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and he buried his head in his papers and pro-

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tended not to notice his callers departure.
there's rsntlsmsn = n this land" h. saiq
but l never 60. near thot man without thinking
the alter ali He doesn't pss
can't draw blood out OF = stone. Mr.. - in
Is %h has snd
$4,000 ayear-which he makes by hard work In
his ,,,p profession. Tess He is a lawyer q npeommon @
nolllty. but he has got an uphill fght never
mously on his income il he were not hampered
very beautiful society woman who was brought
up TO- 70 @eatravaSant notions She has has, no fortune @
vide for her caprees Ice 'nfHs Hs seems to fse bound
In honor to give her what she wants, inasmuch
as he got her TO marry him. don't suppose
owes him very ' m"eh s some s day she viii ssts eta
q stiney old fellow. and insists upon her getting
her living from her husband. In the mean time
ns @ sHRf R%s Tsss sef51y III 4GS
After this is, eHhb,9n q pity the c9eGtor
during the remainder Of the day he was more
than usually cynical and severe. broadway
car took him and the reporter to the Metropoli-
rs Mr.. - in ~ tho dun asked the clerk.
III see IL you will send up your card" was
He drew a card case out q his eapaci9ns,
Ss and card Ths he HANDED
was amazed to see this:
j. Randolph Spns, Chicago.
He. looked at the alleged Mr. syms In mute
INQUIRY, but the wooden Indian outside to-
the card.
The collector took the card and strolled out
Hs smssG ns snGrpss Mn
on ri / hn vuuQ n Y NO.
sess as' fnsSfa 1Ssq
see me me send up, up this ca card That is Que Of the
games have had to adopt. II ! had sent up
es o seens me
too well. l caught him once by sending up u
fictitious card, and that has put him :, on his
friends names, He is a thorough beat, and
The asen tho way the he'f Beeeker street
be seated himself in cross seat he continued
The most amusing time ever had he
said was with printer IN % the big establish. h
owed 500 that he had secured as a loan from a
money lender on Chatham square. How it was
that the money lender came to do such thing
don't know, put 1t seems that they had had
great many little transactions, In which the
printer had nut up collateral for money ad-
money lender was cajoled into advancing this
$40 on the printers promise to pay. Legally
the mSaaey lender had NO rover to recover for Or
couldn't, enforce a Judgment If he, got one
against him. because the printer had no prop
too. ior he could not get him into court on sup
Elementary proceedings: the sum being too
Whsr Was W. ss shs
lender was a persistent, old fellow, and
being beaten at game much In his own line
than at the loss Of his money. He got us to
TO Of Sh 10
out two pairs Of shoes and bushels OF patience
in trying TO collar that fellow, but couldn't do
Then the money lender got up his back and
tackled it himself; There were q number Of
comrades kept him posted as to which one the
Done previously with ' me- Xiier s two weeks S sol q
one night he fixed himself up so that his own
mother would not have recognized him. He
around to another. OF course tho printers
friends warned him about me me- but they didn't
knoT % the money lender r IN his his disguise' and 50
the money lender was so tickled at the success
OF his scheme that he forgot al about his pre-
have n drink. They got pretty .lull together
and parted the best of friends: What's more
sh ast ed two tn.
collector. At three different places the man he he
wanted was out, ana there was no chance OF
his returning. The trip wound up in the recep-
tion room of a Fifth avenue miliiner Several
stylish looking women who were trying on
spring hats and bonnets looked up In indig-
nant astonishment rs the bill agent thrust his
bill in Nine. Is face and asked for imme-
dinte payment.
"Ef 70 monster will call to-morrow-" began
madame. looking pale.
1t must be paid now." said the collector.
This makes the tenth time you've put me Off"
Her customers were getting annoyed. and
madame saw 1t would not do to procrastinate.
With a smile on her lips and fire In her eye she
paid up and rid herself Of the visitor.
On the way down town the dunner wound up
his tale Of his work In this fashion:
You would not think that this business
would pay, but the fact Is that there are firms
in this city that have rs many as 10000 claims
to look after. There are many other ways be-
sides those you have seen OF collecting bad
debts know OF one instance where n fellow
would not pay, and had secreted his property.
The merchant to whom the money was owing
sent man around to stand in front OF this fell
lows residence. The man carried a pacard
marked. This man won't pay an honest debt"
Under this was IN envelope addressed to the
delinquent debtor. You may be sure he paid
up. A plan that sometimes adopt Is to have
envelopes marked in large letters " Bad debts"
go into. an Office and handle these so that
everybody can see them. II the man isn't in
or won't see me, wait for him. Usually this
is effective, but there arc some men whose
hides are 80 thick 1t would be impossible to
sting them into paying. They only laugh at
one. and we have give M"