Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-04-29

| ance and education of tic heiress. A COM
mon nsense, business-like letter in every respect
and extremely satisfactory; and rs soon rs he
plpasrs. after Catherine Arnold comes of aye,
aud into actual possession of her fortune Tom
may have her, with my blessing over the bar
gain"
dined at Laurel Villa, Fulham, about two
months after this conversation, and Linden and
found ourselves alone over the desert-the
young people La;ing gone out for stroll, at
tracted, doubtless i:y the gay aspect OF the
| Thames, which flows pastthe miniature grounds
attached to the villa. Never had seen Mr..
Linden IN so CAV, SO mirhiul mood.
PASS the dccanter" he exclaimed, the i'll
staut the d"or had closed upon ferI and his
Guncec. "Pass the dccanter, Sharp;'l have
news for yon, my boy, now they are gone"
'indeed! what may the news be p
"i,ill bumper for yourself, and III give you
toast. Here's to the health aud prosperity OF
the proprietor of the Holmford estate and
| may he i've thousand years, and one over
Hip -hip--hurrah!
He swallowed his glass Of wine, and then i'll
his intensity of glee, Laughed himself purple.
"iou needn't stare So, he said, as soon rs
he had partially recovered breath; 81 am the
proprietor Of the Holn,lord property bought
it tor fiIty-six thousand pounds. of that young
scant.grtcd aud spendthrift, Palliser--!iifteen
Thousand pounds less than what it cost him,
with the outlay he has made upon it, Signed,
sealed. delivered, paid for Yesterday. Ha! ha!
no = leave John Linden alone for bargain !.
It's worth seventy thousand pounds, fits worth
shilling. | say" continued he, alter re-
mewad sp,sm OF exubcrant nnrth--"not word
about it to any body mind! promised Pal.
User, who is quietly packing up to be off to 1t
aly, or Australia, or Cn,Istantiuople, or the
devl--all Of them, perhaps, in succession-not
to mention word about it till lie was well Off
you understands! Ha! ha Tho! ho::" again
burst out Mr. Linden. 81 pity the poor credi
tors, though. Bless you! shouldn't have had
it at anything like the price, only for his know
ing that was not likely to be running about
exposing the affair, by asking lawyers whether
an estate in family's possession, rs this was
in Dursley's for three hundred years, had good
title or not So be careful not to drop word,
even tu Tom for my honor's sake. Worth, if
a penny, seventy thousand pounds Ha ha!
no ho!"
"lhen v. u have really parted with that enor.
mons sum uf money without having had The ii.
tic to the estate professionally exan'inedF
"Iitlc fiddlestick! looked over the deed,
myself BE .ides, havn't told YOU the ances.
tors OF Dursev, from whose executors ralisrr
purchased the estate, were in possession oi it
or centuries! What brttrl title than prcscrip
ton can there b. 6
That may be true enough; but still"
q ought, you think, to nave r,sked losing
the bargalu hy delay, and Lave squandered
time aud money upon fellows in horseilair wigs,
in order to ascertain what sufficiently we'll
knew already! Pooh! | am not in my second
c:.lld.hood yet"
1t was useless to argue with him; besides
done. aud the not long delayed entrance OF the
Young courl le nccessIatlig a Charge OF topic.
/ innucrn,ly inquired what he though Of the
i,iIl which Mr. Stanley, as the organ Of the
Ministry, had introduced Il few evenings previ.
ously, and was rewarded hy Il perfect deluge If
oquacions Indignation and invcctive; during
Il pause in which hu;ly-barly of angry words
contived to effect my escape.
"Crnwther ~ JennIus!" exclaimed one morn
ing NJ. lii,tt, lno..i':, up from the lim's news
-. .,rf r held in ,Is iItId. 'Crn"tIer u Jen-
Aiis - what is it We know about C:owther Il
Jrukins?'
Tne question was addressed to mr, and |,
ac ..,y partner could not at ti'4 moment pre-.
cisely recall why those names sounded upon
our ear, with certain degree Of interest us
well us familiarity.
"Crowthcr Il Jcnkns!' echoed. "True,
what do we know about Crowther & Jenkins
Oh, have it they are the executor; OF a will
under which young Lindens pretty bride, th:t
is to be- inherits Ter fortune"
..Ah:" exclaimed Mr. Flint, as he put down
the paper and looked me gravely in the lace, 81
remember now; their names are in the list Of
bankrupts. 4 failure in the gambling co:n
trade, too. | hope they have not been specula.
ting with the young woman's money.
The words were scarcely out of his mouth
when Mr.. Linden was announced, aud present.
ly in walked that gentleman in state Of con.
siderable excitement.
81 told you" he began, some time ago. a
bout Crowther & Jenkins being the persons in
whose names Catherine Arnold's money stood
in the funds z
"ies," replied Flint; "and see by the Ga.
zette that they are balkrupts. and by your face,
that they have speculated with your intended
daughter.in.law's money, and lostit.
positively sop rejoined Mr.. Linden with
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