The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-17

81 know I'm asking much more than l
can expect" Evasio replied; but my
father is a well-knOwn London banker,
, and l thought, perhaps, that, on the
: strength of his credit, you might manage
, to grant my request. OF course should
expect to be charged commission for
the accommodation
The other regarded him shrewdly for a
minute, from under his long dark eye
lashes. Then he asked:
"How much do you want?'
"a thousand horins, if possible; but
less, if that is more than you can trust
me for"
''Write out draft for thousand for
i11s, and let me see the signature" an
swered the proprietor briefly. II will
then decide about cashing it."
The young man Immediately filled in
one of Potsdorff & Guelph's forms, which
he happened to have in his pocket and
handed it to the proprietor.
The latter scanned it closely. Then,
after looking several times from the draft
to EvasiO's face and back again to the
draft, he inquired briefly:
pardon me for askingl but how much
have you lost altogether in my saloon?"
''SiX thousand tiorins tonight, 5000 last
might and 300 the night before" Evasio
returned.
Very well, the proprietor said. "As
you have brought so much grist to my
mill, and you fathers name is known to
me as one the leading ones in the tinan-
cial world, will cash this draft for you.
only make one stipulation, namely,
that you mention this to no one else. If
it were generally known, | should be
pestered with like applicatiOnsm
EvasiO readily gave the required prom
Use ana cordially thanked the PROPRIETOR
who unlocked cash box, counted out
nOUes 10 uhe necessary amount, ana
handed them 10 the young man WlChout
word.
|, But tne commission began the
latter, let me-
My dear sir! mterposed tne pro
prletor, settlhg aside, as IL We're tne suS,
gestlon with wave OF his hand, u could
not thlhk OF accepting commission on a
drait payaole at Slght' l shali, OF course
present thls at fotsdort " Huelph 10
morrow morning.
10 so, by al means, EVasio returned,
AND aiteT AGAIN thanking the manager
lor ms opilSllS klhuness, nc ie-enIeIe'l
SamDhhS salool' eager 10 retrieve HIS
losses
But ms attempt 10 90 so proved noun
ing Detter thah throwing go0d money
after oaa; IN an lncTeulpiy snort tline al
every IartllhS OF tlltI Iast tnousaIla nor
ms liau VihlsIeu' anu ne returned W HIS
MOTEL broken ana desperate:
,,.,,. L. n,;,
ABOUT noon next day' as ne saC over MS
untasted breakfast resting ms mead on
ms hahds, detected ana mlseraole' nc
had time TO answer IT, the door was
thrown opel' ana the waiter announced
"A gentleman 10 see you
Evaslo looked up WIN a gesture 0i
irritation, meaning 10 say tnat ne coulG
receive no one just thel. buC ne uesisteu
rom MS purpose Wneh ne saw ms 'lsluoi
already crossing the thresnold' ana
recognized III MIN the proprietor ol INC
sanDilli8 salooh, -,
ia,uoh Ihe lor trouolilS you WIN
NiSt; tne laIter Oegan politely' wien @
GhS uoor ilbd Closeo on Clle walter Du,
L nave Just Oeeh 10 present your urh'
"' Eotsuorii uuelph - ahu- ..o,,
y was nonoreS' al righ1' was IL iloV'
EVaslo .sSa lllterPoseo, quickly. .,.
WAS Cne otller returned, MlCr
bow. i have no complaint TO make on
that score' But 1ear-and pardon my
seeming impertlhehce Ill alluulng 10 !he
TiatCer-tlat tne tlouslllu norlis Mnlcn Y. l'5
l Have Just oeel palo pil your st,ii uI"l' was
al Ine money tlat you ilau lelt! ,,,
heally, that Is no aIlair OF yours, thS
young man retortea' lie hlgnly Iesenteo
such suggestion from perfect strahg
er; VINO nad oDiSed MN, 10 Oe sure, Dll,
VINO SUN hau uone notnllls 10 Marraii'
any ihquisl!lve Intellerehce WIN IN, niI
P!l'aVe anails' however, III d nlolllel. l
ms CURIOSITY GOT Ine peSGer ,M oi nis RESENT emu
ihenL, an1 he ""ueu' " h"' hi"Aes you
thlnk so! ,, ..
several InlllSs' was tne answer
me iact that you ASKED me 70 advance
Sne onut,sa,i, horLiis in; anu no io lnUadyoumt ~
aemeanor wliiIe loslnSIthe c1hGuct ol
tne CASHIER at fotsdorli % ~ y Guelpn :, WI, M
was oDllged 10 reIer 10 MS leuger 10 SET
IL you were sGou nor e,,e suaIIlis Ia1 in CON-, OH
Dlhatlon OF circumstances leu me 10 sup
pose that you had lost your all, an(
) might now stand III need OF money
: Especially, he concluded hNihg hl'
dark eyes iull on the young man race
5 las something seems to tell me that th'
sum wmch you nave gamDled away wa'
not your own.
VINO toid you that! crled EVaslo
adding quickly, as he thought ne dlVihet
= the motive OF the strangers Vlsit.
see! you are money lender?
5 II do lend money-sometlmes. wa
} the quiet re1Olner.
Good exclaimed Evaslo, eagerly
( Then VIII you advance me oOOO norins
r Ill give you Dill on the agents at
= month-at a fortnight, II you IKE; ant
pay any interest you please!
4 The other, looking the young man full
| in the face, answered, But you woult
G only gamble away the money, were l Il
= lend it to you"
{ Perhaps So was the reply-"but
Quickly look here. I'll promise L
G gamble with it at your saloon, so that |
g it all vanishes, you, and you alone, viii
: profit by the loss
4 The proprietor smiled gravely as III
S returned. Young man, should b
t sorry to see you go to the devil through
e the medium of my gambling table
/ though you would be far from the frs
. who had suffered that fate. Severa
v one especially, which | should like to tel
e you of, if you have the leisure to listen.
e Now, EvasiO desired nothing less thai
Y to be bored with any of this fellow
C stories. But, as itwould not do to offen'
. him while there was any chance OF oh
h tanning loan from MN, nc saiu WIN "a a
y good grace as he could assume; IS
e all means tell the tale should IKE
; hear II"
$ 1t happened many years ago, tn
o other began. "A young man OF a6ou
: your own age, was playing recklessiy a
n one OF the tables in the saloon OF which
e am now proprietor; Everything wen
e against him and he lost heavily. More
e over, the money with which, lhe was spec
I ulating was not his own to lose. Al
= that he himself possessed had alread