, 1877-02-21
NATHAN ROTEISCHILD.


AAAs f1EiluaH4Hk0 WIN @A0 x&tHX Ok ksns
gland.
Somewhere near a srora Of years ngn, think.
read the story. then fscalf, It has brct, 5c.
called 10 my intn1 by It's telling In my prcsclyc
TO All English gentleman, who assured u. thai
i'c co'll1 personally vuurh for tts TRUTH he hay.
Ing Ind business with tho oil lady of Thread
iiecdtc street while tho transaction vas IN prvz.
rcss; .nn.f, from this assurance of m cyc.uIt-
i,css, deem tla thing worth repeating. think
l remember It ~ IL wis told 10 mr..
drawn M" " " stssIs .ss o.. 'f la1fo aoqn,; II % was
When tl!a gentleman WIN held It arrived in
1.nutlon, Nnttnn wis aWnY, ntrl ltc ionk the BIT
nf paper to tie Bank Of England, uA asked them
there to discount Il. Thu managers were ,esY
EttH. With iiall.Ety nssirancG they informed
t1e holder tlat they discounted only their own
IF "prlyate persons, They did not step to
.es Etc., ya % eaw. TS' n asy ,E 5 y H., . .h,nrs ost
tho realm alinnlh haYc known and remembered
that TINT hit Ut paper boru thu sign fnuu,lai of
= i"an nlore powerful ttian they. t,nwer.
iul Gcealsc Independent of thu thousan1anl.
"umphe exclaimed Nathan fsothscl,ild,
when the answer of tho bank was repeated
to ilA'. "fr!ynte pcrsYns! wll' give those
tmportant gentlemen IL know. Will, wliat aurt oi
pirate pcrsons they nye to dealt"
aud then Natlluil Kutl,stlllll vent at work.
Tic lta.l III object I'll vew,-t humble tllc Bl4;
Ut Enga1N1,-nhn he n.cnt,t to do It. Hu sent
agents upon tho Continent, ami through the
III gatherlugtip notrs Of tho smaller dsnufilna.
tlUlls vi the banks own Issue. the tlnrnfnc,
bright md early. Nathan l!uthsrliId presented
himself Ut tho bunk ut Tho uI,enInu Of tlic tel
look Ey. po,ln.! note, which lc.lcsrcl 10 lave
caslcd.. FIrn. suverc!giis wcrc counted out to
l!tn, the Officers looklng with astonisl,nicnt
mpo'' seeing thy Baron 1sotllsshila trembling
The l'arun cxa,nl,ied tho coins ons by o.,r, mi,
having Bnttstcd h!n,srlf of their lsuncsty III
quality and weight, hcslppcl l'cn Into O ral-
vus blr, md drew out nill prcauntcl AtlUtI:er
livo pound note. The sa'nc operation was gotu
through With atais,, sayo TINT thls tne tLc Bar
Oh took tho tru.sb!u 10 taku snsall palr u
scales from l,ts packet an.! wcigl. nne Of the
nlcvcs, for thu law Envc l!tn that right. Two-
tllrcc-.-te1l-twenty--a h'll,drct9-!iso hundred
pound mites were presented mud ca,hetl. When
one pt'ckethoOk liu1 brcn eniptte,! another VA,
brought furtli; Mrt wllcu rAriyas but, hal hccn
iillcA with Kultt1t WINS pnsAct 10 q xerra,t who
was III waiting. And ~ he want on until the
hour arrived for eloalng tho bat,k; antl At tbs
same TING he bud nine Ut tlc euIptoycs uf the
Aolse engaged Il. the ealnc work. 10 1t resulted
That ten men 0f tic house of 1tothsell ha kept
every teller Of thu bank busy tcscn hours, anl
Ind exchangcl somewhere aoout -, ,0)0. Nut
attended to.
Tic Englsl. like ot1lity. Let man do some-
thing original anu pillhnt, Atnl they Will Up
rlauI even though their own tlcsl IL prirkcd.
Su the people cuntriycL to snnilc Mt thu cercn-
tricty 1T Huron Ko.tschlld, antl when tho Tins
ssa.lu fur cl0ang tho bank, they wero not tpnth
part So much annoyed as wcre tho customers
frUn uhruutl, wllDse business had not bccnat.
tended tp. Tho bauk officials smiled that even.
lug but
On tho following morning, when the hank
ureDed, Nathan ltotllscllIll appeared nyafu,
accompanied by his ntle faithful helpers, this
time bringing With hin a. fur rs tho street en-
trance four iloayy twu-f,urs0 lrays, lor the p,..
pose OF car.ing nway tho gold, for to-tlny thp
1sarun hnd bills Of larger denomination All,
The officers of the hank smiled l,o lIl0re, atlt
trembling scIzctl them wlru the barker nun.
arch said, with stern simplicity aud direct.
nesA:
"AlI, tllcsc gentlemen refuse to takc nv bills.
Bo 1t so. ! uu, resolved Tint will Keep nut
unc Of tholrs. Il Is tho iousc Of RothsehIlJ
ngattst the LINK VI Englandl''
Tho bank VI England npcncil Its eyes ycr1
wide; Within wsols tlc' c,'IIouec Of Notllscllld
could ba tlcI,anliug gold wheh II did not
possess. The gentlemen aL the leal Of atlArs
sAw very plainly that ill q determined Tut tue
bnnk must Eu to thu wall. There was bat one
wny out ut the serapc, and they tuo!i 1t. Moths
WIS ut once publicly given TINT thenceiorth Il Tue
link OF EnglauA would cash tho bills Of ltut4s.
clll!u US we'll u Its own!-Exchangt.