American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-04

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have chat with me, and asked to be pre-
scented To Mary Jane, | felt us if | had at
tanned to Il considerable elevation. After
the spring assizes | had Il little leisure. 1t
was one of the best fishing seasons L ever
remember, and | used to be on the river
every day, and every day | would meet
Potts. We became great friends, and
Potts would often come to my house and
have smoke and glass of grog.
| was much annoyed then, when one
Tuesday mornings post brought down a
ca. sd. from my agents, Endorsed by the
firm of Moses Il Mosheim, commanding
me To take the body of one Bellingham
Billingsgate Potts and bring him before
Her Majesty's court of exchequer. And |
was to have met Potts that very
afternoon. Duty is duty, and
couldn't think of giving poor Potts
any warning of the danger which
threatened him. | sent for the two bum
bailiifs who did the few jobs that occurred
in our part of the country. | explained
to them what they had to do, and they
seemed pleased with the work. Had it
been one of their own countrymen who
was in the mess, they would have under
taken the business with reluctance. To
my horror, five minutes after | had dis
missed the men, Potts himself put his
head through my office doorway.
"HuIlo, Robertsr' he cried; 'busy as
usual, old fellow? May | come in ~
My presence of mind forsook me;
could only gasp for breath and point to
the door. Potts came in alarmed-'What
on earth is the matter?''
'Just then the two buns, who had traced
Potts to my office, bounded in and seiZ-
ed Potts roughly on each side, almost
tearing the coat off his back. But Potts
was as nimble as an eel He drove his
elbow into the long mans stomach, and
doubled him up in an instant, and let fly
his right INTO the face OF little Jones, send
ing him spinning across the room. There
were two doors opening into my office !;
one led TO the outer or clerks office, the
other, opposite, opened directly mo iit-
,ie pack street Inns Iat'er was usually
,ocheu anu 'I5e MY huns On d nan cios9 i
20 ins - .i,s o' ,,' pi,s aiI' i''u
,,.' i,.'.uo oui W " 'no u
iyii inl pul iiioI nihs oee!; iolts coise
Iuen'll hneW wen where ,he he! was 10
pe lounu, anu n saw IN moment lne way
VI eseape' INC very STINT iuei ilasiiea
mo lnao my mlhu tne same instant I NJ.
Hus Ut 70 nay leiiiilne4 passive anu ie'
i Inn e1o"pe o dio'',i. nav aoteu t,t
ny anu uisnoiiesIIS ~ my plhec
idu uono 81. uoh AiioM
M WI IL ou!n. 70 nav opne, anu tipusl
an tile1e !linGs uartcu through my Drain
WhIIe o.'9 LOON d sinS'e sup asIoss the
room, ye' l uoh thlhh 1t was from any
Just sense Oh rlght or wrong, out rom
soft OF professional instinct klhd OF
spldeflsn iceilns' ihat l sGiIeu the Key
anu pun IL Ill my pocket Iotts gave me
TOOK Oh scorh ana reproacl, ana theh;
putting ms hahds III MS pocket ne leaned
, PACK against lhe haitie-plece ana
iaus
Ho you an SoihS hiau' VIVA, 'he
meaning ol 'hls
1t means, Capt. POTTS." said |, feeling
smaller than had done in my life before
that these men have Il warrant Tor your
apprehension for a debt of-how much :?
tl2O and costS?"
sWhy didn't YOU saw so before?" said
the CAPTAIN. ..instead OF letting vour ban
dogs upon mes II would have saved
your red headed friend a main in his in
side. Well. of course. it's your business
to do all such dirty work. I'm sorry,
though, hurt these men of yours Here
take IA half crown apiece, you fellows"
well, indeed said Jones, Il like YOU
Williams ceased to rub his damaged
bread-basket, looked suspiciously at the
coin, and then pocketed it with "A grunt
IS o. it's Moses and Nosheim who'ye
put me in this holes Well. / havn't the
money, and don't know how to get it :;
how long can Won rive mesn
eWelI. YOU can stop mt the Prince
TIeweIlyn to-night. yor,d hatter go on
there now with the men. and ri come M
and talk matters over bv-audb y.'
Potts went out, attended by his keepers
and he'd hardly left the office before / re-
| ceived Il card-"Mr. Brahsan, Moses and
Moshem." A sallow Young man, much
bejeweled and with very dirty hands. was
shown in to me- He had come up by the
mail to Chester. and posted on. | fancy
he came to see that the ca. sa. was prop
erly executed. He ascertained that the
capture had been made, and lodged de
tainers to the amount of 81 $50 1Ss. Gil.
sent the brute off, and had scarcely
got rid of him before Lady Laura Potts
announced. foor niue thing! now love
~ she looked! But IN such distress
one Il Drought al ncr Jewels, bracelets,
rings, goid watch, diamond necklace, lots
Oh tllihgs-Worth tsoo OF 4ooo, dare say
| ~ ME- ROBERTS,, she sald, cant you
take these things as security, ana let my
GEAR husband go!
Lady Laura, said, III 1t were only a
| lew hundred pounds, I'd take his under
taking Tor ii in minute, and arrange for
his release, but I'm sorry to say here are
detalners OF tl,2OO or more"
Then, poor lady, she began to cry.
Couldn't l enter into some compromise ?
she had $50 a year of her own; wouldn't
| take the money IN hfteen yearly Install
ments OF tlOo?
explained to her that had no power
| 10 make any arrangements, she must go
10 the creditors; but | advised her not to
| ALLEVIATE or dissipate her own property in
| any way, but let her husband take the
''benetit of the act''