The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-02-07
A DISGUISED RoBBER.
Nan Who Refused to Give Ten Cents,
But Afterward Gave Ten Dollars.

Ned Folders money is on the road to
fortune" is a proverb well known to
the citizens of Little Rock. Folder is
one of those men who are always COM
planning of hard times. He owns
great deal of property, and raises his
rents every season, yet his income is
always unsatisfactory. Once little
child, shivering with cold and almost
starving, found her way into old Ned
Folders office.
"What do you want here, little girl;
what do you want hereph
"Won't you please give me ten cents.
I am nearly starved.
"Nearly starved. Why, where are
your parentsP"
"Dead, sir.
"That's bad; that's very bad, indeed,
but can't help it. We've all got to
die, and the sooner the better for some
of us. Tut, tut, don't cry. Run along,
now. It's pretty chilly to-day, but l
think it will be warmer tomorrow"
"But l am so hungry, sir
Eyes, | understand. People get hun
CRY every now and then. | was once
hungry myself, but l hustled round
and got something to eat. Don't give
up, Keep on trying, and perhaps you
may get something to eat after awhile.
Oh, no, / can't give you ten cents.
Couldn't think about it, for my pew
rent is due to-day, besides, have been
taxed with foreign mission business.
That's right, run along and shut the
door,"
Shortly after the little girl went down,
a large man with bushy whiskers and
fierce expression of countenance, en-
tered and, drawing up a chair without
legs and said:
sis this Mr.. PolderP"
Eyes, sir, that's my name. Business
with me? Please be brief, for l am in a
big hurry"
II won't detain you long. have
heard that you are a man of rare judg-
ment and that you have had much eX-
perience in the law. l want your adj
vice. Don't be impatient. won't de-
tain you long"
"And l won't detain you at all, sir,
if you'll be so kind as to excuse me.
''You must hear what | have to say,
for it concerns you financially"
"Ah, proceed then, but be brief, sir,
be brief.
Several days ago, man went into
the office of a well-known gentleman
and wanted to borrow five dollars. The
gentleman hooted at the idea The
man who wanted the money did not
| boot. He looked like an owl of wis
J dom, but not single suggestion of a
boot escaped him. He fixed his eyes
! on the gentleman, just like am doing,
and said that he must have the five dol
J lars Now what l want to know is,
did the man act rightly in killing the
rich gentleman simply because he re-
fused to give the five dollarsP"
. ''It was murder!n exclaimed Folder
i at was murder in the first degree"
That's what | thought, still an
] not willing to risk my judgment il
t such matters. So you think that it was
murderP"
! "Of course I do"
' eyes, think so, too but, as | said be
/ fore, felt reluctance in risking my
' own Judgment You may have noticed
7 that the Judgment of the average mar
n is as full of holes as sitter, or the ha
o which the rich cheerfully give to thu
poor. Murder-well, considering
i everything, l suppose it was. i"
Q 'sBut, my dear sir, how does it con
}. Germ me financially"
''In this way. Some man might en-
/ ter your office-some half crazy fellow
n and demand five dollars. You Nigh
4 refuse, which | have no doubt you
i would be tempted to do, and he nigh
:. kill you with knife. You would re
gard that murder, would you notP"
:, IL hardly understand you, sir,
I looking suspiciously at the visitor
. "Of course | would regard it murder.
n Eyes, and quite naturally SO, bu
;. does it occur to you that all the tim
!, you were regarding this matter yol
would be dead? 1t would be murder
/ and you. would be the murdered man
4 81 don't think you have any bushes
= with me, sir, and you will please retire.
! 81 came up here with that intention
- As l was ascending the steps-which
" noticed had not been swept for som
time-I said to myself, Il expect to II
:, tire from the presence of that man
! Yes, that is the way | unused.
= ''But did you think that you woul
9, retire as soon as | requestedP"
% ''Strange, but that did not enter m
!, head. The human mind is a curioU
" piece of machinery, full of odd cog
and little wheels that fly around an
larger ones that labor like the editc
of an agricultural paper. You unde
stand, suppose. y
lg Eyes,. but | do not understand IL
lie object of your visit"
OF ''No? Well, | said that it concerne
"a Won financially.n
70 ''You said so, but ! don't see that
'9 does"
}" ''Now, you see, there's evidence
9 another mental phenomenon. | shou
n. think that man of your brow, bulgir
ed with acumen and pressed hard by Tor
en- would have OWNED the object of tn
on pleasant visit. / want to borrow fl
he dollars, and say-if anyone should con
ut up here after l am gone-if the poll
ne should be nosing around, don't mentiC
as the fact that l committed murderin Il
ell first degree because a man down
Is Texas refused to lend me five dollar
Use What! you hesitate. A strange oh
Gu seizes me. Haven't five dollarsI o
IN well, that ten dollar note will answt
Thank you, sir. You tremble. Y