The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-11-28
.Had Miss Maidmont a nhoto

'Had Miss Maidmont a photo
graph of her lover?'' / asked.
She had, in her own room, it seem
ed Susan couldn't get at itnow with
: out suspicion; butshe promised to Sc
cure it and bring 1t with her if l
would meet her at nine o'clock at
1.-THE corner Of the street.
I was punctual to my tryst; and at
nine, Susan made her appearance
with morocco-case containing an
excellent likeness of my friend,
Charles ThrapstoW, massive pin with
topaz in it, and all.
Now what was to be done? Should
/ go to Mrs. Maidmont, and tell her
how she was deceived in her daugh-
ter's loverF That would have been
the best adapted to spare the feelings
of the Maidmonts; but would it bring
back the five thousand pounds? l
thought not.
"Miss Maidmont," l soliloquised,
"wlll find some way to warn her low
er. Even robbing g bank may not
embitter girl against a sweetheart,
and no doubt she's over head and
ears in love with Charley" No de-
termined on a different plan.
rose early the next morning;
dressed my self with care, put on a
pair of pale primrose gloves, donned
my newest beaver, and took cab
to st. Spikenard's Noting Hill.
The bells were jsngling merrily as
alighted az the church door;
small crowd had already gathered on
the pavement, drawn together by
that keen foresight of coming excite
meat characteristic of the human
species. "Friend of the bridegroom"
whispered to the verger, and 1 was
for Rwith shown into the vestry.
IT, clergyman was there already
ano shook hands with me in vague
kind of way.
"Not the bridegroom he said in
mild interogative manner. l told
him l S only one of his friends,
snd we stood looking at each other
in a cOmatose kind of way, till a lit
tie confusion at the vestry-door
broke the spell. Here he comesr'
whispered some one; and next mo-
ment there appeared in the vestry,
looking pale and agitated, but very
handsome. Mr.. Charles Thrapstow.
had caught him by the arm and
led him into a corner, before he re-
cognized who 1 was. When he saw
me, thought he wonld have tainted.
"Don't betray me-" he whispered.
l held out my hand with signifi-
cant gesture.
"Fiye thousand" I whispered in
his ear.
"You shall have it in five min
utes."
"YOur minutes are long ones, Mas
ter Charles" 1 said.
With trembling fingers he took
out his pockt-book and handed me
a roll of notes.
81 meant it for you, Tom, "he said.
Perhaps he did but we know the
fate of good intentions.
1t didn't take me long to count
over those notes; there we're exactly
five thousand pounds.
"Now," said l Master Charley, take
yourself offp'
mo more I win if you 60"
"She's got ten thousand Of her
Own," he whispered.
''Be off; or else
"No; l won't" said Charley, max
ing up his mind with desperate ef-
fort; "Pll not I'll make a clean
breast of it."
At that moment, there was a bit |
of stir, and a general call for the |
bridegroom. The bride had just ar
rived, people said. He pushed his
way out to the carriage, and Whis-
pered few words to Isabel, who fell |
back in a faint. There was a great |
fuss and hustle, and then some one
came and said there was an inform
ality in the license, and that the we'd
ding couldn't come off that day.
l didn't wait to see anything fur
ther, but posted of to the bank, and |
got there just as the board were as
sembling I supposed the direc-
tors had got wind of Thrapstow's
failure, for the first thing I heard
when l got into the board room was
old Venables grumbling out: "How
about those Damascus bonds, Mr..
MansgerP" 1 rode rough shod over
old Venables, and tyrannized consid-
erably over the board in general that
day, but couldn't help thinking how
close q thing it was, and how very
near shipWreck l had been.
AS for for Thrapstow, / presently
heard that, afther all, he had arran-
ged with his creditors, and made it
up with Miss Maidmont. He had a
tongue that would wind round any
thing, if you only grve him time,
and wasn't much surprised at hear
ing that the wedding g-day was fixed.
He hasn't sent me an invertation,
and 1 don't suppose he viii, and 1
certainly, shall not thrust myself for
ward a second time as an unlimited
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