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"That's right, always be secret," said Jaspar, without any of the appearance of obligation for the favor which the attorney expected to see. "I have secrets in my possession which would ruin some of the best families in the State of Louisiana." "Without doubt," replied Jaspar, coldly.
"What is to be done?" said Jaspar, in a tone which betrayed his deep anxiety. "Get rid of him! His story is a fabrication," returned De Guy. "Not entirely. He knows too much for our safety." "So much the worse for him!" "Why? What would you do?" "Shut his mouth! It matters not how.
"It may be," said Jaspar, hesitating. "Perhaps two millions." "No," said Jaspar, decidedly. "I suspected two was about the figure, but we will call it a million and a half." "Well, what then?" said Jaspar, impatiently. "One-half of it would be a very pretty fortune," soliloquized De Guy, loud enough to be heard by his companion.
Even Judas had his forty pieces of silver the more fool he, to throw them away! I could not do this thing, if I would. My soul is bound to my money." "Pshaw! do not let avarice be your besetting sin. It is a vice too mean for your noble nature." Jaspar tried to sneer again, but the muscles refused to perform their office. He stood like a convicted demon before his sulphurous master.
"Very well, my dear sir, if you are of this mind, my course is plain. Did you not agree to this arrangement?" said De Guy, with a smile, which was meant to soften the hard question. "True, I did," replied Jaspar, with a whining sullenness. "What would you have of me now?" "Only that you fulfil the stipulations of the bargain." "Can I fulfil them? Can I marry you, even if the girl were willing?"
"Take your hands out of that drawer, or I will blow your brains out!" said Jaspar, fiercely, as he seized a pistol from the table. "Very well," replied the attorney, closing the drawer; "you shall have it as you will. I shall bid you a good-day," and he prepared to depart.
"But it does affront me," said Jaspar, losing his temper at the sarcastic manner of the other. "Now, allow me to inquire your business with this girl." "I came in the discharge of my duty as a Christian minister, to impart the consolations of religion to this afflicted child of the church. Of course, my business could not be with you in that capacity."
You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus!" Jaspar Dumont, on the morning after the abstraction of the papers by Dalhousie, rose from his inebriated slumbers; but his rest was a misnomer. The strong excitement, which a few weeks before had served to keep his mind occupied, had now passed away.
He appeared very thoughtful and attentive, while Jaspar, glad to find a theme he could converse upon, expatiated upon his favorite methods of managing stock and crops. The overseer listened patiently to all he said, occasionally interrupting with a word of approbation.
Honor will keep your secret, threats will not compel me to do so." "Honor! ha, ha, ha!" chuckled Jaspar. "Do you know, Maxwell, that you are a fool, to talk to me of your honor?" "Would you insult me, sir?" said, Maxwell, with vehemence. "O, no, my fine fellow! Your honor! ha, ha!" returned Jaspar, taking from his pocket a little slip of paper.
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