Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-01
CHAP. x Concluded

Conditonally, on your giving to the other
party. or to his attorneys 40, finen days ~
tice, suggested the lawyer, stretching out his
long fingers and closing them again with a
nervous witch
q Exactly exactly said Aycling. Now,
tell me---surpt so tho party should be In France
ut this time, and were to give him due notice,
would that be valid according to French law 2"
Perfectly 50, answered the attorney. Sun
less he have this large amount with him, or
can command il on his credit, it would be ina
possible for him to prevent the foreclosure"
2 | have thought Of that, and am think,
safa 70 far lie IL an over scrupulous fool, who
progresses TO have some conscientious notions
about tho sinfulnsss of holding slaves and WIN
would have get the whole lot he owns free, ii
his father had not like true Southcrner
mortgnged the property over and over again.
The result OF THE FOOLS scrnpulonsness IL, that
he is poor, and obliged to depend upon the re-
turns Of a small share IN a business in New
York, whilst he lets his slaves work for the
benefit Of his oyerseers and the creditors Of the
estate
The legal spider smiled contemptuonsIy Mt
this eacrifce Of personal interest to conscience,
and expressed his inability TO comprehend such
egregious folly:
land this property, he remarked, sharpen
ing his hard nails with a pen knife, you VIII
me 10 purchase Y
"Thcle is purchasing, and purchasing re-
piled tho other You know what desire !;
and the simple question is, whether you will
aid rneu
aFor consideration of--wclL never mind !!
The terms are Sufficiently liberal resumed
Gaetapo, aud am not disincned to assist
you. ! shall acquire all Your rights, and 40
forth, and au 10 pr ceed against this Monsieur
Wray as you shall direct
"No MERCY Y gasped Marx.
g clearly understand" said tie attorney !;
81 fully enter into yosr views. You say Mon
sieur Wray is in Paris"
g | met him, only a few evenings since, at q
so1rss, replied Mark 81 followed the hack
ney carriage that took them home -
Them?n calculated Peligrin
"Yes she Was with him, y resumed the other.
She You forget, my good friend -
" True you do not know. mean that Leon
ard and has sister were there, and that have
sscertained where they are staying. They are
at an hotel, not far from here
They must be watched" suggested the at
torney. Aa
Do not lose sight of them an hour" re-
marked Aycling.
observe, in the DECD the name Of a slave,
who bears rho same name az the Young lady
y
"'Tis she--she herself exclaimed Mark,
vehementiy; as pretty piece OF property
man ever had the chance of securing"
"But did you not say she ia sister to Mon
sieur Wray asked the attorney, opening his
hawks eyes in some surprise
Mark AveIing laughed oontemptuously, but
1t was in bittornefs of spirit.
!" She's what we call white negro in orr
country he said. There are thousands snch.
She is Leonard's sster, il is true, but only on
the fathers side. The mother Of the girl was
as near her color as two peas. They cay she
was one Of Jefferson's descendants You could
MT have distinguished her from n white only
for her hair. Old Wray bought her ON specu-
lation, but took such fancy to her, that ho
and his wife quarreled ON it, and parted. She
caught the fever and died, in Charleston, some
ten months after. Milly Wray kept the old
mans house during this time, and this IL how
he came to bring up the girl he had by Milly,
with his son Leonard. When abe was seven
years old, hc sent her to school in the city Of
New York, where none knew but that she was
Miss Mildred Wray, and Leouard's own born
sister. Now and then she used TO come homo
for a bolyday, and then thcre would be great
doings, showing her cf At last she grew MP
60 be young woman and the old man became
ashamed 10 have her home any more because
OF her origin. The secret was carefully keJt
from her brother who nearly went mad when
he at last discovered il. His father told him
he intended 10 leave hor free, but the young
headstrong fool would not hear Of his beauti
full sister 9 bong a slave and would not sane
ton any not that established the fact This
fne sentiment, however, did not suit the cred
itors; and when the old man died, she was in
claded in the chattels aud effects personal, US a
matter &c course My father was The Target
creditor, and when he died ! inherited tho
whole o. hH property; for you must know an,
On Only son
The attorney began 10 gather a clue tn tho
motives which had induced Aveipg % seek bis
cooperation. He had IN instructive apprehen-
sion that malice aud cunning werc coming into
play and would find employment for him Ho
stirred The frc, and gathered up his long limbs
to isten more atienuveIy.
: AZ | knew the whole history Of Mildred
Wray" resumed Aseling, I'll was not inclined
to 10 talked Of the wish had long entertain
ed Of gaining possession Of that pretty piece
Of property 20 went one day ~ Leonard aud
made y bid for her, offering TO deduct the sun,
from the aaount he Owed me. He flew into
q towering passion, and babe mo leave tho
hcuse. However, he claimed down presently
aud when had talked the matter over will
him, he grsw more reasonable, and said No
would think over il | allowed some timo e.
pas, and IS he did not take any notice, ! went
20 him again he told me he had made M
his mind 70 decline binding himself to my prop
ositioD. ! threatened to selI him M but nc
did not care for that, he said, and 30 VIC parted
On my way home ! bethuught myself that IL
attempted TO carry out my threat, tho other
creditors would come IN, and might miss my
object after al. - A went to work and bought
them ur zoe after The other
Capital inatician,p exclaimed tho attorney
qu,te enrapturcd with the details &C SO consum-
mate ,iIlany.
Il thus became cole mcrtgagcc Of tho prop.
erty,r continued Ayeling. !" and determined
now 10 secure the girl went again 10 Leon.
ard, and told him how matters stood, bnt IL
vas ell Of no use. He had taken care tho girl