Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-02-07

" Where did your father keep it."
lie gave 1t to me, and / put it in the
secretary in the front room"
Did you give it to your father again"
"No.n
Who was in the room when YOU put it
in the secretary?7
Mr.. Bryce, George Chandler, my father
and myself"
" Have you ever seen the note since it was
placed therel"
"No.n
Has your father?p
He says he has not"
Very remarkable"
" 1t is indeed; know my father would
not tell lie about it, But he might have
taken it OUT
" Very likely; but if he was in a condition
to take it out at all, he could understand
what he was about"
should think So"
What kind of man is Bryce?"
don't know; George-that is-George
Chandler likes him very well, only he says be
is very close"
The conversation was here interrupted by
the entrance Of Wallace. He looked pale
and haggard, as much from the effects of anx-
iety as from the debauch from which he was
just recovering.
" She has told you about it, Isupposer he
said, in very sad tone.
She has,
pitied the poor fellow, for the two thous-
and dollars was large sum for him to accu-
mulate in his little business. The loss of it
would make the future look like desert to
him. 1t would be a misfortune which one
must undergo to appreciate it,
Besides, Wallace was an honest man, and
a person of fine feelings. Liquor only made
him more free and generous; it only seemed
to intensity the pecularities of his nature
De Quincy says that men are not disguised
by liquor; on the contrary most men are dis
guised by sobriety; and it is when drinking
that men display themselves in their true
of character. Wallace when tip
sey was never more truly himself-he was
himself intensified-his good and evil traits
were ten fold more vigrous than when he was
sober. liked the man and pitied him in his
present distress.
What do you think about it2" asked he,
gloomily.
/ don't know what to think"
confess | had been drinking when |
went to his Office at the time he says he paid
me. And with the help of God. will nev-
er let another drop pass my lips"
A wise resolution, but | feared it had come
too late.
"I know he never paid me- was not
much in liquor at the time / remember
very well of going home as regularly as ever
| did in my life could tell how | passed
every moment of the time"
"What passed between you on that day."
well, | merely stepped into his ofice-it
was only day before yesterday-to tell him
not to forget to have my money ready for me
What did he say?n
"He took me into his back Office, and
sat there for some time"
"What did be say?'
He said he would have the money ready
the next day"
Nothing else?'
He then left me and went into the front
office, where | heard him send George out
to the bank to draw check for two thou
sand dollars; so l supposed he was going to
pay me then" ..
"What does the clerk say about it?"
BE says Bryce remarked, when he sent
him that he was going to pay me with the
money"
"Just So"
And when George came in, he. went to
the front Office again, and took the money.
Then he came to me again, but did not offer
to pay me-"
Had you the note with you"
No; now ! remember; he said he sup
posed | had not the note with me, or lie
would pay it, He told me to come in the
next day and he would have it ready, that
was yesterday"
"Well?"
"When / came to look for the note it
could not be found. Annie and | have hun
ted the house all over, but could find nothing
Of it,"
You told Bryce so?'
II did, he laughed and showed me the
note, with his signature crossed over with ink
and hole punched through it,"
1t is plain, Mr.. Wallace, that he paid
you the money as he alleges, or he has OBJ
tanned fraudulent possession of the note,
and intends to cheat you out of the amount
He never paid me" replied he firmly.
"Then he has fraudulently obtained the
note. What sort of person is this Chan
dler who boards with you"
"A fine young man. Bless you'll he would
not do anything Of that kind"
II am sure he wouldn't!"' repeated Annie,
"How else could Bryce have obtained the
note but through him? What time does he
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