The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-02-02

and soon found that he intended to keep
the screw on till the accomplishment of
the hated partnership placed an insupera-
BILE bar between me and Ellen Barmston.
| used'to converse frequently upon these
matters with Mr.. Hutton, as calmly and
unreservedly as do now with you; and |
must say that, although extremely anxious
to avoid any appearance of opposition to
my father, he always expressed the warm
est sympathy with my aims and wishes;
so much so, in fact that [ at last ventured
toask him for the loan of about five hun
dred pounds, that being the least sum
which would enable me to pay off the
most pressing of the claim by which I
was harrassed, and carry on my wedding
project. That favor, however, he fatly
refused, under the plea that his having
done so would sooner or later come to my
fathers knowledge 49 e9z'2a1.
"And did Mr.. Hutton, after that refu-
sal, continue to afford you opportunities of
helping yourself, had you been so min
ded?'',s.s sf..a sa s.
..Yes; unquestionably he did but what
of that?" sharply replied the young man,
his pale face again sufused With an an
CRY flush. asa.
Nothing, sir; nothing. Go on; I am
all attention. ''l' 9,
2''Well, I made application to several
money lenders with the like ill-success,
till last Monday fortnight, when was oc-
costed at Mr.. Hutton's place of business
in the Corn market, where I happened to
be for few minutes alone, by respecta-
ble-looking rniddle-aged man, who asked
me if | was the Mr.. Edmund Webster
who had left note at Mr. Curtis's Of
Bishopsgate street, on the previous Sat-
urday, requesting the loan of five hum
dred pounds, upon my own acceptance, at
six months date eagerly replied in
the affirmative; upon which Mr.. Brown,
as the man called himself, asked if I had
the promissory note for five hundred and
fifty pounds, as 1 had proposed, ready
drawn; and, if so, he would give me the
cash at once. [ answered in a furry of
Joyous excitement, that I had not the note
drawn nor a stamp with me, but if he
would wait afew minutes, till Mr.. Hutton,
or clerk came in, I would get one, and
write the acceptance Immediately He
hesitated for moment, and then said:-
I am in hurry this morning, but I will
wait for you in the coffeeroom of the
Bay Tree Tavern; have the kindness to be
as quick as you can, and draw the note
in favor of Mr.. Brown" He had not
been gone above three or four minutes,
when the Clerk came in. [ instantly hur-
ried to a Stationer's wrote the note in his
shop, and speeded on with it to the Bay
Tree Tavern. The coffee room was full,
except the box where sat Mr.. Brown, who
after glancing at the acceptance, and put
ting it quickly up, placed a roll of notes
in my hand. s'Do not display your mon
ey," he said, "before all these people
You can count the notes under the table.
Il did SO; they were quite correct-ten
ffties; and / forthwith ordered bottle OF
wine. Mr.. Brown, however, alleging bus
mess as an excuse, did not wait till it was
brought ME good day, and disap-
peared, taking in his hurry, my hat in
stead of his own.'' ...
Il was, you will readily believe, ex-
ceedingly jubilant at this lucky turn of af-
fairs; and, strange as it must appear to
you, and does now to myself, it did not
strike me at the time as at all extraordi-
nary or unbusiness-like, that I should
have FIVE hundred pounds suddenly placed
in my hands by man to whom [ was
personally unknown, and who could not,
therefore, be certain that [ was the Ed
mund Webster he professed to be in
search of. What with the effect of the
wine I drank, and natural exultation
[ was, I well remember, in state of great
excitement when I left the tavern, and
had hardly seemed to feel my feet as I
hurried away to Mark Lane to in
form Mr.. Hutton of my good luck, and
bid his counting house and the corn trade
final farewell He was not at home,
and I went in and seated myself in his
private room to await his return. I have
no doubt that, as the clerk has since de.
posed, did look flustered, agitated; and
lit is quite true, also, that after vainly
waiting for upwards Of an hour, I sud-
denly left the place, and as it happened,
unnoticed by anybody. Immediately af-
ter leaving Mark Lane, I fastened tc
Hampstead, saw Miss Bramston; and as
everything; with the exception of the
money, had been for some time in readi-
ness, it was soon decided that we should
take the wing at dawn, on the following
morning, for Scotland, and then pass over
to France. next betook myself to Re
gents Park, where I dined, and confded
everything to my sisters except as to hoae
1 had obtained the necessary funds. Al