The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-12-28
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With one. But you must see that this
question is, to me, of the utmost i'm
portance. l hesitate because [ know
that the answer ] musl give will dssat-
isfy you will create In you n prejudice
against me.'
Let me see-let me see'
You are an established gentleman,
with certain inrome; and of course,
you must look gravely upon all ways of
getting money which are extraordin-
ary."
What was your plan ?"
For moment or two longer Sivory
hesitated; and then he said, with much
reluctance, was much troubled as to
how should meet Mr.. Forbes bills,
and had been so for some months, as
they drew more and more nearly due.
L knew that he dlslked 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 1
know you cannot and will not approve
buN ~ 10 GuOuRb WIN ulcn Ill
my position. 1 went off to the German
baths, and commenced putting into
practice scheme 1 had learnt, and
which ! quite believed no gaming table
could resist. Very few ever succeeded
in this venture, but hoped to be tri-
umpbant. L 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 hun.
dred and twenty pounds. With this
sum to start upon, set out for Spa,
where the gambling is very risky. L
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
Austin did not, or would not, see this
sign of doubt, and he continued "From
Spa went to Baden, Hamburg, Wies-
baden, and in all these places l was as
fortunate as the first. In short, sir, at
the end of fortnight or three weeks, L
returned 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 statement"
Every astonishing" replied the mag
istrate. But in court of law it would.
only bt valuable il you could prove that
you were cpeaking the truth"
Pardon me; the police have, no
doubt, learnt that did leave London
early in October, and that went abroad.
1 have all my hotel-bills at home from
the different places where stopped;
and, If inquiries are made, my name
and address will be found in the hotel
books at every house where 1 stopped.
AT Baden, L was at the Victoria Hotel
at the Bellevue, at Strasbourg and the
very ticket on my luggage will show
upon what day returned to town"
But bow will you prove that you
gained the large sum of two thousand
pounds :"
81 confess that will be difficult. If,
now, had won the money upon horses
here in England, the thing would be
simple enough. AS it is, / cannot
prove very closely that was fortunate
enough to win all this money. How
ever, many persons saw me playing at
the tables, and must have seen me
'win'
Yes; foreigners - Frenchmen, Ger
mans; not one Englishman that you
knew, doubt"
"Good heavens, sir !" cried the un-
happy Austin Sivory, in tone of half
angry despair, and overwhelmed that
his word was still doubted. "When 1
was seated at the roulette table, in Ger
many, could not guess that upon my
return to London was to be suspected
of murder, and that, in order to save my
life, should have to keep near me q
witness to prove and swear to what 1
gained. If Lhad foreseen it, L would
have got the croupiers to give me vouch-
ers for my gains"
Without making any reply to this
sarcastic ontburst-and it formed the
first example of ill-temper and passion
which Austin Slvory had displayed
the magistrate fell into profound train
of thought.
He felt that he had been quite unable
to find the least proof of guilt in Austin
Sivory; that this gentleman had volun-
teered an explanation which apparently
cleared him from suspicion; and yet
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