The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

was turning to so profitable account Pas
advised the youth to deliver to the Ieputi
the unsold merchandise and such ready ca'
as he might have on hand; as for the capt.
on deposit with Pasio, he advised him to
CONCEAL IT'S EXISTENCE,
and to declare that he had drawn the la
0boI0s for his personal expenditures, and ~
even in debt to Pasio and several other Gil
zens for moneys advanced upon the cred
and reputation of his father. Paso for e.
ample, should pretend he was creditor to til
amount of 300 drachms; another friend Woul
set up similar claims; all should pretend tn
greatest uneasiness as to their advance
Thanks to this comedy the deputies woul
understand that "wherc there is naught tn
King loses his rights"
The credulOus foreigner was delighted Il
this advice, and chucklcd to think OF the goo
trick he was about to play upon Satyros. III
pressed the hands of Pasio with warmth
called him his savior and determined to fol
low his plan to the letter. Meanwhile the as
tute banker was already planning how to be
come the heir OF both Sopgos and SatyrOs.
TT WOULD BE a SHAME
to turn over to this spcndthritt seven or cigh
talents (about 100000, which could be 81
probably employed by the bank.
The young man, meanwhile, found himself
ut Athens very much in the position Of a Rus
sian Prince at Paris who, after having beer
ictcd and careSscd by society, having been q
prominent figure on the Boulevard, at the
opera, at the racc-coursc suddenly learns, and
cannot keep it II secret, that all his Russian
property has been confsCatcd. SO that, in
stead of being able to draw at sight upon his
bankers, he is in danger of being imprisoned
for debt
A further peril threatened young Sopeos,
that of being demanded for eytradition, and
there was no telling what terrible torturcs he
and his father might have to endure.
He determined then 10 take ship for Byzan-
tium, where large sums were due his father
and he would run no risk of life and liberty
Before cmbarking he called upon Paslo for
the purpose Of
DRAWING HIS BALANCE,
while thanking him for his services. The
banker received him with politcness, but with
some embarrassment; he ackn )wledged the
debt, but it was not convenient to pay at the
moment. That little Joint account" had not
been closed, and it would take some little
time to manage it to a successful issue The
client was more annoyed at the delay than
alarmed. He had too much confidence in
Paso, But as day after day he was put off
by the same excuses, his suspicious were ex.
cited. Finally he sent two of his friends to
Pasio one OF whom, Menexenes, was IA citi.
zen of Athens. Paslo now changes tone, and
declares 'that he does not know what is
meant. He had no funds Of the kind in his
possessions indeed, he never had received
any. The stranger himself had declared to
the deputies OF Satyros that, on the contrary,
he was in debt to the bank to the amount OIL
300 drachms.' No other answer could be
got from him.
1t was plain that Paso had
DETERMINED TO APPROPRIATE
the greater part Of the spoils Of the unlucky |
foreigner. No legal cause of complaint cX- |
listed. No receipt had passed between the
two, and the only witness was the young
slave kittos who occupied the position of |
Cashier in the bank Of Pasio. There was no
use in citing this witness. The little comedy |
so clcverly arranged was fatal bar. The |
robbed had become the accomplice of the |
roDhcr. Even supposing a tribunal should
compel Paslo to disgorge, who would be the
galnerY The representatives of Satyros would |
set up their claim, and the young Sopaos
would only be in worse odor with the Prince,
who very likely would revenge himself upon
the father
All seemed to work well for Pasio, when
another turn Of the wheel brought an
UNLOOKED-FOR CHANGE.
Sop1os was released from prison, and re-
stored to greater favor than ever with the
Prince who had even arranged an alliance
DetWeen MS own son and the daughter of the
Minister No longer almost prescribed and
looked upon as one Of those unlucky fellows
against whom one may dare anything, Pasio's
client was once more the son of Il Minister, ,
nay the brother-in.aw of Prince
lime was The most indispensable thing now ,
Tor Pasio to gain He could not bear TO part T,
with the money, whose use he found so prot.
table. The most important thing at the NO.
nent was to have his Cashier, Kittos, sole
witness OF the deposit, to some distant place.
This being done, the willy Paso adopted a
new scheme When young Soppos called
upon him to produce KlttOs as a witness, he
declared the latter had run away,
AFTER ROBBINC THE BANK /
If the sum of q talents He even had the
lardihood to accuse Mcncxcncs and his friend Y
If being accompliccS, and of having received q
he six talents, which they had induced Kit n
oS 10 steal. Pasio, we sec, was full of re. \
ources. lie brings young SopTOs and Men j,
xcnes before the Polmarch (chlcf of police
$ TO the foreigners in Athens. Here he acts a.,
is part to perfection, and demands that the
lscally foreigner should be cast into prison. l.
Mess he furnished bail to the amount of s Il
llcnts. Bail is procured, but the tables are -
AIMED upon the stranger. Instead of plain. ],
u ne found himself defendant; instead of
ccusiNg Pasio of theft he had to prove that
Q was not Il subOrncr and thief himself. But Il
lcncXcnes was u man of action, able to cope .
18th PasiO, He found where Kittos was
lrking in PeloponneSus, and brought him :,
acli in triumph to Athens. lie summons
asio before magistrate and demands that
is slave II
BE PVT TO TORTURE.
Here was dilemma; kittos, put 10 the tor. 81
re, would, doubtless, confess not only to
ving seen the foreigner make the deposit al
the bank, but also that II was his master
no had sent him away But Pasio was equal a'
the occasion. Before the magistrate he de m
ares kittos TO be a freedman, and so not La. al
q TO be treated like slave. 7
MencXcncs protests that this was only Il ]
'ctcXt to gain time. lie demands that Paslo re
rniSh bail for kittos, equal TO the sum he OF
we'd his friend, Pasio accepts, and puts up
ven talents rather than expose 10 torture the So
cry kittos he had so lately accused of being
D accOmpliCc in rpbbinr his hank nc "a l.