The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-23

0fthe Proserpine this morning."
What 10 that to your" inquired Arthur
Wardlaw, who had entered just In time to
hear this last query.
what is IL to mel" cried Nancy, firing up:
ut L. more to me perhaps. than It is to you,
tor that matter"
Penfold explained, timidly," ''Sir, Mrs
Rouse ia my landlady."
Which lhave never been to church with
any man yet of the name Of Rouse, least-
ways, not In my waking hours" edged In
the lady.
Miss Rouse, I should say, said Penfold,
H%Ro'ogiIisg ~ bss pardon .tao but thought
Plsase, sir, Mr.. Wylie, the mate Of the
Proserpine, Is her-her-sweetheart"
mot he. leastwise, he il only on trial,
after manner"
"Of course, sir-only after manner"
added penfold. sadly perplexed. "Misa
Rouse is incapable Of any thing else But, Il
you please, MIN. don't presume to know
serve. but you know you are anxious
about him"
Miss Rouse shifted, and threw her nose in
the air-as ifto throw doubt even on
that view of the matter.
= =, We'll, m"'inm,' says wardlaw, ~
S Saa sSsTy i" Tny ,r can nnx; give
Tor have got si6o, 900 Of gold din in the ship.
You might inquire ut I.loyd's. Direct her
there, Mr.. Penfoll and hiring me my letters. g
With this he entered his inner office, sat
down. took out golden key. opened the
portrait Of Helen, gazesl ut 1t. kissed it. ut
tered deep sigh and prepared to face the
troubles of the day.
Pcnfold brought In n leatllern case, like an
enormous bill book: it had thirty vertical
compartments: aud ten names Of various
cities and seaports, with which Wardlaw
and Son did business, were printed in gold
letters on some Of these compartments;
on Others, the names of persons; and on two
compartments, the word miscellaneous. "
Michael brought this machine in. filled with
u correspondence enough to break a man q
heart to look Mt.
This was one of the consequences of Ward
laws position He burst not let his cores
p0n,lrnce I've lad. and filtered, in tho outer
office; no openetI,tlie whole mass; sent some
buck into the outer Office: then touched u
hand-ell and man emerged from the small
apartment adjoining his own. This was Mr..
Atkins. his shorthand writer. He dictated
to this man some twenty letters. which were
taken down in sliort-l,nnd; the man retired
to copy them. and write them out in dupli.
cate from his own notes. and this reduced
the Number to seven: these Wardlnw sat
down to write himself. und look up the copies
While lle was writing them, he received IL
l.s as his letters.
lie was writing his last letter. when he
heard in the outer Office voice he thought
he knew. lie got up and listened. II was
No. Ofnll the voices in the city, this WIS
the one it most disinaycl him to hear in his
Office at the present crisis.
He listened on. and satisfied himself. and
prepared to receive the stroke with external
composure.
l'entold announced. Mr.. Bnrtenshaw"
Show him in, said Warilaw, quietly
Mr. Burtcnshnw. one OF the managers of
Morland's hank. came in, and War,llaw mo-
TONED him rOurtr0tslv to Il chair. while he
finished his letter, which took only few
moments.
While he was sealing it, he halfturned to
his visitor, and said. NO bad news: Nor.
lands is safe ofcourse"
"Wc'l, said Bnrtenslaw, there is IL run
upon our bnnk-a severe one. Weroud not
hope to escape the effects of the panic"
lie then, after an uneasy pause, and with
apparent reluctance, added, Il am requested
by the other directors to assure Won it is
their present extremity alone. that-in short,
We are really compelled tn beg You to repay
the amount advanced to you by the bank"
Warllaw showed no alarm, hut great sur
prise. This wasclever forlle felt great alarm.
und no surprise.
1.-The fsl 900" suid he why, that nd
vance w,ts upon the freight ofthe Proserpine.
Forty-five thousand ounces Of gold. She
IL in the Channel at this moment, nOdonbt."
Excuse ME; she il overdue, and the under
writer's uneasy. have made inquiries"
AT any rate, she in fully insured, aud you
hold the policies. Besides, the nilmc OF Ward
law on your books should stand Tor bullion"
Burtcnshaw shook his head. Names are
at discount to-day, sir. We can't pny you
down on the counter. Why, our depositors
look cross at Bank OF England notes.
To all inquiry, huff irOnical. whether the
managers really expected him to fihi sS1.-
ORC cash, at n few hours notice, Burtenshaw
replied, sorrowinlly. TINT they felt for his diff
ticulty whilst deploring their own; but that.
alter nll, it was n debt: und, in short, il he
could find no means OF paying it, they must
suspend payment for time, and tissue q
statement-and-
He hesitatcl to complete his sentence, ind
Warllaw did it for him.
And ascribe your suspension to my in.
ability to refund this utlv;lnre?" said he. bit.
terly.
will bear"
Warllaw rose to intimate he had no moro
to say.
Burtenshaw, however, was not ,lisposel to
20. without some clear understanding
May say We shall hear from, you sir?"
"Yes."
And 10 they wished each other good
morning; and Wartlaw sank into his chair.
In that quiet dialogue, rum had been in
fiicted and received without any a,v,arent
agitntion:ny, and worseth han run-expOs,ire.
Morlands suspension. on account of
money lost by War,llaw and Son, would ut
once bring old Wnrlaw TO London, and the
affair Of the firm would be- investie ate,l, and
the sons false system 0f book Keeping be
discovered.
He sat stupcfch awhile. then put on his
hat. and rushed to his solicitor; on the way,
he fell in with Il great tnlkpr, who told him
here was IL rumor the Shannon was lost in
the Pacific.
At this he ncarly faintr,l in the 1T rect; and
his friend took him back to his office in a
.leplornble condition. All this time he had
been feignang anxiety about the proscrpine
und concealing his real anxiety about the
Shannon. To do him Justice he lost sight of
everything in the world now but helen. lie
sent old Penfold in hot haste to Lloyd's to
inquire for news OF the ship: and he sat down
sick Mt he'lrt: and all he could do now was to
open her protrnit, and gaze at it through
eyes blinded with tears. Even vague
rnmor, which he hoped might be fnlse, had
driven nll his commercial mnneuvres out of
him, nnd made all other calamitirs seem
small
And SO they all arc small, compared with
tho death o! the creature we love.
While he sat thus, in II stupor of fear and
grlef, he heur'l Il well known voice in the
outer office: and. next after Bnrtrnshuw's. il
was The one that caused him the most
apprehension 1t was his fathers.
Wartiinw senior rarely visited the office
now; and this was not his hour. So
Arthur knew something extraordinary had
brought linn up to town. And he could
not doubt that it was the panic, and that
hs1t a I,xhf,tn IL
in course OF the day; but, indeed, it was
more probable that he had already heard
something, and was come to investigate.
War,llnw senior entered the room.
Good morning. Arthur, said he give
got good news for you
Arthur was quite startled by an announce
mcnt that accorded 30 little with hia expec
tati0ns.
Good ncws-for nc?" said he, in IL faint
incredulous tone.
"Ay.. glorious news! Haven't you been anx
ious about the Shannon? lhave; more anx
ious than would own"
Arthur started up. 1.-The Shannon! Coz
bless YOU, father"
She lies at anchor in the Mersey," roare'
bringing such good news "Why, the ROLES
tons will be in London ut 215. See, here il
his telegram"
At this moment in ran Penfold, to tel
them that the Salmon was up at Lloyd'l
hud anchored off Liverpool last night.
There was hearty sinking of linn,ls, ant
Arthur Wnrdlaw was the happiest man il
Lon,lon-,or little while
Got Tho telegram at Eln,-trees, this morn
ing. and came mp by the first express" sale
| Wardlnw. senior.
1.-The telegram was from Sir Edward Rol
lesion: "lseached Liverpool last night; viii
b. at Eusto on, two-f!teen."
Not Il word from lier!'