Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-02
W., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY =, 1860.

" HOW why, have put SIX thousand DOL
lars into your hands,"
Haven't paid your"
'" Paid me " said Slocum contemptuously.
=" Yes, paid you-all I agreed" said Ma
neli
"Did | say you hadn't?"
" You was finding fault"
"Not any. jest spoke of it to notify you
that have ri@-that's all"
60, very well, if that's all name your
figures" said Manilli
"Half."
"Pooh here," tossing him five golden eagles.
Now go on
Slocnm held the money to the light, counted
it carefully, and put it in his pocket.
$50 far, good"
"Come, you drive me out of all patience
proceed"
"You know my terms?"
But yOu amt in earnest?' said Manelli, in
voice so changed that Slocum trem bled. He
had made up his mind, however, and determined
to adhere to his first resolution
" Never was more So, said Slocum, firmly
Antonio bithis lips till the warm blood flowed
into his mouth to hide the consuming anger
that he felt. For moment he was silent, gaz-
ing into the eyes of Slocum with an expression of
awful import. Suddenly bright idea seemed
to flash upon his mind, and he descended to the
friendly familiarity Of past times and his voice
assumed its natural tone.
"What fools " said he in his bandes man
ner, " to quarrel against 10th our interests Of
course, Slocum, erpect to share with you in
this concern"
"And the last night affair "
"Of course"
"Plank it,"
"Pve nothing to plank. That was miss
60"
How so!"
His money, if he had any, he lost in tho
lake before we found him.
4 Is that SO &" Slocum looked doubtful.
He will tell you SO himself, replied Ma
nellia.
"Is that SO? repeated Slocum.
sit is SO. Now go on-l am in hurry"
"Antonio Maneli, yOu He."
"By the gods - said Antonio, drawing the
knife again.
II have got fifty dollars of the very gold that
Howard carried away, in my pocket ~ said
Slocum.
Ha ha ha !" laughed Manelli, now con-
vinced that Socum kne,U, SC you are brick,
Slocum, a brick. Strange, hadn't found you
out before. Just the man, the Very man want
Shall we go shares!''
"In what -
This Howard business"
must first know what it is.
"And you shall, fully. But the important
news-Iam dying to hear it,"
Not any. | will hear the plan, and if ap-
prove it, then will tell, and 60 shares"
Every we'll let me see, said Manellia,
seating himself on stool, and lighting a choice
Havana " the substance of it is this: Howard
is an Englishman, you know"
"No dind't know it" said Slucum.
Originally he came from the South of Eng
land, where he has an uncle now living, and
immensely rich, and no heirs but these How
ards. When John Howard came away from
there twenty years ago, this uncle had wife
and two children, all three of which have died
since he left, so that the old man lives now
alone, and must 90 soon. He has sent into al
most all parts of the world, to find this family
: of Howards, but without success, and three
years ago when came away, he had given it up
1t is singular how he lives along why, when
left, thought he could't live year"
But how do you know he is alive : asked
Slocum.
} " Because I've got ,Oatcher. When found
out just how matters stood, hired an old pa
e to look after the old gent, while looked after
his dollars
"Tt's like mentally exclaimed Slocum.
$50 he promised to keep me posted in tina
a quarter, and the day the old man dies, Bill vii
write and in course of a month shall get th'
news, and then sail for England, and imme
diately come in possession of my estate
: 4" How " asked Slocum, as Manell paused
= not yet seeing the mOdus ooerandi.
t Isis possible that you don't see just tn,
simplest thing in the world John Howard i
in my power, andcan be lopt off any time Th'
y boy must go the same way, and is ready now
0 The old Howard must keep for futher use.