It Is Hard To Say Whether Q - - Was Or Was Not Deceived By B - -; But
Though He Used Him For The Present As A Decoy, He No Doubt Expected
Ultimately To Sell Him Some Of His Farms, With A Very Handsome
Profit.
B - -, however whose means were probably extremely small,
fought shy of buying; and after looking at a number of
Farms, he
told Q - - that, on mature reflection, he thought he could employ his
capital more profitably by renting a number of farms, and working
them in the English manner, which he felt certain would answer
admirably in Canada, instead of sinking his capital at once in the
purchase of lands. Q - - was fairly caught; and B - - hired some six
or seven farms from him, which he worked for some time, no doubt
greatly to his own advantage, for he neither paid rent nor wages.
Occasionally, other land-speculators would drop into the tavern,
when a curious game would be played between Q - - and them. Once of
the speculators would ask another if he did not own some land in a
particular part of the country, as he had bought some lots in the
same quarter, without seeing them, and would like to know if they
were good. The other would answer in the affirmative, and pretend
to desire to purchase the lots mentioned. The former, in his turn,
would pretend reluctance, and make a similar offer of buying. All
this cunning manoeuvring would be continued for a time, in the hope
of inducing some third party or stranger to make an offer for the
land, which would be accepted.
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