The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-12-30

The terrible discovery which exposed my
beneisctor and my friend to alI Engla
as ths forger Eauntleroy. t,.n.rr
mus, ask you. to suppose lapse Of
some tint, after the loccurre6ee VI the events
that have just been relating. During this
interval, thsnks to the kind assistance l had
received Of the offset; my position as man
Of business had greatly improved. iraagine
me now, il you please, on the high road to
prosperity, with good large Offices. and a
respectable staff Of clerks; and picture me
to yourselves sitting alone in my private
room, between four and Eve o'clock, on .
cet,uln S4tdsdsy afternoon. ....a
All hS letters had been written, all the
people. who had appointments with me had
been received-I was looking carelessly
over the newspaper, and thinking about 60.
ing home, when one of my clerks came in,
aud said that stranger wished to see me
Immediately OF very imp5flaHt business.
"Did he mention his namei" inquired.
"No, sir."a3 ID. arg. aaa. .am :. dig m
"Did you not ask him for itl' #
ayes, sir. And he said you would be
none the wiser if be told me what it was."
| !"Does he look like begging letter.
"He looks little shabby, sir; but he
doesn't talk at all like begging-let,er wri-
ter. He spoke sharp aud decided, sir
and said it was in your interests that he
came, and that you would deeply regret it
afterwards il you refused 10 see.kim."
"He said that, did he! Show him in at
f once, them" w ra;.-.! v'-T@-r5H -7
lie was shown in Immediately. A mid.
dIinG-sized man, unwholesome. looking, face,
and with . Aippant reckless manner, dress,
ea In a style of shabby smartDess; eyeine
me with bold look; and not so overbur'
dened with politeness as to trouble himsel
f about taking of his hat when he came in;
had never seen him before 10 my lifej and
could not form the slightest conjecture from
his appearance to guide me to guessing hi
position Ia the world. He was NOT gen
tleman, evidently, but as to fixing his where
aBuuts in the infinite downward gradations o
yagabond existence In London, that was
j mystery which was totally incompeten
to solys. t.1 .nru. -s 81. 1at g-.. s~
} us your name Trowbridger he began!
u "Yes," | answered, dryly enough.
j "Do you bank with Marsh, Strucey
. Faunlleroy, and Grayham!" f.. fa 'a'
"Wby do you ask!" a-"a.
|, "Answer my question and you will know!
. "Very we'll, do bank with MatshI 9trt
/ cey, Fuuntleroy, and what then!'' r.s
d "Dru" out every farthing Of balance 20
\ have got, before the bank closes at FIVE tt
il day." '. 5'."'@ .. H .. ~.
RI ] stared at him in speechless amazement
The wordst for the instanti absolutely petr
!. fed me. a gsnl555ay b. f' s'.'@ 'l@I
e "Stare as much 90 you like" he proceed
D ed, coolly, ~ mean what I say. Look q
your clock there. In twenty minutes
j.. will strike five, and the bank will be shu
i. Draw cut every farthns, ] tell you; ugair
and look sharp about IT," .i,,.
"Druw out my money !" ! exclaimed, pa
}, TALLY recovering myself. "Are you in yo'
N right senses! Do yeu know that the Gr
bank with represents one OF the first hoGse
o in the world9 What do you mean-yo'
i who are total stranger to me-taking tn
extraordinary interest in my affairs! Ii yo
II want the to act on your advice, why tca
4" you explain yourself :" ..... .sl
II Il have explained myself. Act on n
,f advice, or not, just as you like. 1t dor
" matter to me. l have done what promi
. ed; ana there's an end to it." ...
re He turned 10 the door. The minute hal
= Of the clock was getting on from the twen
ss minutes to the quarter.
IN "Done what you promised" repeate
getting up to stop him. .s., .g,.-.. 3.
ID "Yes," he said, with his hand on the loc
Of II have given my message. Whatever ha
q. pens, remember that. Good afternoon
: He was gone before could speak .agai
Ii tried to call after him, but my lips had su
4 denly got dry. and the words seemed to sti'
e, on them. l could not imagine why, b
Il. there wss something in the mans IL
oil words which had more than half frighten
Oh me. 5i,a s7st ggaess, s.e ':a,
~ llSoked at the clock. The minute be-
=. was on the quarter. My Office was just
u. enough from the baak to make IL necessa
sd ftr me to decide ON the instant. If l b
nd had time to think, lam perfectly certain ii
he I should have pro6ted BY the extraordinu
te warning that had just been addressed 70 n
The saspicioss appearance and manners
he the stranger; the outrageous improbable
he Of the inference against the credit OF
IL bank towards which his words pointed;
,le chance that some underhan4 attempt "
ne being made, BY some enemy Of miDe,.
r.. | frightenl me into embrOiling myself W
nk one Of my best friends, through showing
,.is ignoraa. distrust Of the firm with which
10, was associated as psrtner-7al these c'
siderations would hove unquestional
,es have occurred to me IL could have fou
mo- time for reHectionS and as a necessary 9,
Nv sequence, rot one farthihg Of ny balar
h. would have been taken from the keeping