Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
THEY DON'T PAY THEIR DEBTS.
Various Glasses OF "Deadbcats" with Whom
Collectors Enrc Poorly.


Various Glasses OF "Dcadbcsts" with Whom
Collectors Fare Poorly.
Men who Will not pay their debts
have a complete calendar of bluffs"
bland Innocence for one creditor,
effrontery for another, apology, in
difference, persuasion, the last of
next week, or the first of the
month, all the degrees of lie,
whole catalogue and appendix
of false pretenseS-amusing knaves
on the stage, but bad as members Of
society, says q writer in the Boston
Herald
A collector called the other day
upon a man extremely well known
III Boston. He lives in hotel, and
Mr.. Collector sent up his card by one
of the bell boys. The boy shortly
returned aid said, Not in" But
there was something in tho boys eye
which the collector thought he knew
the meaning of. He knew the mans
room very we'll. The debt was an
old one, and he had called on the
same errand many times before,
This day an hour had been appointed
by Mr.. n, and he had promised to
pay. The collector did not really put
much faith in this promise, for it had
become pretty old story, but he Is
n persevering man, as a good many
bad old debtors can testify. He
went Immediately up to the room
himself, knocked at the door and a
| familiar voice within called, Come
! in
"Demmitw exclaimed the debtor,
in rage, when he saw who his Wis
itor was, what the deuce mot 10
quote him exactly do you mean by
coming up here when 1 send down
word l am not in2" And he proceed
ed to work himself into a tempest of
abuse.
That was one bluff. But it did not
scare the collector Off With good
natured suavity he said he was very
sorry not to be more cordially well
coined. He thought the boy might
be mistaken, rs this was the time ap-
pointed for him to call He had call
ed several times before. He was sor-
ry to annoy any one, but collecting
was his business. Modified at last,
Mr.. Y. said of course he could not
blame the collector, But demmit ~
he continued, you only come up be-
cause your firm sent you. Can't you
say wasn't ini'
This open handed bluff did not
work either. The collector replied
that he did not do business that way.
The visit was unsuccessful, however.
You cannot draw blood out of q tur-
nip, and the collector was convinced
that the man really did not have the
money at that time. He was finally
obliged to content himself with an
other promise.
1t seems to be a mania with some
people to gain Il little time" on their
bills. One firm in Boston told the
| writer that one of its customers in
the far west, whose bill was two
years overdue, at last, under threat,
sent his chcCk--but without his sig
nature. This meant delay Of about
two weeks before the check was sent
back to him and returned with the
signature, and the firm believes the
man omitted it Intentionally, just to
gain this much additional time.
A similar mcanAIss was played
upon an honest anu thrifty woman
in one of the suburbs, who owns a
house beside the one she lives in.
She leased this house for two years
and thought she would save the law
yer's fee by buying blank lease form
and making it out herself. She
phrased it this way, that the lessor
was to pay lat the rate Of $25 q
month" When III the middle of the
second month the rent for the first
had not been paid, the woman called
for her money and was met with
the reply that the man preferred to
wait till the expiration of the two
years and then pay in full, as there
was nothing in the lease that called
for payment monthly, but only lat
the rate of $25 per month"