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STRANGE ArrAlR.-A friend tells as the follow
ing singular story Several years ago one Richard
French. OF Philadelphia, who supposed 10 be in
moderate circumstances become endorser for six
or seven hundred dollarr for the who employed
him as a clerk His employer failed, and French was
compelled pay the amour, for which he WAS bound.
This reduced him. he pretended, poverty and his
friends appealed to for aid il his behalf The Le
high Coal Company took him INTO lis employ for time
acerk, paying him moderate wages and afterwards
fernshing him with house rent free. Two friends paid
him each twenty i've per week and the Overseers
Of the Poor allowed him fifty cents more TO defrsy the
expenses OF himself and wife Little more than year
ago he 10 this city 10 collect small debt and
during his stay charitaby entertained by the friend
whs tells the story. He professed TO be very low
spirited and used 10 piieousy the unior,u-
nate circumstances which had reduced him, he pre-
tended TO poverty shor time since he died, wheu il
appeared that he worth upwards OF $50 900, and
had pretended to be poor in order crafty misery
disposition i strange affair, truly.