The Morning herald., 1877-08-02
(ed the coat N Question to q very

Uut WAO - Nv" NV ~)uGor received IN tn
society to which she was born. You ar
very intimate with that lady. are yo
not y a,a. :.
"No; not intimate. am an acquaint
ance merely. She Sees q great deal 0
company, and I find Ter house agreeable.
Admitted; but is it such a house as on
would not care to visit very often at''
perhaps so but c. nsider Lady Pau
line to have been q sh aetully slandere'
woman. .... L.
SAt all events. her husband; Mr.. Dar
mer, left is wife, neither rightly o
wrongly, and the Ear; Of Harrowleigh the
Lady Pa ines fatu was very glad I
cop t0o Whole %. es pt:ioctiy 4uAos,
~ Is It that shy ,sr.cl a house az
h. does tIp,n I'll thousand u yea.
hst Mr.. Darner -. .!er -
That accusaiI 'ales part Of th !
candal agaiust l., .'al..i Her IA.
hers sister lives W, her, and that lady's
neome partially ST.. =; the house."
"Were Lady Pa; ga widow. would
you propose to hel ... 80.
"Assuredly; IaIi rtaln sic Is an nom
est woman" 80
: Sivory spoke ina adid, friendly voice,
which certainly l..s it's effect with the
magistrate, who, fol j. few moments, for
got that he was fac t., face with a man
accused by the pol: Of foul murder.
Tho mans pleasar! tanners, his quiet,
sweet voice; his Cal gentle, manly way,
all had their effect !, n the Justice. whose
face relaxed, and Il. ~ whose lips there
came, for moment a e-assuring smile.
The magistrate star ed up, and began
walking from end to ED of the long room;
Mr.. Sivory at once rose when the magis-
trate was 10 longer seated. .......
Suddenly the magistrate must have re-
membered Margaret; and he cast his eyes
towards the room in which she was con-
cealed, the door of which was scarcely SO
much as on the jar. By an apparently ac-
cidental arrangement of the window-light
in both rooms, narrow as was the chink,
the magistrate could see that the poor girl
was on her knees. that her hands were
clasped, and that she was excessively pale.
The sight of this sorrowing figure erecalled
the magistrate, in an instant, to sense Of
his duty. and the necessity for caution.
He turned quickly upon Austin Sivory,
and he said, "You knew Graham Forbesin
"Oh, yes" - .so-
"For how longr '""1as .'n
"About three years." ''....i,
"How came you to know him I" e,,.
"A mutual friend, to whom had been
saying that / wanted to venture some
money, by way of speculation. on change,
me to Forbes who seemed per-
fectly satisfied with the introduction, and
at once offered to become my broker"
Without any reference OF guarantee p
!" / suppose my personal appearance and
behavior satisfied him. Again the opera
tions l required to be effected were so
small, that probably he thought no securi-
ty or guarantee would be required. Upon
settling-day, my balance one way or the
other, was never more than from eighty to
one hundred pounds" .J
1T was sometimes more than that, ," re-
Piled the magistrate, who appeared to be
acquainted with all the par
ticulars of sivory's life, "and in fact you
lost heavily" ..a.- 49, =
"Yes; that is quite true. At that time I
knew one Of the Sub-Secretaries Of State.
lie intimated that a cerain something
was to happen which would cause the
funds to fall. l. bought for fall. A fall did
not take place; and upon the next settling
day, l was loser to the extent Of EsOo."
"But understand that your settling-day
losses are altogether E2,OOOW
"Exactly. The operations In question
in loss of fS0O, I tried to cover
that loss, and lost again; and third time
the same bad fortune pursued me-"
Ibid not Forbes endeavor to stop you In
this fatal way Of covering a first loss i"
s"No; he had seen me pay smaller losses
over and over again without any hesita-
ton, and he had no doubt about my
solvency," ''" '.'
And what was the end Of all these
.. .. ..
my insolvency; and Forbes being my
broker, had to settle up must add, that
upcn my admission of the facts to him.
together with an intimation that should
be able to meet all my liabilities If time
were given to Inc, Forbes behaved himself
very nnhandsomely." ......,. :
"In fact" said the maglstate, 1T resulted
In something very like personal en-
counter, did it not. outside the doors ofthe
stock Exchanged pA aa~l"s; """
"Tbat is quite the truth" n.L
"And what was the end of the dispute"
II undertook to give, and did give, him
bills to the amount Of E2.0O0."
Where are those acceptancesT
''No doubt the police have found them
b my chambers, since it is evident, as l
gather concerning the over-coat, that my
place has been over-hauled."
"Oh. yes; they have been found In your