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done, the willy Pasio adopted new schome.
When young sopnos called upon him to produce,
Kittos as witnesses, he declared The latter had

Kittos as witnesses, he declared the latter had
run away, .....
AFTER nonB1So THE nANK
Of the sum Of talents. Ho even had the
hardihood to accuse Menexcnes md his friend
Of being accomplices, and Of having received the
SIX talents, which they had induced hittos
o.oasa to, steal. rasio' We sec, vas f9ll lmoi Of
and Menc1enes before the Polimarch
{chlef Of police aa to the foreigners in Atheist
Here be acts Ills part to perfection, and demands
that the rascally foreigner should be cAsst into
prison, unless he furnished bail to the amount
Of talents. Bail is procured, but the tables
are turned upon tho stranger. Instead Of plain
tiff he found himself defendant; instead Of ac
cusing Paslo Of theft lie had to provo that he
WIS not Il suborner and thief himself. But
Mene1enes wnsa . nan OF action, able TO cope
with Pasio. He found shero Kittos was lurking
in PeloponncBua, and brought him back i'll TIL
u1nph to Athens. de summons Pasio before
Magistrate, aud demands TINT his slave
BE PUT TO TORTURE. !
Hero was q ii1omma: kittos put to the tor
tu1e, would, doubtless, confess not onl7 to
having seen the foreigner make the deposit in
the bank. but also TINT it WAS his master who
had sent him away. But Pasio was equal to tho
occasion. Before the magistrate be declares
kittos to be freedman, aud SO not liable to be
treated like q slave.
!Mencxenes protests that this was only pre-
text to gain time Ho demands that Pasio fur
nish bail for Kittos, equal to The sum he owed
his friend. rasio accepts aad puts up seven
talents rather than EXPOSE to torture the ycry
kittos le had so lately accuEed OF being an
accomplice iu robbing his bank OF SO large
sum.
hittos wns accordingly get FREQ. But pasio
WAS in
An AWKWARD POSITION.
He now pretended that he was perfectly willing
that Kttos should be examined, and meeting
was arranged at the Temple Of Vulcan. The
other side understood this rs 4 permission to put
the Cashier to the torture, aud the proper officers
we're present for the purpose, hut Pasio now ill.,
terposcd, and said they might crosse examine him
as much as they pleased, but he would not allow
him to DO struck. Tho officers could only With
draw after entering protest, while Paslo ve-
hement1y asserted that he could not allow faith
ful servant to perish beneath the insh. Not TINT
he himself would wrong another; he Was ready
to pay, if decided against him.
But Pnsio eaw thar he had produced An unfavor-
able impression. Perhaps it would be better to
temporize. An interview with the son OF Sopnos
was arranged in temple at the Acropolis. Here
the versatile Pasio
ASSUMED 4 NEW ROLE
Hiding his face in his mantle he wept bitterly,
declared that he never would lave denied the
deposit bad he not been in great pecuniary
implored his client to pardon him and to keep
the matter secret. All the SUCCESS OF his house
rested upon confidence. Shake that confidence,
aud there was al end to his credit" The youth be-
heged his repentance to be sincere; he promised
Pasio not to seek his ruin, and loft it to him to
tx upon such Ume and mode Of payment AZ
would best suit their mutual interests
Three days afterwards they met again, rs be-
fore, without witnesses. They agreed upon the
following basis Of settlement, which was to be
KEPT eTn{CTLY PRIVATE:
Pasio would embark with his client for tho
Bosphoros, and, on xuival, should pay him the
money. II he failed to pay, Satyroa should be
arbitrator, and if the Prince decided against Pa
principal, fine Of half IS much more The
terms Of this contract we're reduced to writing,
and tho document itself. dulv signed and sealed
committed to the safe-keeping Of third party
the captain of vessel plying between Athens
aud the kingdom OF Bospho1os As Boon as he
should bo Informed that the terms Of the con-
tract we're fulfilled. he was to burn tue docu-
mcnt. Otherwise he was to deliver it to Satyros
in person.
ali this appeared satisfactory. But Pneio did
had commenced an action against him for SLAM
der, demanded that Nttos- should be put to tor
tu1e, and laid his damages at six talents-the
sum he had been Obliged to furnish as bail
pasio inplored tho Young foreigner to induce
his friend to Withdraw his suit,. but he refused
to interfere,
Pasio WAS in agony for fear Mene1enes should |
hear Of tho contract. in which case al WAS lost.
Is Menexenes would undoubtedly expose him. |
So he contrived d ueAv scheme. lie succeeded |
in corrupting ond Of the s)ayes Of the Captain.
and induced himt to :
STEAL THE CONTRACT.
For this La substituted ooother contract |
adroitly forged. This done, he recovered all his [
pristine imDudence To the request of his cli- |
ent that be would now set out upon the voyage, |
he coolly replied that ho had no idea Of doing !
anything Of the Kind, and 20 red that ho did not |
owe an o1olos to thia fellow who bothered him !
SO. The stranger insisted, whereupon Paeio |
demands that the contract be produced aud |
I'll.