The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-22

vould have been Informed o. the occurrence
early on the following morning by severa
competen, and cred BILE eye witnesSes-all o.
the gentler sex. and the majority on tho othe'
side OF flyo-and-thirty years Of aso.
It was Christmas day, cold, clear anc
frosty Mr Dawbarn was dressed IN HI
brightest black, and his cravat was AZ q mon
ument TO the most irreproachable OF laun
dresses. But Mr. Dawbsrn was pale and
agitatod, his head shook and his hands trem
bled, till the papers he held in them ratified
and crumplcd
When a servant opened the dining room
door and announced Mr.. Munro" Mr.. Daw
barn turned paler, and when the young CLERK
whom Mr.. Robert Sudden had so playfully
rallied a fortnight before in the street en-
tered, the banker tremblsd moro violently
"Mr Munro" said the banker, when the
door was closed 'you-y ou-you doubtless
know why have sent for you--on this les
tive a-sion--sion, todayT
The young clerk, who was as pale as Mr.
Dawbarn, faltered out, mo, SIR with 50
TRANSPARENT an effort that the banker saw
that the Young man perfectly understood the
reason Of tho interview.
"Your conduct, sir, has been such that /
II do not know how to address you" STAN
mcred Mr. Dawbarn. THAT YOU SIR my
servant, nv paid and salaried servant,
should haze 80 abused my confidence; should
have so dared TO try to 80 injuro mo isis
what did not expect from you. know all
sir, all. You ars discharged from tho BANK
this moment"
A pang shot over the young mans face
"You will not be allowed to enter there
again. This quarters salary is there, SIR "
The banker put upon tho table small paper
racket. as shall not suffer you to take
your place Mt your desk again, there is half
years salary" The banker placed another
small packet on the table, and the clerk made
q deprecatory motion with ono hand. II in
sist on il, sir, and shall take no denial.
also Insist on your leaving Bramlingdon to-
night, or tomorrow morning, at the latest.
Should you have any debts hero, leave iist
of them, and today being Christmas day,
will see that one OF the clerks pays them the
day after tomorrow. There can DO no eI-
cuse for your remaining, and your absence,
sir, Is a matter Of much moro Importance
to me than few palry pounds; 80 will
hear Of no objection"
Mr.. Dawbarn paused and drew breath, and
the young clerk looked at him and then at
the window, as if out into far distance be-
yond
INV accounts, sirn-- no began, when tho
banker interrupted him.
"Will be found quite right dare say Had
YOU only robbed me Of money, sir, should
have been better pleased. have treated
a,NI In, aft,rTa hot
you have done" Mr. Dawbarn struck his
clenched hand upon the table, 'But no
matter Do understand that you will leave
tonight"
Munro took his eyes from the window, and,
looking full in the banker. face, said:
Lucy
Mr.. Dawbarn's face turned scarlet, and no
D gain struck tho table. Don't mention my
daughters name 10 me, sir, il you please. l
won't hear i'll How dare youi There, sir,
are tho publishing letters you have sent to
her, and If you have any sense Of decency or
honesty left, you will return those you have
IF hcrs--of-of my daughters"
Munro took up the letters his former mas
,er had tossed TO him.
"Did you hear me-, STRIP asked tho banker.
81 beg your pardon"
81 say, will you give me back hor letters,
and will you leave Bramlingdon to-nightr
There was pause, and the bells Of tho
,hurch rang out for morning service.
II can make no promise, SIR" replied the
young clerk, very clearly. 81 have duty
20 your daughter as well as duty to you. IL
he desires that should"--
"You set mo at defiance, do you, sirf' burst
n the banker, Very good, very good; but
lon't suppose that if you stay here forever
hat you will SEQ my daughter, or be enabled
% write to her. II you stop in Bramlingdon,
he goes. Next week sho travels with her
mother to London, abroad. anywhere, away
rom her fathers presumptuous clerk, who,
because his master asked him few times to
lis house, to sit at his table, and treated him
" an equal, so far forgot himself as to lift
lis eyes up to his daughter, his only child"
1t had been terrible Christmas morning
n tho bankers house. Mr.. and Mrs. Daw
,arn had been informed that their only
laughter, Lucy, rose every morning early
md had an interview with the young clerk,
Munro, in the kitchen garden, tho door Of
which opened into lane, and OK which door
,ither Lucy or tho young clerk, or both, pos
essed key Lucy had been forced into con-
ession, and had gone on her knees to her
papa, and wept and implored him not to hurt
ler George. She had given up all his letters,
which she was In tho habit Of placing under
ler pillow every night, and which letters
Munro had written stealthily in banking
hours and placed in certain portion of the
wall, near the tool house in tho kitchen gar
len. Mr. Dawharn went on wildly and
frightened Mrs Dawbarn, good, motherly
woman, into IT. When Mrs. Dawharn re-
covered, Miss Lucy went off into a swoon,
.ud her father and mother had to recover
Ter, and Mr. Dawbarn WAS in agony lest tho
If the disturbance, which was an entirely un-
necessary excitement on his part, as they,
no servants, had known all about it for the
asst eight months Poor Lucy was told that
Munro was to bs Immediately. sent away,
)ut that sho and her mamma were to go to
church that day, as their absence might be
by devout but curious congrega-
ion, and that she was to battle her eyes and
ook uncoucerned, easy, comfortable and COM
posed.
As Lucy and her mamma passed the door
IF the dining room, Lucy heard the young
Jerks voice. Sho know that she should
aever SEQ him again, and she could not resist
ler impulse She ran to the door, seized the
landle, and would have opened it, but her
mamma pulled her away, and on the other
,idesMr Dawbarn rushed to tho door and put