Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-02

| MT. -c1el was 20 accompany her on board
the ship, and then to place IN her hands
the sumsof one thousand pounds.
When this treaty, with-' No Trust for
its basis, was concluded, ,ME Fiel took his
leave; and 1as he stepped into the street,
Jack Horner alone could appreciate his
! sensations. Never had SO delicate case
been SO skii1fuliy handled Three DAYS
I afterward, ,a'Mr. Fie1 escorted the fair
| widow TO liverpool; accompanied her on
4 beard thesAmerican steamer; staid with
i her till the last moment, gave her the
thousand pounds, and returnedeytoi the
1 bosom of his family having himself sealed
i and posted q most satisfactory letter of
! farewell to poor young Lobyear, which
was put In his hands unfastened, that he
might. assure himself that the contents
were according to treaty.
I Next day. the deserted lover came to
him in q hurry-storming, upbraiding,
beseeching him to tell him where his
charmer had flown to threatening 7Ihur
der and suicide when thelawyer remained
obdurate. Finally, he rushed away, de-
claring that he would never speak to him
again. ....-s-,..-,. m, .,a.,l.n
Eyes, you win, when you want money"
said Mr: Fiel, as the other banged the
door behind him. ,-..f, -,
. He was right. In less than fortnight
young Lobyear returned, pale, calm, and
naughty, and coldly i1timated that he;
quiredi funds9stA After some discussion,
about necessary expenses, passage money,
outfit, what his father usually allowed
him. etcs Mr.. ,Fiel let him have five hum
dred pounds, and saw him depart with in
finite relief7fOr now the edifice of his di-
piomacY was crowned. Commissioned to
separate young couples he had des-
patched one to the East, the other to the
West. What success could be more COM
iplete2 He had always estimated his own
acuteness very highly, but now he felt as
If he should "strike the stars with his
sublime topP as a sohoelBoy friend of
ours once translated =; familiar line of
Horace. This state of extreme. selfsatis-
faction lasted some months, during which
he locked forward to the letteF0f thanks
and Rdmiring approval which he expect
ed rom Mr.. Lobyear, the father.
~ Itscames aman sooner than he expected.
One morning, ON entering shis Office she
found two foreign letters awaiting him
one from an unknown correspondent the
other IN the, familiar hand dwriting of his
Client in Japan. 81 He. opened this letter
eagerly, and prepared for praise. :. ss5l :.
DEAR SIR can't make out the meaning Of all
athis TigmaroIe on have written TO me about son
the2Lh but the poor boy fell SYictim 70 the eli
mate OF china ten years ago. You refer to letter
that was theresabout the, time you MENTION hut
certainly meyer wrote to you during my stay. II
posed upon byesHe rogue or another Il wish vOn
would have fhe goodness to call upon Pinum Of
the British Museum, and tell him. &C. q.
THE restiaH about bugs and beetles
. Mr. Fiel lsstaRgerHd TO hie desk, took ont
{ the isL1ef@ 3sS=Bea1 last received, and CONF
pared it, with this present onei the simitas,
tions of the Handwriting was cunningly
executed; but D. palpable= forgery Had
he entertained the ghost Gf q suspicion at
the time, he, could not have mistaken; it,
It was a good hour before he: partially
recovered from the effects of this blow,
and then, m a bewHdered, mechanical
way, he opened the second foreign letter.
It was dated from New York, and ran
thus :s.at - EtiiHi----, rit - i'.ftuss7s' "a
= SERes When I, was q clerk in your ohice, you
tried ltQ get too much out Of me bIt 1manAgedto
tronble expended ony your behalf-Ithat was one TO
me. You caught me and got me two years-that
was one to yon. With the aid of my clever little
wife. L have drawn about hfteen hundred apd
Of three. Never mind it was improbable, that 4,
who alone knew the details OF your business rela
,tions with, Mr. Lobyear, should have chanced upon
that gentleman in Hong Kong, and procured5a
specimen of his handwriting !; and in the walnut
stained yonng man; with jet-blaek hair and mus
tache. you could hardly be expected TO recognize
the fair, smooth faced, red-headed Tom Scott,--R
81 LOVE to Safah.slT regret that we conld not
square matters by matrim onial alliance, but Big
amy is not one OF my little games-at present,
Mr.. Fiel threw the letter on the ground,
pounded it with his heel, buried his face
IN his hands, and, in a tone of agony
which might have melted the heart of his
sbitterest enemy, exclaimed :" Donet ~
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