The Redwood gazette., 1877-05-10

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was the duty ofSs hosast maifte ~ tsiti
that the monsy vent iAteshe proper ohaa-
"And 4 -, 5 AA[I, a MO a XIS6
ing Of 49,, e,ngif1 i - 6ashpuS to1 -
some WY pas1 u u robbery ef, tAis
simplet06. 81, 10, WIN l3eAr your 1li1itc
some Of - poor q ~ cpuntry, aad zee
that they sse judici0Qlly aowed." a
- Whit J, @ poor have - = ycsrs oonn.
!Pieniy of d thauur ssid /; .sths f1sed-
men, for instance. whom I zee much d,
and who are much in need Of help Z,
"An right, ~ said he. !" Satisfy me
that you have money Of your own and do
not need mite, aud you shall have q hum
dred pounds" .g3s9 .
II carry no money with, me, ;" replied,
"and You will have to come around to
"Nsithsr have / hundred pounds" !"
said my companion, but / have tome, I
hardly know how much," and he pro-
ceeded to take out and unroll some Bank
Of England notes. 80 f...
"S6ow him what. you have" said he
10 me, Significantly; "don't let him
think you are penniless. i9'2 s1}..'t.
"Oh, 1 have only . little change,"', I
said; "not more than two guineas mall, !"
and, with embarrassment, I produced it
in my open palm. q
'.Put up your money, gentlemen, :"
said the verdant. "I have NO doubt you
are both responsible men, and can easily
satisfy me that you are fit persons to act
as my agents in this matter"
"Come to my hotel" said the German,
"and I can show you i've times the
amount. or to my banker, whose place il
"Yes,"I Joined in, "meet us this af-
ternoon Or this evening at my hotel, and
we will show you that we are III right. - q
No, I muSs leave town tonight me
sister Mary will be expecting me-"
"Then," )" suggested the German, let's
arrange it now. Where do you need to
Co." he inquired OF me, "to get the
money" .-Igt - g - ~ .
"Io my hotel and tony bankers both, .
"Whue is your bankefr' - - s.
"On Lombard street." 1i'.s.
Well, that will suit me, too, as / know
q banker there, and can get all the money
The Englishman would pasaEe us in
another glass before We started, though ]
barely tasted my ale, the two glasses had
already imbibed having had very strange
effect upon me. - q
"Here is . sovereign" he said, Ito
pay for the cab; this is to accommodate
me, and insist upon paying"
The German took the gold, called . cab,
and we were of, It being agreed that the
Englishman should wait there till we re-
turned. -s-,s s-ry se
ut is the most astonishing perfoemaace
ever heard Of" said I. "Ca4 II be
possible that such fool caufbe ae large
twenty four hours in London withoue be.
ing robbed ?" 4 - -
He runs q great risk," !" said my epm-
panien, land we had better keep aRaeye
on him till he starts for home, or else
telegraph to Mary to come and look after
him"
I found my banker, q man who had
known me long and intimately In this
country, in his private Office, and l spread
out my adventure before him In the most
animated style. I felt it necessary to do
this because wanted to ask the loan of
fifty pounds for few hours, but before
had got to that point, he said he could
let me have the money if I did mot happen
to have it by me; it was by oil means my
duty to accept the offer the stranger had
made, etc., etc. de called his partner, q
native Londoner, and related the singular
circumstance to him; he opened his eyes
very wide, but said little. As was leav.
inc nv hAnkeP aai1.
You don't suppose this is an attempt
to rob you, do your Tf5i5. 80 F. r-s.
"Oh, no." said 1, "that is out of the
question"
When / regained the cab, my compan-
ion was not there; I supposed he had not
returned from his bankers vet; but pres
emily saw him emerging from behind q
near cab, whence it instantly occurred to
me that he had been watching my
movements. We got in and drove
toward my hotel. Presently q feeling came
over me precisely like . bucket
of cold water, that here was . skillfully
played game to rob me. But no, it could
not be; the thought was too ugly; put il
from me; l was not going to give up that
hundred pounds SO easily. But the feel
ing would come back in spite of me, and
gradually the scales fell from my eyes.
With what . rude shock I came down
from the seventh heaven of delight,
whittier the drugged ale and the benevo-
lent impulse had sent me, to the unpala.
table reality! I suddenly noticed It wal
raining and that London looked il DIS
malest. / glanced at my companion, and
quickly uaderst0od . peculiar look, about
the eyes he had had'ail thxt 1SyAa sort oi
strained, funtise, half. .e1eiteds a6eh;'sach
as onemight have when playing . risky
and desperate game. recalled, too, how
he had approached from behind that cab,
and remembered that I had seen his legs
beneath it IS came out of the bank.
recalled, also, with what caution and skill
the Englishman had played his part, and
the many little touches he had given it.
such as only real artist would think Of
Well, said I to myself, this 10 my simple
pastoral Britisher, is it, But how well ht
knows his businessi What master work
man and how Juicy and human! 4.
My companion talked gayly, hnteyidept
" noticed . change in me. When We
reached the hotel. he invited himself up
to my room tOsee nay QNsrten, etc. As
was moving about under one pretense OF
another, caught his eye in the glass in.
tently watching me. Having hken the
bank notes from my trunk, mat / had
come up for, we went down. I fingered
in the hall long ea0uGh 70 tell the porter
"a stout, soldiefly hooking fellows that ]
wanted his services about an hour, and
that wished him to take q cab and fol.
low US, and when We alighted to alight
also and enter, but few moments later
I was determined to see the play out, but
| did not want To be alone In that room