Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-29


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Of a business man, must ask you to consider
proposition which am about to make to you, ant
to answer me explicitly" '..7 '.'' '''z1 :
!" Let me hear the proposition" s .
| :. "I will give you ten thousand dollars as she
now lies.'' i.,-i's' 2.9F s27S
:" And the time ofpaymenta"
"Within forty days. You cannot want the
money sooner; the river is frozen over, and you
could make no use. of the cash before that time"
Mr.. Holmes turned to Bradford, and said
|" You know, Henry, that I am aware that you
you are not person likely to be employed as an
agent in such business, and yet have every con-
fdence in youro wrd. !"
Henry explained fully to the ship owner the
state Of his affairs, and exhibited to him the lotte-
ry ticket No. 8, 4, 8, =
g But said Mr.. Holmes, there may be some
mistake about the matter, or some failure of the
lottery, by which ! should lose.'' So. ~
Henry explained his motives and wishes, and
in two hours he held in his hand bill Of sale
of the brig Helvetius, which as the papers were
not obtained, he Immediately renamed MARY
The condition was, that Henry was to hold the
vessel for forty days, and if within that time he
should pay ten thousand dollars, she was to be
his; if not she was to revert to Mr.. Holmes, who,
in the mean time, held the ticket as sort of col
lateral. The bill of sale, as saw it, bore date
of the 5th of February, 1915. Henry felt like a
new man. He was ship owner in place where
that character was a sort of aristocraey. He went
day after day to look at his brig, wishing for the
time to pass away for the prize to be paid; but he
said nothing yet to Mr.. Carver. z 81 sszsg eza@;a'
One evening while Henry was talking with
Mary, she asked him what he intended to do with
his vessel when the forty days were up!
"Rig her, bend her sails, and then sell her, or
send her to sea- 49, 's..t.' ~
"Why. Henry, it took the whole of the ticket to
buy the hull and standing spars, and it will tak
half as much more to rig her and find canvas; and
besides that, how can you sell her for more than
Mr.. Holmes could!' a ~ -i
Henry hesitated, he had not thought ofthat; but
he did not doubt but it would all come right yet.
Henry was sitting the next day on the quarter
rail of his brig, looking at masts. we'll covered
with snow and ice, and thinking Of the better ap-
pearance she would make when the rigger had
done his duty. At length he felt the hand of Mr.
Holmes upon his shoulder. ,.. s-
! Henry" - said the. latter, 81 am sorry to have
bad news to. tell you. Read that paragraph in
the Boston Sentinel =. - r.z Fl: .,.ss..s
"CoRREcTIoN. The ticket which drew the
tho pIrr,,,,tb po.,b ,t+or,,
4, 5, 8, g. and not, our compositors stated last
week, 5, 4, 8, 9. We understand that a gentle
man in the southern part Of this town is the fortu
nate holder." ssa .sz: se--~f -
"What do you say to that, Henry!"
"only that the old gentlemanswill not say that
have the wages of gambling" z
"No. nor will he give you the credit of being
ship owner" said Mr.. H. ssYou have been unfor-
tunate, Henry. and I am really sorry. for you,''
continued Mr.. Holmes, changing his tone of voice
considerably; "and regret my own loss, as have
need of the money; but as you cannot pay for the
brig you had better hand me the bill of sale, and
let US destroy it.
Henry drew from his pocket the precious docu-
ment, and while he examined it from top to bot
tom, he said to Mr.. Holmes: ssThis affair has
been to me like pleasant dream, not only on ac-
count of my aspirations for Mary, which you ar;
acquainted with, but day after day ] have felt
growing energy for business, sort of outreaching
of the mind, determination, with such noble
beginning, to proceed cautiously but steady to do
what I ought to have begun years since. Then.
Mr.. Holmes, as the bill has yet some days to run
before can be chargeable with violation of con
tract, will restore tito my pocket-book, and, i
cannot dream as have done, shall not, at least
be awakened too suddenly -<
Mr.. Holmes of course, consented, as he really
had no right to claim the vessel until the forty
days should have expired; and Henry when up to
tell Mary Of the new turn his luck had taken.
Though Mary respected her father too much to
feel pleasure in Henry's new possession, yet sh :
loved Henry too much not to feel deeply grieved
at his bitter disappointment. s....zr-
sssThat dream" said Henry, doubtingly- -"that
dream has not yet come to pass" s.,
Some days after that, there was usual, a
gathering at the post Office, at some distance from
the ship-yard, awaiting the arrival OF the mail
The stage, at the usual hour; drove up, and the
driver said, as he handed the mailbag into the
house, that be guessed that there was better news
to-day than he had brought since the victory on
the Lakes. ) l7 -s,sE-y.s,3s.. %. > ...t- d.
"Another victory, Mr.. Woodward!'' s,
''No, not another victory, but Peace"
"Can you tell me,'' said dapper looking young
gentleman, as he slipped from the stage, 'where
can find MFR. Holmes, the owner of the brig Hell
vetus."
"Mr. Holmes lives on the hill yonder," was
the reply, "but it is thought that he does not own
the Helvetus now.'' ,7@ =ie @H] sss.
"Has he sold her!' s5 as-+ &s'
"Yes." 1'- .'-ss ri -H@45.s