Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-09


seventy-five.
For a moment was fairly furious, and
even uttered vague threats OF vengeance;
hut De Roos never lost his equanimity. J
1Ksep cool. my boy. I'm sorry, and all
that sort of thing. Don't want to make a
cent ont of YOU. 'Tisn't likely it's melted,
vet and if you really want it, I'll send
down and get it back for you. Come
in tomorrow at three. Now, don't get
mad. BE decent and have another Havana.
Thought YOU knew what you were about,
you know"
So consented to smoke and be pacified,
and finally went away in the full assurance
that had really vnever met a better fel-
low than De Roos. the fashionable "dia-
mond broker"
Faithfully to the hour, was on hand the
next dav as the clock struck three. Having
now no time-pie of my own, l had learn
ed to appreciate clocks, both public and
private. A lurking feeling of uneasiness
NAV account for the fact that had not
called on the De Silvers during the pre-
vious evening.
Twas promptly on hand, as | said, at the
door of the elegant Office of my elegant
friend. the diamond broker; but, some-
what to my astonishment, that door would
bv no means yield to my repeated at
tempts to open it. In short 1t was
locked. 90 = e. Ala
"Gone out for moment" I muttered.
"Well, I'll wait"
/ was quietly proceeding to do so, when
I suddenly found myself roughly collared
by somebody Bin state of excitement,
while trembling voice demanded,
"You scoundrel, you are one of his set.
I've seen YOU with him. Where is he ?
And where is Matilda?"
After a moment of utter bewilderment
I managed to recognize in my unlocked
for assailant the parental De Silver him
self-the banker-and stammered out a
half-choked declaration of my utter ig-
norance.
"You lie Sirl He's gonel Matilda's
gone with him He's got all the money
You come with me to the house Come
right along nOwW
Any lily of any valley could have offer
ed more resistance than | did, for felt
that was acquiring valuable information,
and went along with the banker He
talked necessarily, and speedily became
aware that the money used by De Roos in
his extensive transactions as diamond
broker" had been furnished from the very
respectable Golfers of Matilda's father.
Business had been good of late, and both
loans and deposits had been quite large
enough to suggest to the elegant young
financier master stroke in his own pecu-
liar line. Beyond doubt no amount of
" interest" would now suffice to redeem
that precious jewel of daughter, and De
ROOs had taken care to secure her por lion
in advance. After all, he had only, in re-
ality, married the daughter OF his partner
in business--in somewhat quiet way.
l remembered about the diamonds at
the party, and was now quite persuaded
that they we're real.
When we arrived at the house we found
it in a certain degree of well-regulated
confusion, and Madame, the mother OF
the vanished Matilda, in very impressive
state of weeping and distraction but
what interested me most was pale face
that I met in the hall. 1t was that OF
Clara Payne and heard her mutter, in
voice whose half despairing tone l well
remembered:
"Gone? And I had SO counted on her
promise ?" tgf#' Fe@ AEH
Il flashed upon me that another months
rent was overdue. The money that
should have redeemed my grandfather
watch was burning in my pocket; and
as | thrust it into her hand l said to her:
"You have proved yourself good pay
Miss Payne; you won't run away with
anybody. Just, take that and run away
out of this"
This time she actually did smile in my
face, but she hurried away without q
word. srs f&-s
1t took some time to convince the old
banker that was not an accomplice Of
De Roos; and, though he had to pay too
much money on the failure" of his sud
den son-in-law ever to pardon hsm, he
seemed to pardon me very, readily when
he found that 1 had not done anything
In fact, the shape his pardon took has
been worth something to me. AS fol
Clara Payne, Ishave seen her since severa
times In fact, see her every time &C
home.- Harper's Weelty. 3 90 s-'g