The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-15

Al The end 81 the first month Mr.. Blades
brought No With his breakfast things, neatly
folded on silver ealver, his little account;
he took II from her with b gracious express
sion Ut VOuntpnance, and cAreleeHly looked At
the total which was In three figures, and
not small ones.
my dear Mrs Blades" he said, ''you and
your husband mtiat have been cheating
yourselves; the amount is perfectly rldicu-
lons," $500,
mpdestly /; as we pay ready money for every
thing, TIE Items perhaps are lees than you
may have expected"
Lees, my dear madam I positively feel
az II l was robbing you. Moreover, there is
no commleelon. must insist upon reinuner-
atlna YOU FOL the loss Of the interest oil your
money. Let us cay 1--WE per cent for the three
months
"Dut there is but one month, slr."
"True; but my custom is TO settle all these
little mattpr'e at the end Or the quarter. Your
coffee this mornlngis positively perfection
and he took up the newspaper In his jewellefl
fingers to intimate that the Interview was
closed.
had Mir. Tallbose's check, but her powers Of
reeistauce we're unable TO cope with such
aristoeratie manners. To repeat an applica-
tion for money toa an honorable IA a lowered
dreseing.gUwn, who had juet praised her cof.
Wound es,sa ts as u ING eS
bruws that had go often filed her soul With
pity for the wretches who had produced IL.
The excellent woman wae enob to the back
bone, and she retired.
waiting In the back sitting room TO take Mr..
Tallbolsee check TO the bank, and who could
read countenAnces II he couldn't read charac-
tere "haa he not paldY"
mo, he hasn't. He says he always settles
at the end Of the quarter and begs you will
rtt M NOR SnflE tho }ntnrSaaf ut tho
money"
"l,,it that won't do. you know" exclaimed
Mr.. Blades ut really wont. And he has given
an undertaking to settle m onthly."
then: but mind you are very civil John; cay
It's nothing to him, OF course. but that it's q
Of pocket In
to be civil. He was email and gentleman
Deied man, whose very aspect seemed to apol-
ceixe for intruding his presence anywhere,
much less on the privacy Of an honorable.
He went upstairs and knocked tlmtdly at the
drawing room door. MIR. Tallboiee, who was
his Cigar In establishments, and suffered the
smoke to wreathe itself above hie well
brushed head like halo.
"Mr.-Blades, is It not1
"Yee, my lord-l mean, cir; II ie about this
little account. Ii you could find II eonven-
ient-npt that | mean to be pregelng-it
!e nothing to you, l know. but it'e eood
lump" .
ledger, with frtgid dignity. Ute nothing to
me. az you cay. the autn 60 which you aliude
is mere baaatele; but am not aecus-
toned here hie eyebrows went to work az
usual-"to be pressed for money My prln-
ciple-and It IL fnvartable-is to pay my bills
JILL matter Al . oneehere be produced
gigantic check book-"but mark me, In that
caee | leave your apartment THE evening.
You would prefer my remalning3 Very
good. BE 60 good as to touch the bell. have
The Last remark Deferred TO the breakfast
things, but its tone gave IL wider atgnifi-
canoe. Mr.. Blades found himself In the back
parlor without quite knowing how he got
there
81 could do nothing with him, he eaid: "he
would have left the house II I'd pressed II,
He'a such a maeterful sort Ok man.
He's accustomed to command; that's
where II is," eaid his wife admiringly; well.
cent for three months will pay us handsome
~: he's open-handed, like all the quality
that will cay, i do believe might have got
10 per cent for the asking
Here at least Mre. Blades showed her ga
saolty; che might have got 10, otIeven 40 per
cent, inat as easily aa 5,
On the day before the three months ex-
pired the Honorable Rollo Plantagenet Tall
bulee left his apartments rather suddenly,
thereby eaving himself the annoyance
which bia sensitive nature had always 20
much reeented-of being asked for a sum OF
money, which on that occasion would have
amounted TO elk hundred pounds. | think,
under the circumstances, that after q decent
communication enclosure from their
aiistoerato ledger, MIR. and Mrs. Blades
were Justified In writing to Lord Cameleop-
ard, Of Macsillicuddy Castle tthe only refer
ence he had given theml, to inquire as to the
whereabouts and solvency Of hls missing
relative. The chagrin Of the worthy couple
may he conceived on their receipt Of a letter
BY return Of post, to cay that HE lcrdahlp
had no relative or the name OF Rollo Plan
tasenet Tallbcis. and knew OF no such per-
son.
1.-THE story had ended there the case had
been q common one OF mere credulity and I'm
posture. Mr. and Mrs. Blades would have
paid elk hundred poundsofor their experience
who, a. they both agreed, had behaved Jup
to certain point as like nobleinRIl's con
az could be: but they had not done with Mr..
Tallboiee yet. E%
Exactly month from the date OF their
dodgers departure some old friends came to
tion which they had never sent. The next
day come more friends, not go intimate, ar
rived, with the same object; and on the next
about twenty OF their acquatntanceH came
quite as unexpectedly to enjoy the hospitality
evening party at their house of about half the
people they had ever known, and of good
many whom they didn't knew. Supper at
twelve was LII the corner OF the cards ofinvi-
tation. and written In the came hand. evident
ly a feigned one, as the forged letters Mr..
and Mrs. Blades were hospitable folks. but az
they only had cold Joint Of beef in the
house and few eggs for their own Consump-
tion, these 40 persons or so had necessarily
to be sent empty away.
This went on for weeks. till they found that
life with 90 much Involuntary party-giving.
was growing intolerahie Who could be play
Ing them thls cruel trick2 and why2 were the
two questions the consideration Of which wore
this worthy pair almost to thread paper. The
second, however, soon found an answer. The
note arrived in the now well-known
"If you do not insert the follow
ing advertisement. 4 riU pay the fifty puineds
all right. ]. 81 In the Daily 1rumpeter Of
Tuesday next, you shall gee what you shall
see. The manner Of paying the money can be
afterward arranged. All wish to be assured
of for the present ia that You have a willing
mind Vengeance