Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03

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Mr.. Fiel was / N board
the ship, and I'll IN her hands
the sum of one thol, sanu pounds.
When this treaty, with "NO Trust for
its basis, was concluded, Mr. Fiel took his
leave; and as he stepped into the street,
Jack Horner alone could appreciate his
sensations. Never had SO delicate case
been so skillfully handled! Three days
afterward, Mr.. Fiel escorted the fair
widow to Liverpool; accompanied her on
board the American steamer; staid with
her till the last moment, gave her the
thousand pounds, and returned to the
bosom of his family, having himself sealed
and posted 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.
Next day, the deserted lover came to
him in a hurry-storming, upbralding,
charmer had flown to; threatening muir
der and suicide when the lawyer remained
obdurste. Finally, he rushed away, de-
claring that he would never speak to him
again.
Eyes, you will, when you want money"
said Mr.. Fiel, as the other banged the
door behind him.
He was right In less than fortnight
young Lobyear returned, pale, calm, and
naughty, and coldly intimated that he
was about to return to the East, and re-
quired funds After some discussion
about necessary expenses, passage-money,
outfit, what his father usually allowed
him, ETC., Mr.. Fiel let him have five I'm
dred pounds, and saw him depart Within
finite relief-for now the editice of his di-
plomacy was crowned Commissionti to
separate young couple, he had aes-
patched one to the East, the other !, the
West. What success could be more I'D
plete? He had always estimated his own
acuteness very highly, but now he felt as
if he should "strike the stars with his
sublime top," as a schoolboy friend of
ours once translated a familiar line Of
Horace. This state of extreme se
faction lasted some months, during
he locked forward to the letter of thonKs
and admiring approval which he e. r.
ed from Mr.. Lobyear, the father.
1t came mail sooner than he expected.
One morning, on entering his Office ! ne
found two foreign letters awaiting Mtn-
one from an unknown correspondentlthe
other in the familiar handwriting ofShis
client in Japan. He opened this letter
eagerly, and prepared for praise. n.
DEAR SIR: can't make out the meaning OF all
this rigmarole you have written to me about son
and marriage. Ihad a son once, Lieutenant In
the th, but the poor boy fell victim to the eli
mate Of China ten years ago. You refer to letter
| Of mine, dated from Hong Kong, and 1t Is true
| that was there about the time you mention, Dut
certainly never wrote to you during my stay. II
| you are in your senses, you have been grossly i'm
| posed upon by some rogue or another. wish you
would have the goodness to call upon Pnum oi
the British Museum, and tell him; &c.
The rest all about bugs and beetles.
Mr.. Fiel staggered to his desk, took out
the letter he had last received, and com
pared it with this present one; the imita'
ton of the handwriting was cunningly
executed, but palpable forgery. Had
he entertained the ghost Of a suspicion at
the time, he could not have mistaken it.
1t was q good hour before he partially
recovered from the effects of this blow
and then, in a bewildered, mechanical
way, he opened the second foreign letter
1t was dated from New York, and ran
thus:
SIR: When was clerk IN your ohlce, you
tried to get too much out Of me hrt ! managed to
turn the tables, and pay myself for time and
trouble expended on your behalf-that was one to
me. You caught me and got me two years-,tha
was one to you. With the aid OF my clever little
wife, I have drawn about fifteen hundre anc
eighty pounds out of you, winning woevents on
of three. Never mind it was improbable that !
who alone knew the details of your business rela
that gentleman in Hong Kong, and procured
| specimen of his handwriting and in the walnut
stained young man, with jet-black hair and mus
tache, you could hardly be(expected 10 recognize
The fair, smooth.faced iredib beaded Tom Scott
| S. Love to Sarah r. ..s,sSat we could no
| square matters by .iliSE lbut big
amy is not one Of ent,
Il Mr. FipL