Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-03-28
that | wish discounted, said Blackwell.
"For how much 2"

81 don't like over four months
notes." remarked the money lender cold
ly. Then he asked, What rate Of in
terest do you expect to pay o.
"Whatever is usual. Of course l
wish to get it done as low as possible.
My profits are not large, and every dol
lar l pay in discounts is so much taken
from the growth Of my business and the
comfort of my family"
"You have family 2"
"Yes sir. A wife and four children" :"
Mr.. Edgar. unused for a moment or
two. An unselfish thought was strug-
gliug to get into his mind.
"What have you usually paid on this
paper ?" he asked.
1.-The last l had discounted cost me
one and half per cent. month"
"Notes of this kind are rarely mark
etable below that rate" said Mr.. Ed
gar. He had thought of exacting two
per cent. eff you will leave the note
and call round in half an hour, l will
see what can be done"
Very well," returned the mechanic.
''Be as moderate with me as you can"
For the half hour that went by dur
ing the young mans absence, Mr.. Edgar
walked the floor of his counting-room
trying to come to some decision in re-
gard to the note. Love Of gain de-
manded two per cent. month, while
feeble voice, scarcely heard, so far away
did it seem, pleaded for generous re-
gard to the young mans necessities.
The conflict taking place in his mind
was new one for the money lender.
In no instance before had he experience
ed any hesitation on the score of large
discount. Love of gain continued clam
orous for two per cent. on the note; yet
ever and anon, the low voice stole in
pleading accents to his ears.
"I'll do it for one and half" said
Mr.. Edgar, yielding slightly to the
claim of humanity, urged by the voice
that seemed to be coming nearer.
Love of gain, after slight opposition,
was satisfied. But the low penetrating
voice asked for something better still.
Weakness Folly !" exclaimed Mr..
Edgar. "l'd better make him present
of the money at once"
1t availed nothing The voice could
not be hushed.
Zone per cent. He couldn't get it
done so low as that in the CITY,"
He is poor young man, and has a
wife and four little children" said the
voice. "Even the abstraction of legal
interest from his hard earnings is defect
enough; to lose twice that sum will
make heavy draught on his profits,
which. under the present competition in
trade, are not large. He is honest and
Industrious, and by his useful labor, is
aiding the social well-being. Is it right
for you to get his reward ?-to take his
profits, and add them to your already
rich accumulations ?''
Mr.. Edgar did not take these home
questions, and tried to stop his ears SO
that the voice could not find an en-
trance. But be tried in vain.
Bank rates on this note" continued
the inward voice, ''would not much ex.
ceed nine dollars. Even this is large
sum for poor man to lose. Double
the rate of interest, and the loss be.
comes an injury to his business, or the
cause of seriously abridging the home
comforts. And how much will nine
dollars contribute to your happiness ?
Not as much as a jot or title. YOU
are unable now to spend your income"
The young mechanic entered at this
favorable moment. The money lender
pointed to chair; then turned to hi
desk, and filled up, hurrledly, check
Blackwell glanced at the amount there
of as it was handed to him, and an in
stant flush of surprise came into hi
face.
} Haven't you make a mistake, Mr.
Edgar ?" said he.
) "In what respect %
1.-The note was for three hundred dol
lars, six months, and you have givel
, me check for two hundred and ninet,
, dollars, forty-three cents
. 'I've charged you bank interest.
said Mr.. Edgar, with feeling of pleas
r ure at his heart so new that it sent
e glow along every nerve and fibre Of hi
being.
t "Bank interest! did not expec
this replied the young man, vlsibl
moved.
lone per cent. would have paid 20
cheerfully. Eighteen dollars saved
How much good that will do me
d could not have saved it-or, | migt
i say. have received it-more opportunt
ly. This is kindness for which
e shall ever remember you gratefully.
Crasping the money lenders hand b
shook it warmly, then turned and hui
It ried away.
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