The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-02-23


- A little faint, sir, bnt nothing
to cause alarm 2 replied the other
hurriedly. /" I am.subject to spells.
If you will be kind enough to ex-
cnse me for ten minutes or 80 I will
take q short walk and return bet
,ter.n - e..%H :" ls7' n,h So. .aoh
:, Inten minutes he did return,
eaid he was quito we'll, calmly pro-
ceeding to finish his business with
the banker. and thep respectfully
took his leave. .sfasg ,l,.ssa :
1t was perhaps a week after this
that one night the great banker
was sitting by the fire in his libra
~, when the servant came in and
presented him a letter. He took
1t with a yawn, took it in the most
indolent and most Indifferent man
ner possible, but had not read
dozen words before he came mp
with start, turned deadly pale,
and trembled so that the paper rat
tied. He read the note-for it was
note rather than a letter-work
ed one hand nervously at his throat,
and with the other clasped his fore
head and temples. For a minute
or two he seemed to be choking
into calmness, by his iron will,
some terrible emotion, and he 30
far succeeded as to address the
waiter servant in an ordinary tone.
" James," he said, "who gave
you the letter3" '... ,.....,...
ga man, sir, and said he'd wait
for an answer" .',' ...i o.
"Then I suppose he's waiting."'
"Ycs, SIR"
Very well, show him in"
| Soon there was q light tap at
the door and tn Q, banker said
come in, y. 10 an ordinary tone.
The servant opened the door,
ushered in the stranger, and i'm.
mediately Withdrew. The stranger
was a man iverging on sixty, of
rough appearance and attire. He
wore an old gray overcoat button
ed to the throat, and a pair of
green goggles, and his whole dress
was saturated with rain. -,a.. ...
"Take seat" said the banker,
pointing to a chair near the FIRE.
sNo, thank you, I'll stand" was
the gruff reply. "You got my
letter, and of course know my bus
iness," he added. '.. -.
"You allude to this, Isuppose,"
replied the banker, producing the
letter which had caused him so
much perturbation. .. ~ -a..
"Yes." r.. s'.s. .,--
"I do not understand it, you
must have made a mistake"
"No, no mistake at all. I was
present twenty years ago the tenth
day of October, and saw you,
Stephen Edwards, shoot the man,
and if you 60 and deny it Pll have
you in prison before morning. I've
laid my plans and got everything
sure, and if you 60 to playing in
nocent and refuse my terms, I'll
take care to see you die stretching
hemp"
The banker turned pale in spite
of himself, shuddered and strug.
gled to a seat. '... .'
~ can't give tit would ruin
me- /" = -.-.-, ? ~. -sg.a- 49, .r IT, ... .
"Just as you say,n rejoined the
other, moving to the door, "you
know what viii follow if 60 this
way!"- -, -. ..' '.' -, -. ~.
He argued, urged and implored
for mercy at less fearful cost. In
vain. At last, the banker seeing
ruin, disgrace and death before
him If he refused, agreed to terms.
He agreed to meet the stranger
with the required sum on the fol.
lowing night, in front of st. Paul's
Church. Both were punctual to
the fixed time, and checks to the
amount of one hundred thousand
dollars changed hands. ,'.a.. =
A month later there was a tre-
mendous run on the bank of which
Stephen Edwards was the princi-
pal owner. 1t was soon broken
and closed. Then the Sheriff was
set to work by eager creditors, and
all the real estate and personal
property Of the late millionaire
were seized and sold, leaving him
o beggar and just claims unsatis.
fed. Fashionable friends desert
ed the family, and the proud no.
bleman refused the hand of the
ruined ba n k Q RS accomplished
daughter. .-. - '..
In the very midst of his disgrace
and tribulation, Edwards encoun.
tered the man who in bis presence
had turned pale and became so
agitated a short time before. ..'
Il rather think You DO not
know me, sir" said the gentleman,
with a formal bow. - -,.. .. ....
-" Your face seems somewhat
familiar but ] cannot name you, !,
returned Stephen Edwards. -
| "Permit me TO bring myself 10