The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-04-01
spire mo with such confidence p
The banker bowed.

pocket lie dared not ask NJ. Berteuil
for the smallest sum, and such was the
force Of habit that he still felt as If he
possessed only the modest pittance
which was not yet due. At last he
risked the attempt.
"Might J., j" he said, blusbing deeply,
without being indiscreet, beg you to
lend me for the present the money /
require in coming 10 city like Paris {"
"What My dear sir, my cash is
entirely at your disposal. How much
do you want Tbree-four- ten thou
sand francsf
"My dear sir, II thousand francs will
suffice"
"Will YOU have them in gold or
banks" And tho banker rang.
Joseph, send tho cashier here"
George rose TO take leave.
"Migbt ! beg Of you, said M. Ber-
teuil, escorting him TO tho door, "to
continue your favors to my house r
Certainly, sir, and you richly de
serve it, said George, with the easy
mir which the certainty Of possessing
10000 francs income began to give
him.
One morning George Was asleep las
was awakened by NJ. Bertrenl himself,
who entered the sleeping room unan-
nounced.
"My dear sir, here are 200 shares IN
the Rathania company for working the
copper mines Of thst name in Algeria !;
here are 300 others Of the Mancanrez
cotapany for the caualization Of that
water course, the labors of irrigation
and the building of bridges on new
system. The investment will be made
this morning, il you please The Rath-
ania and Mancanarez will bring from
100 To 40 francs premium on Change
to-day"
George yawned and rubbed his eyes.
Agreed, my dear friend i am en-
tirely in your hands"
NJ. Bertreul rosc and took his hat.
Before lac went out George Was sleep
ing tho sleep OF the ricbman. The
operation brought him in Is, 100 francs.
Meanwhile Charles sLd Albert had
learned with CONSERVATION the success
of their story, and dared not contradict
it they had bern disma, ed OH learning
that Georges departure for Paris bad
been attributed by everybody 10 diff
culties of liquidation They feared they
had gone too far. aud trrml.lri at the
thought that George might have ended
bt prtsuading himself on thr subject Of
Nhat at first, had only been "a game
concerted by the three fricuds Bnt
they b..gan u breathe ngsiu wLrn one
iiun inorniug they recei. cl letter from
Ge"rgs announcing his speedy return
Thtrr days afterwards they entered q
charming house Ia the Rue Ceres. 4
servant in real livery announced them
SHOW lhrn in" said George, wh,
did not receive every body.
On seeing the splendor oi the place,
the furniture and bangings, lbey stal e.
aud condemnation Was depicted GA theil
countenanccS.
I'VE had hard work to get in, suio
Charles
Yes" said George, II am bcsiege,
by solicitors aud project -mongers bu
you, my dear friends, are always vel
come. You come just IN tisic to &C
company me toa country seat think o
buying. IL ii no great atiair,a hundie,
thousand francs. buy it for my wife.
"Your wife !" cried Albert
"Yes-I am TO marry Madeline
Everything is arranged and the we'd
ding is to take place there"
alt is n good ways oil, said Charles
"Six miles. will drive you there
in my carriage"
"You have carriage !"
"And two dapple gray horses
brought from Paris. have no saddl
, horse yet-that is more difficult 4
find"
The two friends spoke together in
! low voice near the window-tears wer
/ in their eyes.
"My dear George" said Charles, ''yo
know that your cousin is not dead vet.
a 81 know not whether he is dead" r,
: piled the heir, quietly" because l al
not quite certain that he ever lived"
/, "You know that this inheritance
, only a farcel"
al believe that only ourselves are sa
isfed it is 80"
i "You are wrong-very wrong,
u indulge in joke of which we now bi
terly repent"
0 81 thank you heartily for it."
. ave ought to disavow it. and we al
n geing publicly to declare ourselv,
u guilty"
"Do no such thingl Do me the fave
to allow things to remain just rs the
0 are. A few days more credit yet
do not wish to displace my funds"
W "My friend, hear us"
"Poor Cousin Dubreuil !" erie
If George. "You whom / have new
seen-you who perhaps never rhougl
10 of mo- wish | knew your fate
you died in exile, / will raise mode
k monument above your ashes, if "
f. still live, oh, l will comfort your o
lt age"
es This burst of sensibility satisfied b
two friends that George had lost b
wits.
= "I4et us lose no time" said Georg
''The carriage waits. will tell y,
the story on the way and how recko
my dear friends, to fill my promise.
III have not forgotten you"
n They rode to the country seat-th,
re chatted together, and the three youi
men returned delighted with ca,
70 ether; Charles and Albert, in partic
| lar, enchanted with Georges delica'
ne and kindness.
n But the truth always comes out