Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-26

R loathing of hypocrisy pride. am cer taiply amongst the proudest.'
 Gerald Leslie kncw that every word he uttered was calculated to infuriale Silaa Craig. and that, at the moment when he had to ask q favor of him; but the naughty spirit of the planter could less brook to stoop now than cver-thc very fact of having to ask this favor stung hlDa t, the quick, and urged him on to show his contein,t Of the man from whom he had to ask 1t.
 The usurer sat for some few moments In silence, rubbing his hands slowly one over the other, and looking furtively at Gerald.
 You may ask me why you should be less proud today than ever, MT. Leslie, :" he said, with a malicious grin. ''Slail I tell you why? Because the tables are turned since the day when you passed Silas Craig in the streets of New Orleans as if he had been one of the slaves on your plantation: when you spurned him as if he had been the dirt beneath your feet. 1 know hat you said of me in those days; l came by my money by crooked ways l was rogue an usurer; my ill gotten wealth would bring me to the gailows somc day. These are the sort of things you said, and l took them quietly enough /; for l am of d patient dis position. and 1 knew my turn would come. It has come. The times arc changed since then. My wealth was ill., gotten, was it? You were glad enough to borrow hundred thousand dollars of it, ill-gotten as it was; and HOW when 1 come today to ask you for the payment of that money, you take such q high tono that can only believe you have it ready for me in your cash-box yonder."
 It was with q malicious chuckle that he uttered those concluding words for the crafty wretch well knew the nature of Gerald Leslie, and he had suspected from the first that the money was not forth coming.
 Not one penny of it." cried the planter: mot enc penny of it. MT. Craig.
 "lndeed !" said Silas. "Then I'm ex- treluely sorry to hear it; us, of course, under those circumstances 1 can no longer delay putting an execution upon your property, and sending the Leslie plantation and your valuable lot of nis gers to the auctiOneers hammer.
 Having uttered this threat, ho sat for some little time with his hands on his knees, and q smile of triumph upon his face, watching the countenance of the planter.
 Gerald Leslles was a gloomy face to look upon in that moment; but itneither expressed grief nor humiliation, and his enemy was disappointed.
 
 hated. Silas Craig would havo given half his fortune to see that naughty spi.lt lowered in the dust
 Tho planter sat for some minutes in perfect silence, as if he were revolving z | some plan in his mind. Presently he | locked up, aHG, without a.;y alteration of | his former manner, addressed the usurer 1 thus:
 "Si!a5 Craig. sooEor than ask a favor l of Noti I would see every scrap of prop | trty l possess sold in tue public sale | room, and would leave my native land Q I beggar. 1 do not ask you :l favor, then l offer you bargain. IT my property is | sold today, it will Lo sold tt q lozs. \ ou ] will be paid, it is true, but others, for l whom-pardon mel feel great deal l moro concern, will lose. Two months | hence that same property will. fpr certain commercial reasons known at. well to you as to mo. realize a much larger amount. | Besides which, l have friends In 1no | North who may come forward in the 1 meantime to save mo from ruin. EenoW 1 your bill at two mont h>, from today, and | for those two months 1 will give yoi | double the enormous interest !#Te beer already paving-a ruinou, bargain toi | mo. and as valuable one for you. But nc favor; remember that. Dc you acuept:'
 Il do. said Silas, after few moments delibcration. The interest ought to bl trobled, though
 The planter laughed bitterly.
 II have offered you tho uttermost far thing I mean to oher.' he said.
 Il accept it." answered Siias. ''Givt me pen, ink and paper. and I'll draw u the document