The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-01-19

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where suspicion must inevitably light ~
me, to save himself 9 7ss;sg
sWell, Ned, your story is a plausible (
one, God grant you a safe dehyeranee from 4
your dilemma But can it be possible 4
that the man who knew you to be engaged /
in marriage to his daughter, could be SO
heartless and villainous as this p
sHeis coward, you see, Barclay How
he has obtained the meanslhitherto TO keep /
up his apparent responsibility, asl have.
already said, | do not know; but | am
now convinced that he is, sab rosa, dis-;E
honest man. This fact, (if | am correct, |
cannot, ought not to injure Cornelia in my
esteem, for she is as guileless as she is af- J
fectionate and beautiful. ] will youoh for,
her.
What then do you wish to do, Ned?'
Il would avoid an explosion and its con-
sequences, and save him and her, if pos /
sible,' said Ned, mxiously. For / am
sure if my suspicious prove to be correct
Cornelia would die of shame and terror att
her fathers error and the disgrace that
must follow
How can a,aid you, then p inquired.
well, the forged check is for six hun
dred dollars, and the lost gems are said TO
be valued, at a venture, to be five hundred
more. l have saved something over six
hundred dollars out of my salary for the
past two years, with which | intend to get
married. This happiness l will forego for
the present, and | can thus make good the
amount Of the check. Now, if you will
loan me five hundred dollars, l will pay
for the lost jewels, arrange the whole thing
with my employers, who are reasonable
men, and to whom / will frankly explain
all my suspicious, and thus save him and
her, and myself. VIII you assist me? |
will pay you within the next eight months,
on my honor, Barclay
could not withstand this appeal, tho
had not seen this former friend for near
ly five years, and had no means Of know
ing that his whole story was not q ruse to
swindle me out Of FIVE hundred dollars
neatly! Such things had been done. |
lived in New York city, where similar op-
erations were every week as plentiful al
most as blackberries in August. But the
most important bar tony wish to CRAFTY
my friend, was an almost insurmountable
one. l hadn't one hundred dollars at thai
moment in the world, to say nothing o.
five times that amount! And ! said:
Ned, I appreciate your uncomfortable
fix, but swear to you, l haven't got thi
. money
q Cant you getit Barclay p
II well, when 2
e Tonight / must fly hence or returl
y hby to-morTow's boat. | can't, must moi
t ,a1ont 90 back to Baltimore unless ca
9; see my way out of this peril before tur
., my steps thither! mol never never !
ID II don't know about this, though, Ned
he continued, on reflection. Come, tai
a glass ofMadeira with me, and see how fl
you ought to 60 to save this scoundrel.'
M No; thank you, Barclay. ! haven
tasted drop of wine for seven years. E1
n cuse me but for Heavens sake, strain
< point and procure me this money. 1 Al
~ rived here this afternoon, and watched fc
70 you three long hours, for my only hope
8 with YOU / saw you leave the store, fo
y I would not venture in under the eircum
a, stances, lest something might occur to IN
u volve me in the future in this affair, and
a did not want you to suffer from havin
. been seen in my company.
~ This honorable and considerate act
" !" could not but value, though it might neve
" W have caused ME trouble under any circum
W stances, and ! replied quickly:
y = Ned, at what hour tomorrow mornin
~ ~ do you desire to leave town?'
y 'At nine O'Clock, by the Camden an
7 Amboy hne.'
= The money shall be ready l sale
y hGive me your note on demand for fiv
" hundred dollars, with interest, and ] wi
. raise the cash for YOU H m
! He quickly drew up the note, tarrie
j with me over night, and l crossed over
Q, Jersey City with him next morning at ha
n, past eight, after placing in his hands tf
N money he wanted, Poor Ned, he SCENE
Il happy enough when l finally shook h
u honest hand at parting, with thu, e,prospe
to before him Of being able soon to extrica
1 himself and Defonte from present jeopa
iii dy. - + - '-'r
ed AT Baltimore, very little had yet bee
NJ said about the trouble. Ned Willetts hs
been away two days, and the suspicion
against him had been increased from b
sel continued absence. Dufonte was sulle
nd and quiet (as usual, for he was always {
+ mcommunicative man, and nobody the
b of him as being privy to this doublerdea
Ith ing but Willetts returned atlastin safet
lI His first interview, after reaching HON
ed was with Cornelia, whom he satisfied clea
IL ly of his entire innocence of the suspicio
IN that existed against him, though it W
M passing strange to her mind how the je'
ID els could be found within his room, VIII
m lie was locked up and he had the key, u
w,o Hess he carried them. there in some wa
Ied Asto the forged check. she knew nothil
be of it. But leaving her, he repaired to !
ect employers at once, where he proposed
;as hay the whole ease open to them, and b
Ter them to accept remuneration for the pee
I / MARY loss, and hush the matter up, und
co. the peculiar circumstances. But he :
Ire rived too late
5dt The forged check had that day be
On, traced out, and Dufonte was directly i
III plicated greatly to the relief Of Ned's el