The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-22
A JUST RETALIATION.
1t Yves All About a Note, and Had a Sur
prising Sequel.

pTlSlnS ScQuSl.
Harfwell, Ga, March 1S.-(Special)-
The EaItwell Sun is in possession OF
story which is one Of the quickest exam
pies of just retaliation on record. Names
are withheld for obvious reasons. 1t hap
pened near Hartwell and the parties who
figured in it were two young farmers and
noted liveryman, the liveryman acting only
as Il sympathizing third party. From the
way the story goes it seems that one OF the
young men had made himself famous IN
getting money out of the bank by fraudu-
lent ENDORSEMENTS. His actions in this r.
became wearied over it, and the last fraud
he practiced on the bank was so aggravated
that the cashier told him that notWith-
standing the kind feelings he had for his
relatives, that unless this, his last act OF
crookedness, was Immediately Strengthened
up, that he would certainly make him feel
the force of the law. The cashier being well
known to The young man as one VINO al
ways meant what he said, caused him 10
think and work fast The first thing he dill
was to go to the young man whose name he
had fraudulently endorsed OH the note, to
get him to take a trip with him to town, a
distance Of some fifteen miles. HE lhlo-
cent young man, without any knowledge
of the purpose of the request, when was a
reasonable one kindly consented to accom-
pany him. In a short time they were agree
ably walking the streets OF the city to-
gether. The mischieyous young man de-
coyed the other to the rear OF a livery sta
bic and there he made the purpose KNOWN
for his trip to town by saying:
Il am about to get into little trouble
with the bank Recently / was i'll need Of
some money, and on failure to get 1T other
wise, | placed your name as an cndorser on
a note Now l want you to go and acknoWi-
edge the signature or re-cndorse.
The other young man said:
Il don't sec how | can do that; YOU must
excuse me, as it is about all l can do to meet
my own obligations"
This reply very much incensed the dis
treSSed young man, Whercupon he drew his
pistol and INDUCED in TRADE of intimida-
tons and violent threats, becoming so
boisterous that the attention of the livery
man was attracted, but being on the inside
of the stable his presence was unknown.
The protligate young man finding his violent
and unreasonable threats were without eff
feet, finally said:
Unless YOU endorse that note there is
one thing certain that You will do, and that
is you will walk back hame-you can't ride
in my buggy"
just at this stage of the game the livery
man, who had heard the vituperatiyc at
tack and become interested, walked out and
said: "Ill see which of you does the walk
ing" and turning to the young gentleman
whose feelings had become very much af-
fccted by the onslaught of insults, said to
him:
"When you get ready to go home here arc
horses AMI mules plenty OF them, also sad
dies and buggics, any of which you are at
liberty to use freely.
Then turning to the ungratcful friend said
to him.
~ have q mortgage on your horse and also
the buggy. which ] am now going to take po-
session Of; and if any man walks home. you
will be very apt to know who he is by the
time Won GET there