, 1870-05-15

4ono 70 Q knn ~, o0ato!nA A.a ao W.
i "1here il ee1tain foEce In Whist Jou ea!,
replied the widow eaknly; p" and do NOT coz.
ceI frum myself thai It would be ys1y eless
mhfnrtme indeed for bo4h Of us IL NJ 1ho.ne
a. Loh5esr Hrsc To b. dsWisod q NJ 1neoms 800
for mo to ucak Il orv md teunain hesc1 lar
frtm my f,i,nds, penni1ess."
"Nny, tu1daau, rot peupless, sosne coEupen-
cation would be yoIs dna-" :,
Luqtf Tne7es Csep&diAesQ.4e-f they diaht
oou,o p1eentiy. TO fair up-antdo* bargain
Mia. Montaeute was 70 start for New York by
tho next nail, Mr. Fiel taking aud pa!ing ior
Iez passage; sha ssns to write d farrwou leitot
TO young Lobyear, breaking tho match, And
keeping silence about wherc she WIS gosnS 70.
Mr.. Fie vas to accompany her on board the
clip, And hen to place Ia her hands the s1'a OF
ono thousand pounds,
When this treaty, with q No Trust Tor Us
taaaa, waa concluded, Mr. Fiel took his 1eavn
md as hc stepped into the street, jack aof1ar
alone could appreciate his sensations. SceSE
had 10 delicate case been 20 ss71nu!
handled. Three days hftetws1d, Mr. Flel
c4curted the fair widow to Liverpool ACCOM-
panied her On board tho American steamer
etaid with her till the last moment, gaFd hef
tho thousznd pounds, and returned 10 the
tosnu Of his family, having himseH sealed 1nd
rostcd 1noes satisfactory letter Of fareweI 70
hands unfas.encd, that ho might assuzo him
self that tho contents were nccordinS 70
treaty.
Next day, the deserted 1over cams to him IN
ahurry-etmnipK, uphrAiding, beseeching him
to tell him where his cha.mer had flown to !;
yer remained otdur4te. FiaallT. he rushed
away, dec7sing th1t be would never speak to
him agalp.
"Yes you will, xhen you want money" said
Mr. Ficl, as the other banged the door behind
him.
h WAS right. In less than fortnigh. young
Lobyear returned, pale, calm, and naughty.
and coldlr intimated that he Was about to re-
turn to the East, md required funds- After
sorne discussion about necessary e1pensees
pAssage-money, outfit, what his father usu-
ally allowed him, etc, Mr. Ftcl lot him
depart with infinite relief-for now the
edifce Of bis diplomacy was crowned
Commissioned to separate young couple,
he had despatched ono to the East, the other
to the West What success could ba moro COM
plete7 Ho had always estimated his own
should '4sts;ke The stars With his sohiino top"
rs tchoo1boy friend OF Ours onco t1ansltted
| familiar m1e Of Horace. This state Of OK
trema Belf-satisfaction laatad son1s months,
during which he looked forward 10 the Litter
Of thanks md ad.ni.ing approval which he e1-
It came mail sooner than he expected:
One morning, on entering his Office, he found
t#o foreign letters awaiting hiu.--one from &C
unknown correspondent, the other in tho f.
piliar handwriting Of his client in Japan. He
opened this latter eagerly, ind prepared to1
Pr1ife.
DEAN sn can't make cut the. ..neaning o,
MI this rigmaIole you have written to nj
about . son and a marriage. I had asor
once, Lieutenant in the -th, but the poo
/ 4 &.Jt H. mlS1n ~ 1,Ir ~.
ye1rs ago. You refer to letter of mine, ,dstes
from Hong-Kong, and 1t ii true that va
there about the time you mention, but Ger
tainiy never wrote to you during uy stay. I
you are In your senses, you have been grosal
imposed upon By some rogue or another
wish ron would have tho goodness to cali upol
Pinum Of the British Museum, and tel him
&c. The rest al abont bugs and beetles.
Nj. F5al staggered to bis desk. took ont th
letter he had Inst received, and compared
| with this present one !; tho imitation Of th
handWitiag vas c1n1inglE e1ecuted. bat
ghost Of a suspicion At tho time, he could nc
hAvc mistaken it.
1 It was good hour before he partially II
covered from the effects Of this blow, an
then, in bewildered. mechanical way. b
opened the second foreign latter. It Vas date
from New York. aud 1au thus:
StR: When #as clerk In your Office, 90
| tried to get too much out Of me but manage
, to turn he tables, and pay myself for time u
trouble expended on your bchalf-shht III
one to ne. iou caught me and got me tN
, | veAfs-that Wts ouo to you With the q
Of my clever little wife, 1 have draw
| about fifteen hundred and eighty pount
/ out Of yoa, winning two ovonts out I
, tl,see. Never mind; it was improbable that
, who alone knew the details OF your busine.
/ | relations with At. Lobycar, should ha'
| CHANGED upon that gentleman in Hong kon
5 and procured specimen OF his handwriting
i and in the wainut-stained young man, with je
: black hair and uaoustaclc, you could haElly
: expected to recognize tho fair, Hmooth-face
5ed,hesded ts Ton seos5m @ ~ Love to sa5a "a
q matrimonial alliance, but bigamy is not one
I my little games-at present
: Mr. Ficl threw the letter on tho grou1
J, pounded it with bis heel, buried lis face IN
: bands, and, in q tone Of agony which mig
u have melted the heart Of his bitterest eneu
i ! cvclairned a Dnna!