Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-01-21

when his lawyer catered with an ominous elonga-
iou Of countenance, and after abrief salutation
said
81 have Just got wind Of an affair, Mr.. Renwick,
that will give US some trouble" aI
What is that 2" asked Renwick, calmly puff.
ing his cigar. 81.
"Well, il she is fool enough to revive the old
uuit, she will get her fingers burned again. A few
dollars transferred from my pocket TO yours in the
way Of fees, will be the amount of the trouble,
suppose-ehl squire; isn'i that the state Of the
case I"
al rather fear the business is more serious this
time" returned the attorney.
Renwick slightly changed color, but affecting
unconcern, calmly returned -
well, let it come; so that you can keep il off
till after the first Of April I'm content to bear the
brunt"
Unfortunately, it is not altogether a civil suit
and cant beput off That young devil Of Jor.
dan, her nephew, is making criminal OF il,
and the issue must come on at the March term"
Criminal case March term what do you
mean 7"
81 mean" answered the lawyer bluntly, "that
young Jordan, as willy as fox aud as keen as
bloodhound, is moving heaven and earth, 10 ndici
you for swindling, forgery and perjury"
Renwick set his teeth hard together, and seemed
scarcely able TO breathe for moment-then with
passionate energy opened his desk, and taking out
a roll Of bank bills amounting TO FIVE hundred dol
lars, ne placed them in the hands Of the attorney,
exclaming between his clenched teeth
There sir, crush the scoundrel l--crush him !
and will be your debtor for donble the sum p
That will be no easy matter" returned the at.
torney, as he coolly fohbed the fee. ellis shrewd-
ness and energy was amazing. 1t beats all, sir,
how he has managed 20 bring about this business,
quietly and effectively. I'll do my best, howev-
err depend upon that" And the lawyer abruptly
withdrew, leaving Renwick with fearful forebod-
ing OF impending ruin at his heart. The fear that
his villainy would be unmasked, his wealth torn
from him, and his marriage with Emily Williams
prevented, filed him with almost insuppouable ag-
ony. He had all along been preyed upon by a
guilty conscience The wan, hall-starved faces Of
the wife and child of his benefactor, whom he had
robbed and beggared, had long haunted him with
startling terror, driving rest from his pillow and
peace from his breast-but this last dread Of being
convicted of forgery, and perhaps doomed TO fell
Ions term in the States prison, was dlstractng.
He assumed as much foritude as he could under
the circumstances and taking an early opportunity
to see his betroihed, urged an immediate marriage
offering as for his Impotence, that bu.
siness would compel him to go TO Europe in the
spring, and he wished to take Emily with him.
But Emily, whose feelings towards him had lately
undergone considerable change, frankly informed
him that she feared her affections were not firmly
enough fixed upon him TO justify her consenting &c
an early union under any circumstances He i'm
plored and entreated with all the eloquence o
which he was capable She was firm in her deter
mination, and his passion finally getting the better
of his discretion, he reproachcd her with baseness
and left her forever
So much did Renwick fear to stand the trial tina
was approaching, that he gathered up what read,
money was at his COMMUNICATING to ten o.
fifteen thousand dollars-and absconded to New
Orleans where he commenced course of disspa
tion which brought him to level with the common
street loafer.
Robert Jordan recovered the property for tn
widow Brainard, amounting to some 500, 900. Hi
management the suit gained him ncoriety
and business poured in on him in abundance
One year from that time he led Emily Williams Il
the altar; and upon the same evening, Catherin
Brainard became the blushng bride of Doctor Joh
Williams