Memoir and personal recollection of . oldhim I was going to pay off our notes and did notknow what we would do until Peterson came replied: You are a fool! If I owed Tom Mellonthat money and he got it before I was ready to giveit to him he would know it. I replied that whenwe gave the notes to Uncle Moses we had expectedto meet them when due, but the panic had delayedus and I intended to pay them as soon as I reachedMr. Mellons office. He however told me: Youare a bigger fool than I thought you were \ First Acquaintance With Thomas Mellon. I reached Mr. Mellons office at
Memoir and personal recollection of . oldhim I was going to pay off our notes and did notknow what we would do until Peterson came replied: You are a fool! If I owed Tom Mellonthat money and he got it before I was ready to giveit to him he would know it. I replied that whenwe gave the notes to Uncle Moses we had expectedto meet them when due, but the panic had delayedus and I intended to pay them as soon as I reachedMr. Mellons office. He however told me: Youare a bigger fool than I thought you were \ First Acquaintance With Thomas Mellon. I reached Mr. Mellons office at A. M. andfound a line of clients reaching into the third room,awaiting their turn. On the wall was a small framewith the following notice in it:— 1st. Your business at The truth, the whole truth and noth-ing but the Attention, and go. I reached his desk at His wife, who hadbeen waiting, sprang to her feet and said: I guessit is my turn now: Mr. Mellon said, What do youwant, when she said I want $ and handing. HON. THOMAS Affectionate Son. EarnestScholar, Skillful Lawyer, Faith-ful Husband, Kind Father,Eminent Jurist, Good Cit-izen, Loyal Friend, anda man for a that.(See page 7 2-226.) Memoir and Personal Becollection. 73 it to her he turned his eyes on me. Is your nameMr. Mortgage Bond Tom Mellon? I asked: Hesaid,i i My name is Thomas Mellon , and I said , you have three notes of Peterson and Corey,one four weeks overdue, one two weeks overdue andone has yet two weeks to run. I want to pay themoff. On his taking the notes from a file of papers inhis desk I handed him the money and asked him howmuch interest was due, when he replied, i I will notcharge you anything for overdue interest; you coalmen have had a hard time to pull through: You sitdown there until I get through and I want to ask youabout the state of things. After quickly gettingthrough with his other clients he turned around andafter asking me all about our
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