give anybody the opportunity to do the same thing again."

Mr. A----was a man whom I had known for years. I cannot tell how
hurt and indignant I was at such language. He took my paper, knowing
the terms upon which it was published, and when I sent my bill,
refused to comply with the terms, and insulted me into the bargain.
I turned to his name on the subscription-book, and striking it off,
said--

"He can't have the paper."

"Credit Mr. B----with six months and discontinue," said the
collector, as he passed to the next name on his list. Mr. B----was a
man whom I knew very well by reputation. I had looked upon him as
one of my best subscribers. He was a merchant in easy circumstances.

"Why does he wish it stopped?" I asked.

"He says he merely took the paper by way of encouraging the
enterprise, and never supposed he would be called upon to pay for
it. He told Mr. J----, who asked him to subscribe, that he had more
papers now than he wanted, and Mr. J----said, No matter. He would
have it sent to him by way of adding another respectable name to the
list."

"Very well," said I, as I entered the name of Mr. B----in the
cash-book, "pass on."

This went fairly ahead of any thing I had ever dreamed of. I was too
much surprised even to make a remark on the subject.