East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-09-23


ed with him these six months-not
even to iaia-m him of the sale Of your
commission"
"You know as well and better, sir,
than | flor beliyc ycu put your meddl-
ing hand in),' he replied, "that hcrcfused
me pecuniary request, made on the
part of his own daughter, and | did not
choose that she should have anything
more to DO with SUCH harl.heartcd old
Iniscr.n
"Now supposino,' said |, as one man
Of The 'eor4d talking 10 another, it was
rather in hopes to bring the oh miscr
into your tcrns; AMI surprising that
your plan has taken effect, aud that |
am instructed to pay you halt your do.
mand-that is to to say, G40O-upon
condition that Mrs. Mountjoy returns
to her friends?'
] had expected an outburst Of rage
at this proposal, but he only turned
himself tu the caba!istic documents up
on the table; AMI after little consid
Grafton answered. calmly, 'No, must
have $780,
"Swindlell cheat felon!n | cried land
at the word feon saw him shake "like
guilty thing" aud pursued my law
ycr's advantageG ''yes, felon, whom to-
morrow may consign to life long I'm
prisonment, how dare you make condi
tons with me!"
But he recovered himself almost i'm.
mediately, and babe me leave the room
"To morrow, sir, will see me far from
Wiesbaden, with her whom your un.
selfshness is so anxious tn divorce from
her husband. Do you think, he added,
with all his ancient bitter ness as
crossed he threshold, "that | have not
heard of the family lawyer, tho Platonic
friend, the rejected suitor, before now
Nv indscrctlon had thus broken of
treaty which had shown signs of be.
| inc more favorable than had hoped
for. Ii Lucy could have been got tn
leave him, the business might have been
by this time equitably or at least legal
| ~, settled; but what was to be done
now? l went straight to my young &C
ouaintance of the steam boat, in whose
quickness hal great confidence, and
laid before him all the circumstances
Z" Can your brother, the Mtachc, dS
any hing for me?" SAID /.
Certainly" he replied. a bright
thought seemed To strike HIM. Come
along to he Embassy y
After n short conversation witlLfhe
young otflaial, who took a great interest
in the whol) case, procured the
assistance of a couple Of soldiers ia
considerable PORTION of the standing
army of the country, with full instrnc.
tons as to how they were to proceed.
returned at once with them to the
Mountioys, lodgings. left my myr-
midons outside, and entering, found the
Captain alone, rs before, but with a
crowd of boxes about him, an! every
thing ready for immediate departure.
said, 81 am come once more 10 repeat
my offer Of this morning"
Ho laughed quite scornfully, and
replied, Since you are so hot about it,
sir, you must now give ES000 for the
lady. | will take no less; in a couple
of hours it will be too late; go to your
hotel in the meantime, and debate the
question of Love or money" "You
do not move from this place unless
wish," | answered. At a sign from me
the soldier entered, and | continued.
"You are now arrested for living un
der an assumed name, and passing a
forged passport; and you will be con.
fined in prison until other and grave
charges which may be brought against,
you shall have been substantiated."
The last sentence was happy addition
of my one, and it had great success.
"Well," he sale. with an appearance
of his old frankness;;" you have out
manovered me, confess; Withdraw
your forces, and pay me the $4,000, and
| will perform my part of the business.
The men retired.
Shall ! tako an oath before you, or
vii, my word suffice ;" said he
Sir,n | replied, the results of the
last oath you took in my presence, have
not been such as to induce Inc to as !;
you for another.
He said nothing, but flush came
which forcibly recalled the scene in his
rooms at College. | drew up docu.
ment for him to sign, which bound him
ny the strongest tic viz, his own
interest--ncver to claim Lucy ~ his
wife again, and he signed it; while l.,
on ny part, gave him cheque for the
money. At that moment in came his
poor wife, whit her travelling dress and
bonnet on.
I" You may take those thing off again
said her husband, calmly; We are not
going away"
She looked from one tc tic other
with sort of hope just awakening il
her tear.worn face
"You are going home to your father,
Lucy" he added
Thank God, thank God :" She said
land thank you Laurence. How happy
you have made me; we will go together
to him. and to tho dear old place, and
never leave him; we will forgot all the
rest, wort we, dear husban /, won't
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