The Morning herald., 1877-08-02

street corner. Iovertook him in Lombard
street; and then and therefor we did moi
care for each others company-paid him
when, Of course, I announced there was ap
end to all transactions between u.s."
\. rI am at d, loss to understand that he
should have the acceptancee With him. =
4 why mott Many clerk has In the
course Of single day acceptances to fifty
times that amount in his pocket book.
Forbes had not put nv acceptances into
circulation He looked upon them as
private papers; took them home to bis
, chambers, and probably carried them with
him into the City, in the full hope Of
protesting them; and he certainly would
have protested the documents If I had not
prevented the act"
But must tell you that Forbes had
remarked to several persons that he never
expected to get q farthing Of the money. He
said nothing during the day to the effect
that he had been paid"
Il know nothing about that. Perhaps
he did not meet with any of our mutual
acquaintances."
"Yes; he dined with two of them about
five in the evening of the day when he was
killed"
Sivory was not disconcerted BY these
pointed words. After pause. he said. Il
suppose he had something else to think
about and talk about. Again, it Is some-
times imprudent to say to friend, I have
received so much money. not shilling Of
, which ! ever expected to possess.' Under
such circumstances q friend is ont to
propose loan, and refusal puts one
sometimes in position Of much embar.
rassment."
Certainly. Mr.. Sivory. the man would
be clever, apparently, who could embarrass
you: you've always got an answer to every
Inquiry" 5't '...|f.t -..I
The magistrate was now speaking with
extreme ill-humor. The others utter
calmness, and ability in defending him
self. had, at last, totally irritated the
magistrate.
"Can you answer mo this question:
said the magistrate, after q pause. ''Whers
did you get the money with which you
paid these acccptancesW
For the first. time from the commencement
Of the interview, Austin Sivory appeared
to be unprovided with an answer.
He was silent.
did you not hear met" asked tho
magistrate. Are you preparing an
answer ?" 3 '''
''Sir," replied Austin, smiling, "had I
required to find an answer to that question,
l should have been prepared with one.
But you must see that this question is, to
me, of the utmost Importance. hesitate
because I know the answer I must give
will dissatify you-will create in you .
prejudice against me-" II III
"Let tme sseelet me see.D a. T.
You are an established gentleman,
with acertain income; and, Of course, you
must look gravely upon all ways.of getting
money which are extraordinary"
"What was your planf'
For a moment or two longer Sivory
hesitated and then he said, with much re-
luctance, II was much troubled as to how
l should meet Mr.. Forbes bills, and had
been so for some months. as they drew
more and more nearly due. knew that
be disliked me, and that. probably, he
would serve writ as soon as legally he
could-an act, on his part, which would
have ruined me. Rendered desperate,
had recourse to means know you cannot
and will not approve-.but it is common
enough with men in my position. l went
off to the German baths, and commenced :
putting into practice scheme I had
learnt, and which l quite believed no
gaming table could resist. Very few ever
succeed in this venture, but hoped to be
triumphant. sold almost every valuable
had at the commencement of October,
borrowed twenty pounds of one friend.
thirty of another; and managed by these
means to make up about one hundred and
twenty pounds. With this sum to start
upon, set out for Spa, where the gambling
is very riskys Il ventured forty here. and
thanks to my combination, which l had
calculated very deeply, was successful
enough to make four hundred pounds at
Spa in two days."
The magistrate shook his head; but Aus
tin either did not, or would not. see this
sign of doubt, and he continued :-"FrOm
Spa I went to Baden, Hamburg, Wies-
baden, and in all these places / was as
fortunate as the first, In short, sir, at the
end of fortnight or three weeks, Ire
turned to London, three days before the
bills were due, prepared TO settle them.
Such is my explanation, simple enough
from my point of view, but, no doubt,
from yours, it appears very astonishing
Y
"Very astonishing" replied tho magis.
trate. "But in court OF law it would
only be valuable it you could prove that
you were speaking the truth"
"Pardon me; the police have, no doubt,
learnt that l did leave London early in
October, and that went abroad. have