To his Imperial Highness D. Pedro, Esq.,
Brazil, S. A.
No. Z 30,805.
Sir: This letter of advice will probably precede a tall youth named
Brindley. Mr. Brindley is a young man who, by a strange combination of
circumstances, is the eldest son of a perfect gentleman, who now has,
and will ever continue to have, my highest esteem and my promissory note
for $250.
Will you kindly bear this in mind while you peruse my pleading letter of
introduction, which will accompany Mr. Brindley, Jr.?
All through his stormy and tempestuous career in the capacity of son
to his father, he has never done anything that the grand jury could get
hold of. Treat him as well as you can consistently, and if you can get
him a position in a bank, I am sure his father would appreciate it. A
place in a bank, where he would not have anything to do but look pretty
and declare dividends in a shrill falsetto voice, would please him very
much. He is a very good declaimer. He is not accustomed to manual
toil, but he has always yearned to do literary work. If he could do
the editorial work connected with the sight-draft department, or write
humorous indorsements on the backs of checks, over a _nom deplume_,
it would tickle the boy almost to death. Anything you could do toward
getting him a position in a large bank that is nailed down securely,
would be thoroughly appreciated by me, and I should be glad to retaliate
at any time.
Yours candidly,
Wyman Dayton.
To Mr. K. O. Peck, London.
A beautiful feature of this invaluable system is the understanding
to which everybody is committed, that the original letter is entirely
worthless on its presentation unless the letter of advice has been
already received.