The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07

sI quite agree with you, sir" he
said, shortly.
81 am glad OF that" said Mr.. Re-
tainer, with grave bow; your affec-
ton for the young lady, he added,
"being purely ydisinteresied, 1t is hardly
perhaps, necessary that l should say
any more. Still, to avoid misunder-
standing, you had better read this.
He handed Augustus letter which he
had been holding between his fingers.
Augustus took the d0cament without
word. and read as follows:
272 Lincoln's Iun Fields.
Dear Retainer-It WAS coincidence.
aud nothing more: I put In the name
smith myself, and my confidential
clerk added an address-the first that
occurred to him. l know nothing of
the Mr.. John Smith you refer to,
neither does he. 1t was an accident
However, no harm ts done. Yours.
very truly, II. II. TAPE.
emo harm Is done, M MIR. Tape
says. said Mr.. Retainer, rs Augustus.
| looking stupidity perplexed, handed
| back the letter To him. ..
81 don't quite understand" mur-
INJURED Ausustus, though he perceived
| well enough that there had been fatal
mistake somewhere. '
"lt y very simple," explained Mr..
| Retainer. "a client of Mtssrs. Tape
q Parchment's "A gentleman we'll
known in society, but rather eccentric
gave Instruction for his will. but
expressly asked that II might be drawn
under such circumstances that the
persons through whose hands the draft
might pass should not be able to ideu-
tify him with the testHtor. 1t WAS an
odd precautiun, anu l must say" ad.
ded Mr.. Retainer, looking severely at
Augustus, "that l thuught ut the time
IL was almost insulting. However,, the
result is that none but the confidential
clerk who enxrossed the viii for
signature IL in the secret"
~ understood you 10 say that YOU
knew all about the testa,0r," cried
Augustus, beside himself with vsx-
alton and Disappointment.
$50 l did, The secret was cUnfided
to nue." said Mr.. Retainer. "Had
you mentioned that you knew n MIR.
John Smith, Of tho address given, 1
should have been on my guard. But
you merely said you knew the ad.
Dress"
~ did not know him at the time,"
biurted out Augustus. He could have
bitten his tongue OF the instant after,
for he saw he had betrayed himself.
MIR. Retainer, In II voice Of thunder,
ordered him out of the room, nni
Augustus. overcome with humiliation
and confusion, needed no second
bidding.
The prevailing sentiment which
agitated the bosom Of Augustus, when
he came to consider the situation, WIS
u sense Of having been cruelty wronged
and deceived. The insinuniiOns of
Mr.. BrittlebOne concerning MIR.
Smiths circumstances had, as we have
said, for II long time caused him
uneusiness, and now that II had trans
pired that the old gentleman wns not
the owner of the property mentioned
IN the fatal VIII, Augustus had
no difficulty In convincing himself
that ms rivals version was correct.
Most unreasonab!y he suspected poor
ArabeiIa and her relatives OF having
at,etnpt pied to inveikle hitn into mat
rttnony by false presenses, and In his
virtuous indignation he did not pause
to consider tue injustice Of the charge.
Acting upon the Impulse of the mo-
ment, he Immediately wrote and
broke Oh the engagement, using
expressions Of reprOach aud harshness
which poor Arhbella had done nOih-
ing to deserve.
Alter this II was particularly CALLING
to Augusta. to be cOndOied with for
having missed the hand Of an heiress.
1t turned out, however, when too Iate
TO repair the nasty stei, he had taken,
that old MIR. Smith, though not
fabutousty wealthy, WAS certainly rich
enough to make most desirable
father-inotaw. Before Augustus had
recover the unpleasant shock Oi this
vexalious Intelligence, he received Il
visit from Mr.. Brittlebone, which
resulted IL his being swathed In
vinegar and brown paper for several
weeks. AS IA reward, apparently, for
this brutality, Mr.. Brittleb0ne had
the undeserved happiness of leading
NJ i-s Arabeila to the altar, but this was
not until the prosecuted Augustus. In
the unenviable capacity of defendant
Ia an action Of breach Of promise, had
been muicted Ia heavy damages,
whicE enabled the young couple to-
start handsomely iu business in tho
hardware tine.-LOntiOn Truth,
There is IL good advance in price OF
corn. Corn VIII be nigh In many
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