Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-09-19
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81 shall do M such ,hlog," said Mr.
l..

Queer laconically.
But, sir, IN few mon,hs-in half
year you will have 10 suirenderthe who'll
Of her property. ls u fair. IL honorable
sir, for you 70 refuse t. esant me snsl
accommodated now, when you will sooi
have 10 surrender thousands and tens @
thousands ?"
81 am resolute. Have you anv fur
thcr commands, Mr.. Balfour ;"
Vexed and cnnfounded, Volney qni
The house without condescending Ia re
turn an ansYer. After pacinp The stree
IN uncertainty for some minuules, h.
again resorted 10 Stockdale, the broker
and laid the circumstance of his position
fully before him That individual pick
ed up his ehrs eagerly when mention
was made Of old MI Queer s. the prop
eHy Ia which Charlote would soon be
entitled. lie began ~ treat The young
man once more with deference-toldh him
that ihinaswere no, halrs so bad after all
and closed by saving that it Nolney
would call on him the next day they
would c0n,rlve some mode OF raising the
wind. The fact was, that Siockdalr
wanted time to sit the statements which
N"Iney had made in regard 10 old Queer.
The result oi his inquiries appeared ~
his neat conversation with MIR Bal
four
The best that Mr.. Siockdale could de-
tor his friend (snch he was proud to cnli
him) was tn cash n sly months note, say
for twenty Eve hundred dollars AZ the
terms on which he proposed To 90 this
we're entirely confidential, we do not
tccl al liberty to make them known TO
the public. Suffice It 10 say, that the
proposition was accepted To Nnlney-
the nnte vas given and the next day
Chnrloite sent out invitations for II spen-
did ball
Alas, that honey should ever
end that notes shoulG ever become
dne With what unexampled velocity
did those six months feet by Oue
morning, just as Eolney was at the front
door tellIng the man who had supplied
him the six months with oysters, 10 call
again next week, "A spry little gentle
man thrust slip OF paper into his hand,
which bore upon It's face printed re-
quest that Volney would take up his
note, which was now due at the bank.
"No matter! Charlotte is eighteen to-
morrow, thought Volncy "and we will
make old Qneer disgorge every cent Of
her money"
Al nn early hour the following day,
N"lney, accompanied by his prcuniary
adviser, MIR. Stockdale, knockrd at the
door Of Mr. Q Ieer's house. Bntlo their
loud and repeated summons 40 answer
came. a girl who was twirling mop
upon the steps OF The adIourning house,
"n being appealed to, said that the old
gepilcman, with two or three big trunks,
bad gone OF M carriage more than a
week before. Mr. Storkdsle began To
hook aIarmcd. With his companion he
haslenFd TO Wall street aud made the
most thorough inquiries in regard to Mr.
Qneer. No one could give information
a. to his whereaboul and, what was
sl' more appalling, nobody could tell
where aoy of his property was % be
fonDd One dav passed d--Iwo--Ihtee -
bui nothing Of Mr. Qneer Al length
paragraph appeared IN one of the da-
ly papers headed "my sterions disappear
ance, " in which the friends Of the ab !
sen'ce were called uron for intelligence.
II drew forth statement from some sold
,nhahItant," who declared that he was
confident ui hnviGg seen some trunks put
on board the Great Western, Iust elorp /
her departure week previous, upon The /.
s,ipa nI ,,h..h ,r,.,,l l,t, - l..
with brass nails was conspicususy visl- I
bile. The gentleman 10 whom they be- /
longed, bad put down his name on the .
ships books as Haynes but the sold in
htbIlanls" was disposed 10 think that he .
could have been no other than Queer
himself Further investigation seemed .
IL confirm ihIs belief
Mr. guerra deiaulter What was
The world coming to
Calumny spreads her news always
with telegrnphic cel"ri'y and it was
not long before the whole city was talk .
ing Of Mr. Qrcer's mlquity and poor
Nolney's misfortune. I he same dav
that the distressing Intelligence reached
Miss Auburn, that lady, by a singular
coincidence, received a summons from
relative who was dangerously III, and
was compelled To take leave of Char.
lo'te and the distracted Bailour. Whcrh- .
es the visits OF some grim-looking func- .
uonarlcs, who came 10 attach the furni .
iure IN the house, the hprsps, on behalf
Of Mr.. SIockdale; whether this untoward .
circumstance had any thing to do with
the spinsters precpitate departure, II .
would be very unchari,able to surmise. \
Bat where were Chario,,e's dear re-
lalIves aud friends, the Greens, the .
Browns, the Whites, the Myrtles, anl
nifty others, who had so often partakeu
Of her lavish hospitality where those
tender and alToctlonate creatures, who
had so hung upon her words, and twned
themselves round her heart 7 Every /.
time the bell rung, Charlotte thought to
herself, "there they come, am sure. "
Alas il was merely the dun OF some i'm \
pouant tradesman, who could not be put
or Il
And where were those prime fellows,
who would 90 the death for him any day,
" hrm V"ln"y used TO bring home to din.
nrr Alas ! the French cook was dis
rhnrgcd -- the Old wine. had been pui
under the hammer, aud The prime iel-
bows ~ longer, by accident, knocked
A. The door on which misfortune had put