Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-09-25
hat way; / shall be satisfied with 10

hat way; ! shall be satisfied with II
per cent"
1t was 80 settled. l then led HIM out
into the street, impelled to tell him tn,
news yet dreading the effect; not daring
to make the revelation in my Office, fol
fear of scene.
began hesitatingly, "Mr. Fitz Roy
am happy to say that l find you are en-
titled to **flO,OO0."
"Ten thousasd pounds" he echoed
"flO, 900 he shrieked; "fl0 900 !" he
yelled, seizing my arm violsntly. "You
are brick. Here, cab, csb," Several
drove up-the shout might have been
heard mile off. He jumped in the first.
"Where to ," said the driver.
"To tailor's, you rascal"
Ten thousand pounds hA ha. ha -
he repeated hysterically when in the cab,
and every moment grasping my arm.
Presently he subsided, looked ne straight
in the face, and usattsred with agonizing
fervor:
"What jolly brick you are :"
The tailor, the hoiser, the bootmaker,
the hair dresser, were in turn visited by
the poor pagan OF externals. AS by de-
grees, under their hands, be emerged
from the beggar to the gentleman, his
spirits rose his eyes frightened (; he
walked erect. but always nervously grasp
ing my arm; fearing apparently. to lose
sight Of me for moment. lest his for
tune should vanish with me. The impa-
tient pride with which he gave bis orders
to the astonished tradesman for the finest
and best Of everything, and the amazed
air Of the fashionable hair dresser when
be presented his matted locks and stub
ble chin, to be ''cut and shaved" may
be imagined-it cannot be described.
BY the time the external transforma-
ton was complete. and sat down in .
cafe in the Hay market. opposite hag-
gard, but handsome, thoroughbred look
ing man, whose air, with the exception
Of the wild eyes and deeply Drowned
face, did not differ from the stereotyped
men about town sitting around US. Mr..
Molinos Fitz-Roy had already almost for
gotten the past he bullied the waiter
and criticised the wine a. il he had done
nothing else but dine and drink and scold
there all the days Of his life.
Once he wished to drink my health,
and would have proclaimed his whole
story to the coGe. room assembly in raw
ing style. When left he almost wept in
terror at the idea of losing sight OF me.
But allowing for these ebulitions-the
natural result Of such . whirl Of the
events, be was wonderfully calm and
self-possessed.
The next day his Arst thought was to
distribute ESQ among his friends, the
cadgers, at a house of call in Westmin-
ister, and formally to dissolve his connec-
ton with them; those present untertak-
ing for the fraternity" that for the fu-
ture he should never be noticed by them
in public or private. cannot follow his
career much farther. Adversely had
taught him nothing. He was soon again
surrounded by well.bred vampires, who
had forgotten him when penniless but
they amused him, and that was enough.
The flO,OO were rapidly melting, when
he invited me to grand dinner at Rich
mond, which included dozen OF the
most agreeable. good. looking. well-dress-
ed dandies of London. interpreted with
a display Of pretty butterfly bonnetts.
We dined deliciously, and drank IS men
do Of iced wines in the dog days, look.
ing down from Richmond Hill.
One Of the pink bonnets crowned Fitz-
Roy with wreath Of flowers he looked
Less the intsllecs-as handsome as
Alcibiades. Intensely excited and flushed
he rose with champagne glass in his
hand to propose my health.
. The oratorical powers Of his father had
not descended to him. Jerking out SEN
tences by spasams. at length he said:
II was a beggar-I am gentleman
thanks to this"
Here he leaned heavily on my shoulder
"A moment and then fel back. We
raised him. loosened his neckcloth-
PAINTED :" said the ladies.
Drunk !" said the gentlemen.
He was dead.