, 1874-08-09
A FRIEND IN NEED. -.

lu6 lOuDHlHE f1 ko4N ~ JUS pj b VIOLIN
! well known in the t;,tr Of b as q dealer il
diamonds aud as q mo ey-lcnder. She is gifte'
{-with great pcrcop.ivo faculties, and sha ha
perilous business s,dee ? insight into hutnan m
ture, and also gracio Us tack. that enables he
to accomplish 1er Will in spite Of sll ordinar
! obstacles:
l. T was sitting behind my counter in my chop e
|: o'clock on very dark and stormy day of Janu
ary last, when boy ea,tered and handed me
! note. liz did. mot ask question Of either nj
or my brother, Who stood near By, but he ran Of
| at once.
The note Was very pre:tly written upon fash
ipnable paper. It read th ns:
| s'WilI Madam b. kindly oblige, on
who is in very great Distress BY going, withon
hesitation or delay, to tho corner OF Eayard plac
and E,,stis street, whore she will find = coup
/ with coachmen who IS already instructed
wi.ithe1 to driva hor? Tie rriter is IN iume
diate and
TERRIBLE WANT or 71oNEy,
and il Madam t. will hri lug $4,000 with hol
eho will greatly facilitate tile negotiation Of IL
unhappy but necessary trans aceion.'
There, was certain direc: neBs and cohezanct
! about tho letter, said Mad.sxn r., tLat 81
once put ms on my guard. It seemed to me tt
bo the work either Of dea1s ming man or Of at
| unusually clea1-nlinded woman, and aa the
latter is somewhat rare, to Judge, at least. from
the notes ladies commonly write, I felt that te
] bo particularly careful m this cxse VAN my bcsi
method
] confess that at first was not inclined to re.
spond to the letter at al but nls DESIRE to do q
good stroke OF business, if possible, together
with some curiosity, perhaps, made me yield
oycutually, and I accordingly dressed for tla
xea:.;o.
| ea1ea Al oos 70 fs'a@ao ~ %no eiop WILL
My brother, who took my place behind the
counter. ] tAon left the place. sna proceeded
at once to the spot Indicated 10 the note. accom-
paiou ' =, 10 Is'sa-3 fa,,.~,
irh - ~ e' oo = tan1',F.11 ~ao
au Ioiso "ao ~. a.a1 o1t t.";aa ANAnoe''o'
" a.aa ~, ,.hara ho s, nstr',,+o, j., ar,.o
! - asheu nun WnEse LII MAS 11ocsco 10 orl'e
LIZ ~. 11e teEneu: :.
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| 9ou , pit3so.
nNy which way DO you Intend @ 10 sos"
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n1'a ~ tahe anotucs. r. n;ssen1su. o'u tu's
~ oloet W ece II ts Ionanst nao oSeo nssahe,
ior hlnl. which Moula naGe oeen Tue case ha4
tlulo tuia peen a,'s''n MlcAeu ~ tne na1Ie1" !
1o1t Toassuroa. LonsNosth AtteeE. Is N she
hEaf ANp nIenLsl tAns, o. - 1AE III,
anu, l4ousn 10 ae.suo1a Aoou 10 eei.uaeA suo
l".ee, u u "ell PfoseSseu NM "ei isSnfe1:
~ r.! !!ulu uca 1no j'1tuey ~ E4tccu nnuutca.
We drew up N an a1!esSay which iea IN the rear
y. 49, .,sit ~ aesssuueu ai'a ~ nn9n %
anu ualI, a'lo 81" oe1o1e Iue n1sn DITCH "a,l;
tiau small door in front Of ne 1pengd, and :
'ouS ma1a, "'1u .,o11 1 1,J ~ ~ neeo Alae
shquluess, lo.Aso @ ous aI'a paqY mG eple3'
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na,,s'so3e ~, nAo WY nouas'
Ihe entries He5e Almost uark apd an the dooTs 90
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.s s.o "' -" - wv 1't'
tne :. nati"ay. .ou. ,,.a,,4;<.,
ever ",a seen. T The w cares @ Ucro rich In md yer9 I
u'si neen. n III, ef::@ as:oII 49, @ i e.s
th'ck Inc Nais weso Mallseo.ca: is! ana r. were
ear,T snI no-rrsnnf: mi aoit ,;al,t
e,,a @n f-o,, r1a Tbino on Iartar,
tn "as oao" art; au noiara, nd ;uai;,,r 7,a,1t,
I'D fro t,,roinrs n,o,, sf,,dr,ys n1,
tra III, ~ '4 o''''40s
!. Cn1nn tb;u r,r .a;5 fla mail md aha la,
mn -r;th sono sste into n,ssorc whcs, S@e Id t
W. w. ,"ft and ,,nnn rs,;ch tbrSa onc,r t,1c t,1l
lay. np le1, 49,. 49, op'0 "D'e@4 WV 'A'4'
o'st t ono IS than ,c t,orsn, aof,1v and thcn
ontrrcd a;-crt;n- nv hy A md 10 fnjinw I,cr
- ton,,d 1nrani{ IN y wa1.I;rItca and 1n1ur;on.
,narn,ont J.t and snrroun1nd hv art1c'ea md fn1s
% ,tnrn eH NJ rreat @ beanty md ctsancc' .s' "'S&
Sta,s IL fss;1o sno,i ar} 1ai;c.to 4o7,,a @v,.
xn1,as- 1s7y o'A''Nl *-'4SA >N'''"'' @'''' "'
S%a 2,s III, mil SLENDER and ter ra1riae. xau
~" ~ ~ s ea,a ~" o 49, 20, 40
ia aid !. va nrtren,a1y bandsama Sna ~
nnro ro nros ched ,n WHY, orcor bsatn ar5 se;-u
;n@ nv ~ ha,,1T she cricl. ''~ @'''' s~'-
= 6rT rtt;sT uo,r o,,n1x.,
+,,t ,.,r, ,,ovaco-n w,s srra;5 thar xo,,
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t,,t d,I mt 1,onn it~;n,ieea nm a. ssd tn.t
hasa mt he co,,rare .oNto AK nv }Srd tn .n.
to ne ~ :" 'A'- ~031 ~o9 "'' ''' LIAM ~ o'Ns
s1,e f;,od ,,nr otoa unon roena nnd sa,v 4b,t
t1,or ,rore raj VIII weenino 't'~e
II am in rroat troub,e, y she nnrsned .s ami
onsv vou c.n sss;.t rno must sri1 ro, aon,os
t,,inr nr1ss No., 7,erz,,afio yn, - tn5e snrna of
In-3irosso. MI ieyrl. I,os,lfi Sa- t,emt 7
have noaf1o Gnto COLLECTION far yon to c1,ooRc
ron t'S@s a1.'ee - ~'A00~o
si,e turned her head and oazed, in m inde-
a,r;ho7,a ,ynT. ,1no, a Noac of -, 1nr1ront. |
wh;cl, Inv nn3n tie % floor- f ~ AA~'A s@A'o0A'0
fc]t snrn1nr cnrnt,rasion for nv c7stomer
anil indni~rd n,rsrf r. 1;orncr +1n s1ccntat;n,,
,,,on tl,o nTo!rla canscs of hcr ,nisfnrtmnea
pcrrans d;sniavod this inIerrat IN nv 100 IN
aon,a wv At NV rata sha sut11anla attared
her ,nanner tovnrfl 7ne and treated 1na ~ con~
t,la.1to