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The Baroness had taken herself off, and when enquiries were made it was found that she was at Madrid. Mr. Snape, one of the lawyers, was the person who first informed Mr. Coelebs, and did so in a manner which clearly implied that he expected Mr. Coelebs to pay the bill. Then Mr. Snape encountered a terrible disappointment, and Mr. Coelebs was driven to confess his own disgrace.
Sir Richard Hughes, it may be observed, was succeeded as Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia by Sir Andrew Snape Hamond in 1781. Both Hughes and Hamond held in turn the office of commissioner of the naval yard at Halifax. Colonel Francklin had himself been lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia from 1766 to 1776, and seems to have kept on excellent terms with his successors.
"You may believe I'm glad to see you!" said Noll; "I never was so glad to see anything as the old 'Gull' in my life; and oh, why didn't you come earlier, skipper?" Ben laughed. "I knowed ye hev a hard time on't," he said; "reckoned ye'd be glad ter see the old skipper once more. An', lad, how goes it?" Mr. Snape came up just here, drawling, "What ye think o' the winters down 'ere, now, lad?"
M'Ruen made at the Internal Navigation, and numerous were the whispers which he would there whisper into the ears of the young clerk, Mr. Snape the while sitting by, with a sweet unconscious look, as though he firmly believed Mr. M'Ruen to be Charley's maternal uncle.
Snape had a glimmering idea of the truth. When he read that article, Mr. Oldeschole felt that his days were numbered, and Mr. Snape, when he heard of it, began to calculate for the hundredth time to what highest amount of pension he might be adjudged to be entitled by a liberal-minded Treasury minute. Mr.
Think on't, Jack, that 'ere lawyer, Gray, promised to get the youngster here a good half-hour afore sunrise! Here it's sun-up already, and this breeze won't last forever, nuther." "Why don't ye go 'long 'thout him?" queried Jack Snape from his seat on a bucket. "Would, ef 'twa'n't fur that pesky lawyer!" growled the skipper; "an' 'tain't every day ye can get a passenger fur the Rock, nuther.
You tell me that you are a married man, with children, dependent on daily labor for daily bread, and that you have done a little discounting for Miss Snape, out of your earnings. Now, although I am a bill-discounter, I don't like to see such men victimized. Look at the body of this bill look at the signature of your lady-customer, the drawer.
'We are getting a bad name, whether we deserve it or not, said Mr. Oldeschole. 'That fellow Hardlines has put us into his blue- book, and now there's an article in the Times! Just at this moment, a messenger brought in to Mr. Snape the unfortunate letter of which we have given a copy. 'What's that? said Mr. Oldeschole. 'A note from Mr. Corkscrew, sir, said Snape.
"That alters the case; I can lend any amount on good security." "Well, sir, I can get the acceptance of three friends of ample means" "Do you mean to tell me, Miss Snape, that you will write down the names of three parties who will accept a bill for one hundred pounds for you?" Yes, she could, and did actually write down the names of three distinguished men.
The maid who came to sweep the room was thoroughly amazed, and knew that something must be wrong. Just as he was about to move, Mr. Oldeschole came bustling into the room. 'Where is Corkscrew? said he. 'Gone, said Charley. 'And Scatterall? asked Oldeschole. 'Gone, sir, said Charley. 'And Mr. Snape? said the Secretary. 'Oh, he is gone, of course, said Charley, taking his revenge at last.
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