Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-27

worth of furniture.s.
"A month after this bill had
Ibeen diskonored the same gentle
| man. in the same dog-cart (hired
I from the neighboring town pre-
sented himself once more at Mr..
Royston's place Of business. Mr.,
| Royston could hardly believe his
,teyes ~ called him a thief and a
swindlsr and ordered him of his
ssAll you sag may be- CORRECT. :
Mr.. Long owned, very calmly.
II am Z swindler. aud don't de-
| ny it, Il am member of the
Long frm, but our rule is 4eyer
TO swindle the same man twice. 1
am come to make. as far al lies
in my power, reparation fof the
loss I caused you. You rehem-,
Der those shrubs you sent m}l I
sold them pretty wen, Z am
pleased to tell you. (DoHt be
angry, but listen.) They jgave
such satisfaction, that | now|have
an order to supply, another lot at
la much better figure, add I
thought I couldn't do betterthap
come and make an honest deal
With you for them"
'HAnd you thiak me fool
enough to be eulied . second
timer said Mr.. Royston.
"Nothing Of the kind, my dear
sir; I bring the money, with me-
The produced . bundle of notes),
aand / do not wish you to part
with Your goods till they are paid
for ~1 am sure you are too good
! man Of business TO aiIowI any
sore feeling at being 'donei be-
fore. to interfere with an oppor-
tunity Of turning money now.
Besides We do business honestly
at times. I HAYES .bong ode Icom-
| mission 10 buy these trees, and
|out oi my .pr0ftlI will certainly
pay yen sorsthing "a the sdcept-,
Iance.' iisa g.i-sesss ls,e ga ~ Z
Mr.. Rcyst3n, not seeing ho W
be- could hose money on. such
terms. was finally persuaded to
deal. Shrubs were selected to
the same amount Us before fifty
pounds packed in his wagon,
and started into town; the ar
rangement being that MI, Long
should drive Mt. Royston to his
hotel. where he would. pay the
account.
Having directed his man not to
deliver the goods at the railway
station, but to wait with them
outside the. hotsl for orders Ia
| precsution which Mr.. Long as
ssntsd to as quite justiGed) Mr..
Roy stoh mounted the dog-cart,
land was driven in town to the ho-
tel by his customer, Arrived
there, Mr.: Long called for bran
Idy-and- water, ciSsrs and writing
materials; paid his hotel bill,
somewhat ostentatiously disptay-
ing his. gold and notes, and re-
| lquested Mf. Rsyston to write
him out a receipt for tho amount
Iof his account. a.. mn. =, Z. ,asss \
This done. Mr.. Long began To,
count out the money ip payment;
he stopped ia the middle Of his
occupation, as, il struck by a
sudden thought. - =. 9
"This won't do, he said.
thoughtfully. II have not been
a swindler for nothing. II | pay
you this money now, you will
pocket il for your acceptance. and
then 60 and tell your man to
drive hack to your place again
with the shrubs, SO that shall
be swindled this time.
Mr.. Royston diselaimei any
idea Of the kind.
mo doubt, my dear ar, no
doubt; but q man in my position
cant afford to place himself in.
any one's hands. Now. you see
| that | have the money 20 pay and.
| 1 know that you have the receipt
| in your pocket, 1TSll your man
TO deliver the goods at the ran !
way station goods dspSftmcnt),
when 4 will give you notes. and
ron can hand me the. receipt.
Thal's fair 70 yon,. and .secnres
me .'ila,.a.- ~ 8. iA.s.'isi. ..i.. .i.as
Not sseing any 80 hitpn, and
knowing that Long had the
lmoney, Mr.. Roystoh acceded to
this proposition. though not
without considerable hesitation
Accordingly. the goods were con-
signed at the railway station to a
4 Manchester firm by Longs direc-
tion. NE. Royston. asked for his
money.
"Shake hands with me-. my
dear sir" said Long; 'you are
the best friend ever met. !.
What do you mean?
"This. Ny train starts In ten
minutes; you can send in Your
| ccount when you please or you
lean draw on me at two months l
you prefer--or book it, you
know. ..-;,-1. a..s..
Royston fetched a. poiiceman;
! but when Mr.. Long pIsined that
1T was a mere matter OF deht, to
1 DO recovered by the nsual process,
the constable regretted he could
lido nothing. e. 80. =. :. -,
.aHowever," thought Mr.. Roys-
ton, II can at least stop my
goods. J" But Oh going to the
traffic manager. lie learned that