OUR FINANCIAL COLUMN.

_Orl Court, E.C.[2]_

I am preparing a big _coup_, and wish all my friends to be in it. My

friends are legion, it is true, but they may depend upon me to do the

best for all. Nothing on the gigantic scale I am now preparing has

been seen or heard of in the Financial World since the days of the

Flood, when NOAH's floating capital weathered the storm. What was

the stock worth when Father NOAH once again touched land? Expect the

biggest result ever known. I may be sanguine. I have the right to be

so.

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"PONY."--Yes. Buy A. and C.N.B.--Invest big cheque with yours truly.

The only safe and profitable investment.

"D.A.H."--Don't you do it, or you'll be H.A.D. Send cheques here.

Strict account kept, and gains delivered in cash by special messenger.

"A HESITATER."--Don't doubt for a moment. Sell everything right off,

and invest proceeds by cheque with your friend."

"A.S.S."--The Dividend days of the "_Ex-Nihilo-Fit Loan and Insurance

Company_ are April 1, up to mid-day, and September 31.

So much for some of the principal Correspondents who require an answer

in my weekly article. As for myself, I can only say that my motto is,

"_Confidentia Illimitata et Nulla Pecunia redditur_." Within the last

month the gross earnings of the office on behalf of my clients has

been £12,345,678,910 which compares favourably with the previous

month. Every penny of this, equal to 50 per cent. profit to every one

of my clients, will be distributed within a week with a handsome bonus

of twenty-five pounds to everyone sending in his coupon or cheque

for fifteen sovereigns by twelve o'clock next Tuesday, after which

hour it is impossible for any one, be he who he may, from Kaiser to

Chimney-sweeper, to participate in the enormous profit which will have

been honestly earned by

Yours truly,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 5, 1891 · 第 22 / 28 题