Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-11-21

it will come soon enough and Mr..
Snip, who had already taken out his scis-
sors, passed his measure around my waist.
was certainly in want of clothes, and
therefore permitted him to take his meas
memcnts.
No sooner was he gone than another in
dividual entered:
"Mr. Mac Arone you must do me a great
service. Buy my house and lot. You are
rch-very rich; you want some real estate
Kansas City. Forty thousand dollars
are nothing to you, and ut present am IN
urgent want OF money. expected Mr..
llardcaSh to buy it, but he does not decide
and have some pressing engagements to
settle.
~ buy yOur housc-what nonSmso!'
'lt is no nonsense. II is a safe invest
mcnt. In two years it will he worth
double the amount. have your word, ~
and he left without giving me time to re-
/ ply.
So well did he circulate the report
OF my purchase, that very soon Mr.. liurl-
cash, apparently in bad hmmor, honorcd
me with a hurried visit. He at once re-
marked
"Nlr. Mac ArOne. | cannot do without
| that house. ! thoughtit was already mmc
| offered thiry-scvcn thousand five hum
drcd dollars for it, believing that the OWL
cr would soon and surely come to terms
But there is no hope Of starving Bou into
an agreement; so without further prclimi-
naries. ! want to offer you an advance Of
fifteen thousand dollars on your bar
gam.
/ Fifteen thousand dollars coming to me!
! ! scarcely knew what TO make OF it. !.
/ who had 50 much trouble to procure work;
/ |, who had to toll 50 inccsslntly for seven
( ty-hve dollars Il month:
Although hut httlc acquainted with bus
incss, ! saw in u tvnklng the advan-
tagc to he derived from my position, and
replied;
"It is impossible, sir, for me to give you
/ I'M answer Just now. Return bv five
O'Clock Meanwhile | will consider the
matter.
| At quarter before the appointed hour
| Mr. HardcdSh was before me.
II had no wish for that house, said !,
and did not even think about it when the
owner came and begged me to bny it. As
it suits you, and is any other will do is
well for me. accept your offer.
"Iou shall be- paid in two weeks, in
paper on st. Louis. said the purchaser,
delighted with my prOmptitudc in buSl-
ness.
Paper ON ST. Louis! was so little ac-
customcd to financial nomenclature and
/ proceedings that imagined ! should send
+ il tmther for payment.
/ | accordingly wrot" tOa hanking-hOuSe
not far from the post.oilice. stating that
| had c0tdiR iiiHis to invest, and asked adj
vice ON the safest mode. 1t appears the
phrase certain funds has different ac-
crptationS ION Change according TO
the name and the position of him who en-
ployS it.
The news of my inheritance must have
reached st. Louis. No doubt it found its
way into the Missouri State Items of the
! papers. Perhaps the mercantile agencies
became posted. Certain funds, situated
ds was supposed TO be, was II modest
mamerOfSpHcityingaconsiderablemOm
| At least ! supposed SO, on receiving an an
swer from the house to which wrote.
They said my letter had just arrived in
| time to take one hundred and fifty
/ thousand dollars worth of Iron Mountain
/ Ruilroul stock inst Offered ON 'Chuupr.
/ If thDnrht tIoi too much. Il large profit
mint l., Immediately realized, It's it had
rapidly gonr M. 4 Postscript in the
writing Of the President, who wa, an oily,
hypocri.ical tnancicr, congratulated me on
my accession to fortune!
/ A hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
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