Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-11-19
How Some People Attain
Wealth.

fellow as l."
We were three friends, met togeth-
er, bewailing the rigors of fortune.
Our lamentations, however, took the
turn they usually take among COM
panions whose age does not exceed
twenty years each.
"And I,'' said Albert, sshave fin
ished work which would credit my
reputation, could publisher only be
met willing to undertake the expens-
es of printing
81 have asked our principal" add
ed he, ''to increase my salary, after
Tour sears of assiduous- service, and
he answered me that of such clerks
he could find as many as he wished
for $500 a year."
"My dear fellows" interrupted
George, ''although we have neither
the one nor the other any hope of
making fortune, could we not get
the credit of being rich?"
"To what good?" asked I.
"It gives one position IN the world !;
large Inheritance augments the con-
sideration in which we are held-ev-
erything becomes easy"
II remember" was my answer,
shaving heard in my childhood of a
cousin who went to China and never
returned"
"That is just what we want; we
will bring this cousin to life; or rath-
er we will kill him. Yes; Louis
Meran died in China leaving a for
tune valued at 50, 200, 900, all to his
dear cousin, Louis Meran, from at
tachment to the name."
We laughed heartily at the joke,
of which we thought no more; but
my two reckless friends, George and
Albert, spread about the tale with all
the seriousness imaginable.
The next day people came to CON-
pliment me.
1t will, of course, be understood
that / disavowed all this, but no one
would believe me-my two friends
had affirmed the truth of the report.
In vain did / assert that it was all
a joke. Many remembered my cous-
in; Some had actually seen him en-
bark.-Among the number of these
visits was one not the most agreeable.
With the vim of a young man I
had some time previously ordered a
new frock coat in the new fashion,
without having the means of pay
ment; the garment was worn out,
and l yet owed half the bill.
There had been for some time a
GOODNESS between my creditor and
myself, whose opportunities wished
to avoid.-The rumor of the legacy
made him hasten to find me. Such
was the penalty l paid for the foolish
pleasantly of my friends.
"Good day, Mr.. Snips," said I,
with some embarrassment, as he en-
tered. "You have come for that ten
dollars ?"
"Please do not imagine that 1 am
thinking of such trihe. No, it was
for the mourning"
"What mourning?"
"The mourning for your cousin,
sir.-Without doubt you want COM
plete suit"
cat this time, Mr.. Ships. it would
be impossible"
81 hope you do not think of with
drawing your favors from me. Coat,
vest and pantaloons black frock of
dark bronze for the mourning"
81 tell you again, / have not re-
ceived-"
81 entreat you again not to speak
of money. 1t will come soon enough, y
added the tailor, having already TAX
en- out his scissors and passed his
measure around me.
was. in truth, in great want of
clothes, and permitted him to contin-
ue. No sooner was he gone than
another individual entered, who be-
gan:
"My dear sir, you must do me a
favor. Buy my house. You are rich,
very rich-you want real estate. Fif-
ty thousand dollars are nothing for
you. Only the half of your income,
and at present am in urgent need
of money. | expected Hardy to buy
it; but he does not decide, and
have some pressing engagements to
SETTLE"
81 buy your house? What folly!"
sit is no folly. 1t is safe invest
ment. After some repairs in two
years it will be worth double. I have
your word" and he left without CIV
ing me time to reply.
So well did he propagate report
of my purchase that in two hours af-
terwards Mr.. Hardy came to me in a
great hurry, apparently out of humor.
''You have cut the grass from un-
der my feet, SIR" said he, on enter
ing. 81 cannot do without that
house, and thought it was already
mine. as / had made an offer of S49,-
600, believing that the owner would
surely come to my terms. But there
is no hope of starving you into an
agreement so without further pre-
amble l come to offer you an advance
of s15, ZOO upon your bargain"
Fifteen thousand dollars coming