The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
mn Sa5. OFED 81. 900. non
The Flight Of a Druggists Clerk Who
Obligincly signed some Papers.

From he Ihulde' pn'1 Times
Ordinarily mou see no occasion for rejoicing
in bankruptcy proceedings. Not so Arnot X.
IIousekr,per He beams upon all the customers
who come into his little drug store, and j. prob
ably the happi"s' man In Narrnrth- all because
h" is a bankrupt Until recently Househecper
was a drug clerk in q store nj Nineteenth and
Parrish streets. and hal il not been for the bank.
ruptcy proceedings be- might have continued
to be- a clerk for tn" remainder # his DAYS, With
his hands thrust deep in his pockets and little
wrraths Of smiles s~prinkled over his face, be told
the story to a reporter yesterday, interruptlng
the narrative occasionally to attend 10 the wants
Of customers
About thirteen years ago" he began. "a friend
Of mine, who is a convey amer, came 10 me and
asked me To sign my name To some mortgage
bonds He said IT W as a mere matter OF forlrdli,y,
and as | did not think my signature could crate
such a ruupus as followed | complied with his
request, How many Of the bonds | signed |
don't know, but they kept coming in with great
frequency. have since learned thHt they made
me- what is known A. a straw man a sort # cats.
paw To pm other peoples CArstnut> out II thu
ire. NJ that tim" | was only % years old ami
hadn't u cent IN the would except The salary
made in The drug store
We'll. it wasn't long before tn, trouhl, began.
The creditors started to call upon the straw man
10 make good, and ! suddenly discovered that
! wv ll''l nun Wv N'AH'' ~ ' ' lllh
to SOY nothing # four or five hundred prop rites
In snail towns up the STATE. when ! armed
what a bluat'd lundholder and legal scamp |
had become, unboknown TO myself ! was fright
cued. My nam" began 10 apnoGr in the ShoriI'S
advtrtNemeuts, aud | was billed 4, b. sold ont
almost every week. For some r'nSon III" sale
mayer took place, probably because they found
ont beforehand that tlrrr was nothing to sell.
L figured up my asst on" day and made them
S2j.31. counting n pair Of old trousers and n four
bladcd pocket knife with one blade broken. which
valued AZ Is cent?. Then added up my liza
biliti'> and they amounted 10 So S9l ,Ol3. -, Even
II the trousers had ben new and the point hadn't
ben broken of tn knife | could not have brgun
10 satisfy such n thirsty lot Of creditors as these.
was afraid - huy 2 suit Of clothes. brcause
didu know what minute IL would ba attached.
was SO nervous that my fcarS were maEnlfied
beyond reason. imagined that /: | were 20 walk
downtown dressed In fine clothes would ha set
upon Immediately nv creditors aud sent back
home in a gHrb that would make Adam blush
You know H. a fearful responsibility - owe
81, coo, ON. II isn't every man who ran owe so
much. Ting got worse and worse and was
in a stat Bordering ON nervous prOstrstion, ii
uHllv | CUuldn stand II any longer and consulted
Il lawyer who lived across the street from me.
He asked il knew who my Crdltpr S were and |
sal he must think was a human directory,
for owed q thousand ~ two 10 pretty nearly
every mon IN Phllad"lDhia. Mr., tulbnrt said
that, under III" circumstances, II was no use try
ing ~ pet rnlnAS.S from all u the J.. lie Sug
gr>td Tn bankruptcy Proceedings, and now
thank heaven IN a free man once mere. have
tins littla tore and can wear a silk hot and a fruck
coat # walttu. oh, | tell you it's a bully thing
70 b. n bankrupt
The DOR opened aud a bnyy Il pretty girls
walked in. The man who had owed 81, 600 600
was all business NJ once. As he reporter came
away he heard ilpuSaks"pcr say
Vanilla, chocolate, lemon, orange. peach and
yaSpbarry"