The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-06-06

1t SO happened that Col Blake, rs the trustee
Of his niece, bad invested ten thousand pounds
Cher fortune) ON u mortgage recommended rs
first-rate security by Mr.. Clipper, and the.
thought struck him that the transfer of this
sum would meet the exigeucies of the occa-
sion. he felt no hesitation in making use of
this money, he had already executed his
will in favor of Miss Bingham, and it's appro
priation would save what ultimately must be
hers, from further legal destruction. He there
fore wrote to Clipper, expressing his readiness
to execute the proposed mortgage on his own
estate, and to assign the one he had on John
sons in liquidation of the second claim on re-
ceiving back the surplus. But to his astonish
ment Clipper declined the offer. " He could
not Afford he said, :" to pay the difference as
all his ready cash had been disposed of in ac
commodntiDg his clients; neither would his
necessities enable him to wait during the time
which must elapse before Johnson's debt could
be made available - aud further. he refused to
deliver up the deeds, which would enable Col.
Blake to cali in Miss Binghans fortune, until
the sum due TO himself siIUuft fiquid'E=
ted II: this emergency the Colonel af'ftftte 80
his banker in Dublin for u loan,nf the requisite
sum, stating at the same time the particulars
of the security he. was prepared to Otter An
Immediate reply expressed that Sentleman's
Willingness to accommodate HAM on the terms
proposed. All danger might now, therefore,
be looked upon as Ovcg, and the whole affair
considered defnitively wound up. The
bankers letter enclosed TO Pepper, with
directions to have the transfer executed with
all possible dispatch; and the Colonel and
Master Mike dismissed all further care on that
frenl. their minds
1t was great relief-hntil placed in it Col;
Blake could not have realized the misery of
the situation from which he had just escaped.
He had been dragged to the edge of the preci-
pice, and narrowly escaped being cast over.
The excitement had reused him from his for
mer state of apathy, and! TO Hates great de-
light he proposed that they should all take n
trip to one of the fashionable English watering
places.
In due time Mr.. Clipper announced that the
oeea OIL mortgage was prepared and would be
sent down in % few days. He pleaded motives
of delicacy for not attending hims elf, but Mr.
Sharp, the sub.sherifF, had kindly undertaken
TO see 1t. executed, and proposed calling al
. Dunseverick Castle for that purpose.
1t was only when the mysteriOusly-word
parchments were spread before him shat the
unhappy gentleman about TO pledge his patri
Inony, fully appreciated the importance OF the
saw the witnesses, he would, were it possible
nave reeoiled from the act. A moments con
sideration, however, convinced him that it wal
then unavoidable; and the free, and easy man
ner OF Mr. Sharp so Disguised him that, t.
Dring their interview TO a speedy conclusion
he hurriedly seized pen and affixed his sigma
ture. -. NJ
The execution of the first mortgage is al
event seldom obliterated from the memory
and the renliniscence Ct the fatal act IL gener
ally accompanied by a sense of iDdependeRs'
lost and of ruin in perspective. AS the Colone
stroIled through his grounds, after Sharp
painful visit, he dare scarcely look upon tn
trees, of whose antiquity and giant size he wa
so justly vain and when he reached s seat
placed beneath an enormous oak, on which h
usually rested, he hesitated to avail himself o
the shelter OF a time-hOnored friend whom b
had just before handed over TO the tender mol
1ng haunted him as he re-entered the nobl
nall. The proud consciousness of exclusiv
ownership was fed. <"Troes and castle, the
are no longer really mine," he mentally "a