CREDIT MAN’S SOLILOQUY
To sell or not to sell P That is the question. Whether it is better to send the goods And take the risk of doubtful payment, Or to make sure of what is in possession And, by declining, hold them ? To sell ; to ship ; perchance to lose — Aye, there’s the rub. For when the goods are gone, What chance will win them back From slippery debtors P Will the bills be paid when due ? Or will the time stretch out till the crack of doom ? What of assignments ? What of relatives, What of uncles, aunts and mother-in-law With claims for borrowed money ? What of exemptions, bills of sale and the compromise That coolly offers a shilling a pound ? And the lawyer’s fees, That eat up even this poor pittance ? “Yes, sell we must, And some we’ll trust, We seek the just, For wealth we lust; By some we’re cussed ; And stocks Avill rust; But we skip the wust, Or we’d surely bust.” Selected.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 46, 10 February 1894, Page 11
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166CREDIT MAN’S SOLILOQUY Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 46, 10 February 1894, Page 11
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