[오늘 한 영어]
- The art of money getting
- Unfortunately the speculation does not come to a head quite so soon as was expected, and another $10,000 note must be discounted to take up the last one when due. Before this note matures the speculation has proved an utter failure and all the money is lost. Does the loser tell his friend, the endorser, that he has lost half of his fortune? Not at all. He don't even metion that he has speculated at all. But he has got excited; the spirit of speculation has seized him; he sees others making large sums in this way (we seldom hear of the losers) and, like other speculators, he "looks for his money where he loses it." He tries again, endorsing notes has become chronic with you, and at every loss he gets your signature for whatever amount he wants. Finally you discover you friend has lost all of his property and all of yours. You are overwhelmed with astonishment and grief, and you say "it is a hard thing; my friend here has ruined me,: but, you should add, "I have also ruined him."
