Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-06

last he turned round with q mutsered ex
preston which sounded very bitter, and
said:
al must have the money, and that by to-
morrow night You have kept me on and
Of, so that there is no time to 90 anywhere
else. If I give you satisfactory security
can have itY
You car" was the brief reply.
Another pause followed, during which the
visitor sat with his face turned from the
keen eyes Of the old man, whose searching
gaze evidently embarrassed him; then with
an effort, and again muttered ejaculation,
be said:
IF bring you Mr.. Grey's scceptance-I
mean my fathers psrtner-Will that suffice
| am relnC tant to apply to him, but know
he will do it if l AK him"
"Mr Grey will DO for any amount, re-
piled Hyhman; he is different man from
your previous colleague. With this pre-
sumo that our business is endsd-We need
say 10 more to hight"
In obedience to this tolersbly direct hint,
the visitor left after few more words.
That young man is in bad line, said
Hyltman as tie door closed after his client,
and will come to grief. Old Grey will not
lend his name to such. Who does this
Young man remind me OFF / have seen q
face somewhere that know well, but can
not call to mind. When he turns to me
suddenly, it seems as though some memory
was about to burst upon me, but it VAN
ishes; and when be speaks there is always a
sense of dissppointm<n Mt TO find that II ID not
another voice. Where can have seen such
q FACET
This was but a trivial matter to occupy
the old mans mind, in which grave, per-
hsps awkward. business problems were
usually regolyed, but he was unable to de.
tsch bis thoughts from the subject, until he
reused himself with an effort and an eXcls.
nation Of vexation st his own folly.
Ill.
On the next evening his visitor was pune.
tual, but there was an unsteady light in his
eye and hesitation in his manner which
told but too plainly of his recent occups
ton. Mingled with his hesitation was new
ertheless something every now and then
which approached defiant swsgger, almost
as though he sought quarrel. q.
None Of these symptoms affected the
usurer-none Of them escaped him. He
closely examined the bill offered by Lash
breigh, and appeared satisfied with the
scrutiny.
ayes, that is Ezekiel Grsys signature
sure enough he said; but until | saw 1t
did not believe he would have put bis
name TO such a docunent-snd at three
months, too! Why does he not lend you
the money!
Because he prefers not to do so, | sup
pose returned the other; perhaps be
thinks l am more likely to pay you than
him
Well, it is 10 business of mine contin.
., d Hytmem; here is my cheCk-wil a
clc, 3 it you:
= should hi,k 40, retorted the visitor,
with soGeH hat coarse laugh. Il wish II
Vas for len times the amount-thst's all
Wei | shall bid you goodbye for three
moths, unless my luck enables me to call
on you before
After q brief conversation the young
mar departed, the usurer looking after hin
with much the same thoughtful, hslfPuz
lied expression as be had worn on the pre-
yIous evening.
That look again" he aoliloquized;" but
it is not associated in my memory with a
coarse, registering gambler, such as he is.
Yet there was but little heart in his laugh
and he knows it-he felt it. His luck! If
old Ezekiel Gray does not have to pay this
money | will own myself shallower fool
than the boy WHO has Just left me; and if
that boy has no other bills than this tc
meet, it will be an exception to all such
rules.
No more transactions occurred betgeeE
the pair rather to the surprise OF Hyltmaa
who fully expected to find his client calling
upon him ere many days had gore By, aud
proposing fresh advance at a still more
ruinous rate of interest; not that the money
lender considered he had charged at al
high for the late advance, and most assured
" would not have Granted another loan tc
Lashbreigh or any one fairly in his grip
upon anything like the same terms. lie
had only deducted six guineas for interest
and expenses" from the amount, and our
readers can see that this was ridiculously
low or Hyltman could see it--for gros;
sum Of ninety pounds for three months.
But all at once-Hyltman had excellent
means Of learning these thiDgs-it was said
tie house OF Lashbreigh 4 Grey was in ditfi
culties. Scarcely had this rumor been
hoated, than there came crash. The
principal partner Gather of Mr.. Hyltmau'
CLIENT was declared to have sbsconded
leaving Mr. Grey, who was little better than
sleeping partner in the concern, to beal
the brunt Of the settlement
To add to the unpleasantpess of the mat
ter, il soon appeared that l.ashbreigh had
resorted to some nal practice in order to
secure funds for himself, and these resulted
in claims being made on the remaining
partner, and in some hsrsssing law pro
, cesdiugs Old Ezekiel Grey WAS wealthy
man, and not likely to be overthrown even
hv these claims; but he was terribly eXas
persfed by them aud his temper, not OF the
milk and honey sort at the best Of times
suffered accordingly.
More than once rumor got abroad that
young LssbIeigh had also sbsconded, bat
was each time falsifed, as the young mai
was seen in the city but not so openly, Sc
svs ggerirgly as before; be was now only e
be found in the obscurer haunts to which
he was partial.
1 1t was evident 70 Hyltmau that the pre-
sentation of his bill would be another an
noysnce to Mr.. Grey, bat that could not bt
heiped. The usurer did not mean to lost
his money, and less experienced eyes thar
his own could have seen tat now there was
10 possible chance of the young fellow hin
self meeting the liability. In fact, the
luck on which he had, like her gam
blers, relied had been so peryerse as to dras
him q great deal further down; and Hylt
man knew that he wss candidate fol-
much smaller losns-an unsuccessful can
oidate, too-than the bill which had beer
cashed for him.
1t was fairly winter time now-windy
rainy winter as it generally is in Cliff
borough-and the day on which the bill fel
due was at hand. 1t so happened tha
Hyltman had occasion to see Mr. Grey
who was frequently engaged in matters
allied to the formers profession-on sons
;,,Dor4apt husiness. AT the conclusion o