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"But I will do this only on one condition, and that is, that he will marry me." "What!" I blushed before the lawyer's gaze and exclamation. "Marry you?" "Yes, Mr. Chelm. Do not be too much surprised. Trust me. I know what I am doing, believe me. Have I not hitherto usually been moderately sensible?"
"Yes, I am sure it was," I answered excitedly. Mr. Chelm looked at me with a blank sort of gaze. "Very likely," he observed, with a dry smile. "Well, as I was saying, this like the others was profitable, and Prime not only had enriched himself but some of his customers who had taken the risk with him. The money was paid to him, and he made reports of the same to his customers.
Chelm often told me more about them, and in instances where pecuniary aid could be of service allowed me to come to the rescue; for there were numerous persons who resorted to him for relief, knowing that he was a charitable man who had helped others. If he had the leisure, he always lent a sympathetic ear to their stories, and if he could not aid them was uniformly kind and considerate.
A man who wishes to become a merchant-prince cannot afford to trust anybody." "What a doctrine!" "Business and sentiment are incompatible." I was silent a moment. "Mr. Chelm, when he comes here at twelve, I want you to tell him that he shall not fail, and that I will pay his debts." "Miss Harlan, do not be so foolish, I beseech you!"
But come now, since you insist upon my treating this matter seriously, what is it that you wish me to do?" "Everything, Mr. Chelm." "Even to giving away the bride? You must promise me that, eh! Miss Harlan?" "With pleasure." "It is a bargain then. Command my services as you will, I wish I could say my capital also.
Chelm, or that he had got entangled with an actress, and was in search of legal aid to release him from the meshes of the net. In either event I expected to have the door closed in my face, and the stranger's secret to remain sealed from me forever.
They even cast Ike in my teeth, Ike the imperious, beautifully ugly Ike," he added, stooping down to pat the bull-terrier, who showed his teeth and growled affectionately. "Now, Mr. Chelm, you have my story. I am in earnest. Will you help me?" "I can understand your difficulties to some extent, Mr.
I had even begun to feel that the poor were extremely well provided for, and that in some respects they were really rather better off than I was. For despite my studies and my hours with Mr. Chelm, and the society meetings which I attended, I was conscious at heart of being lonely.
"Yes, a merchant prince, as I believe he will," "You will be married, and be happy ever after, as in other fairy stories." "Nothing of the sort, Mr. Chelm. My conclusion of the affair is much less sentimental. In case events result as I hope and predict, I shall be thankful that I have given him a chance to put his theories into practice.
Be frank with me, and as your father's friend I will do what I can for you. But as a lawyer I must ask you to conceal nothing." So saying Mr. Chelm made a move as if to close the door. "Pray, do not trouble yourself, sir. My story is already known to so many people that privacy is immaterial.
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