Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-12-06

Wha. think you ofthem now9 See there,
see there -....
"As the stranger spoke he pointed to
the sea. A faint cry died away upon its
surface, the last powerful struggle of the
dying man agitated the ripling waves for
a few seconds; and the spot where be had
gone down into his early grave was undis-
tingishsble from the surrounding water.
"Three years had elapsed, when gen.
tleman alighted from private carriage at
the door Of London attorney, then well
known to the public as a man of no great
nicely in his professional dealings, and re-
quested private interview on business Of
importance. Although evidently not past
the prime of life, his face was pale, haggard
and detected, and did not require the most
acute perception of the man of business to
discover at glance, that disease of suffer-
ing had done more to work a change in
his appearance, than the mere hand Of
time could have accomplished in his whole
life.
al wish you to undertake some legal
business for me- said the stranger.
"Tbe lawyer bowed obsequiously, and
glanced at a large packet which the gentle
man carried in his hand. His visitor OBJ
served the look, and proceeded:
"'It is no common business said he;
NOR have these papers reached nv hands
without long trouble and great expense
"The attorney cast still more anxious
look at the packet; aud the visitor disclos-
ed a quantity of promissory notes, with
some copies of deeds and other documents.
"'Upon these papers, said his client,
the man whose name they bear has raised,
as you will see, large sums of money, for
years past. There was tacit understand
ing between him and the men in whose
hands they originally were--and from
whom 1 have by degrees purchased the
whole, for treble and quadruple their nom-
inal value-tbat these loans should be from
time to time renewed, until a given period
had elapsed. Such an understanding is
now Eere expressed. He has sustained
many losses of late; and these obligations
accumulating On him at once, would crush
him to the EARTH
"'The whole amount is some thousands
of pounds said the attorney, looking over
the papers.
"'It is,' said the client.
"'What are we to do 2 inquired the man
of business.
"'Dor replied the client, with sudden
vebemence-'Put every engine of the law
in force, every trick that ingenuity can de-
wise and rascality execute; fair means and
foul; the open oppression of the law, aid
ed by all the craft of its most ingenious
practitioners. l would have him die a
harassing and lingering death. Ruin him,
seize and sell his lands and goods, drive
him from house and home, and drag him
forth beggar in his old age, to die in a
common JAIL
"'But the costs, my dear sir, the costs
of all this; reasoned the attorney, when he
had recovered from his momentarv surprise.
If the defendant be man of straw, who
is to pay the costs, sir?'
"'Name any sum- said the stranger, bis
hand trembling SO violently with excite
ment that he could scarcely hold the pen
he seized as he spoke-'any sum and it
is yours. Dent be afraid to name it, man.
1 shall not think it dear, if you gain my
object"
1.-THE attorney named large sum, at
hazard, as the advance he should require
to secure himself against the possibility of
loss; but more with the view of ascertain
ing how far his client was disposed to 90,
than with any idea that be would comply
with the demand. The stranger wrote a
check upon his banker for the whole
amount and left him.
"The draft was duly honored, and the
attorney finding that his client might be
safely relied upon, commenced his work in
earnest. For more than two years after
wards, Mr.. Heyling would sit whole days
together, in the office, poring over the pa
pers as they accumulated, and reading
again and again, his eyes cleaning with
Joy, the letters OF remonstrance, the pray
ers for little delay, the representation OF
the certain ruin in which the opposite par
ty must be involved, that poured in, as
suit after suit, and process after process,
was commenced. To all applications for a
brief indulgence, there was but on reply
the money must be paid. Land, house
furniture, each in its turn, taken under
some one of the numerous executions which
were issued; and the old man himself
would have been immured in prison had
he not escaped the vigilance of the officers
and fled.
"The implacable animosity of Heyling,
so far from being satisfied by the success
of his persecution, increased hundred fold
with the ruin he inflicted. On being in
formed of the old mans flight bis fury was
unbounded. He gnashed his teeth with
rage, tore the hair from his head, and as
sailed with horrid imprecations the men
who had been intrusted with the writ
He was only restored to comparative calm
ness by repeated assurances of the certain
ty of discovering the fugitive. Agents
were sent in quest Of him in all directions !;
every stratagem that could be invented was
resorted to, for the purpose of discovering
his place of retreat; but it was all in vain.
Half a year had passed over, and he was
still undiscovered.
CAT length, late one night, Heyling, of
whom nothing had been seen for many
weeks before. aDpeared at tho ottor,av's