Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

had no misgiving that he considered it convenient to forget he ever was in it. 1 Iris the way of the world, according to many proverb. There is no such thing l as gratitude. If you want to make an enemy of man, put him under an obi gation. ......E.
 I had full leisure to ponder over these collaborating truths, for experience taught me they were of very general applica- tion: First the Turks, who had got ever so much of my money, went unblush- ingly into bankruptcy. Then philan- thropic establishment, in which had allowed myself to be mixed up, came to signal grief, and was the only respon- 1 sible person among the directors. The others had been all ruined in bank failure. I liked my reputation better than my money, and did what the share holders attorneys assured me was right An evening paper, which had first called me to account, printed leader con- trasting my conduct advantageously with that of & man who had carried off some money belonging to other people, and settled in America. But was ruined. The little had left dwindled to nothing in the beginning of the land panic. Even my fathers house was sold by auction, and one foggy morning in February I walked out of some temporary lodgings had taken in Bury street, intending to take my name off my clubs. l could no longer pay the subscriptions, and was wondering gloomily how should man age to live. I had received the usual education of an English gentleman, and could do absolutely nothing. Those "Notes on La Rochefoucauld " had only brought me in debt to my publisher, and besides I had neither taste nor talents for literature. Few people have.
 - had just turned into St. James's square in this disconsolate mood when I noticed a fat, awkward man with splay feet rolling down the street as though 1t belonged to him, and I was at once re minded of that abominable bore, Jones. Before could avoid him, however, he stopped abruptly to tie his shoe, and we unavoidably carromed against each other.
 "Ughp' exclaimed my old debtor, trying to recover the breath which had gwellnigh knocked out of him, and then he seized me by both hands, shaking them heartily. aa-s ..s -..-
 "Who would have thought of seeing you, D he then remarked, as though my being in London was the most marvel ous thing he had ever known in the course of his life. ~.4
 q heard," he resumed cofidentially, still holding me~by both hands, "that you had fallen among thieves. Is there anything can do for you? Say the word, MT. Crabbe; only say the word and it is done. ''' E. .1 l... ...s.5. ..-.
 It was with a feeling of absolute conf dence in nay views of life, and with depth of scorn could not have put into language, that I Unanswered grin1ly, "Oh, yes, lend me thousand pounds"
 I had hardly flung my mocking words at him, when the mans face was lit up with smile so sunny and genial that its homely features grew miraculously beau tiful. .-., ..t. "Come along," then said MT. Jones, without further barley. Ransoms s is hard by, and my agents paid in thirty thousand pounds. yesterday for gold dust only. There will be the proceeds of my meat sales next week. You shall have 1t all. There is plenty more where that comes from. My squattings have been looking up these three years; mines, woods, grass, corn, wharves, are all paying now. Thank God! I'm so glad to have met you. I don't know what to do with myself. I would have called on you before, but I was told you had gone abroad, and I was afraid t2 make so bold as to write; though I should have done it if I had known I could have been of use. sir.''
 I declare that although MT. Jones is a large man and. the houses of St. James's square are larger, such mist came before my eyes that Iscorlld not see either him or them. His manner was so boisterous- ly cordial, yet. so respectful and delicate, it was so unlike anything I had ever read or heard of that 1t upset my composure 1 When I hastily answered his obstreper- ous generosity, by saying only spoke in jest, and had no need of his help, his countenance grew quite blank again, and all the glorious light that had burst over and illuminated it faded away. He was so pained and hllmiliated that I was obliged, in pity for his manifest concern, to accept a thousand pounds, which I re- turned to him next day, with 8 civil note and the usual compliments. could not | think of touching the fellows money. I did not even dream that he was ill earn est, and could never have slept in peace as anybody's- debtor. Besides, few days subsequently was offered the chairman ship of a railway which ran through the estate that once was mine. It gave me fifteen hundred a year, and an inexpen- sive man can vegetate on that. never saw any more of Mir. Jones.
 When I thought of him, which was but seldom, remembered him merely as 8 vulgar man, who was rude and clumsy, but not unamusing, though still was at a loss to understand what my sister could have found in such creature to have recommended him to me. At l last she herself gave me an explanation, by cablegram. It was very short, but certainly to the purpose, aud it ran thus
 (" MT. Jones has left his immense property to be equally divided between you and me. It includes ysur old estate,