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card, Of No. l6 Brewer street, as man VIII
would be likely to give him a good price 70
his gold. Trayers accordingly saw Brocard
who after considerable haggling, paid him tw
hundred pounds in Bank Of England notes
four tifties-for one hundred and sixty tW
guineas. That lately he, (Travers,) had ofte
mentioned to Capel, that be wished to raise,
secretly as possible, on his own personal seeur
ty, q sum Of, at least, two hundred pounds, an
that Capel-this be was sure Of, as not MOI
than month had elapsed-Capel had advise
him to apply to Louis Brocard for assistance
He had done so, and Brocard had given hiI
the two one hundred pound notes in ezehang
for note Of hand, at six months date, for tW
hundred and twenty pounds. .-....
had obtained temporary leave Of absenc
from the office, and at the solicitors request
accompanied him to Brewer street. Broeard,
StrOng-featured, sWarthy ernigre from the soutE
of France. Languedoc, believe who had been
in this country since 80, and spoke English
fluently, was at home, and could not help
thinking from his manner, expecting, and pre-
pared for some such visit. There was q young
woman with him, his niece, he said Marie De-
schamps, Of the same cast Of feature as himself,
but much hendsomer, and with dark fiery eyes,
that upon the least eRsitement seemed to burn
like tightening. Broeard confirmed TraVers'
statement without hesitation as TO the purchase
OF the gold and the discoHnt Of the bill.
''ln what money did you pay the two hundred
pounds, for which you received the acceptance" +"
asked the solicitor.
81 will tell you" replied Brocard cody
'Marie give me the pocket book from the desk
the red one. september the 26th,' he con +
tinued, after adjusting his sPectscles, ''Mortau
Trayers, four fifty Bank Of England notes.
and he read of the dates and numbers Of which
possess no memoranda.
"Why those are the notes." exclaimed Mr.
Elkins, very much startled, and glaneing at 9
list in his hand, (which you paid Mr.. Traveri
for the gold, which you and others could name
knew he had not since parted with
A slight flush crussed the Frenehman's brow
and the niece's eyes CLEANED with fierce expires
sion at these words. The emotion thus display
ed was but momentary.
"YOu are misinformed," said BrOcard -
''Here is memorandum made at that tim
March 3rd,) Of the notes paid for the gold. Yo
can read 1t yourself. The largest amount, yol
will see, was twenty"
"Do you mean to persist in asserting" sai(
Mr.. Elkins, after several moments Of dead ST
lence, "that you did no pay Mr.. Travers fO
his bill Of exchange in two one hundred pound
notesq"
"Persist, exclaimed the Freuehman. / don't
understand your persist l have told the plain
truth. Persist-parbieaP'
was dumfounded. "Pray, Monsieur Bro
card, said the solicitor suddenly, "do you know
Mr.. Capelf"
The swarthy flush was palmer now; and not
so transitory. ''Capel-Capel," he muttered,
averting his face towards his niece. ''Do we
know Capel, Mariel"
''No doubt your niece does, Mr.. Brocard, "
said the solicitor with sharp sneer, "or that elO-
quent face Of hers bellies her"
In truth, Marie Desehamps features were in
famed with confused and angry couciOusness;
and her brilliant eye sparkled with quick ire, as
she retorted-"And if 1 do, what then2"
Nothing perhaps, young lady; but my ques-
ton was addressed to your uncle"
81 have nothing more to say" reioined Bro
card. II know nothing Of the one hundred
pound notes; very little of Mr.. Capel, whom
now, however, remember. And pray sir,
he added, with cold malignant smile-"did l
not hear this morning that Martin Travers in
formed the officers that it was relation, an
uncle, | believe, from whom he received the
notes--stolen notes, it seemsi He will endea-
vor to inculpate some one else by-and-by, dare
say"
There was no parrying this thrust, and we
came away, much disturbed and discouraged
| remained late that evening at Kensington,
talking the unfortunate matter over; but hope,
alas Of safe deliverance for poor Travers ap-
peared impossible, should Brocard persist in his
statement. The prisoners lodgings had been
infinitely searched, but no trace Of the still mis-
sing fourteen hundred pounds had been discov-
ed there.
Constance Hervey appeared to be greatly
struck by my account Of Marie Deschamps' ap-
pearance and demeanor, and made me repeat
each circumstance over and over again. lcould
not comprehend how this could SO much inter-
est her at such time.
Brocard repeated his statement on oath, at
Bow Street and Mr.. Alleys cross examination
failed to shade his testimoney. The first dec
lsration made by TFavers necessarily deprived
his after protestatiOns, vehement as they were o
all respect; but could not help feeling surprised
that the barristers suggestion that it was absurt
to suppose that man in possession of the verl
large sum that had been stolen, would havu
borrowed two hundred pounds at an exOrbitani
interest, was treated with contempt. All thai
it was limited, was mere colorado eontrivanet
to be used in case Of detection. The prisoner
feared to put too many Of the notes in circula-
tion ct once, and the acceptance would have
been paid for in the stolen moneys, and so on.
Finally, TraVers was committed for trial, and
bail refused.
As the star Of the unfortunate Iravers sank in
disastrous eclipse, that Of Capel shOne more brill
liantly. There was no doubt that he would
succeed on his rivals conviction, TO the vacated
post and some eight or nine weeks after Ira
yers had been committed, circumstances induc-
ed me to believe that he would be equally sue-
cessful in another respect. must also say that
Capel evinced from the first much sorrow for
his old friends lamentable fall; he treated the
notion Of his being guiltless with disdain, and
taking me one day aside, he said he should en-
deavOr to get BrOcard ont Of the country before
the day Of trial, either by fair means, or by tip
ping him the Alien Act. 'In fact, he added
with some confusion Of manner, Il have faith