The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-03-09

were uttered, and he beckoned aside the
owner.
"Mr Holiness" said Henry. 81 have
commission to fulfil, and as you know !
am not much of business man, must
ask you to consider proposition which
am about to make to you, and to an
swer me explicitly"
'Let me hear the proposition"
81 will give you ten thousand dollars
for the brig as she now les.'
Sand the time of pay menl?"
"Within forty days. You cannot want
the money sooner; the river is frozen over,
and you could make no use Of the before
that time"
Mr.. Holmes turned to Bradford and
said: "Y on know, Henry, that am aware
that you have not the means OF payment,
and also that yon are not person likely
to be employed as an agent in such bust
ness, and yet have every conscience in
your word"
Henry explained fully to the ship owner
the state Of his affairs, and exhibited to him
the lottery ticket, No. 80.
"But," said Mr. Holmes, 'slhere may be
some mistake about the matter, or some
failure of the lottery, by which should
lose.'
Henry explained his motives and wish
es, and in two hours he held in his hand
bill of sale Of The brig llelvtius, which
as the papers were not obtained, he
Immediately renamed MARY. The condi-
ton was, that Henry was TO hold the
vessel for forty days, and if within that
time he should pay ten thousand dollars
she was to be his if not, she was to re-
vert TO Mr.. Holmes, who in the mean
time held the ticket as a sort OF collateral.
| The bill Of sale, as saw it, bore date the
9Th Of February, 1915. Henry felt like a
new man. He was ship owner in place
where that character was sort Of alisto.
cracy. He went day after day to look at
his brig, wishing for The time to pass away
for the prize TO be paid; but he said no.
thing yet TO Mr.. Carver.
One evening, while Henry was talking
with Mary, she asked him what he intend
ed to do with his vessel when the forty
days were up2
"Rig her. bend her sails, and then sell
her, or send her to sea-
"Why, Henry, it took the whole Of the
ticket TO buy the hull and the standing
spars, and it will take half as much more
to rig her aud find canvass and, besides
that, how can you sell her for more than
Mr.. Holmes could ~
Henry hesilated he had not thought
of that but he did no, doubt but ii would
all come right yet
Henry was sitting the next day on the
quarter rail of his brig, looking at the
masts, well coverd with snow and ice. and
thinking of the better appearance she
would make when the rigger had done his
duty. At length he felt the hand of Mr.
Holmes upon his shoulder
"Henry," said the latter, 81 am sorry to
have bad news 10 tell you. Read that par
agraph in the Boston Centinel:
/ "CoRREcTIoy.-Thc ticket which drew
the highest prize in the Plymouth Beach
Lottery was 5 2, and not, as our COM
positors stated last week, 5 4 80. We
understand that gentleman of wealth in
the southern part Of this town is the fort
innate holder"
"What do you say to that, Henry?"
"Only that the old gentleman will moi
now say that have the wages Of gamb-
ling2"
"No, nor will he give va inc credit OF
being a ship owner "sa'd Mr. Holmes.
"Yon have been .nIortunale, Henry, and
! am reallv = .ry for you," continued Mr..
HoImes hanging his tone considerably,
aanI .egret my own loss, as have need
The money, but as you cannot pay for
| the brig, you would better hand me the
bill OF sale, and let US destroy it,"
Henry drew from his pocket the preci-
Gus document, and while he examined 1t
from top to bottom, he said to Mr. Holm
es: "lhls affair has been to me like a
pleasant dream, not only on account of nv
aspirations for Mary, which you are aC-
quainted with, but day after day | have
lelt growing energy for business, sort
OF oulreachlng of the mind, determina
hon, with such noble beginning, to pro-
coed cautiously but steadily to do what |
ought to have begun years since. Then,
Mr. Holmes as the bill has yet some DAYS
to ran before Cal. be chargeable with
violation Of contract, will restore il to
my pocket book, and if cannot dream as
have done, shall not, at least, be awak-
ened too suddenly"
Mr. Holmes, of course, consented, as he |
really had no rghtto claim the vessel I'M
til the forty days should have expired and
Henry went up to tell May of the new
turn his luck had taken.
Though Mary respected her father too
much to feel pleasure in Ilenry's new pos
session, yet she loved Henry too much
not to feel deeply grieved at his bitter
disappointment.