Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-09-26
SHYLOCE.

cent. month for the use of the money.
He was little hunchbacked fellow with
one eye that looked like one of those green
revolving lights near a railroad bridge.
He'd been having things pretty much
his own way, but young fellow named
Antonio started in the commission bust
ness across the street. Antonio was a
tip-top fellow and hated to see any one
wanting money, and whenever q GUS
toner got down TO bedrock all he had to
do was TO goto Antonio and by giving him
a collateral he could be accommodated
without paying any interest. OF course
this played the deuce with Sbylock's
business and that party hated Antonio
worse than the devil hates holy water.
Antonio was first rate fellow but no
business man. He had lot Of irons in
| the fire all the tine and of course some
of them had to burn. He had q friend
named Bassanio, man older than him.
self. who dressed well and was thought
by some to be counting an heiress named
Portia, who had fine estate in the
vicinity. Bassanio's exchecquer got
rather low. aud knowing Antonio would
put mp for him, he went around and
told that young man that be wanted
three thousand ducats and said he would
surely pay him in three months, for he
calculated on marrying the heiress in
that time. Antonio was in tight place
himself, having advanced considerable
on a lot of barley he was expecting in,
but said he'd do his level best to accom-.
modate Bassanio. Now Antonio besides
running Shylock's business had treated
that poor old fellow rather shabbily. He
had on two occasions sent him mess of
pork, and once when Shylock went to
| Panaca and started to take trip in
| gondola Antonio hired two young fellows
to duck him. This incensed Shyock
and he swore a solemn oath he would be
even with Antonio. And now here was
Bassanio wanting three thousand ducats
and Antonio, after promising to get it
for him, at his wits end to get enough to
pay his own board and have few
shekels left for the importunate Mon
goian who washed bis raiment. As
last resort he went over to Shylock and
told him he had to havs three thousand
ducats and he might stick on the interest
az much AZ he pleased. Shy!ock's one
eye spnrkled like an emerald and with
little green rays reflected from the soil.
tary optic he professed to be greatly sur
prised that Antonio should come to him
and want an accommodation. He started
in to mock Antonio hut that worthy told
him to stow all that rubbish, that he
wanted the money and would pay for its
use. Shylock, on this. professed great
friendship for his former prosecutor, and
opening bottle of ink and setting out
pile of oyster shells he told Antonio that
he would charge no interest; in fact was
glad to accommodate such a heightened
and Christian gentleman, but just merely
as joke would have Antonio sign a
bond expressing his willingness that in
case the money wae not paid in ninety
days Shylock could cut pound of flesh
from any part OF Antonio's body. An
tonio's entered Unto the seeming Joke,
and they went around to notary, had
the bond drawn up, signed and sealed,
and Shylook gave Antonio the money
which an hour after was iingling in Bas.
SANTOS pocket. Now Shylock had q
daughter named Jessica and bosom
friend named rubal. Antonio and Bas-
sanio had put up job on Tubal once in
this way: Bassnnio had valuable dia.
mond ring and when hard up would
soak it at Tubal' s-who done little bust.
ness in that way--for hundred or so,
When he was flush he'd go and redeem
his ring, and SO the thing went on. One
day Bassanio came in with what an.
peared to be the same ring and as usual
Tubal handed out the coin, but this time
Bassanio took a receipt. Tubal WASH,
long discovering that he had been pu,
off with worthless paste imitation. and
when a confederate came a long a few
days after and in all apparent sincerity
offered Tubal fifty ducats for the ring the
delighted pawnbroker handed it out.
The next day Bassanio strolled in with
his hundred ducats and remarked he be.
lieved he'd take that ring. Tubal hadn't
a word to say but finally made ont to
stamner that the safe was locked and
he'd mislaid the key. Bassanio said
twas all right, no hurry, and as soon as
he left poor Tuhal rushed out to find
the chap he had sold the ring to. That
gentleman said he had no idea the ring
was SO valuable but if Tubal wanted Il
he might have it for four hundred ducats
Of course Tubal had to have the ring ia
give Bassanio, and when he heard tina,
Bassanio and his pard had divided the
spoils he waxed wroth and took an oath
similar to Sbylock's.
Jessica had lover named Lorenzo
who didn't do mnch of anything, had
been born tired and was afflicted with q
chronic indispostion to exertion. One
night when Sbylock was away helping
TO eat fatted calf that some brother had
killed in honor of his prodigal sons re-
turn fiom Bullionvile, Jessica took a
, couple of precious stones, filled two can.
, vas sacks with ducsts and pinning bel
skirts back tighter than ever she went
up stairs got box Of striped stocking,
and her highest hpeled boots and went te
, meet Lorenzo who was waiting with 6
, gondola and trusty henchman. H,
had hired the fastest gondolier in tn.
place and Jessica, who had been keeping
house for the old man, went off witt
Lorenzo and never gave her aged parien,
. the slightest clue as to her whereabouts
When the old man came back in the
morning and found J.ssica had flown
and taken sundry available wealth will
her, he lifted up his voice in lamenta
ton and would not be comforted. Hi
(. only hope was that Antonio might fail tc
meet his note and. as he was bound t.
be revenged on somebody, in that cas-,
he would make things exceedingly uu
3 pleasant for that young merchant. A,
ill.luck would have it the Indians scared
q Antonio's ranchers so that they would n
cut the grain, his best mule team sick
ened and died, lot of prospectors tina
= he had been putting up for went back OF
him, sold the mine and broke for Arizo
ma, and the fact of the matter was tina
= the three months were nearly up ant
|. Antonio was impecunious. Meanwhile
= Bassanio's suit was prospecting. Por
tia was an orphan. had queer ideas abou
matters and things and believed goot
q many OF the young fellows were fonde
Of her mining stocks and real estate tina,