-"
'.Oh, no, coolly replied the Quaker,
''that is all right. have charged thee
the cost Of publishing the advertisement
which thou just showed me-"
Here the swindler savagely demanded.
''Do you mean TO say YOU caused the
publication of that advertisement =
Truly, did" replied the Quaker,
with most provoking GOODNESS.
You told a faisehOod in it 2" quickly
retorted the rogue.
Convince me Of that" said the impcr
turbable Quaker; ''and thon wilt find
me ready to confess my fault"
you said in your advertisement that
| should hear of something to my advan-
tage, if | would come here.
'.ThOu art mistaken" Immediately re-
sponded the Quaker; Il only promised
that thou shouldst hear of something to
advantage, and is it not to the adyan-
tage of a poor tailor, to collect an old
debt 2"
'If | catch You in the street, said the
swindler, in the deepest rage, ..Ill give
you such thrashing as will not leave
the breath in your body"
NONSENSE" said the Quaker; s'If
thou really intended to do anything of
that sort, we had better step out in the
back yard and finish the business at
once"
The rogue was completely abashed by
the GOODNESS of the Quaker, and stood
speechless and almost petrified.
''Now," said the tailor, good natured-
ly. ''let me give thee piece of advice.
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