Friday, April 30th, 2010

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3:21a	“Jes so, jes so,—I said so, Tom,” said Haley;... “Jes so, jes so,—I said so, Tom,” said Haley; “and if you’d only promise to have the boy for me in a week, at any point you’ll name, that’s all I want “But it an’t all I want, by a long jump,” said Tom“Ye don’t think I did business with you, down in Natchez, for nothing, Haley; I’ve learned to hold an eel, when I catch himYou’ve got to fork over fifty dollars, flat down, or this child don’t start a peg “Why, when you have a job in hand that may bring a clean profit of somewhere about a thousand or sixteen hundred, why, Tom, you’re onreasonable,” said Haley “Yes, and hasn’t we business booked for five weeks to come,—all we can do? And suppose we leaves all, and goes to bush-whacking round arter yer young uns, and finally doesn’t catch the gal,—and gals allers is the devil to catch,—what’s then? would you pay us a cent—would you? I think I see you a doin’ it—ugh! No, no; flap down your fiftyIf we get the job, and it pays, I’ll hand it back; if we don’t, it’s for our trouble,—that’s far, an’t it, Marks?” “Certainly, certainly,” said Marks, with a conciliatory tone; “it’s only a retaining fee, you see,—he! he! he!—we lawyers, you knowWal, we must all keep good-natured,—keep easy, yer knowTom’ll have the boy for yer, anywhere ye’ll name; won’t ye, Tom?” “If I find the young un, I’ll bring him on to Cincinnati, and leave him at Granny Belcher’s, on the landing,” said Loker Marks had got from his pocket a greasy pocket-book, and taking a long paper from thence, he sat down, and fixing his keen black eyes on it, began mumbling over its contents: “Barnes—Shelby County—boy Jim, three hundred dollars for him, dead or alive “Edwards—Dick and Lucy—man and wife, six hundred dollars; wench Polly and two children—six hundred for her or her head “I’m jest a runnin’ over our business, to see if we can take up this yer handilyLoker,” he said, after a pause, “we must set Adams and Springer on the track of these yer; they’ve been booked some time “They’ll charge too much,” said Tom “I’ll manage that ar; they ’s young in the business, and must spect to work cheap,” said Marks, as he continued to read“Ther’s three on ’em easy cases, ’cause all you’ve got to do is to shoot ’em, or swear they is shot; they couldn’t, of course, charge much for thatThem other cases,” he said, folding the paper, “will bear puttin’ off a spellSo now let’s come to the particularsHaley, you saw this yer gal when she landed?” “To be sure,—plain as I see you “And a man helpin’ on her up the bank?” said Loker “Most likely,” said Marks, “she’s took in somewhere; but where, ’s a questionTom, what do you say?” “We must cross the river tonight, no mistake,” said Tom “But there’s no boat about,” said Marks“The ice is running awfully, Tom; an’t it dangerous?” “Don’no nothing ’bout that,—only it’s got to be done,” said Tom, decidedly “Dear me,” said Marks, fidgeting, “it’ll be—I say,” he said, walking to the window, “it’s dark as a wolf’s mouth, and, Tom—” “The long and short is, you’re scared, Marks; but I can’t help that,—you’ve got to goSuppose you want to lie by a day or two, till the gal ’s been carried on the underground line up to Sandusky or so, before you start “O, no; I an’t a grain afraid,” said Marks, “only—” “Only what?” said Tom “Well, about the boatYer see there an’t any boat “I heard the woman say there was one coming along this evening, and that a man was going to cross over in itNeck or nothing, we must go with him,” said Tom “I s’pose you’ve got good dogs,” said Haley “First rate,” said Marks“But what’s the use? you han’t got nothin’ o’ hers to smell on “Yes, I have,” said Haley, triumphantly“Here’s her shawl she left on the bed in her hurry; she left her bonnet, too “That ar’s lucky,” said Loker; “fork over “Though the dogs might damage the gal, if they come on her unawars,” said Haley “That ar’s a consideration,” said Marks“Our dogs tore a feller half to pieces, once, down in Mobile, ’fore we could get ’em shop off (Comment on this)
11:17a	All you need to be is generous with what you... All you need to be is generous with what you have, and the powers will be generous with you CHAPTER TEN Still Want More? Here are Some To Do's Many people may not be satisfied with my ten stepsThey see them more as philosophies than actionsI think understanding the philosophy is just as important as the actionThere are many people who want to do, instead of think, and then there are people who think but do not doI would say that I am bothI love new ideas and I love action So for those who want "to dos" on how to get started, I will share with you some of the things I do, in abbreviated form ?Stop doing what you're doingIn other words, take a break and assess white chanel bag what is working and what is not workingThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different resultStop doing what is not working and look for something new to do ?Look for new ideasFor new investing ideas, I go to bookstores and look for books on different and unique subjectsI buy how-to books on a formula I know nothing aboutFor example, it was in the bookstore that I found the book The 16 Percent Solution, by Joel MoskowitzI bought the book and read it TAKE ACTION! The next Thursday, I did exactly as the book saidI have also done that with finding real estate bargains in attorneys' offices and in banksMost people do not take action, or omega fake watches they let someone talk them out of whatever new formula they are studyingMy neighbor told me why 16 percent would not work I did not listen to him because he's never done it ?Find someone who has done what you want to doAsk them for tips, for little tricks of the tradeAs for 16 percent tax lien certificates, I went to the county tax office and found the government employee who worked in the officeI found out that she, too, invested in the tax liensImmediately, she was invited to lunchShe was thrilled to tell me everything she knew and how to do itAfter lunch, she spent all afternoon showing me everythingBy the next day, I found two great properties with her help and fake louis vuitton wallet have been accruing interest at 16 percent ever sinceIt took a day to read the book, a day to take action, an hour for lunch, and a day to acquire two great deals ?Take classes and buy tapesI search the newspapers for new and interesting classesMany are for free or a small feeI also attend and pay for expensive seminars on what I want to learnI am wealthy and free from needing a job simply because of the courses I tookI have friends who did not take those classes who told me I was wasting my money, and yet they're still at the same job ?Make lots of offersWhen I want a piece of real estate, I look at many properties and generally write an offerIf you don't know tiffany jewelry canada what the "right offer" is, neither do IThat is 'the job of the real estate agentI do as little work as possible A friend wanted me to show her how to buy apartment houses So one Saturday she, her agent and I went and looked at six apartment houses Four were dogs, but two were good I said to write offers on all six, offering half of what the owners asked for She and the agent nearly had heart attacksThey thought it would be rude, that I might offend the sellers, but I really don't think the agent wanted to work that hard So they did nothing and went on looking for a better deal No offers were ever made, and that person is still looking for the "right" deal at the right chanel large black and white tote bag pri (Comment on this)
11:17a	I buy how-to books on a formula I know nothing... I buy how-to books on a formula I know nothing aboutFor example, it was in the bookstore that I found the book The 16 Percent Solution, by Joel MoskowitzI bought the book and read it TAKE ACTION! The next Thursday, I did exactly as the book saidI have also done that with finding real estate bargains in attorneys' offices and in banksMost people do not take action, or they let someone talk them out of whatever new formula they are studyingMy neighbor told me why 16 percent would not work I did not listen to him because he's never done it ?Find someone who has done what you want to doAsk them for tips, for little sale gucci handbags tricks of the tradeAs for 16 percent tax lien certificates, I went to the county tax office and found the government employee who worked in the officeI found out that she, too, invested in the tax liensImmediately, she was invited to lunchShe was thrilled to tell me everything she knew and how to do itAfter lunch, she spent all afternoon showing me everythingBy the next day, I found two great properties with her help and have been accruing interest at 16 percent ever sinceIt took a day to read the book, a day to take action, an hour for lunch, and a day to acquire two great deals ?Take classes and buy tapesI search dior saddle the newspapers for new and interesting classesMany are for free or a small feeI also attend and pay for expensive seminars on what I want to learnI am wealthy and free from needing a job simply because of the courses I tookI have friends who did not take those classes who told me I was wasting my money, and yet they're still at the same job ?Make lots of offersWhen I want a piece of real estate, I look at many properties and generally write an offerIf you don't know what the "right offer" is, neither do IThat is 'the job of the real estate agentI do as little work as possible A friend wanted me to show her how to fake cheap chanel handbags with cc logo buy apartment houses So one Saturday she, her agent and I went and looked at six apartment houses Four were dogs, but two were good I said to write offers on all six, offering half of what the owners asked for She and the agent nearly had heart attacksThey thought it would be rude, that I might offend the sellers, but I really don't think the agent wanted to work that hard So they did nothing and went on looking for a better deal No offers were ever made, and that person is still looking for the "right" deal at the right priceWell, you don't know what the right price is until you have a second party who wants to chloe bag dealMost sellers ask too much It is rare that a seller will actually ask a price that is less than something is worth Moral of the story: Make offersPeople who are not investors have no idea what it feels like to be trying to sell somethingI have had a piece of real estate that I wanted to sell for monthsI would have welcomed anythingI would not care how low the priceThey could have offered me ten pigs and I would have been happyNot at the offer, but just because someone was interestedI would have countered, maybe for a pig farm in exchangeBut that's how the game worksThe game of buying and selling is funIt's fun and only a imitation louis vuitton cheap price g (Comment on this)
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