The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-21

"a stranger to your" said l, WIN re
proof and aston ishmen in my lcoK.
"Oh, yes; but then he showed me Ina
he had money of his own and DID DO
; need mine; that was oil ! required MN
to CO."
The German snd exchanged slsnes
i ~ We flashed our second ale, when tn
1 former said, speaking my own thouE6t:
"Well, you'll have little trouble II
fading people TO take your money OF
such terms. I, myself would very glad
bs charitable 1t Some ono slse's expense
and the late war has made many pool
psopls In my country"
"Very vel" sid the conadins stran'
ger, 'show me that yoa have GlO0 Of
your own, and I will give you another
hundred to disburse among your poor sno
take your receipt for it, requiring you
only to Insert an advertisement In the
Times, giving the names and dstes, ETC.
All want is to be able to shew that my
uncle's will has been complied with, and
that 'svent spent money that didn't
, belong to me-"
How the bait tookl Whose benevo.
lence would not have ~ appel st itf LIS
1t in human nature on its travels to let
such golden opportunities slipf And
would it not instantly occur 10 me that It
this fool and his money must part 50
soon, that it was the duty of an honest
man to see to 1t that the money went into
| the proper chapnels2
"And too" said ], not without q
feeling of shame, rs if I was about to be
| in some way q party to the robbery OF
this simpleton; ~, too, will bear your
aims to some of the poor OF my country,
an i see that they are judiciously be-
slowed"
"Whst poor have you IN your countryF'
said he.
"Plenty of Them" said l, 'the freed
men, tor instance, whom l see 80 much
of, and who are much Ia need of help"
"All right" said he. satisfy me that
you have money OF your own and do not
need mil e, and you shall have hundred
pVuuds."
Il carry no money with me-" l re-
piled, "and you will have to come around
to my hoteI." -.
Neither have hundred pounds"
said my companion, "but l have some, l
hardly know how much" and he pro-
ceeded TO take out and unroll some Bank
of England notes.
"Snow him what you have" said he to
me, significantly; "don't let him think
you are penniIess.
"On, l have only little change" !
said, "no, mvre than two gulneas IN all,
and wi h embarrassment l produced 1t IN
my open palm.
Put up your money, gentlemen" said
the verdsnt. IL have no doub. you are
bJtn responsible men, and eau easily sat.
isty me Inat YOU are bit persons to act rs
NY agents In this matter"
leone to my hotel said the German,
land l can snow you dive times the
amuuh,, or to my banker, whose place Is
near here
"Ye.," joined in. "meet US this after
noon or this evening at my hotel, aLd
we will show you that We are al
right"
No, l must leave town tonight; my
sister Mary will bo expecting me-"
"rnen,' suggested inc German, "le.s
arrange 1t now. Where do you nee1 10
go, he Inquired OF NE, 40 goL the
money!
~ my hotel and to my bankers,
boIu," said.
~ here Is your bankerT
Goa Lombard street.
"WelI, that will SUIT me, too, as know
oan ker there, and can gel all The money
l need"
The Englishmsn would pledge US in
another glass b,lore We started, though L
Darcy lasted my sie tho two glasses
mad already lm 0ed having had very
Stran sc effect upon me.
Here Is sovereign" he said, to pay
Tor tue Cab; THIS Is To ACCOMMODATE me,
and Insist upon paying"
Inc German touK the gold, called
cab, and We were od, II beng agreed Lnat
the Eugnsnman should wall until We IT,
turned.
ut Is the most astonishing perform
AL CO ever heard OF" said |. "Can II b.,
possible that such tool caE be H. Largo
twenly-iour hours in LONDON without
being robbed T.
"He runs great risk" said my COM
panion, land We had better keep M eye
On him TIL he starts tor home, or else
telegraph to Mary to come aud look alter
him"
found my banker, a man who had
known me long aud intlmatel y IN this
country, IN his private office, aud spread
out my adventure before hun IL tue most
animated sly 10. / telt 1t necessary TO DO
this because l wanted to ask the loan OF
$50 tor few hours, but before l had got
to that point he said he could let me have
the money ii l dld not happen to nave 1t
by me; 1t was by eli means my duty "
accept The otter the stranger had made,
! ETC., etc. He called his Partner, native
LOndouer, and related the Singular CIR
cumstance to him. He opened his eyes
very wide but said little. AS l WAS
leaving my banker said;
you dom, suppose this is an attempt
to rob you, do YOU?
"Un, no." SAID l, "thst is out of the
question"
When l regsned the cab my compan-
ion was Lot there. suppos 81 he Mad
not reiurLed from his bal kers yet; but |
presently saw him emerging from behind
a near cab, whence 1t Instantly occurred
to me that he had been watching my
movements. We got in and drove to-
ward my hotel. Presently feeling
Came over me precisely like bucket OF
co water, that mere WAS skiiliuly
played game 10 rob me. But no, IL could
NOT be-; the thought was too ugly, put
1t from NE; l Was not going W gave ny
that hundred pounds So easily. But the
teenng would come back IN spite OF me
and gradually the scales tel from my
eyes. Win what 10 rude shock l came
down from the seventh heaven OF de-
| light, whittier The drusged ale and tue
pene, olynt Impulse had sent me-, TO the
unpa!alable reality! IsuIdeuly noticed
that it was raining ana that London
! looked It's disnaiest. l glanced at my
companion, and quickly understood d
| peculisr look about the eyes he mad hsd
| an thst day-A sort OF strained, iurLlve,