bill to run now about a fortnight t � k a fashionable did you it i did mr sparkle required me to do so to show that tiie bill came properly into his possession this second bill you say is required to enable miss to leave town yes she is going to for the winter i gave mr a steady piercing look of inquiry pray sir i said could you meet that one hundred pounds bill supposing it could not be paid by the meet it the poor fellow wiped from his forehead the perspiration which suddenly broke out at the bare hint of a probability that the bill would be � meet it no i am a married man with a family and have nothing but my salary to depend on then the sooner you get it taken up and the less you have to do with miss s bill af the better she has always been punctual hitherto that may be i pointed to the cross writing on the document and said deliberately this bill is a at these words the poor man turned pale he snatched up the document and with many rushing toward the door when i called to him in an tone to stop he paused � his manner indicating not only doubt but fear i said to him don t yourself i only want to serve you you tell me that you are a married man with children dependent on daily labor for daily bread and that you have done a little for miss out of your e now although i am a bill i don t like to see such men look at the body of this bill � look at the signature of your lady customer the drawer don t you detect the same fine thin sharp pointed handwriting in the words a fashionable accepted the man convinced against his will was at first overcome when he recovered he he would expose the honorable miss if it cost him his bread � he would go at once to the police office i stopped him by saying roughly don t be a fool any such steps would seal your ruin take my advice return the bill to the lady saying simply that you cannot get it leave the rest to me and i think the bill you have to sparkle will be paid comforted by this assurance fearfully changed from the nervous but hopeful man of the morning departed it now remained for me to exert what skill i possessed to bring about the desired result i lost no time in writing a letter to the honorable of which the following is a copy � madam � a bill to be drawn by you has been offered to me for there is something wrong about it � and though a stranger to you i advise you to lose no time in getting it back into your own hands � d d i intended to deal with the affair and without any view to profit the fact is that i was sorry � you may laugh � but i really was sorry to think that a young girl might have given way to temptation under pressure f pecuniary difficulties if it had been a man s case i doubt whether i should have interfered by the return of post a lady s maid entered my room decorated with lace and with she brought a letter from her mistress it ran thus � sir � i cannot sufficiently express my thanks for your kindness in writing to me on the subject of t bills of which i had a fashionable also heard a few hours previously as a perfect stranger to you i cannot estimate your kind consideration at too high a value i trust the matter will be explained but i should much like to see you if you would be kind enough to write a note as soon as you receive this i will order it to be sent to me at once to square i will wait on you at any hour on friday you may i believe that i am not mistaken in supposing that you business for my friend sir john and you will therefore know the to be his handwriting again thanking you most allow me to remain your much and deeply obliged this note was written upon delicate french paper with a coat of arms it was in a fancy envelope � the whole richly and rank and fashion its contents were an implied confession of silence or three lines of indignation would have been the only innocent answer to my letter but miss thanked me she let me know by that she was on intimate terms with a name good on a west end bill my answer was that i should be alone on the following afternoon at five at the hour fixed punctual to a moment a drew up at the corner of the street next to my chambers the honorable miss s card was handed in presently she entered swimming into my room richly yet simply dressed in the extreme of good taste she was pale � or rather she had fair hair fine teeth and a fashionable voice she threw herself gracefully into the chair i handed to her and began by a string of phrases to the effect that her visit was merely to consult me on pecuniary difficulties a fashionable according to my mode i allowed her to talk putting in only an occasional word of question that seemed rather a random observation than a significant at length after walking round and round the subject like a timid horse in a field around a groom with a of she came nearer and nearer the subject when she had fairly approached the point she stopped as if her courage had failed her but she soon recovered and observed i cannot think why you 