Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-03-06

showing IN some way that / had il, and
mortifyng my mother and brothers.
was willing to run any risk for such an
object but | do begin to think it is
failure
Sand is it possible 1 said that for
such poor, *retched motive, you have
stopped to such criminalityP
"Never mind that. It's too late now
for reproaches. If by any means you
can get me twenty pounds or thereabout,
l will leave the country at once. I can
get down to Liverpool, and then I shall
find some American trader, but l cannot
60 without money, you see, or eslse ]
would not trouble you. But if / have
any good fortune in the world, you may
depend me returning it to you, and with
interest too
"Never mind that I said, never
mind that Meet me here again at this
time tomorrow evening; and in the
meantime 1 will see what can be done
My state of mind can be much easier
imagined than described, as l walked
homewards, for was at that time most
peculiarly situated. l had lost what was
to me was considerable sum of money
by the insolvency of one upon whom had
relied, and it was only by the greatest in
dustry, and the most indefatigable exer-
tons, that / could at all hope to meet my
own engagements; SO that, in fact, i was
in as ticklish position, that very few
pounds distracted from what was required
to fill up some gap or another, would be
to me most serious affair.
"But what was l to do? Could run
the risk of the disgrace which must at
tach to the very name of Sinclair, If
allowed any exertions to be wanting on
my part to save George from the dreadful
consequences of bis own folly !?
Z" resolved to sacrifice myself. lowed
much-I owed several little matters. and
had the means of paying, but only just
the means-the sum of money in my
hands amounted to about fourteen pounds
That was not enough, and although had
not seen them for some time, resolved
to 60 to my mother and brothers, ant
crave their assistance.
Il did not consider that was justified
in telling them exactly how the matter
stood, but 1 went to them ON the mex
evening, just little before the hour a
which 1 had to meet George again, and J
saw them all.
"I told them that George was now
quite willing to 60 to America. / tolc
them that l had reason to believe it was
quite necessary he should go. / repre-.
sented that for our own credits sake, he
had better be given the money to go. ]
knew to them it would be no use to put
, the matter, in any other light than as q
matter of interest, and l exhausted al
, the rhetoric was master of.
II soon got my answer, and that an.
, swer was decisive. cannot, at this dis.
tance of time, take upon me to say from
whose lips it camel think it was my
mother's-Heaven forgive her if it were
so. / cannot assert that it was, but the
answer, which came from one of them
and was fullysubscribed to by all the rest
was this:
"'There are four of us, and if far.
thing each would save George from be-
ing hanged, we would not subscribe the
, penny
81 went away at once. took him al
/ had myself, and handed it to him.
"'Go,' said; go at once, for Heav
ems sake, altho' this may not be sufficient
/ Go away from London. Let me know
where you are; and if any more is abso
lutely necessary, l will stir Heaven anc
r earth to get it for you
He took the money-that amour
= which ruined me-and promising that b,
j would leave London at once, in fact tha
? he would walk toward Liverpool, gettinC
: what cheap lifts he could on his way, anc
E write to me when he got there, Stain,
what amount he could get a passage Il
e one of the American traders for.
"Now / felt comparatively easy; at al
events / thought that there was chanc
!. of his safety; and although / knew no
e which way to turn myself for means,
t felt as if a great weight had been lifted Of
my heart.
/; " Alas only two days passed, wher
? one morning ] received notice that he wa
r il. the hands of the police, at Bow street
that he had gwen his real name Of Sin
t clair, and had actually had the folly t
mention me and my address--thus dOini
e me all the harm he could, and himself NJ
good.
r DWELL, doctor, I attended his examina