The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-08

q
45,000-that is only 5000 francs, and
carriage and horses ard Lizette's dress to come
out of II Att is too little; besides, we have
not got the money. - 1 like the old way best
[ will come as 1sual.'i 4 l3ig va noy 0b - =
l. you cannot do that without risk cf discov.
cry. That prying English nephew is suspi-
cious. He has the eyes of an eagle-an owl
I ought to say, for he sees in the dark
'Cant you silence him There is water
under all the bridges of the Seine STILL
He istoo happy 70. TINT j. happy men do
sDoes he 90 out al . ieht ? An 4 sappoin snacnt
with a pretty girl might tempt him. ~
.Not at all he's In love with Yictorine.'
| That is serious she-was to be yours
| That may be so yet. Now, will you have
| it, or shall go to Hamburger, and make him
the offerP a. tAEAk u, ,E} 81 y f-5 n
| The two consulted for moment, and one
of them left the room. In few minutes he
returned. q was deeply absorbed in the pa
per, which completely hid my face.) He said
| to his companion 3: -.z.'i .'a
| Il have it, .E0A sls-l lss.a 81
.You are agreed, then
tYes. Where is the cheek I?
| tVernay drew from his pocket-book blank
check filled it for $4,000 francs, and dated it. ,
Now the notes All good p ;4as
sAll good To be sure m
| Vernay looked carefully at the notes, and
then signing the check, handed it over to his
com mpaniops. - --.r.f r.slEuH
sWhat time?' ...- a.or,7
'Ob, at two O. o'clock and tell her not to talk
| too much -s- III ss.sf ag
He rose and left the room with his com pan
| ions. l hardly knew wien I saw the table
vacant whether / had dreamed it or not. I
looked at the table, and there was nothing
| that would help me to realize the truth but
under the table lay piece of paper. /
pounced upon it, and found that it was a piece
of blotting paper similar to that had used in
the office, aud on it was the thickened impress
sion of the signature of the check. 1 reach
ed home in a state of anxiety that may easily
be imagined, and found my uncle rather worse
than usual. He was always little "comfor-
table," as kind wives say, towards evening; to-
night he was asleep in his arm chair, and
snoring violently. Victorine came down on
hearing 1 had come in.
'Charles, what is the matter with you-you
look so ill and rale. What has happened p
Do, pray, tell me; so cold, too. Come ND
stairs, there's fire in the drawing ROOM ~
She made me go with her; made me take
some brandy, and then again asked me what
was the matter. T told her. We had reached
that delicious stage of affection when, though
nothing had been said. it is felt by both that
was almost as incredulous at my narration of
the incident as I was myself of having wit
messed the scene. I showed her the blotting
paper, and it convinced her. Esa
Its no use telling my father tonight, he
has such confidence in NJ. Vernay that he will
not believe it; you must tell him in the morn
ing sigsf.s s.
I I told him in the morning what L had heard
and seen. my, dear nephew, you must have
been very drunk, or else-po, that is not pos
sible, your fathers child could not get drunk.
1 do myself sometimes but he could not de-
liberately lie. No, my dear Charles, NJ. Yer
nay is an old and tried servant of mine, and
will not believe you. l will not insult him by
it. You were drunk, sir; very drunk. Don't
let me hear of it again -,.t..5.
I went to my desk an hour afterward NJ
Vernay came in with my uncle.
Charles, did you balance your cash last
uightY fs.;-szs-
7Yes, sir. Ialways do @' s-.
st was right r. 49,
quite right Hs
sThere is a mistake somewhere said NJ.
Vernay. There is missing sum of 1000
francs -9E .ts
1T cannot be in my accounts, uncle; for
here is the book, and there is the balance to
True .,s- s.-. t-e-
8 Let me cast it, said Yernay. .-a,e.,-.x
Z He did-520, 346. ir-I s5,a,e
TRY that, NJ. Wardcs. 1 do not make it |
correct; / make it.more.'
I cast it again, and it was more by just l.
900 francs. cast it again-521 it was.
My uncle cast it--52l it was aTs So
.Hew is this, Charles 2 you said you made |
the balance right. Did you look at your cash
last night p sz7ss o. aigfc a. 8 2a
Il did. can assert that the balance last
night in the book and the scash-box was the
same. I can proyeit posted it, according
to NJ. Vernay's systemsin the daily balance
book - ass8ss srs@ t9te-f2
1T is $40 here, NJ EWardes'
He handed the book to my uncle. The
door opened. ff.4s#rl 9 ~
well, Francois, what is it p
sOnly to give this to NJ. Wardes. found |
t in his chamber sff = -
He held out paper to me; it was a note
for 1000 francs. s
Charles, my boy, you should let me know
when you want money. M. Vernay, see that
hose books are corrected; !; and my-uncle walk
ID away. i-4lot sid - 'es-la
. How the day went do not know L no.
iced, however, that N. Vernay once or twice
vent down to the strong room and brought up
ome books, and that no woman came for
money. sis Essa
Aoeut D O'CLOCK NJ Vernay came to me at
er my uncle and the other clerk had gone,
md said s,ssai7 - fat
M. Wardcs, we have been looking at the
ccounts of Madame la Marquise-; will
'ou help me to carry down these books? The
'orter has gone I'm rather late.' --se4fz--.9e
/ took the books and followed him down in.
o the basement. He unlocked the outer gate
f the outer safe, where the general books
Tere kept, and passed through to the inner
afe, in which were kept the deeds and valua-
lie securities on which my uncle lent money.
his was separated from the outer safe by an
ron gate in the day time and at night by
olId fire proof door. a' -
He put his books on the shelf, and request {!
me to put mine on the shelf in the proper :.
rder. The numbers on the back were almost