The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-20

as soon as he Is lodged In Jail i shall
file his schedule in the Insolvent Court,
and when he comes up for his dis
charge, 1 shall put you in the witness
box are examine You on oath, touch
ing the property of which you know the
insolvent to be possessed and where
will be your privilege communication
then?"
The respectable Leasem's face length
ened in twinkling, his comfortable,
confident air vanished, he ceased twid-
ding his gold chain, and, at length, he
muttered:
Suppose We pay the debt?"
why, then, I'll arrest him the day
after for another"
But, my dear Mr.. Discount, surely
such conduct would not be quite respect
able"
"That's my business; my client has
been wronged, / am determined to
right him, and when the aristocratic
firm of Leasem & Fashun takes refuge,
according to the custom of respectable
repudiators, in the cool arbors of the
Court of Chancery, why, mere bill
discounting attorney like David Dis
count need not hesitate about cutting a
bludgeon out of the insolvent court"
well, well, Mr.. d., you are so warm
so fiery. We must deliberate, we
must consult. You will give me until
the day after tomorrow, and then we'll
write you our final determination. In
the meantime send us copy of your
authority to act for Mr.. Molinos Fitz-
Roy"
OF course lost no time in getting
the gentleman beggar to sign proper
letter
On the appointed day came COM
munication with l.. & +. seal, which
opened, not without professional eager
ness. 1t was as follows:
I'm re Molinos Fitz-Roy and Another.
SIR: In answer to your application
on behalf of Mr.. Molinos Fitz-Roy, we
beg to inform you that under the adj
ministration of n paternal aunt who died
intestate your client is entitled to
300 IS Cd, 3-per-cents; e1,5OO los
4d, 3-per-cents. Reduced: 81 900 long
annuities, $500 bank stock, e3, 500 In
dia stock, besides other securities,
making up about 100000, which we are
prepared to transfer over to Mr..
Molinos Fitz-Roy's direction forthwith. 4"
Here was windfall. 1t quite took
away my breath.
AS dusk came my gentleman beggar,
and what puzzled me was how to break
the news to him. Being very much
overwhelmed with business that day /
had not much time for consideration.
He came i'll rather better dressed than
Wen l first saw him, with only weeks
beard on his chin, but, as usual, not
quite sober. Six weeks had elapsed
since our first interview. He was still
the humble, trembling, low-voiced
creature first knew him.
After a prelude, said Il find Mr..
| F., you are entitled to something.
Pray, what do you mean to give me in
addition to my bill for obtaining it ?"
He answered rapidly: ooh, take half
If there is el00 take half; if there is
| G500, take half.
"No, no, Mr.. F., don't do business
in that way; 1 shall be satisfied with
10 per cent
1t was so settled. L then led him
out into the street, impelled to tell him
the news, yet dreading the effect; not
! daring to make the revelation in my
Office, for fear of scene.
began hesitatingly, MIR. Fitz-Roy,
1 am happy to say that find you are
entitled to 100000"
Ten thousand pounds he echoed;
"f10,000I" he shrieked; ~fl0, 00Ow he
yelled, Selling my arm violently.
"You are brick. Here, cab, cab"
Several drove up - the shout might
have been heard mile off. He jumped
in the first.
"Where to?" said the driver.
"To tailors, you rascal"
"Ten thousand pounds; ha, Ia, haw
he repeated Historically when in the
cab, and every moment grasping my
arm. Presently he subsidized, looked
me straight in the face, and muttered
with agonizing fervor:
What a Jolly brick you are!'
The tailor, the hosier, the boosmaker,
the hair-dresser, were in turn visited by
this poor pagan of externals. As, by
degrees, under their hands, he emerged
from the beggar to the gentleman, his
spirits rose; his eyes frightened; he
walked erect, but always nervously
grasping my arm; fearing, apparently,
to lose sight of me for moment, lest
his fortune should vanish with me.
The important pride with which he
gave his orders to the astonished trades
man for the finest and best of every
thing, and the amazed air of the fash
ionable ir-dresser when he presented
his matted locks and stubble chin, to
be "cut and shaved, may be acted-it
cannot be described
BY the time the external transforma-
ton was complete, and l sat down in a
cafe in the Haymarket, opposite hag
gard, but handsome, thoroughbred
looking man, whose air, with the ex-
ception of the wild eyes and deeply
Drowned face, did not differ from the
stereotyped man about town sitting
around us. Mr.. Molinos Fitz-Roy had
already almost forgotten the past; he
bulled the waiter and criticised the
wine as if 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 IT, the coffee-room assembly in
raving style. When / left he almost
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