Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31


. to pay me back in my own eoin.-
But | was too wide awake for yo
r entirely. IL takes sharp man I
D catch me-
: You're certainly too vide awak
: for me now,' said DIR. Grimes. Wi
f you please be serious, and explai
: yourself?'
. Last April a year, You received
) letter from New York, to the efec
that if you would call at ceftai
place 10 Wall street, You would hea
something 10 your advantage
i did, replied the dOcter-
'Weli?'
4 called, accordingly, and received
information which has proved greatly
to my advantage
'What?' Bunting locked surprised
The gentleman upon whom ! call
ed was a leading Director in
Hospital, and in search of Resident
Physician for that establishment.
now ell that rost.'
Is it possibIe?' Bant ting could
not conceal his surprise, in which
something like disappointment was
blended. And you did not write .
similar letter to me last Aptii!' be
added.
4 am above such triiling,' replied
the doctor, in a tone that marked
his real feeling on that subject. "A
man who would thus wantonly injure
another for mere sport, must have
something bad about him. | should
not like to trust such a one.
Good morn ing, doctor, said Bont-
ing. The two gentlemen bowed
formally ard then parted.
If the letter was not sent by
the doctor from whom could it have
come? Tits was the question that
Bunting asked himself Immediately.
But no satisfactory answer came. =.
He was puzzled and uncomfortable
Moreover, the result Of the doctor's
errand to New York-whicb had
proved anything but a FOOLS erraud
was something that he could not
understand. ,
i wonder if / hadn't better call
on Wilde and Ly yop2' said he to him-
self at length. perhaps, nes the
letter was no trick, after ALL
~Buntiug held long argument,
mentally, on the subject, 10 which all
the pros aud cons we're fully discnss-
ed. Finally be decided to cal. al the
place referred TO in bis letter, ard did
50 Immediately on reaching this de-
cisicn. Stlll fearing that tie letter
might have been hoax, be made
some few parchases Of articles ior
bis store, aud then gave his name.
Thomas Bunting said the person
with whom be was dealing. DO
you reside in the city?'
Bnntiog mentioned his place of
4'o. "a
Did you never receive a letter
from this house, desiring to see you?'
4 did, replied Bunting, bot as il
was dated on the first day Of April,
I tookil to be a jest Of some merry
friend 4a>8
Very far from il, can assure
you, answered the man. 'An old
gentleman arrived here from England
about that iimO, who said that
brother and sister had come to this
country many yea.sago, and that be
was in search Of them or their chill
dren. His name was Bunting, AZ
his request, We made several adyer-
tisements for his relatives. Some
one mentioned that a gentleman
named Thomas Bunting resided 10
the town where you live; and ne i'm
mediately dropped him a note. But,
as no answer came, it was presumed
that the information, vas incorrect
sWhere is he now?' asked Bunting.
He is dead '2'e se AZ
'Whasl dead2' D &Re - -e' 3
yes. A letter came, some weeks
after we wrote to you, from st. Lou
is, which proved to be from his sister;
and to that place he Immediately
proceeded. Soon after arriving there,
he died. He left in money, about
ten thousand dollars, all Of which
passed, bva will executed before he
left this city-for in bis mind there
was presentiment of death-te
his new-found relative
HE was my une}eP said Bunting
Then, by not attending to ou
letter, you are the loser Of at leas
Eone1haIfa Of the property be let.