The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-04-10

Yes; am besieged By persons with oil
sorts Of solicitations and projects; but you,
my dear iriends-you will be always well
come. You are come jest 10 time 10 &C
cornpany me 10 an estate which have some
thoughts OF purchasing. II is not q large
afair-one hundred thousand francs.
Il take il TO be some distance off, sac
George, with sisnlfcan, jerk of his head
Two leagues only but | will take yol
in nv carriage.
our carriaseP
My carriage
u on have a carriage 7
Yes, and two dapple- horses, ~hlct
brough, from Paris: as We, | have nc
saddle-horse, that being more difficult Il
fod.'
My two friends retired 10 one OF the WIN
dews, where they whispered 10 one another
looking all the Time very lugubrous'
Dear Louis, they said, YOU know that
your cousin is not dead
Il dou'l know if he be dead, for am not
very certain that he ever lived
You know that this story about your IN
heri,ance is all Ike :
Il am persuaded that only you and be
lieve so, was my answer.
We have done great wrong FeJoIned
nv friends great wrong, IN what was 10
tended only as fun. II causes US much sOr
row.
'On the contrary, | thank you for IT,
1t is our duty to dlsavow It, we are 60
ing in public TO declare ourselves guilty.
i intrea, you to leave things just o
chew are: few days more Of credit Wi
prevent the necessity Of disPlacing II,
funds
George and Albert regarded me as com
ple,ely derdnged.
Come, SAID |, lei US lose no time
the carriage is ready | will tell you all
we 60 along. have spoken 10 u book
seller, Albert, who Will print your manu-
script
Truth, however, always comes out. Som
Who were 10 the watch, were surprised Iha
nothing arrived from Martinique well az
Vised people shook their beads when speak
ing Of me. The cdlfce so quickly raise
tunbled down with equal rspdtiy.
The bes: Of il is, said some, he ha
ended by falling into the snare which h
laid for others. For my part, | never be
lieved in H.
complehendud that the storm had broke
out, on fndng one day dozen notes on N
table. They were all nearly 10 the sly
of the first | opened.
M. Grlgnon presents his respectful con
phmen,s to NJ. Meran. and having an u
gen; need OF money, begs that he will be
good as 10 pay, 10 the course of the ds
the little account which he has the hon
10 euclose.
Ny answers were all alike VI. Mer,
thanks NJ. Grignon for the bill which b
been SO long asked for and sends the
mount
One letter only contained no reques,
money but was from a friend whom h
almost forgotten. Fearing that | had be-
duped, he wrote, Offering TO lend me 81
francs, should wish TO remove from plu
where so many rumors were circulated pr
judicial TO my character. My reply ga
the necessary explanation, which | conc
ded, | am rich, not by an inheritance
which never believed, but because il "
determined, in spite oil my protestatlot
that should be fich; aud have in realI
been made very rich, | scarcely know no
This is what | would wish you to say
those who talk Of me-
owe more than fortune TO my singul
situation, since II has assured me Of q fE r5H
upon whom nav ""----
For another weck was the subject
conversation. lie has been fortunate, sa
some others replied, Fortunate if 70
will but say he is clever fellow, VII
hes known how to take advantage of Gil
cumstances il is not rybody who cou,
manGuvre 10 this way
For my part, was for momen, temple
to applaud my own genius; but little r.
aec,ion convinced me that talent bad uoll
ing to do with il. ! quietly took my pla<
in society as the possessor Of twenty thor
sand francs of income and still keep il.
Morallslng on my sudden change Of Pr
sltion, can only look upon i. as one
those strange freaks Of fortune which all Ii
world allows 10 be so uuaccouu.abIe.