Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
"For YOU, of course-ror the forged

Y ~hASN1s
"But for what amount?:"
"Eight hundred, of course. 1 sup
pose my foolish son lost the money!"
cit must be more than that" said
the Count, still very gentle, with a
smile on his face.
MI. Fayerill opened his eye
"What do you mean?" he asked.
81 mean that this bit of paper is
worth Il good deal more than $500 to
Mr.. Faverill, Jr., or Mr.. Faverilf Jr.' IS
friends, and, therefore. of course, it
is worth more than $500 to me
The old gentleman sat, for Il mo-
ment, apparently dumb with aston
ishmcnt.
"You scoundrcl!" he calculated, at
length.
The Frenchman only smiled again.
"Makc it 93. OOO." he said, ina tone
of mild suggestion.
81 won't." cried MI. Faverill, start
ing to his feet, and pacing excitedly
up and down the room. 81 won't!
Do your worst.." he cried. "You
sha'n't levy blackmail on me-"
DE Parni sat down 10 his breakfast
with an appetite, leaving his visitor
to take care of himself.
"Take care, sir. Mind what you
are about! There are magistrates in
this country" cried Mr.. Faverill.
There was a small clock Oh the man.
tlepiece. The Count glanced at it.
"AIl 1 can say is, that it my terms
are not acceded to before 1 have done
breakfast, l will put the matter into
the hands of a lawyer, with instruc-
tions to take criminal, not civil pro-
ceedings." said the Count, with per-
feet composurc. .'Till you have made
up your mind to pay the money, you
may as we'll hold your tongue"
"You villain! I'll give you FL, 900
in ALL" said the Englishman grutfiy.
The Frenchman took no notice OF the
offer.
The end of it was, of course, that
after swearing that he would risk
MI. Alfred NJ. Faverill knowing of
the forgery rather than pay such a
flagitious demand, the Counts visitor
gave way, and wrote Il check for
$4,000. This he handed to the
Frenchman, receiving in exchange
the n for $500, which Mr.. Faverill
glanced at and thrust into his pocket,
muttering to himself, "Alfrcd shall
know what this has cost me-" Then
he abruDtly left the room without
deigning so much as Il parting glance
at the Count.
"Barbarous islander" muttered the
Frenchmen to himself, as he resumed
his breakfast. s'Pouf. that was u
good mornings work."
He had hardly finished his meal
when Il fellow Partisan called on him
and proposed that they should run
down to Goodwood, and lunch on the
most beautiful %race-course in England.
De Parni had no objection, and he
set ouu to spend the day with his
friend. Before leaving the hotel,
however, he took the %precaution of
depositing Mr.. Faverill's check, which
was crossed in a sealed envelopcd,
with the hotel manager.
When Comte de Parni returned to
town in the evening, he thought he
would go and dine at the Pericles
Club. 'It will be amusing" he said
to himself, 'sto see how that young
scamp will behave, if he is at the
club tonight. Probably he won't be
here. The old gentleman must have
given it him pretty hot by this time.
Pom my soul, l let that old boy off
too easily. But l always am too soft
hearted IN such cases. l might just
as we'll have collared another thou.
sand while l IA about it,"
Soliloquizing thus the Count en-
tered the Periclcs dining-room,
and hardly had he done SO when
young Faverill called out to him from
one of the tables:
"Hallo! going to give me my re-
venge tonight, 1 hope?:"
doesn't the young rascal carry it
off well?" said De Parni to himself.
"Evidently he has not yet seer his
father" But he bowed to the young
man, and smilingly said he was en-
tirely at Mr.. Faverill's service.
During his dinner the Count de-
bated with himself the question,
whether, if fortune favored him, he
should become the posscssor of an
other forged check. He thought he
might, if he chose. But he reluct-
antly came to the conclusion that it
would be too risky. The former one
he had taken innocently. The sec
ond he would take Knowing it to be
a forgery. He might not be able to
bleed Mr.. Faverill, ST., successfully a
second time: and he feared it was just
possible that he might get into
trouble by trying to extort money by
compromising Il felony. On the whole,
he thought it would be best not to al
low Faverill to become his debtor to
any great cXtcnt-just a few pounds.
perhaps, that might. be paid cash on
the spot.
After dinner play began: and the
Frenchman was not nearly SO success
full as he had been on the preceding
evening. Still he held his own.
Strive as he might, taverill could
get back nothing OF his $500. When
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