An Odd Story of Justice

From London Society

CHAPTER I.
 

No doubt there were some in the time of the Queen of Sheba who carped at the wisdom of Solomon; and so there were people in the city in the days that immediately followed the American War who had something to say against the firm of Parkman, Bubb & Parkman, of No. 17 Change Alley. They could not deny that it was an old-established concern, for Parkmans’ had been trading between London and Calcutta in almost the early days of John Company Bahadur. And they could not say that it was not prosperous, for its name stood high in its own branch of business; and it had never been known to go in for rash speculations or risky profits. But what people did say, and there were old fogies on ‘Change never tired of repeating it, was that there was too much young blood in Parkmans’. “Go into Parkmans’,” these would say, “and you’ll have a young man to deal with, unless you have the luck to do with old Parkman!” treatment which they seemed to think most offensive.  And of course when old Parkman died rather suddenly, these carpers were still more triumphant. There was no saving clause now when they stated the treatment you might expect… Read More