The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-28

always be happy to accommodate you. Having
large capital at my command, am able to adj
vance money at a more reasonable rate than
most lenders and TO supply it at the shortest
possible notice. Yours truly:
"Well. Pm hanged muttered the Honor
able George to himself, when he bad fin
ished reading the above. IF this isn't one
of the luckiest things that ever happened
Here, at any rate, is Hebrew who has
not heard of my heart disease. I'll call
upon him this very afternoon and borrow
that $1,000" ft
"I'm going out, my dear. to pay few
visits. he said to his wife after luncheon.
and the first visit he paid was to Mr..
Daniel Lazarus's Office. at 1900 Duke street,
st. James's.
AS he entered his club that evening two
men were standing in the lobby, with
their backs to him, talking.
II know, for fact, that Lew refused
him this morning" said the one:
THAT is excellent" answered the other.
Honorable George slipped past them I'M
observed. He recognized them both. They
were his brother-in-law. James Godfrey.
and his son, Ronald. :,
$50 no." he thought inwardly,, that is
dodge of yours to prevent my borrowing
money was it? / wonder how you would
both look if you knew that have this very
Daniel LaZarus's for f5.0OO."
From this time forward Hon. George
plunged into more hopeless extravagances
than ever. His wife and son ceased to re-
monstrate-either because they did not
guess the real extent of his loans or be-
cause they thought remonstrances useless.
His visits to Daniel Lazarus grew frequent,
but the latter was always ready to accom-
modate him with cash. =
''Pll be frank with you," the mOney-lend-
er said, on the occasion of one of these
visits. The fact is L am gambling for your
estate. have set my heart upon it, and
have. bought up all your bills from Levi.
about his mOney-thOught that you were
sure to die before theIEarl, so he let me have
the bills on reasonable terms. know that
there's chance of your dying before the
Earl, but also know that there's a good
chance of your surviving him. i speculate
on the latter The game is worth playing
too, since at my present rate of interest
(which is so high because of the risk in
volved shall by the expenditure of hun
dred thousand in cash chance winning five
hundred thousand in land. On the, other
hand, may lose everything, If you are so
dis9bllgIng as to die before the la t.
with laugh. That's the only chance for
ty thousand now"
THAT involves half the estate, and your
bills, which have bought from Levi, in
yolve 1T to the extent of another quarter.
Therefore, only quarter remains for you
to borrow upon. i shall be willing to ac-
commodate you. SIR to the full extent of
that security"
well, Lazarus, if you don't do so, it
shall not be for want of application on my
part. / promise that"
This conversation took place some
twelve months after Hon. George Brown
ings first introduction to Daniel Lazarus.
1t will therefore. be seen that he had been
spendin6 money with tolerable freedom
during that period. He bad. in truth,
peculiar even for him. The next half year
found him no more economical, and at the
end of that time scarcely an acre remained
upon which money could be raised.
But now an event happened which
brought great joy to the heart of Daniel
Lazarus and such others as had claims upon
Hon. George Browning. The Earl of st.
David's caught severe chill on the first
day of cOver-shooting. A sharp attack of
bronchitis followed, and within forty-eIght
hours the noble Earl was a dead man.
The Honorable George I'VE beg his par
| don-the new Earl received the intelligence
with his usual imperturbability. He did
not much relish the prospect of his pecuni-
airy embarrassments being disclosed. but
Lazarus was an Obliging fellow, and the
disclosure might yet be deferred for some
weeks.
He found however, that Lazarus. the &C
| cOmmOdating lender, was q very different
man from Lazarus the creditor, in full pos
| session of his legal rights. For, on the same
/ afternoon that he received the telegram
| reached the Honorable George from LaZ-
arus requesting him to step round to his
| Office before o'clock and arrange for the
| immediate transfer of the st. Dayid's prop
| erty. tc
Highly indignant at such a summary pro-
| ceeding. he drove straight to 100 Duke
street.
.'.Pon my life, Lazarusl' he said, !irritably,
| as he entered the mOney-lenders office,
this haste is positively indecent. You
might, at least, have waited until after the
| funeral
Daniel merely shrugged his shoulders, and
answered, cOldly:
Il am quite within my rights, sir. Be
sides, | am acting on instruction. For
| may as well inform you that am not n
principal. but only an agent, in this af
| fair"
Come, Lazarus, that's very old story
| cit is true, nevertheless, in the present
| case. To convince you beyond doubt will
introduce you to my principal at once. Will
| yOu step this way, please!D
| The Honorable George followed the
moneylender into an inner office, and
| there found. to his utter astonishment, no
other person than his brother-in-law, the
banker.
| What the devil does this meanw he
| calculated.
'Listenw answered Mr.. James Godfrey,
a curious smile playing about his lips, and
you will understand. lis l that have lent
| you the money"
"Yon! Pooh! You're jokingw
| On the contrary, am quite serious
Seeing that you were bent on selling your
estate TO the Jews at a fifth of its true
price, used Amabefs dOwry-f1O0, 0O0-to
buy it up with. In doing so, no risk was
| run; for if you survive the Earl, could
| claim. by law, the whole estate; and if the
earl survived you. he had given me his
word to leave the property to Ronald, and
Ronald promised to settle 100000 of it
| upon Amabel, i'll repayment"
| You mean that / have, in fact, sold the
estate to yOu?" said the new Earl, when his
surprise permitted him to speak.
Precisely! And it is my intention. this
very day, to settle it upon Ronald and Anna
bel, and their children after them You
will not have the control of single acre,
GeOrgew
We'll, WELL" the other replied, accepting
| the inevitable with his customary easiness,
after all, it had better 60 to Ronald than
| to the Hebrews