The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-06-18


Name any sum, said the stranger his hand
trembling so violently with excitement that he
could scarcely hold the pen be seized as he spoke.
"qnY sum, and j. is yours. Don't be afraid to
name it, man I shall not think i dear, # you
gain nay obect."
The attorney named large sun, At hazard, as
the advance he should require to secure himself
against the possibility of loss but more with the
view of ascertaining how far his client was dis
posed to 60 than with any idea that he woulo
comply with the demand The stranger wrote
check upon his banker for the whole amount aDa
left him.
The draf. vas duly honoFed, and the attorney,
finding that his client might be safely relied upon
commenced his work in earnest. For more thar
two years afterwards b!r. Heyling would sit whole
days together, in the Office, p0rng over the pa
Ders as theY accumulated, aud reading again anc
again, his eyes cleaning with joy, the letters d
remonstrance, the prayers for delay, the repre-
sentation of the certain ruin in which the oppo
site party must be involved, that poured in as suit
after suit, and process after process vas corr
menced. To all applications for brief iadui-
gence, there was but one rePly-the money must
be paid Land, house, furniture each inits turn.
was taken under some one Of the numerous exc
cutions which were issued; and the old man hin
self would have been immured in prison had be
not escaped the vigilance Of the officers and fer.
The implacable animosity of Heyling, 50 tar
from being satisfied by the success Of his perse5u-
ton, increased hundred-fold, with the rum he
inflicted. On being informed Of the old mans
fight, his fury Huh0unded. he gnasheG his
teeth with rage, tore the hair from his head, and
assaiIed with horrid imprecatOns the men who
had been entrusted with the writ. lie was only
restored to comparative calmness by repeated as
,P If 4FI-
tive Agents were sent in quest Of him in all
directions;every stratagem that could be invented
was resorted to, for the purpose Of discovering bis
place Of retreat but it vas allin vain. Half year
had passed over, and he was still undiscovered.
At length, late one night, Heyling, Of WHOM
nothing had been seen for many weeks before,
appeared at the attorneys private residence, and
sent up word that gentleman wished TO see him
instantly. Before the attorney, who ha8 recoe-
nised his voice from above stairs could order the
servant to admit him, be had rushed up the stair
case, and entered the drawing room pale and
breathless Having closed the door to preTent
being overheard, be sunk into chair, and said
! with a low voice
''Hush! | have found him at last"
| ''Eop said the att0rney-''W ell done, n3g dear
! sir; well done"
/ HE lies concealed in a wTetched lodging in
! Camden town." said Neutrality-suspicious. It is As
/ well we did loose sight Of him, for he hos been
/ living alone there, in the most abject poverty @
/ the time, and he is poor-very poor.
/ 'sFery good " said the attorney--"you willfaTe
/ the capture made tomorrow, OF course"
Yes, replied HeyIing. Stay! No! The next
I dav. You are surprised at my wishing TO post
/ pone it, he added with ghastly smile "but
| had forgotten. The next day is an anniyeFsarv
/ IN his lie let it be done then"
VERY good said the attorney-"will yoG
! write down the directions for the offcer?'
/ NO. Let him meet me here at eight oeiocs
/ IN the evening, and will accompany him myself.
They met on the appointed night, and, hiring
hackney coach, directed the driver to stop at the
/ corner Of the old Pancras road at which stands
| the parish workhouse. By the time they alightei
there, it was quite dark; and proceedings by the
dead wall in front Of the Veterinary hospital they
entered small bY-street, which is or was at that
time called Little Cottage street, and which, what
! ever it may be now, was in those davsa desolate
place enough, surrounded by little else than fields
| and bitches.
Having drawn the travelling sap he had on hall
over his face and muftled himselfin his cloak Hev-
ling stopped before the neanest looking house ir
the street, and knocked gently at The door Il
was once opened BY a woman who dropped
I curtesy Of recognition; and Heylng, whispering
! to the officer to remain below, crep. gently UP
stairs, and, opening the door Of the front room,
entered at once.
The object Of his search and unrelenting AMI
mostly, now a decrepid old man, was seated at
bare deal table, on which stood miserable candle.
/ He started on the entrance of the stranger and
rose feebly to his feet.
"What nov, what atnow2' said the oldman-"wlat
fresh misery is this? What do you want here2'
a word with you" replied. Heyling As h.
spoke, he seated himself at the other end OF the
table and throwing off bis cloak and cap, dis
closed his features.
| The old man seemed utterly deprived of the pow
/ er Of speech He fell backward in his chair, and
cIasping his hands together gazed on the appar
ton with mingled look Of adherence and fear.
This day six years, said Heyling, Il claimed
the life you owed me for my child's Beside the
/ lifeess form Of your daughter, old man, l swore
/ to live life Of revenge. | have never swerved
from my purpose for moments space, but if
| had one thought Of her uucomplainng, suffering
look, as she dropped away or Of the starving face
| Of our innocent child, would have neryed me to
my task Ny first act of reQuita! YOU will re
member; this is my last"
The old man shvered, and his hands dropped
powerless BY his side.
II leave England, tomorrow said Hcvling.
after moments pause Tonight, consign
you to the living death to which You devoted her
hopeless prison"
He raised bis eyes to the old mans countenancc
and paused He lifted the light to his face set it
gently down, and left the apartment
You had better see to the old man. he said
to the woman, as he opened the door, and mo-
toned to the officer to follow him into the street