East Saginaw courier., 1864-08-31

Will it be belieyedI In the midst
of all these treasures, I felt certain
embarrassment in asking for small
sum, of which / stood in tho greatest
need; for, after paying the expenses
of my journey, had but FIVE francs
left. Such, however was the force oi
habit, that / could scarcely believe
myself legitimately possessed Of more
than my annually which was not YET
due.
'Dare / ask" l inquired with a
blush almost of shame on my cheek,
''can / without indiscretion, beg OF
you to advance for the moment a
small sum, which want ON arrival in
a strange city ?"
"Oh, my dear Monsieur, my ches,
is entirely at your disposal How
much do you want-two, three, four,
ten thousand francs ?"
81 do not ask so much, thousand
will be sufficient"
"Win you have it in gold OF
notes?" cried the cashier. "May !
beg of you," said the banker, leading
the way as l rose to depart. "May
beg of you to continue your good will
to our house ?"
Certainly, monsieur--you we'll de-
serve it," / replied, with the certainty
of possessing an income of twenty thou
sand francs began to give me.
"There is yet one favor which /
wish to ask" said M. Bergaret; you
are not yet acquainted with Paris
you have, perhaps, but very few rela-
tives here-come and take family
dinner with us to-day my wife would
be delighted to make your acquain-
tance."
"With the greatert pleasure"
1--WE Zine at six; if you have no
engagement for the evening, we shall
have few friends, and hope you will
stay"
There are few moments which / re-
member with more satisfaction than
those of my leaving M. Bergert's
house. / began to believe in the re-
ality of my fortune, and had thou
sand francs in my pocket-a pleasure
which had never before happened to
me. The fifty golden Napoloons gave
me an extraordinary impulse in fact,
1 stood in great need of them. Pos
SCISSOR of twenty thousand francs Of in
come.
was obliged on my arrival at
Paris to leave my trunk at the office
of the diligence, not havingthe means
of paying for lodging. Inow has
tened to redeem it, and afterwards
took coach to the first hotel pointed
out to me, where / established myself
in handsome apartment and put on
my suit of mourning.
/ arrived with so much punctuality
at M. Bergeret's, that he had scarcely
had time to finish telling my history
to his wife. She, however, had heard
enough to cause me to be received as q
friend Of the house. Every one did
the amiable to me; i met beautiful
woman, and overheard whispered re-
marks about me-modest bearing,
great skill, splendid business talents.
Thus, when M. Bergeret entreated
/ me to regard his house as my own, j
promised willingly, although / could
profit but little by the invitation
Madame Huges would have me to
dine, when i met with other intro
ductions and invitations. Now that
was rich L could have almost con-
fined my expenses to some few pres
ents and fees.
Meantime my two friends, George
and Albert had heard with alarm the
success of their report, the truth OF
which they dared no longer deny
They had been frightened by my de-
parture for Paris, which all the world
attributed to difficulties in the liquid
alton of my debts; and l had suffered
myself to be deceived By what was
concerted between us merely as a
joke.
Three days after my return from
Paris my faithful servant announced
their names.
'Iet them come in" was my reply,
for did not receive all the world
On seeing my handsome time-piece
and gilt candelabra, and the new fur
niture with which i had decorated my
apartment, they opened their eyes
i'll CONSERVATION.
There is much difficulty in gaining
admission here" said Albert.
."Yes, / am beseiged by persons
with all sorts of solicitations and pro-
jects but you, my dear friends-you
will always be welcome. You are
come just in time to accompany me
to an estate which L have some
thought of buying; it is no large af.
fair--one hundred thousand francs.
81 take it to be some distance off, y
said George with significant jerk Of
the head.
1.-TWO leagues only, but I will take
you in my carriage"
"Your carriagew
"Aly carriage"
"You have a carriage
eyes, and two dapple grey horses
which i brought from Paris; as yet ]
have no saddle horse, that being more
difficult to find"
Ny two friends retired to one o
tho windows, where they Whispered
to one another, looking all the time
very lugubrious.
"Dear Louis" they said, you know
that your cousin is not dead?"
81 do not know if ho be dead for
am not very certain that he eve
lived"
"You know that this story of you
inheritance is all joke"
II am persuaded that only you ant
/ think So"
eve have done great wrong" re
, joind my friends; "great wrong il