Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-09-19

sThere we differ. He is young
man of excellent character. If there il
any swindling about it, you have swim
died him."
81 never got dollar out of him."
@You will; he is honest, and will pay
you"
al doubt it, if he has you to keep him
out of difficulty
"I l shall endeavor to keep him out Of
trouble"
"You SHALL"
How much does he owe you?''
"Thirty dollars"
Sand you trusted for fifty?"
"Sixty."
"Very well. Taylor is honest. He
means to pay all his debts. Now is ii
right to lock up nearly all his salary for
weeks, perhaps months,'
But he don't mean to pay"
Has he told you so."
"No, but he asked me to wait, which
is the same thing"
Which only proves his honesty"
If he intended to swindle you, he
would not have gone to see you about
it. This debt and credit business is all
wrong, Mr.. Spike; and if had the
making of the laws, would not allow
a debt to be collected by legal pro-
cess, unless an intention to defraud
could be shown, or fairly supposed"
Humph! You would let us be cheat
ed out of our property"
81 would let you cheat yourself out
of your property if you choose to do
so. Look at it; here is q young man,
on salary of three hundred dollars
year. You let him horses; you trust
him along for two or three months, and
thus encourage him to spend his mon
ey upon what he cannot afford, and
which, if he had to pay for it on the
spot, he would not have. Riding is
useless luxury. You have led this young
man along till he has run up a bill of
thirty dollars-one tenth of his salary
for year. Now, do you suppose if you
had made him pay for his horse when
he had him, he would or could, have
ridden quarter part of what he has ?"
" l suppose not; but that is his look
out" .....
I" And yours to get your pay. Now,
if he had paid your bill to-day, he could
not have paid his butcher or his baker,
probably, and they would refuse to
trust him, and then perhaps his family
might suffer-
"NO business to have 4 family"
"Nay, 1 commend him for that; and
he can support them decently, if any
one would teach him the value of money,
A, B and c trust him, and he lives be-
yond his means"
"That is his look out, and not mine."
If there were no laws by which you
could collect this debt, Taylor would
have been better off to-day. The cred
it system, properly restrained, is well
enough; but do not like to see young
man placed in your power, perhaps |
hampered for life because you desire to
do large business which induces you
to run up long bills"
Hump"
"Mr. Spike, give me your receipt for
this bill, and will pay it,
And the costs?"
"No; only the face of the BILL"
"But shall have to pay the Sher-
iff-"
"Very well, you may pay him. Tay-
lor shall not.''
Spike thought, and concluded to ac-
cept Mr.. Mason's proposition.
"John Randolph said that "pay as
you 60, is the philosophers stone, Mr..
Spike: When Taylor rides any more
make him pay on the spot.''
shall," and Spike lett not very we'll
satisfied. But William did not ride any
more, and few days after, Mr.. Mason
very kindly pointed out to him the phil
osopher's stone. The young man owned
up all Mr.. Mason had suspected. A few
days after, letter came from Aunt
The old lady was very sorry
the young folks had got into trouble,
was glad they called upon her, enclosed
a check for five hundred dollars for them
to commence anew, and entreated them
not to get trusted for anything.
They followed all this good advice,
and William and Helen are now models
Of thrift.