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that was one reason why he was not often disappointed in those he trusted.
The humor which characterized his boyhood, remained with him in maturer years, and often effervesced on the surface of his acquired gravity; as will appear in the following anecdotes.
Upon a certain occasion, a man called on him with a due bill for twenty dollars against an estate he had been employed to settle.
Friend Hopper put it away, saying he would examine it and attend to it as soon as he had leisure.
The man called again a short time after, and stated that he had need of six dollars, and was willing to give a receipt for the whole if that sum were advanced.
This proposition excited suspicion, and the administrator decided in his own mind that he would pay nothing till he had examined the papers of the deceased.
Searching carefully among these, he found a receipt for the money, mentioning the identical items, date, and circumstances of the transaction; stating that a due-bill had been given and lost, and was to be restored by the creditor when found.
When the man called again for payment, Isaac said to him, in a quiet way, ‘Friend Jones, I understand thou hast become pious lately.’
He replied in a solemn tone, ‘Yes, thanks to the Lord Jesus, I have found out the way of salvation.’
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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