East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-17


Haroldson some trouble. Itwas Just be-
fore the French Revolution, when the
whole world was at peace, or said to be
so. There were very few French in
Hamburg, and they were not liked; the
Germans did not agree with them; and
gave them bad reputation for loose
morals and no religion. Some of them
were attached TO their own consulate,
some TO the theatre, but there was one of
the name Of Delapres who had no par
ticular calling, but did all sorts of clever
things and spent the money as fast as he
got it. Sometimes Delapres appeared on
the stage, sometimes he taught fencing,
his own language, or eloontioh; for he
was master of that and the German
tongue. Sometimes, it was said, he
wrote for the Hamburg papers and book
sellers; and whatever Delapres did, he
did well. Every employer was satisfied
with him. If his pupils had sufficient
capacity they were sure to learn. The
manager of the theatre said he had al
ways full houses on the nights of his ap-
pearance. The gay yorag men Of the
city thought lin capital company; he
he, animmense acquaintance TO exchange
bows with in all public places, and was
often to be seen in fashionable society,
but no sober family wished their sons to
associate with him; aud nobody in all
Hamburg cared to acknowledge him as a
friend, except Edward Grundler, the clerk
next to my father.
Grundler had been born of Danish pa
rents, in our West Indian colony of st.
Thomas, which with some people &C
counted for his being weaker both in arm
and brain than, a Dane ought to be. His
! hair was almost white; he spoke with a
stammer, and was never quick or clever
at anything. Nevertheless, Grundler
had will and fancy of his own, and they
took him, in spite Of all the good advices
of his relations, friends, and employers,
into firm friendship with Delapres.-
They had got acquainted somehow at the
theatre, and what was the bond between
them nobody could divine. Two more
unlike could not be found the world over
yet Delapres was kind to Grundler, toob
him to all places of amusement, made hin
help to spend the money he earned III SC
many ways, would suffer no man to give
him sighting look, and being first-ratc
fencer as we'll as ready with his sword
nobody cared to give him cause for {
duel.
Grundler was an orphan, in manner
under the guardianship of two uncles
who were timber merchants, but in
Nait hnu hatr fap m
lilies thought much of him; he was no
, likely to make figure in the world; bu
they wished TO keep him ont of bad com
pany; and the young man would mind hi
work in the bank all day, and when i
was over in the evening, steal away t
Delapres. They had places appointed
for meeting in street and coffee houses
Many time poor Grundler's eyes coulc
scarcely be kept open at his desk, witt
late sittings overnight. Many goo,
advice as have said, he got from al
! quarters; but though manageable AM
, easily advised in everything else, no pow
er or persuasion could detach him iron
hio foreign friend His relations natu
rally began to inquire after DeIapres' his
tory, and the result was not satisfactory
They learned that he had been studen
in Paris, but obliged to leave both hi
college and his country on account O
some singular charge made against hin
to the project of the police. Some sal
! they related to poisoning, some to plot
! against the government, and one old Off
Ger Of the Hamburg police, then super
, animated, said he had spoken with prizes
from Paris, who solemnly declared tn
student was accused, and he believed
; Justly, of practicing the black art. |
: was also discovered that Delapres had re
sided in most Of the German towns, bu
everywhere lived in the same manner, an
with the same repute. Besides his az
knowledged performances, singular feat
: were ascribed to him, even in Hamburg
c it was said he could initiate anybody
g hand writing exactly, and had som
means of knowing peoples most privat
, affairs, whether they concerned him O
I not. Nobody cared to be too intimate
but nobody liked to quarrel with him; an
that sort Of half fear kept the timbc
merchants and the bank people from NOR
marked interference with Grundlcr's fancy
Things were in this state, when on
morning there was presented for paymen
at the Danish bank three hundred dol
lar note, which proved to be forgery
The presenter, senator of the town, ha
got it from his correspondent in Amster
dam; the correspondent had got it from
Russian merchant; the Russian had 90
it from his correspondent in London; an,
at length the cashier of an English bank
ing house then in high repute at Ham
r burg, declared that he had received il
, among other notes, directly from tn
Danish bank, in exchange for some issuet
by his firm. On closer investigation
Christian Haroldson recollected that OF
the day mentioned by the cashier, he ha,
exchanged notes with the English house
, by the hand Of Edward Grundler. TIL
prudent manager, as his custom was, ha'
registered the numbers of the notes sent
not only in the bank books, but also in
private ledger of his own, and the forgec
one was not among them. Moreover tn
English cashier clearly identified Grun
dler as the messenger, but he persisted il
knowing nothing about the forgery. Tn,
notes had been piven to him in a sealed