Thu scene now champs to the private
mansion of "the pieat financier," in one
of whose lofty rooms: was shown the ton
of silver. The financier had a son who
had liotioht and won the alVcctions of one
of the most beautiful and accomplished
daughters of his native stale and city, and
she too, was the oiaml child of one of the
oencrals of the revolution one of the
illustrious veterans who fought side lv
side Willi Washinoion, and who, at his
death, had his honest name "iven to one
of the counties of the "real state that shall
preserve his Lime inviolate forever. Not
only were her allections oained, but the
troth of the financier's son was pledged to
her, lo make her his own forever !
The shine of the ton of silver was
d.i..lino. Sin: was seduced by iho finan
cier's son in the house of his father, and
when the damning fact came out, although
even then the son was still willino-, bv
marriage, to repair thu wrongs he had
done her, yet he was forbid by the finan
cier to do this, and was suddenly sent
away to Kuropo vhcte he slill remains,
and the poor broken-hearted "ill, the most
beautiful in a city renowned for beauty,
lieh in family f.mie, but poor in wealth,
and now ;i henu'.ir in reputation, was
turned out of those refined and opulent
circles, when; she had moved as a star
of delight and brilliancy ! In the mind
of the fnianeic, she was a protested
nob- a it-turned and unaccepted bill of
exchange, a dishonored draft !
Since that lime the pans of bankrupt
cy, like an armed man in hot pursuit,
have overtaken the dwellers in the marble
palace of Mammon, who granted their
autocrat the tun of silver; and as sine as
(iod is just, then.- will yet be tribulation
and iiuruih in the domestic, hall of the
iron hearted financier.
