Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-06-16
TWENTY POUNDS STERLING

Scanning lie wa> always ST. sure h. was
tn have sailed for Brazil. nut felt cone-
dent | had seen him iu the street, Stain
iLg .Aid it was mons >-nsr. and he'd bet me
twenty pounds ioa shilling was wrong.
He had ha'dlv finished speaking when
Maxwell. who had not ,ni'rd. came up.
Staining pulled out from his pocket book
II twenty pound nntrnnd hNndtd tito me.
"Thrre vnu ARE old fellow. \ fool
aud his money, etc. Another Illustration
of that wise old adagr,"
Mot exactly Tor you Mt suppose |
shall nkr YOUR money ?"
"Yrs, | do: and >hall he extremely
Annuvrd it vuu nuke any ditficulty.'
protp>t, d hut presently ho said in
irritation: Then he my almnnrr, and
give the money in charity " Aud he
p'rs,rd the nne back uprn me-, and left
abruptly. There ARE objections tn stnnd
ing in the public highway with ~ bank
note in your hand and puzzled eApre>
sion ON your fnce, 80 the note was trans
errrd tn nv pocket and | went my way
ppudering, when was met full tilt by II
clergyman whom very well knew.
Hullm," he cried. Mr. Smith,
both You aud | seem To have our mind, 80
much occupied To day that We cannot take
care of our bodies"
| apolngil"d. No grave matter of
miue," lid !; +" hut you hook -nd, Any
thing wrong with you or yours ?"
No, thinks but | have just left ~
depressing SCENE, A young couple, mar
rird in hni haste, hav" gradually come Ia
grief The wie aud child ave i'll. ReN
tivrs aud friends have rrceded into the
remote background. And worse than all
the husband -
Has become iutemperute, or has gone
mad ?"
Neither one nor the "lher.'
Something worse ?"
"Ies for to be dl honest is worse than
going mad. Aud 1t is such II mere tritlc
lhat i, needed to put all straight, that
gruan ut my inability al the moment u
dnd IT."
What is wanted ?"
Well, it, only twenty pounds"
"Therc's the money which you require
Haste away aud do all the good you can
with it,"
My friend looked astonishcd. He ever
he.itnlrd.
1t is very, very good Of you," he said
"bul really -
~ have the power to give it away
Good bye.' Aud hurried off. Then
hhslenrd back to him.
Kindly. ON no account mention m,
nnulr."
mo, rs you wish it hut you shoulc
know someW hat OF the Objects of you
bounty" Aud he told me. Then W
parted | had gone only dozen yard
when there passed me n young man will
- flashed ace aud II frightened, auxiou
friend az! poke To him.
That is the man," | said to myself
"whn.e proceedings have be"n duhimI
and whd will, lu-t, hr rescued 10y Nj
Sniuing's twenty pounds. Well. il III
wheel of fortune sh"uld GUM aud his po"
mnu should ever be in II position 10 de-
liver II iel!uw crcnlL'c iiom such tr"ubl
a> he himself i, now in, hy the -urrrnde
Of twenty pounds, wonder it he'il d.
it? Smith, you surely know human IN
luIc well enough to an wer your owl
question. Not hr-nnt II bit of it,"
This iilllr incident, with plenty of olhe
things hr-ides, WIS soon swept away from
my memory hv II sudden cnll tp Y
nbruhd, even tn th" p'nre where Maxwell
did not 90 BnziI. Nothing hau.pere'
me then | was young bachelor nut
could sialt tor he antlpudes nt two day
notice When ] take my wife and chil
drn-I forget the cxact numhrr-for 0u
auiumua! irip, IN lhe,e later years nf M
lie, | require weeks Of preparation. -
Abs. the change
Awnv then Ia Brazil away tn new
life, new SCENES, new companions, new
hrlr$ aud taars. Away t., fnrtune-sn'
the yellow fever Here occurs in M,
tale n grand interval 81 twenty ynr- On,
slny deal, IN twrnti.s y doubt whelhr
| shuu q have come back had not a ynunj
English lndy one uight sung ia my hear
ing M old home ballad, ~ well rrtnrm
brird in cunnrclirn with some loved one
who in hi, world will sing no more, tha
the well known craving for the nativ
land mastered me- Mt once, and within
very snort time / was or m; voyage /
England.
On the way ] had one night II frighth
dream. tancird terrible enemy hh
me un my back and wa, clutching at m
throat. Tighter grew his gra-p au'
fainter my breath. My starting eye
Sluwly aud painfully its | wa held i
this way Tor some time il appohr,d d did
cal Ia my mind The face before me.
wn- Staining. hut Staining reckless, de'
perate. ga,ped an rnlreaty for mercy
Civ, it tp me want it, | must hav
it in,tantly-instantly," was the hoars
reply.
What-what can you mean ?"
What - he sliitktd, in maniac'
frenzy. " Wretch, my twenty pnund- I!
/ had quite forgotten about this bet an
the twenty pound but the dream s.
me thinking of what runors had hear
occa>innaIiy respecting Staining 'ince
leii England. that his money had wasted
that he hnd fallen 0nsideubly in pos
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