Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-22
THE JEW.

Office. III L SnOutu uhllNit " bo tc"A |
IN lei him know at what hour he should call on
me, as lie desired 10 have short interview
with me. Ia,
took the first alternative, rather curious as 10
the business ON hand, for had no connecu9n
with law suits. owed nobody, and NOBODY
owed me. 80
wss private gentleman, with a suhclsnt
income-not very rich and livery poor-wnn
a wife, a young son, decent town house IN
cross street, above Union Square, and INQUEST
country scat, where fished and wandered dur
Ing sumIe'. .a,.o ,u.o
NV legal correspondent was In his oiiice, ike
q spider in the middle Of his web.
IIe seemed a little embarrassed when enter
cd. but at length, after the customary inter-
change OF civilties, said -,
in court can put questions well enough |
Int those are pertinent, and these have to |
PROFOUND are impertinent.'
You are frank, at all events
THAT Is as much rs to say am no lawyer, |
and am afraid I'll prove you about right.
Ny CLIENT who 10 himself lawyer in'slroc,s
me 10 ask some questions aud docs 1t in an
entirely mysterious way. / am under the GER
taini ty that you ore about to bctray his conii-
dence, and let you into minc. There-read
that letter.
So saving he showed an eplstle at me, across
the table. l have no copy of II, bnl twas sub
stantially as follows:
Chicago, ILL.,, June 81, 1865.
SIR: Enclosed find certified check for one
hundred dollars. If this be not a sufficient fee
for the services desired, write for more.
ENQUIRE about Jonathan j. Morten VINO lives
or did live, in New York Get MS auuress anu
business IL he has any.
In order TO identify him, lind out II lie ever
went TO school TO Mr.. Graede III arick street.
Also, If he ever knew a boy there, a fellow pli-
pn, by the name of Hirsh, and ifhe can remem-
her his first name. This information is for
Morton's own benefit. have a client who is
anxious to know, and willing to pay for the
knowledge. a.
Do moi let Morton find out the object of these
inquiries.
Pray answer as soon as possible and oblise'
Your obedent servant,
REUBEN LEVY.
sThst is what can't make out, unless 1t Ia
far your benett in some way that lie has spok
of before.
However, there are the questions; you cal
answer them or not, as you see Mt. II you arr
the man required and can give the Information
Ipocket the fee sent-if not, send IL paci
again.
.Well,' sid, sit can't injure me 20 have yo'
retain the money. -,
/ did 20 to that school certa inly. Oh
Graede prepared a number OF boys for college
remember Young Hirsh very well. His nam
was David. and his father was Hebrew In re
lipion and a sort of dealer in everything, an
money lender, ltancy.
rbs bow was slender, weakly fellow, wit
large black eyes, had handsome hce-nC
with conventional Jewish features we g
very intimate, too, through one thing
NAV 1 ask what that was: But l beg yor
pardon, l. ma, = :,
boys took a spite at David solely through II
ligious prejudice, and used to annoy him
Bart Doremus, the big boy bully of Il
school, used to make practice of getting b
fore him III the play ground and quoting BID
texts at him:
.Dayid thou art the man, and such FOOLS
ness, and ask him where his sling was, wh'
he had heard from Mr.. Goliah, and silly thin
ofthat kind, that almost set David Wild U
day he said =,
David, your father is old David himself, all
he?
His name is David, was the answer, but W
do you askP
ooh, want to know if your mother "
Bathsheba or some other she-bear,' was the
David turned on his tornentor, and, to
great surprise of all, deliberately slapped
face.
Bart stripped of his coat at once but l KIN
that this little fellow was no match for his
tagonist, SO showed him aside and took
place.
wasn't much as a fighting fowl, but
blood was up. went in and licked the bu
Doremus retired
you and David must have become W;
fiiends.'
VERY much So The boys called us d.
and Jonathan, but not very loud, for whe
found how much fight there was in me,
disposed to stanl no nonsense
what became Of him.!
Il don't know. We Wee In college ioget
and took our bachelors degree al the s
time, but Davidhad bad health, and tray
in Europe awhile.
l used 10 hear from him now and then,
for the last two years have quite lost I
of hinP
That evening told my wife the affair,
she cxclamed:
sIIere is his name among the DEATHS
And sure enough there it was:
DIED.
AT Chicago, OF consumption, July 10Th,
id IIirsch, Jr., in tho twenty-ninth year
age
We talked good deal about it that i
and the next day, and for week, whel
whole thing passed away from our minds
Two years and half ago, was pursr
TO take some shares in silver mining co
ny.
The vein lay in Durango, Mexico, and
said to be unusually rich. All silver
are not what they are represented, but
was.
After a deal of trouble about fixing title
got to work, and the prospects were so ia
Bile that invested more and more in it,
finally furnished about two thirds OF the
ing capital. This | did after had mi
personal visit to the mine and satisfied i
thoroughly as 10 its value.
II had been neglected, being supposed
worthless, and denounced by Ia" paIty
whom We bought it, and whO discovered
vein, Which, as or engineer had pred
turned ont to be tractabe ore, yielding,
average, one hundred dollars To the ton.
dividends grew fast, hui We put them b
raising smelling works, building new
duct. Just then heavy storm arose, the
ell wacr-ctursc running through the
above the mine changed its path, and i
night swept away smelling works, sta
mills and aqucluct
The damage very great, and ma
assessment the capital stock necess
Our engineer, who brought up the new
tanned a ''progur" before he started, but,
a pretence of lack Of form, this was ST
by the mining population; and when
months Of negotiation, we raised the ne
money we found that or mine had bee
nouuced" for having suspended operatio
the required time, and that the Project
friends were In actual possession.
As nearly everything was worth hat
gradually invested in the speculation,
bad way.
Fate seemed determined to compile
ruin.
had brother. in-law, weli-mcanine
who was extremely unfortunate in evel
he undertook. Lack ofjudgment or all
ness for business is generally covered
term misfortune, but In his case it was SIN
IN luck. Enterprises in which lie embark
the advice of the Cool6 ST heads Of the