Squatter sovereign., 1855-08-14


From the bank, sir. 1t was cashed- by
Forvet S Co., a month ago.
Who got the money!
sMr. VIM. Meadows. See-the en-
dorser''
Meadows. 1t isa forgery, sayr
He is your son-in-law, however,
NO. nor screamed Mr.. Brintnall,
don't say that too; for Gods sake, don't
add that to the crime, and overpowered
with his emotions and rage, he stumbled
forward, and was caught from fainting to
the earth. In the stout arms of his friend,
the notary. ,.r-.q-...s...-.
Recovering himself quickly however, he
added, do you know anything of him, or
where he is now 2
Bartlett met him at Dover, to-day, he
says
Dover exclaimed Mr.. Brintnan turn
ing to Tom, perplexed.
He said he was going to Bedford" re-
iterated the servant.
Down, you rogue said Mr.. Brintnail,
I'll settle with you at my leisure. Quick,
Mr.. Swain, quickr continued the enraged
parent; ''you can ride Join me. and
take the villain ere he can escape across
the channel and in another moment the
two men were galopigg at g terrific speed
towards Dover.
Such were precisely tle facts. Mead
ows had forged the note, obtained the mon
ey, unknown to the daughter Of course,
and all unexpected by her, and calcula-
ted to put everybody on the wrong scent,
by giving out at the hast moment, that he
was going to Bedford only, to be married
to the bankers daughter. He proceeded
to Dover (where he CHANGED to be seen by
a friend of the notary, who returned to
town and reported it thus,) and he design
ed, after his wedding, toproceed TO Calais,
and thence to the Continent, where he
would avoid arrest, and subsequently COM
promise the affair as best he could. He
imagined, as the bankers daughter would
thus be involved, that her father would re-
lent, forgive them, pay the note, and save
her child's husband from future harm.-
This was nice little arrangement, but the
spendthrift had .reckoned without his host.
! Away dashed the parent and the no,a-
ry, at full speed. They reached Dover an
hour after dark, but Cally was already a
wife an hour old. The fugitives could not
be found! They proceeded to the steam
er that sailed for Calais at nine in the
evening, and at half past eight the newly
married couple came on board, quietly
A warrant had previously been got out fol
use, if they found the rascal, and five min
utes after William Meadows, the spend
thrift and forger, had placed his foot upor
the steamers deck he was in irons-the
sherif's prisoner!
He is my husband, father screamed
poor Cally, distracted al the summary move
movement she was compelled to witness
and utterly ignorant of the real cause o.
the arrest.
| He is robber and a villain, daughter
iyelled the old man, almost beside himself
Come. Thank God, it is not too late tt
save my credulous and misled child ?
/ The husband was borne to prison, ant
the young wife accompanied her fathe
back to his troubled dwelling. crushed b,
her fearful and conflicting emotions.
The whole truth was soon laid befor,
the unfortunate wife of an hour, and sh
was led at last to realize how narrowly sh
had escaped from the precipice that hae
yawned before her. At the end of week
she was reconciledto to the belief OF the facts
and month afterwards she thanked Prov
idence and her kind old father for the re
suits that had been brought about.
i The forgery was readily proved and
! divorce very soon obtained for Cally.-
: Meadows was released upon bal
: through the influence of his friends, an
;, instantly fed the country, leaving his pa
rents to foot the bond. But all these thing
/, were too much for old Mr. Brintnail I
bear up under, and within a year his busi
ness was closed up, his liabilities were a
: paid, and he had less than I've thousan
dollars left to his honored but strangely uI
lucky name.
Il He died, and left the wreck of his one
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Two years after these events. Carolin
: Brintnall was borne to the nuptiatalter b
a highly respectable gentleman of her fail
d er's acquaintance, with whom she wa
/. subsequently a happy wife, and who pro,
: ed to the orphan gin kind husband and
! faithful protector ia after years.