The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-03
heap with a millions civilizations.

Deap Win q millions civilizations
Each could tel q strange story had
1t a tongue; q record of extravagance,
folly, aye. and sometimes of crime,
too. The drawer you see in the
right-hand corner contains prOmis.
sorry notes, overdue drafts and
stocks. This set of diamonds which
could not be bought for less than
$4,000 ore hypothecated by a lady,
whom society knows well, to satisfy
the extravaganza Of her darling but
d.ssipated son, who is going to the
dogs fast. Yes, it is pathetic>isn't
it Pr
And how is all this business ar
ranged? There must be some g
tenn in an operation like yours?"
$50 there is. There are three "a.
sentials in this peculiar business.
Absolute privacy, thorough conf
de9ce he, ween the principals
and moderate charges. My clients
would never think for one moment
of going to an ordinary p%awnbrokar.
The risk is too reat. So she eli her
sends or eme to us. It is rather
funny, isn't it, that I am the deros-
itory OF the secrets Of wives whose
husbands l meet nearly every day in
the Week. Just fancy, although it is
not a pleasant thought to boast
about, that [ and my kind could
wreck the happiness of q dozen FAM
lilies"
Now for your SYSTEM"
"You want a practical illustration:
A lady is in pressing need of the $500
or 500 to pay of her modesto or mil
liner. Her husband is not aware
that the debt exists. She knows |
that it would be perfectly useless to
ask him for the money. The cred
itOr cannot be put off any longer
She consults her maid. Her maid
holds cOunse. with the modesto. who |
thinks h can point out a way how
the affair can be arranged. The mo-
deste mentions me. The maid calls,
and with an air of mystery feels her
way, so to speak, to the transaction.
l see through the thing at once, nd
surprise her by naming her mistress.
but decline to talk business until the
"a y herself puts in an appearance.
make 1t an invariable rule never to
money except to the actu Al
)Waeis OF the security. 1t saves
much trouble. The LADY comes and
Z being her first transaction of the
Kind, she naturally feels nervous.
md SO after u time she begins to
o"k upon such matters purely from
business view"
but supposing her husband should
Mss the security offered, esp eciaIIv
t it s:.ould be jewelry?'
SSThot iS nrnvil,J e.
landing that the jewels shall be I
Daned 10 the owner from timeto time y
n case a reception or ball is held. I
Then of course they will be indis-
Such a contingency be-
a special condition of the ar
angement, and they are PROMPTLY
every tim. I will inplv ]
all such risk, because I do b,si-
ess with only first-class clients. The
loral nature of the affair is aImost
> good a security with US as the
ossession of the article itstlfU
And you say this clandestine bus-
less is growing"
lit Is the natural outcome of q crsze
n show and glitter that is peculiar s
all society, whether it be high or =
S"' "AcAA lucy make I'D
lelr minds to do a certain thing, are
ke gamblers-the infatuation o e
pom them They merely take q h
af out of their husbands hooks -
one CANDLES in stocks to make "
|mseif rich; the other i'm jewels aud
ces." +,
by the way, speaking of stick f
'mollng, is much of this kind of
ing done by ladies?!" ,
NOT nearly SO much as there used 81
oe live years ago. Ladies will &C. n
slonally borrow money on shares %
We purposes"
DO you lend money to men?u b
Il haven't a single male customer t.
my books: l keep my own coun-
take no clerk into my confidence. n
q, In brief, manage my own bust. "
S.. My profits? I prefer to saw al
thlng about that. Yes, it is a
ylng business and a safe one. The NJ
atents of that safe represent $780, ~
} OF various kinds of securities, and x. l.
VIII go SO far as to say that if NV VI
ents ere open and above board
I'll their husbands l should have IN
seek some other employment. The -.
n, however, are as much to blame Pa
the women, for what can YOU ex- en-
u when half of them are nomin-
= strangers 10 their own families?r IL,
Letter. ="
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