Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-10-31

This was getting unpleasant. 50 remind
ed Uez that should ike TO know more OF
Van Kauwenhoek.
ooh, said he, looking wistfully nt his
empty tumbler, which was Immediately re-
filed at my request, Il could tell you ABOUT
the prct.ieSt story You ever heard about inc
boss of Sampylle. knew him years ago
down to Pergamus in the State OF New
York. He was always n strai-ht-aacked
cuss, and committed all sorts OF viIlany,
without getting any enjoyment out of 1t,
except the pleasure of doing wrong. for
wrongs sake. lie WAS not called klauWen-
hoek then When a man goes West to
change the air, he may rs we'll change his
name az the same time. Wal he was just
the greatest man and the stIilest Christian
in Ptrgamus gaess he bAi!t chapel OF
his own, and laid on Il minister of his own
particular stripe to preach there. lie was
an uncommon ust man-accordi g to his
lights-and measured out the world clever
ly, according to MS "a Ion can. His family
was superb. The haughtieSt wiie-Boston
DIti-.iIu pa ''''' A'4'' '' N'o-
set eyes on. Tie hull lot looked as if they
could not help doing what ; right, mechani-
caily, and had no mercy on people as were
built on different principles. Wal One
day. Van, who was manager Of the city
bank, goes to his lawyer in an awful fright.
The bank wa> a good genuine old machine.
not like them wildcat machines-a.l bunkum
and shnplastcrs-that are running out
here West, bat sluaretocd legitimate
business Van bad enough TO make him
look scared, and wanted no end Of encour-
agcment from his own private confidential
lawyer before he could tell his tale. AT
last the murder came out. The cuss had
been specializing on his own account with
the money Of the bank, after losing all his
own. and was short tribe Of two hundred
thousand dol ars, and quarterly meeting of
directors coming on What was to be
done? 1t was IN ugly fix The lawyer
said he guessed it was a hard nut to crack ,
but that it might be done, if his client had
full and complete confidence in him. Van
swore, BY all that i, holy, that his lawyer
was the last plank he had got to cling to,
and that, without him, he should cave in at
once.
"'Wal then, said the lawyer, 'you an
swcr me one question. Have you the full
control Of the finances now at this present
momcntY
"'Yes, sir said Van Il am boss till
beard meeting
"'That'S we'll. Now, how much more do
you suppose you could steal between nov
and the fatal day?'
81 don't know, answered Van, perhaps
two hundred thousand more
"'Ihat' I'll fix things elegantly. Now you
just 90 and we'll call it ''withdtaw' from
circulation two hundred thousand dollars,
change the money and bring it right here,
and | guess we Shall pat thing, through
correctly.
"'I don't quite see how that is going to
help me-
Just now, nei ghbor, you amt wanted
to see; you are to so this "biind' Or not at
all
Very little more persua~io" was wanted
to induce a man who was b w deep in
other folks money to so in up to the shoul-
der. Before boald-day arrived the money
was abstracted from the bank aud safely
lodged in the hands Of the lawyer, who took
it very coolIy, and told Van to look in for
final advice the night before the meeting
Van arrived fdgetty and said he did not
quite see his way
'''Most - Likely not said the lawyer, 'but
YOU might show little more grit, and not
look as if you had no NOR, confidence in me
than the Bostonian had in the Hon. Coloncl
Skeet.
"'Blame Colonel Skcet, what ha ne got to
do with me?'
Everything guess, as an example not
to part with your stamps first and fret alte.-
wards. You see Boston man once went
down to New Orleans while the running
races were going on. He was riding a
mighty fine horse. which attracted Il brace
of indi, iduaIS of the scalywag order, one
of whom began" Good morning, judge
guess you're riding II tall sample Of holsc-
flesh" Pretty well, thank you," replies
Boston, when the .allywag made hi rush,
and said, Its mighty fine hoss, that's IL
fact; but | shoGldn mind matching my
horse again yours, twice round t.e course
for thousand dollars, and my friend
Colonel Skeet shall hold the stakes"
"Thats so,n replied Boston, 1.-THE condi
tions are that you match your horse against
mine twice round the course for a thousand
dollars, and my friend Colonel Skeet Shall
hold the stakes That's bet cries the
gcallywag. "we will pat up the money at
oncest." ''IIold on minute" said Bos-
ton sit is all fixed but one point. Colonel
Skeet is to hold the siakca-that's fair
pnouph-but who in thunder is to hold
Colonel Skeet?'
"By the time the lawyer had got through
with this story Van was dancing mad with
impatience, and insisted on knowing what
he was TO do.
rWal look at here said his adviser,
you go down tomorrow morning, and just
make Il clean breast Of it, Own up that
YOU are four hundred thousand dollars
short, and make speech about the evils of