The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-11-29


Although but little acquainted with
business, l saw In a twink1ing the adj
vantage to be derived from my position,
! and replied:
ut is impossible, sir, for me to give
you an answer Just now. Return by five
| O'Clock. Meanwhile l will consider the
matter"
AT quarter before the appointed hour
Mr.. Hardcash was before me.
II had no wish for that house." said 1,
land did not even think about it when
the owner came and begged me to buy
it. As it suits you, and as any other will
do as well for me, accept your offer"
You shall be paid in two weeks, in
paper on St. Louis" said the purchaser,
delighted with my promptitude in bust
ness.
Paper on st. Louisl was so little
accustomed to financial nomenclature
and proceedings that imagined should
send it thither for payment.
l accordingly wrote to a banking
house not far from the post-Office, stating
that l had certain funds to invest, and
asked advice on the safest mode. 1t ap-
pears the phrase certain funds" has diff
ferent acceptatiOns ION Change" &C
cording to the name and the position of
him who employs 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 as l was supposed to be, was a
modest manner of specifying consider
| able amount. At least l supposed so, on
receiving an answer 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 Noun
| tain railroad stock just offerd on Change.
If thought that too much, large profit
might be Immediately realized, as it had
rapidly gone up. A postscript in the
writing of the president, who was an
oily, hypOcritical financier, congratulate
ed me on my accession to fortune!
A hundred and fifty thousand dollars
The letter fell from my hands. The
| amount frightened me. l telegraphed
/ instantly to my correspondents that so
large sum was beyond my means; that
had no remittances as yet from Helena,
| Montana, and that l was not then able to
| satisfy their claims.
A reply came in a couple of days, say
| ing that in accordance with my express
ed wish, they had disposed of the stock
at profit of seventy-tive thousand dol
lars, which was placed to my credit.
They begged of me not to be uneasy, as
they were aware that remittances were
slow from the west. The prospectus of
a new German bank was incloSed, in
which one hundred shares were secured
for me.
Seventy-f1ve thousand dollars! Did
the clerk put in few ciphers too many
My situation became embarrassing. /
was overwhelmed with congratulations,
particularly when / donned the suit OF
black-the black silk hat, with broad
Grape, black kids, black tie and studs,
| dainty boots, ct cetera. The editor OF
one of the newspapers thought himself
obliged to give a biographical sketch OF
my uncle, and asked me for additional
| particulars. l was beseiged with annoy.
ing questions of every kind. In what
way would furnish my house? Sam
| pies of cloth, groceries, etc, ETC., were
submitted to me for inspection. never
knew of so many churches in course OF
erection that were short of fundsi SO
many public institutions with depleted
treasures! so many orphans who want
ed fathers, and widows who wanted hus
bands, at the Impoverished asylums, who
would bless my bounty! Missionaries
told me narrowing tales of the poor chill
| dren in TimbuctOo, dying of cold in the
dog-days. Pews were rendered to me in
twenty-seven: churches in st. Louis and
Kansas City. would be a second Pea
body. would be the Rothschild of the
| West, the AstOr of the Mississippi Valley
the Vanderbilt of Missouri.
Lucas and Shaw were nowhere, com
pared with what my piles of correspond
ence made me. But 1 was ruined in
postage stamps and stationery. In the
midst of all my riches, whether real OF
imaginary, had no money! Fortunate
| ly, from the moment / was held to bt
rich no one would take a cent from me
| Everybody counted upon the honor Of
my patronage.
At last decided On;going to st. Louis
Immediately on my arrival 1 went to my
bankers, who received me with all the
warmth due an inheritor of great wealth
81 regret" said the president, 'that
you mistrusted that speculation; fol-
railroad stock has again gone up. Nc
matter, however, you have some left"
"Win you have the goodness" said I
ito tell me precisely how much all these
funds are worth which you have bought
for me?"
1.-THE calculation is easy" and takine
out a pencil, he ciphered on the back Of
a blank check for a few minutes, and
then said: -Four hundred and twenty
thousand dollarsr'
l opened both my ears and eyes.
you say four hundred and twenty
thousand dollars-are you certain ~
"Perfectly."
Not wishing to appear too startled,
replied briefly:
This is we'll You spoke also of q
bank 2"
Eyes; the establishment of the bank
has met with some difficu' ties; but the
affair is not less good. We are on the
eve OF terminating it, and scrip is well
up"
Gould that scrip be also sold ?"
YES; and holding as you do, one
hundred and fifty shares-One thousand
dollar shares-which are tolerably up
you can realize thereby eighty thousand
dollars"
although as yet have paid nothing
Undoubtedly"
would like to make good and safe in
vestment of the whole; be so kind as t.
tell me what you think"
you will need home here. Reserve
enough for that, and invest the balance
in fve-twenties, seven-thirties and ten
tortles, and other safe enterprises tha
will arise, and the coupons and profit:
will insure you nice income"
by disposing of what have, in the
way speclhed," said ], what will be the
net annual income"
About twelve thousand dollars a veal
on all your investments, which might b.
ljudlciously used in increasing it."
Twelve thousand dollars a year!
guess l can manage TO live on that" con
tinued l. when can receive it,
Tomorrow, if you confine the trans
actions to our house"
THAT, of course" was my rejoinder
what other idea could inspire me witt
so great degree of confidence 81
The president of the bank bowed anC
asked me to have a glass of champagne
Will it be believed? In the midst o
all these treasures felt certain embar
Fassment in asking for a small amount
of which stood in the greatest need.
had not dollar in my pocket
With some confusion asked
"Can I, without indiscretion, beg vol
to advance me, for the time being,
small sum, which need in my progres,
through this city,.
Certainly, my very dear sir. Gu
safe is at your disposal. How much d.
you want three, four OF ten Thousand
dollars so
II do not require so much Just now
one thousand dollars will be sufficient.
After got the United States bonds
and securities, and the thousand dollar,