Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-02-05
VOLUME TX. NO. 6.

WIZ VIII accept Dill for one hundred pounds
for you ?"
Yes, she could, and did actually write down
the names OF three distinguished men. Now
knew Tor certain, that not one of those noblenen
would have put his name 10 bill on any account
Whatever for his dearest friend but, in her una.
Dashed self-con6dence, she thought Of passing
another forgery on me. closed the conference
by saying cannot assist you = and she retir.
cd with The air of an injured person. In the
course of few days, heard from Mr.. Axmin-
ser, that his liability for one hundred pounds
had been duly honored
In my active and exciting life, one day cxin-
gnlshes The the recollection of the events Of tie
preceding day and for a time. 'honght no
more about the fashionable fnrger. had taken
1t for granted that, heartily frightened, although
hot repenting she had paused in her felnDious
pursuits.
My business g. one day, led me to the establish
ment Of one Of the most wealthy and respectable
legal firms in the city, where am we'll known,
and, | believe, valued for at all times am
Mutual profits create a wonderful freeHasonary
between those who have not any other sympathy
or sentiment. Politics, religion, morality. DIFF
ference of rank, are all equalzed and republic
anized by the division of an account No SOON
cr had | entered the Sanciun, Than the senior
partner, Mr.. Preceps, began to quiz his junior,
Mr.. Jones, with, swell, Jones must never Joke
friend Discount any more about usury Just
Imagine" he continued, addressing me, "Jonts
has himself been dscountng bill ior a lady,
and duced pretty one too. He sat next her at
dinner in Grosvenor Square last week.-Next
day she gave him call here, and he could not
refuse her extraordinary request. Cad, is hard.
y fair for Jones to be poaching on your domains
of Westcnd paper"
M. Jones smiled quietly as he Observed
Why, you see, she is the neice Of one Of our
best clients; and, really, was so taken by sur~
prise, that did not know how to refuse"
Pray" said |, interruptng his excuses,
does your young lady's name begin with S.?--
Has she not very pale face, and cold gray
eyes?'
The parners stared.
"Ah! see it is so and can at once tell you
that the bill is not worth q rush"
"Why, you don't mean-"
:" | mean simply that the acceptance is, Ill lay
Iou wager, forgery"
GA forgery -
"a forgery" repeated as distinctly as pos
,ible.
Mr.. Jones hastily, and with broken ejacula-
lcns, called for the cash box. With trembling
lands he took out the hill and followed nv fn
ger with eager, watchful eyes, as pointed out
' the proofs OF my assertion. A long pause was
broken by my mocking laugh; for at The moment
my sense OF politeness could not restrain my
satisfaction at the signal defeat which had A.
tended the first experiment Of these aghly re-
spectacle gentlemen in the science of usury.
The partners did not have recourse TO the po-
llce They did not propose consultation with
either Mr.. Forester or Mr.. Field but they took
certain steps, 'rnl.-r NV : commendaton; the
result of which was that an early day, an aunt
of the Honorable Miss Snapc, was driven, to
save so near a connection from transportation, TO
, sell out some fourteen hundred pounds Of stock,
and all the forgeries were taken up.
One would have thought that the lady who
= had thus SO narrowly escaped, had had enough
but forgery, Ike opium eating, is one OF those
charming vices which is never abandoned,
, when once adopted. The forger enjoys not only
: the pleasure of obtaining money so easily, but
. the triumph OF befoong sharp men OF the world.
q Dexterous penmauship is source OF lhe same
a sort Of pride as that which anlmates the Sullul
. t.,ar. the practsed dueIst, or well-traned
!. billiard player With clean G'ott he tetches
n down n capitalist, at three or six months, for a
4 cool hundred or round thousand Just as a
- Scrope drops over stag at ten, or u Gordon
!, Cunning monstrous male elephant at hun
+ dred PAGES.
!. As before observed, nv connection, espe
" cally lies among the lmprovident-'among those
10 who will be runed-who are being rnlned-anl
=, who have been ruhed. To the last class, be
oc longs Francis Fisherton, once gentleman, no"
without shilling or principle; but rich II
:. mother with fact tarcsT, ,alteI Paul dekocG
n. own heart Having in byg"ne days been one
of my willing victims, he occasionally finds
n pleasure and profit III guiding others through the
;. gate he frequenled as long as able to pay the
70 tolls. In truth, he is what is called a discount
is agent"
III One day received a note from him, to say
n. that he would call on me at three O'Clock the
a next day, to introduce lady of the family
- who wanted bill "done' ior one hundred
10 pounds. So ordinary a transaction merely
IN needed memorandum in my diary, TUESDAY
. Q p. M.FF., GlO0 Bill" The hour CANT
~ and passed but no Frank, which was strange
= because every one must have observed, tha
=. howeve dllatory people are in paying, they arr
wonderful punctual when they expect to receive
n money. - ~.
~ At FIVE o'clock, in rushed my Jackall. Hi
story disentangled from oaths and eJacu'at'ons
,moun,ed to this :--In answer to one oil the ad
~ ,r,;sements he occasionally addresses To th'
Embarrassed" in the col INNS OF the Times,
', be received note from lady, who said sA
~ vos ANXIOUS to get a" bill done THE accept
>, arce Of weknown man of rank and fashion
~ n A correspondence vas opened, and an appoint
), ment made. At the hour fixed, neatly shaved
brushed, goved, booted. the revival, in shor
h. of that high-bred Frank Flsherton, who was S
he famous
ad "n his hot youth, when crOckfOrd's was the thing"
mt glowing with only one glass of brandy just t
steady his nerves." he met the lady at We
int end pastry cooks.
After few words tfor all the material que