Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-06-25
BY JAMES MONTGOMERY.
CHAPTER XII.
THR MEETIva-raE DiscouRsE-THB REMOVAL or
THE DEPOSITS.

THR MEETISa--rHE DiscouRss-THB REMOVAL OF
THE DEPOSITS.
II was night. Ina miserable hovel, that
once stood in Sixth street, Philadelphia. two
men were seated at a table, on which was
placed decanter, containing liquor. The
drowsy eye and vllanous look of one of them
and the beautiful appearance of the other
would at once introduceto the observer Roger
Wilson and George Raymond. II was grow
ing late in the night, and it evidently appear
ed that all the visitors, at this den OF vice,
had departed. Silence in place like this is
always intolerable and the fact of Georg Ray
mond possessing less moral courage than his
companion, and as if merely to pass away the
time, addressed Roger.
IF you had given me a hint of your iden-
tity sooner would have procured private
room, where we could have talked over mat
ters privately"
'The main reason for my keeping in the
distance, all the evening, was to elude sus-
picion. Ii | had introduced myself to such a
| genteel looking man as you, before some OF
these rapscallions, they would have imagined
that something was wrong, and very probably
would have kept close eye on us. There IS
no knowing what these chaps will do"
Perhaps it is all for the better" Replied
George, and then in confidential tone in
ouired-" When did you leave Wilmington
| g Yesterday"
fsWas there much astir when you came
awayl"
Yes, devil of rumpus was kicked up
about that affair of Ida Strickland's, and you
figured largely in it,
| "They did find me out then ~
| g Yes."
| 1By whom was the disclosure madeeh any
one responsible ~
"By the girl herself" Replied Roger.
" Then the whole matter is out and all the
people talking about it ~
''It is out and every body talking about it. !"
| Good Heavens where did it get the most
| circulation fromg''
~ think it was not generally known unit,
the night of the party; when old Paul Brow
man went there TO look Tor you. he let the
cat fully out"
Since George knew that officers of Justice
were in search of him, there was nothing he
so much dreaded as the news from the party
referred to. He knew that his fair cousins
would be there that all tho elite and fash
ionable of the town and country were invited
and that If it were supposed that he had been
expected there, that would be the first place
to look for him. He thought of his fair
cousins, and how they would be mortified to
hear OF his identity with the stealing OF Ida
before such fashionable assembly. It twould
be death to every prospect of a reconciliation
with them in the future, He cared nothing
for the innocent girl who had suffered so much
from his hands, only to curse her for the
blight on his name that was about to follow
him to the grave. Frequently would he NUT
ter blasphemous malediotion upon Ida and
all connected with the affair. But the idea of
having his crime carried into the family Of
his relatives preyed more heavily upon his
mind than any thing else. It was the worst
stroke of all. He placed his hand upon his
burning brow, and considered moment
+ba,, ,no,;rad
Raymond were there or notf'
eyes, they were there, but left Immediate
y a''ei '''"i'As '''o
"aood Tod exclaimed seorge, am
rnined' would nave given every tmne
own, In this world, to nave Kept this nfernai
business a secret. But no, the fates nave de-
creed that the measure OF my wickedness IS
io''' on" 'o" '''''' ''Ae' ''
While the libertine uttered this homily
upon himself he trembied from head TO loot.
1t is a fact, beyond dispute, that he who tram
pies upon unprotected innocence is always
coward. The brave-the noble-the chiya-
larous-instead Of being the servants of mere
brute passions, are ever w'll,ng 70 haN1siu
something ior the protection OF the weak. u
was not so WIN ueorse raymond me- nke