Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-05-26


ask YOU to consider proposition which
am about 10 make to you, and to answer
me explicitly
Let me hear the proposiiion.'
Il will give you ten thousand d,ilars 6
the brig as she now lays
And the time H paymentP
within forty days You cannot wani
the money sooner; the river is frozen over
aud YOU could NOT make use Of the cash
belnre thai time
Mr.. Holmes turned to Bradford and said
You know, Henry. that am aware tina,
you have not the means of payment, aud
also that you are q person not likely to be
employed as an agent in such business, aud
yet have every confidence in your word
Henry explained tui. to the ship .owne,
the state OF affairs, aud exhibited to him the
lottery ticket No 3. 4. 3, ?
But said Mr. Holmes, there may be
some mistake about the matter, or some
failure Of the lottery 10y which | should
lose
Henry explained his motives and wishes,
and IN two hours be held IN his hand bill
of sale OF the brig HelyeiIus, which, as the
papers were not obtained, he immediately
renamed MARY The condition was that
Henry was to hold the vessel forty days,
aud If, within that tune, he should pay ten
Thousand dollars, she was TO be his II not,
she was to revert to Mr. Holmes, who, IN
the mean time. held the ticket as a sort of
collateral. The bill Of sale, as saw II,
bare date the 9Th of February, 1915. Hem
~ felt new man. He was a ship owner
ia place where that character was sort
of arlsiocracy He went day after day to
look at his brig, wishing for the time to
pass away Cor the prize 10 be paid; but he
SAID nothing yet to Mr.. Carver
One evening while Henry was talking
VITA Mary, she asked him what he intend
ed TO do with his vessel when the forty days
days we're up.
Right her bend her sail, and then sell
her, or send her TO sea
WAY, Henry, 1t took the whole Of the
ticket to buy the hull and standing spars,
and It viii take half as much more to rig
her and find canvass; and besides that, how
can YOU sell her for more than Mr. Holmes
did ?
Henry hesitaled he had not thought Of
that; but he did not doubt but 1t would
come right yet.
Henry was sitting the next day on the
quarter rail of his brig, looking at the masts
well covered with snow and ice, and think
ing of the better appearance she would
make when the rIgger had done his duty.
At length he felt the hand Of Mr.. Holmes
upon his ,aaAl5cr
Henry, said The latter. am sorry to
have bad news to tell YOU. Read that par
agraph ia the Boston .SeRtincL
Correction. ticket which drew the
highest prize IN the Plymouth Beach Lot
terry was /, ), 3, ,, and not as our compos-
ilors stated last week, >, 4, 3, :. We un-
derstaud thai gentlemen OF wealth IN The
southern part OF thls town Is the fortunate
holder
W hat do YOU say to that, Henry Z!
Only thai the old gentleman will not
now say that | have the wages of ganb-
ling.
No. nor will he give you credit for be-
ing a Snip owner SAID Mr.. Holmes. You
have been unfortunate, Henry, and | am
really sorry for YOU continued Mr.. Holmes,
changing ms tone conrlderably aud re-
gret my own loss, as have need OF the
money but as You cannot pay for the brig,
yoS hao better nand me The bill of sale, aud
lei Us destroy H..
Henry drew from his pocket the precious
document, and while he examined It from
top 10 bottom, he SAID To Mr.. Holmes -
Tins affair has been to me like pleasant
dream, nut only on account of my aspIra-
lions for Mary, which you are acquainted
with, but day after day have fell grow
ing energy Tor business, sort OF ouistIeich-
ing OF The mind, a determination, with such
a noble beginning, 10 proceed Cautiously
but steadily TO do what | ought 10 have
done years since. Then, MIR. HOLMES, as
Tue ball has yel some days 10 run before |
can be chaGgeabe with violation OF con-
tract, | Viii restore It TO my pockel-boOk
aud # cannot dream as | have done,
shall not, at least, be awakened too sudden
IT,
Mr.. Holmes, of course, consented, as he
really had 40 right To clam the vessel until
The forty DAYS should have expired aud
Henry went up TO tell Mary OF The new tu.n
ms luck had taken.
Though Mary respected her father too
much TO feel pleasure IA Henry's new pos
session, yet she loyed Henry too much not
10 feel deeply grlesed al his bitter disap-
polntmenI.
That dream, said Henry, doubtngly,
that dream has not yet come 10 pass
Some days after that, there was as usual,
gathering at the post-oifice, at some dts
lance from ,he ship-yard, awaiting the arrival
OF the mail. The stage, at the usual hOur
drove up, aud the driver said, as he handed
the mail bag into the house, that he guess
ed there was better news to-day than he
had brought since the victory on the lakes.
Another victory, Mr.. Woodward 7
mo, not any victory, but Peace
Can you tell me- said dapper looking
young gentleman, as he slipped from the
stage where can | ind Mr.. Holmes, the
owner Of the brig HelyetIusl
Mr. Holmes lives on the hill yonder,
, was the reply, but 1t is thought that he
does not own HeyeIlus now
las he sold her ?
Yes
1 am sorry for that-who is the ownerl
Mr.. Bradlord-the young man whom
/ you see reading the newspaper
The stranger stepped INTO the house, and
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