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done, the willy Pasio adopted q new scheme,
Kittos aa q witnesses, he declared the latter had

| done, the willy Pasio adopted new scheme
When young 6opnos called upon him to produca
run away,
| AFTER RonBISa THE BANK
! Of the sum Of 6 talents He eveu had tht
hardihood to accuse Mene1enes and his fEent
Of being acoomplices, aud Of having received tht
six talents, which they had induced Kitto'
md Mcnoxenes before the Polimarcl
(chief Of police as 10 the foreigners in Attons)
Here be acts his part to perfection, and demands
prison. unlesn he furnished bail to the amount
| Of 8 talents. Bail il procured, but the tables
are turned upon the stranger. Instead Of plain
| till he found himself defendant; !; instead OF nc
cuBing Pnsio OF theft be Ind to prove that he
| was not suborner and thief himself. Blu,
| Menexene8 was man OF action able to COPE
I with Pasio. He found where kttos WAS lurking
| in Peloponnesus. aud brought him back in tr1.
umph to Athens. he summons Paaio before a
Magistrate, and demands that his slave
| BE PUT TO TORTURE.
Here was dilemma: Kittos, put to the tor
turo, would, doubtless, confess not only to
having seen the foreigner make the deposit III
the bank. but atso that it was his master who
had sent him away. But Pasio was equal to tho
occasion. Before the magistrate he declares
Kittos to bo freedman, and so not liable to bo
treated like slave.
Meue1enes protests that this MAS only q pre-
text to gain time. Ho demands that Pasio fnr-
nish bail for kittos. equal to tho sum he owed
hls friend Pasio accepts, ald puts up seven
talents rather than e1poss to torture the very
hittos he had SO lately accused OF being an
zcconplce ia robbing bis bank Of SO large q
sum.
Kittos Was accordingly set free. But Pasio
was in
An AWKWARD POSITION.
He now pretended that lie was perfectly willing
that kittos should be examined, and meeting
Was arranged ut the Temple OF Vulcan. The
other side understood this "a permission to put
the Cashier to the torture and the proper oficers
were present for tho purpose, hut Pasio now in
terposcd, and said they might cross-examiue him
rs much rs they pleased, but he would not ALLOW
him to DO struck. The officers could only with
draw after entering protest, while Pasio ye-
hemently asserted that he could not allow faith
ful servant to perish beneath the lash. Not that
be himself you'd wrong another; he Vas ready
to pay, ii decided agailst him.
But Pasio SAW that le had produced an unfavor-
able impression. Perhaps it would be better to
tcmporize. An interview with tho son OF SopRos
was arranged in temple at tho Ac1opolis. Here
the versatile PArio
ASSUMED NEW ROLE.
Hiding his face in lis mantle he wept bitterly,
declared that he never would have denied the
deposit had ho not been in grcnt pecuniaty
implored his client to pardon him and to keep
the matter secret. AL the SUCCESS OF his house
rested upon confidence. Shake that confidence,
and there was end to his credit" The youth be-
Pasio not to sock his ruin, and left it to him to
fix upon such time and mode of payment as
would best suit their mutual interests.
Three days afterwards they met again, As be-
fore, without witnesses. They agreed upon the
following basis Of settlement, which WAS to be
KErT STRICTLY PRIVATE:
Pasio would embark with his client for the
Bosphoros, and, On arrival, should pay him tho
money. II he failed to pay, Satyros should be
arbitrator, aud il the Prince decided against Pa
principal. u fine of half as much more. Tho
terms OF this contract we're reduced to writing,
and the document itself, duly signed and scaled,
committed to tho safc-koeping Of third party
the captain OF vessel plying between Athens
and tho kingdom Of Bosphoros. As soon az he
should bo informed tha: the terms of tho con-
tract were fulfilled, ho was to burn the docu-
nent. Otherwise be was to deliver it to Satyros
in person.
ALI this appeared satisfactory. But Pasio did
not find 1t so easy to settle with Mene1enes, who
had commenced an action against him for Blan-
der, demanded TINT kittos should be put to tor
ture and laid his damages at six talcnts-tho
sum be had been obliged to furnish rs bail.
Pasio implo1cd tho young foreigner to induce
his friend to withdraw bis suit, but he refused
to interfere.
Pasio WAS in agony for fear Menexcnes should
hear Of tho CONTRACT in which caso all was lost,
u Menexenes would undoubtedly expose him.
So he contnyod new echemo. ue succeeded
in corrupting one Of tho slaves of the Captain,
and induced him to
.s7rAL TUE CONTRACT.
For this he substituted another contract,
adroitly forged. This done, he recovered Ill his
pristine impudence. To the request Of his eli
ent thet he would now set out upon the voyage.
he coolIy replied that he had no idea Of doing
anything Of the kind, and vo sed that he did not
owe an obolos to this fellow who bothered hun
so. Tho stranger insisted. whereupon Pasio
demands that the contract DO produced and
Mcne1enes and bis friend upon finding receipt
in full given by tho stranger to tho bankor! But
one resource remained to Menexenes, il he did
not wish to lose bis money and pass for calum-
niator. He brought suit against pasio for
FORGERY IN THE FInsr DEGREE.
Meantime tho young Sopnos returned home
without pasio, who, however, did send his
cashier and confident kittos. SatyroB Listened
to the affair Us represented By tho opposing
sides, but declared himself incompetent to de-
eide upon what Ind happened at Athens: How
ever, to show his interest in the Of his favor
ite, he called together the Athenian captains and
then in port, and begged thcm to take
pnrt with him at Athens md not to allow tho
youth 10 be victmized BY Pasio. He also ad
dressed letter to tho people Of Athens, recon-
mending to them him who was about to appear
before them. contiding in their Justice. Tho
young SopGos returned to Athens, and the case ]
was tried before the Polimarch. and from the |
rank OF the plaintiff, tho Intervention Of Satrros,
On which IsocEates dwels. tho wealth OF Pasio,
The uneasneRs Of his partners and OF his clients,
must have enlisted tho public attention in q !
great measure. |
Singu1arly enough,
HISTORY Is SILENT |
as to the results Of the trial. 1t seems quite !
likely that some compromises was made, for VIC !
ind the banking~houee OF Pasio & Co. coutin- |
1ed rich and prosperous. Forty years later De- !
says Of him, without fenr of contra. |
fiction. ''Pasio obtained public confidence |
are thing mud marvellous among men who oper- !
ito upon tho market and trade III money, to ap- |
pear at the samo time active aud honest" J.
G. II. ".
THE CHLDS SLEEP.
From the German Of Edcard Ton Baue.nset.
Tho boy is lulicd by mother
With sweetest songs to sleep;
He will allow other,-
She must h1s slumbers keep.
How can tho rogue discover