The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-01-19
',n from Willetts at any rate, knowing as
Sty did how III he could afford to submit

If1tif iVul WiutVtS ut any fdte, kuOWlng 10
Itbty did how i'll he could afford to submit
tathis sacrifice.
I Besides this, it was out of their power 10.
el1ter into any such arrangement without
fsibjecting themselves to.the charge of aid
ipg in compoundingsa felony, since the Of
fccrs of the law had taken the subject in
hand, and were then searching for Du-.
sffPte, who had been quietly warned by
sNilletts that trouble was brewing for him,
tatd unless he could make bold stand, he
lid much better be out of the way.
\ tDufonte was an Englishman, as the
Feyent proved, and had married in this
kcountry. He was man without princi-
pie, cunning, shrewd and speculative, and
he bad contriyed thus far, by hook or
terook, to keep his head above water, and
educate his only child, Cornelia, whom he
never informed regarding his business or
prospects he was tempted in an unguard-
fcd moment to procure the check from Ned S
Hle, and afterwards counterfeited it; and
when the opportunity offered him to seize
the little box of Jewels at Willetts store,
he added that wrong to his first serious err
ron He did not expect to be trapped, but
/ finding himself cornered, he entered the
book keepers room by means of skeleton
key, and left the larger portion Of the gems
in Willett's bureau (where they were af-
forwards found in the belief that he could
manage the ugly affair best, at least, and
could better afford to assume the peril that
,, awaited him We have already seen how
Ned, in his generosity of heart, made re-
turns for this contemplated injury. Had
lit been in his power, he would have saved
: Dufonte at heavy cost to himself; but this
, , was impossible ROW..
Returning home again, he sought Cor
nelia, and found her busily engaged in
, packing up trunk Of clothing. He in
, lstantly urged her to take the earliest means
to communicate with her father, if posi-
bic, and beseech him to fly without delay
! He then explained everything to his aft
! anced, and showed her that. this course
7 alone could serve to avoid future disgrace
He placed in her hands three hundred dol
llars, and bade her pay it over TO Dufonte
! lest he should lack ready means with whicl
: to escape, and he re-assured Cornelia tina
y she should be duly cared for, meantime
# and that he would marry her very shortly
+ thus placing her beyond the reach Of pre-
sent care or harm. Cornclia found he
Ia father secretly (as they had agreed upon,
i within the next two hours, when she pai
y him the money and parted with him ami
the deepest grief. But there was no othe
way. The officers were after him, tt
- laws had been grossly violated, and /
! : Inew it'll lie fed to England forthwith
- a.id saved himself and his child the pa
=, -, and disgrace that must surely have atten
" ed his arrest and conviction of his ty
4 crimes.
ke Two months after this, carriage halt
ar at the door Of my lodgings in New Yol
Iand there steppedou from it young ge
at tleman whom instantly recognized as n
X friond Ned, who was accompanied by
a sweet-looking girl, attired as fashionab
r. bride. / saw the sequel instantly. /
or handed her into our house. and present.
is her to me as his wife. 1t was Cornel
or Dufonte. They had been married thr'
n days previously, in Baltimore, and WEI
n now on wedding tour towards Nisgar
| She was magnificent woman, truly, ar
40 was not surprised that Ned should hay
been thus attracted to her. He called n
T aside, paid me five hundred dollars, an
or two months interest took up his not
= and left me few minutes after, for one
The North River boats he was then bour
10 to Albany.
: The robbery and forgery were final
nd suffered to be forgotten. Ned informt
his employers that there was no doubt Il
ID. guilty man had left the country, and d
We pursuit was, at his request, given up.
ill frankly and candidly had Ned manage
4 the whole affair from the outset, that |
od injury ever occurred to him PERSONAL
to His employers ahated no jot of their pr
olf yious unlimited confidence in his honest
bo and would never listen a moment to
al offer to indemnify them for their 10:
o;s They sympathized with him, howeyc
,ct m like men and Christians, as they were; al
IT, as the amount was triaing in reality
=. them, and they were thoroughly satisf'
: that my friend could not have prevent
the occurrences under ordinary cncul
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