Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-31

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Tne answer came n dzy OF 30 s<xt-
tnS thai. as cd Rot appear % have GU,
S5ezce Il tsS Psczoe railroad they Id
sold cut nv sock ~ prozs Of $.01G
and heSced me nos 20 feed H1essy. Is -
! nIttznces Alvavs came Slew eroz China
n the interim nv Signature voGa fur
rish ne al the Do1ey ] ooad want
The prospectus Of osnk Was Incsosed
/ u vhsch Shares had been aeczre6 ne.
EIGHTY thoozADd dollars. Eztser
understood nothing Of commercial nzt
sers On the clerk bad made one OF rsors
rozchss 100 many Nv situation becazs
erbeyrzszna: the ooaSrstulztioas over
vbslDed ne vss bssiegs6 with al
ooyIna Geeskloos- Hos voaid tnlst
ny hS1se! Wha; vo2l6 DO for pzolic
ssssoliaeDsrtss Some bensvosent ladies'
vr0ss 20 recommend 20 Ey notice thu
beosvose1s institutions under their gar.
disnahip- voold have besc ruined z
pos:Acs but for the l1cky stroke VIE
Mr.. Hardy, which did not receive foz
fortnight 1fter, Until which time. IL
deed, bad no money. Fortunately,
from the moment ] vA bed 10 Be rsct
no one would take csnt from NE. and
tradsoDer o01rtsd the homo, Of GIv1o<
me crUdl1-
Having rsoeavsd Mr.. Hardy's chsck ]
wen. 70 my bankG'A VITO reosivsd ne
- ths inherisoE Of g-ess wealth
Il reayek,- said Mr.. Berceref, thai
you mistrusssd the Pacific railroad IN
vsstDsnf, for The stock has again eoos
rp- Bat no matter; you have some
ieft."
"wiu you have The eoodnsss.- said /,
20 tell me PRECISELY boz mach al these
funds are worth which VOC have bo7Gai
for neT
The calculation ID cash Two hun
dred thousand dollars, ss % much The
dollar, and the sum already paid II you
sell today yoa Will pat about two hundred
and twenty thousand dollars into your
pockefAr
opened wide nv sers
You say tvo hundred and twenty
thousand. Are yua quite oertain!
As certain a. any one can Be within
few hundred dollsrs-n
did not wish 70 appear too much the
NOVICE, and replied:
That 10 well. Yo0 spoke also Of 8
bankF'
Yes; the establishment of this bank
has met With some difficulties. but the
affair Ia not the less good. We are on
the eve OF terminating it, and the scrip
10 well up"
Gould that also be sold?" / in
quired.
"You hold City shares" replied the
banker, which have advanced $450
making altogether nearly si1ty thousand
Although as yet I have paid no.
without Q doubt" was the answer.
THAT 10 singular; but, since you say
%, ] submit. ! should like TO make a
safe investment Of the whole; will you
b 20 kind as 70 specify one?'
Our four per cents, sir, orr four per
cents; ! know of nothing safer. can
easily understand that all these little
matters worry you. You will soon have
TO deal With much larger sums"
By placing all that hold, except
this draft, in four per cents, | should
have an income Of"
About $1,000"
How soon can this investment be
made and the bonds purchased for
mer'
"Oh, tomorrow, il YOU confde the
transaction TO our house"
That, Of course" was my rejoinder.
What other could inspire me with 30
great . degree of oonfdsncew
The banker bowed.
Will i, be believed? In the midst Of
all these treasures / felt q certain en-
barrassniepi IN asking for q small sum,
Of which l stood in the greatest need;
for / had in nv pocket but one dellar
and some SILVER. such, however, was
the force Of habit that could scarcely
believe myself possessed of moro than
my little annuity, which was not yet
due.
Dare / ask" ! inquired with blush
almost Of shame on my cheek" can
With discretion beg you to advance me
Tor the moment small sunni"
"Eh, my dear sir, my safe is entirely
at your disposal. How much do you
wantl-three. four, ten thousand dol
lars7"
IL do not ask so mach; a thousand
viii be sufficient
Will you have 1t in gold or notes?
Call the cashier. May I beg you" said
the banker, leading the way az rose to
depart, may ] beg You to continue your
rood will TO our house?"
Certainly, sir; you we'll deserve it."
replied. with confidence which the
of possessing an income of
si2o0 began 70 give me:
Truth, however, always comes out.
Some who we're on the watch were sur
prised that nothing came from China,
and we'll advised people shook their
heads when speaking Of me. The edi-
hoe 20 quickly raised tumbled down with
equal rapidity.
"The best Of il H." said some, she
has ended by falling into the snare be
laid for others. For my part / never
believed in it."
oomprehended that the storm had
broken ont BY finding one day a dozen
notes On my table. They were nearly
All In the style Of the FIRST one opened,
Tins:
"Mr. Orig presents his respectful CON-
pliments 70 Mr.. Meran, and, having an
urgent need Of money. beQs that he would
b - good - 10 pay in the course of the
day the little account which he has tho
honor 70 encloee."
Ny answers we're all alike:
Mr.. Meran thanks Mr.. Orig for the
bill which has been % long asked for,
and sends tho amount
One letter only contained no request
tor money; Il vas from friend whom
had almost forgotten. Fearing that I
had been auped. be wrote to lend me Ave
hundred dollars, should wish to remove
from . place where 20 many runors
vsrs circulated prejudicial to my char
scter. Ny reply gave the necessary e.
PLANTATION, which concluded:
am rich. not by an inheritance in
which ! ntver believed, but because il
was determined that should be rich-I
soarosly know how. That 10 what wish
y0u 10 say 70 those Who talk Of me. I
owe moro than fortune to my singular
situation. since Il has assured me Of
friend upon whom ! may count In ad.
veraity, shoald IL ever visit me-"
Iquietly took my place in society a.
preseason Of an income Of 81, 900. and
viii keep IL.
MONTANA MArTgRA.
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