Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-09-26

| OSncIoJ VIII SheehS BoWlnS from Inc
pursuit, the young girl he had seen at the
goldsmiths.
"Oh sir, am so happy TO have found
you" she said at once addressing him, as he
stopped and with pleasure listened to her.
| was at length enabled to get my pay and
by other work have earned enough to re-
pay you the ten dollars you so kindly gave
me. You don't know the good you did, sir;
the suffering you releved--the evil you
timely adverted. Here is the money sir"
"Nay, my good girl, do not want it.
made you present of it at the time, and |
did not expect you to return it. am glad
however, to find you have had the DISPOSE
ton to do so, and that was not deceived
in my estimation of YOU
| You must take it, sir said she with
ingenious earnestness. i should DO dis
tressed to be longer under pecuniary OBJ
legations 10 a stranger. Besides, sir, /
would like my clasp, if you please
Did you not take it from the case where
you laid it DOWN. he asked with surprise
and Justly directed suspicion.
No sir;-indeed, sir, hope it is not lost.
1t is Of countless value to me. 1t was given
to me by--by-
"By sweetheart he added smiling.
He is now--dead, SIR she answered
with overlooking eyes.
| You do we'll value it. l did not take il
up: are you sure you left it there!'
| Yes sir, hoping you would take il and
keep it till paid YOU
| well, my child, have not got it, but ]
believe the goldsmith has. Let us 60 TO
him.
On their arrival, Mr.. Broochard denied
ever having seen it since she went out, and
that he saw her take it with her and place
it in her bosom as she left the shop. The
young lady turned pale and was inconceiva-
bly, distressed.
Come with me, will find tho clasp for
you,' said Col. McHenry offering her his
arm, and leaving the goldsmith's.
i do hope shall find it sir she said as
they walked. 1t was Rupert's dying gift.
1t was given to him in Cuba, by rich lady
whose life he had saved by rescuing her
from the water. He was sailor, sir, and
had little to leave but his memory, and my
poor clasp, oh, sir if it is lost shall never
forgive myself for offering 10 pledge it.
But, sir, our extremity was very great
Col. McHenry stopped with her at a
Justices and briefly but clearly made his
complaint, and in very few minutes Mr..
Abraham Broochard was brought by an
officer into the presence of the magistrate.
He appeared to be in great trepidation,
and was pale as ashes; for he had been sud-
denly taken without warning, from behind
his counter, leaving his shop in charge of
his astonshed assistants. McHenry and
the young lady being sworn, deposed that
they both had seen the clasp on the show
case, where each went out and left it, the
former further deposed that he had not gone
three steps from the door before he return
ed and found it missing, and no one in the
vicinity but the defendant.
| The goldsmith was then called up TO be
sworn as to the knowledge of the facts
He approached the stand where the mags-
trate held the Bible, and laid his hands
upon it with perceptible trcmor of his
whole body; but love Of money was stron-
ger than the fear of the law, and he took
the oath. 1t appeared as if he would have
sunk through the floor when he did IT; but
The moment it was done he recovered his
audacity. At this moment an officer, who
at the suggestion Of Col. McHenry, had
been privately despatched by the justice
with search warrant to the shop of the
goldsmith, now entered and placed some
thing in the magistrate's hand, after whisper
ing briefly to him.
did you ever see this gold ornament
before?' asked the magistrate, holding up
the clasp before the young girl.
oh, it is my casp-it is my clasp
she cried springing forward.
| 'Yes--it is the same answered Col
McHenry.
'And did you ever see it before sirl' de.
} mauded the Justice, sternly, holding IT IN
the direction of the goldsmith, who had
seen it from the first and was appalled, with
fear and CONSERVATION. Instead of reply
ing, he uttered wild hysterical laugh; and
, fell his length in convusions upon the
floor.
| He was a few weeks afterwards taken
t from prison, and tried and condemned fol-
perjury; but his reason forsook him, and
instead of the gallows he is now raving in
| the madhouse. Thus was avarice anc
parsimony, and indifference to the suffer
ings of others punished in this life, the act.
r of this selfish man showing to all how tina
, acquisitiveness wrongly directed is fatal Il
, lis possessor.
Col. McHenry proved to be bachelor
and though little turned of thirty, hi
heart was keenly alive to all the finer sen
I sbilities of our nature. He could feel fol-
the down trodden poor and sympathise
with the unfortunate. To this truth none
> could more positively attest than the young
friend of the golden clasp for ere two
4 moons had waned she reloiced in tho eu'
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