The daily gazette., 1877-02-10
ike TO look at the run of the skins, ;

- Sit ShSn, oi iiShst my Poittt
will sort them, and call here to-mor-
row, and you can see how they turn
out" said Mr.. As,or. Now. to have
delayed the purchase a day or more,
would never have answered. A Lon
don packet might come In that after
noon, and next morning the news of a
rise in the fur market have prevented
my buying the furs at my fgures. l.
II cannot conveniently wait over
to-day. l must be off to Philadelphia
by noon Tomorrow. If you will give
me a couple of men will examine
these furs. myself" is...e'.... -, -t'''i
"Why. my boy, it win be night be
fore We are through, and the sun goes
down early now.' All right, though
l will give you two men, The skins
are up stairs, and you can work on
them-you say 8 O'clock I I will be
here, and you will say yes or no." ii
Atwork Invent, and, getting through
the examination as fast as / could
Bye o'clock-had only half assorted
the otter skins. i... '1.,y l,ia.of. .
Ate o'clock. punctually, Mr.. Astor
came up stairs. ~ 4' {'i.H[
II am not half through, IT said. Mr..
Astor, now, from what have seen, 1
should make the run of the skins
pretty much as follows TWENTY-FIVE
per cent prime skins, forty per cent
seconds, twenty per cent thirds, and
the remainder damaged" us,'aI +
mo-" said Mr.. Astor: "there are
some bales you haven't looked through
which belong to the lot, which would
make the poor skins something like
twenty-five per cent. But, as you want
to divide, I'll make up fair average.
You are q good worker. likes to see
young people work but / want my
supper--what you say ?! You takes
$500 skins at $3.50?" The skins were
cheap at that, and within my limit.
Now for good stroke of business, l
thought to myself. n 1 r,u
II will tell you what I will do, sir, /
will give two dollars ard three-quar-
ters for the whole lot"
$50 so My boy, with fifteen hun
dred dollars of beaver and all them ot-
ters, that makes most twenty thou
sand dollars,n q f.H-l 4. H..
"And at four months credit" l adj
ded. ~ I
-Four months credit and most
twenty thousand dollars Sol You go
fast for a young man." And here As
tor looked me square in the face. "Y ou
are married ?" he asked.
Eyes, Mr.. Astor," l lreplied, with a
smile. iI ."
"Babies?"
"Yes, sir-two."
"Any more expected ?"
II am sure / don't know" l an
swered, rather loesing patience.
IA big family for young man
You spend all you make ~
mo, sir"
Wife wears fedders in her hat, big
sleeves. give darties p
eyes, sir, she wears feathers when
they are in fashion, and gives a party
when she thinks her husband can afford
it."
$50 l did business with you fadder
many years ago. He was an honest
man. 1t is a risk. Two.seventy-five
for lot of skins worth three dollars?
7 ou wait now," and he took bit of
chalk and made some figures on the
lid of black desk. / remember his
figures to this day" young man"
said Mr.. Astor, "you say two dollars
and eighty cents, and you promise
me your wort of honor that you never
tells nobody that John Jacob Astor
was fool enough to trust a young man
a boy, though he has Two badies-
with twenty thousand dellars' worth
of goods
That speech of the old man made me
mad. "I don't want your goods, Mr.. As
tor" said; "l don't want anybody to
sell me goods as favor"
"What you show your temper be-
cause put five cents more on the skins?
Here my boy, you just show me that the
son is as honest as the fadder, and tell
you somethings-your old man long be-
fore you was born, trust me once in Lon
don with $50, You go now; wine for my
supper" ,.,,
heads p
"Yes, yes; everything. You ask me to
pay freight on them next, and guarantee
profits / suppose. Now go away; that
is enough trading for to-day. You have
your bill tomorrow. Any thing more
you want?" yt..-.
eyes Mr., Astor, nineteen thousand
seven hundred dollars worth OF notes
payable is almost too mucn for q young
house like mine to put out at one time"
"What, you dom want to give notes?
Young man! you must think John Jacob
Astor crazy"
81 want to pay the money for my pur-
chase, sir, and must have discount for
cash"
"'The cash! Young man, how you
manage your business! / don't want any
money. What's $20,0 Well, well, you
does things SO cunning, that l must
oblige you. I will take off the legal in
terest for four months"
'"That won't do, Mr.. Astor. II you
have so much money, other people have
not. Say two.and-a-half per cent, and
tomorrow morning 1 will pay the
amount" "My boy" said Mr.. Astor,
lyon beat me all around, see here; it is
a bargain. You is sharper than your
father, Now tell you. I hos given you
q good bargain to-day; tell me in conf-
dence what you do with those skin"
81 will ask you to take two and-a-half
per cent more off the cost OF the goods
for the information.
"Dat would be paying tee much. Coco
bye; you come see me in the morning
and my supper, dat must be cold"
Earlu in tha lnorninU 7 a0ld INV hille