Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-04-11

Whs, d;d Madame c,,hon, sav9
Was i NOT tbat / sbould come into
The nosscss;on Of twenty tbousand
dollars IN less Than n month and that
| | might make il twice as much il /
nleasedq Sometb;no like that I th;nk.
but then sbe told me such absurd;t;es
about mv being n widower IN search
Of another wife. that / could not helm
thinking of the little law. Latin with
which Z was ac,,a;ntsd c,ls. I, ..o
falsa IN omnibus But then could this
maxim be applied 10 a case Of ,h;s
kindY Was i not The province of A
reasonable man 10 senara,e what
mich, he true from what was nalnabIv
false? Nov here was apnaren,lv =
nlan hv which adm;,t,nS ,bat tho ran,
had told the truth. | mich, come ;n,o
possession of forty Thousand dollars.
and ,h;s zoo hy = vary small o,,lav
In the shane of n premium 70 the In
surance Company. WHY not risk il ?
The original sum said 10 be- mines by
nv upcls's will BEGAN 10 appear paltry
/ in nv ewes. II was only one half Of
what Il might be- And than was Il
lust 10 INV family to throw nwav such
n magnificent sum. or what amounted
70 about the same thing such chance
for securing IL?
These thoughts tortured mo. but
guilty thing, I Kept them TO myself.
and even after Sykes had gone. and
nv wife and | wero alone. / had not
the COURAGE 10 saw ANYTHING 10 bor ON
the subject. The plain fact is. that.
after ali. | allowed nv skepticism and
my natural propensity TO doubt so far
prevail, that | was even vet not more
than half convinced that nv uncle had
really gone into the Interior use
that phrase because Il had now be-
come quite familiar. OF course the
money / was TO receive as Jerry's heir
did not appear 20 me quito as really
my own as II II had been on deposit
in the bank 10 my credit.
Early the mex. morning in accord
ance with determination which had
formed durino tho night. I called nj
the telegraph Office in Wall-street. and
found the obliging operator able, rs
Ne said. 10 send a dispatch 10 New Or.
leans. II was, simply an address to
the landlord Of the hotel at which nv
uncle. nj the date of his last let
ter, made his home. inquired. "Is
he there2 and what Is tho state Of his
health I?
The telegraphic communication be :
tween this city and New Orleans was
not as direct az Il Is now, aud Il was
Eve O'Clock In the afternoon before I
received nm answer. But o. what
tormenting hours were those OF that
weary dayl will not trouble the
reader with the perplexilies In which
my mind was oniancled as in a net
Ihey settled down IN wicked qucs-
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