Show TOO WILLING BY HALF A NOVEL BOARDING SCENE while general jackson was president of the united states slates lie was tormented day after day by importunate visitors as most chief magistrates of this great country countr yare are whom he did not care cire to see and in consequence lie he P gave give rive strict directions to the messenger at his door to admit only certain per ons sons on a particular day in spite of this peremptory order however tho the attendant bolted into his apartment aaring one forenoon and informed the lsen den eral bral that a person was outside whom he not control who claimed to see him orders or no orders by the eternal exclaimed the old man nervously w 1 11 l wont submit to this annoyance anno yane who is W it dont doret know knows sir air dolat doitt know anaw chita hia name becy deg beg pardon sir its a woman A woman show her in james show her in said sid the president wiping his face and the boxt moment there entered the generals apartment a neatly clad female of past the middle ae age who advanced courteously t wards towards the old man and accepted the chair p proffered roff pred ered her be seated madam he said thank you responded the lady throwing aside her veil revealing a handsome face to her entertainer liv my mission hither today to day general continued the fair speaker is a novel one and you can aid me perhaps madam said the general command me you are very kind sir I 1 am a poor woman general poverty is no c rime crime madam no sir but I 1 have a little family to care for I 1 am a widow sir and a clerk employed in one of the departments of your administration is indebted to me for board to a considerable amount which I 1 cannot collect I 1 need the money sadly and come to ask if a portion of his pay cannot be stopped froin from time to time until this claim of mine an honest one general of which he had the full value salue shall be cancelled 1 61 I really madam that is I 1 have llave no control in that way how much is the bill seventy dollars sir here it is exactly isee igee I 1 see and his salary madam els eis Is said to be 1200 a year and band not pay his board bill and you see sir this has been standing five months unpaid three days hence he will draw his hid monthly pay and I 1 thou thought glit siri sir if you would be kind enough to yes I 1 have it go to him again and get hi his note today to day for thirty days his hig note sir it be woith the paper on which it is written he pays no one voluntarily but he will give you his note will he not ma madam darn oh yes he would be glad to have a respite in that way for a month no doubt right rights then go to him to obtain his note for thirty days from today to day give him a receipt in full and come to me this evening 9 the lady departed called upon the young lark dunned dunnea hi him in for the amount at which he only smiled and finally asked him to give her his note for it to be sure said he give a note martn and much good may it do you mum pay it when it falls due wont you sir thirty days hence oh yes martn of course I 1 will I 1 always pay my notes mum I 1 do and as the lady departed the tile knowing young gent gent believed lie he had accomplished d a neat trick I 1 once more 61 1 I wonder what the deuce shell do with the note gad id like to settle some of the other accounts in the same way llope shell have a good time getting the money on that bitof bit of paper john smith is rather too well known for that and lie he turned with a chuckle to his books again the poor boardinghouse boarding house keeper called again upon the general a few hours houra anter afler wards I 1 did you get the note madam yes sir here it is the president quickly turned it over and with a dash dish of his pen wrote the name of andrew jackson upon the back of it take this to the bank tomorrow to morrow morning madam and you can get the money for it he said hurriedly the tile lady acted accordingly and found no n difficulty in obtaining obtaining the cash for it at sight A week before th that at months termination terminations mr john smith received a note to the following effect bank of washington 1832 sir your note for seventy dollars is due on the dinst at this amk B ink and you are requested to call and pay the some cashier ha ha screamed john upon reading this brief note A capital jake joke that cant come it mum cant no how scarecrow left for oar collection I 1 un stand wont do no go and john very soon forgot it but bat ipuy pay day came round again and john took his monthly stipend once more from the cashier of the department as usual As he passed down the avenue the unpaid board bill suddenly entered his head who the deuce now has been fool enough to help the old woman in this business I 1 ander wn der said john to himself agad gad ill go and see it is all a hum I 1 know but id like to know if she has really fooled anybody with that bit of paper and entering the bank he asked for the note ent enn leat eft there for collection all ali against ast him it was discounted said the teller discounted why who in the world will discount my notch note asked john amazed any gany body with such a backer as you have got on this backer me backer who here is the note you can see said the teller handin handing 7 him the document on which john instantly recognized the bold signature of the then president of the united states sold by moses exclaimed john draw ing forth the money with a hysteric gasp for he esaw saw through the movement at a glance the note was of course paid i d and justice was awarded to the spendthrift spendthrift at once on the next morning he found upon his ins desk a note which contained the following entertaining bit of personal intelligence to john smith esq sir A change having ben made in your office I 1 am directed by the president to inform you that your services will be no longer needed by this department part ment yours secretary john smith retired to private life at once and thenceforward found it convenient to live on a much smaller allowance than twelve twelver hundred a year speak of yourself as 03 seldom aa as inky may be if you praise yourself it is arrogance if you dispraise it is folly patience is a power in a man warning him hint to rein his spirit errors are good examples |