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TIIE SKJUTS-BOY. 213
"Where, in the naine of the Lord, did you obtain so much
money ]" h#quired the lieutenant-colonel, forgetting, in the two
bank-bills which Amelia extended him, almost the whole of the
last part of ber speech.
"I bave pawned ail my jewels, dear little pal»a , and even the
spoons wh#cb I received as a new year’s present from aunt
Uttcr."
"What ! pawned your jewels ! loaned them as a pledge ! Are
you dreaming ? or have you lost your reason # You, the daughter
of the lieutenant-colonel ? If cannot be. You could hot lmve
forgotten #vhat is due to your rank and family."
"I did not know that one way of borrowing money was worse
than thc other; besides, the marrer can be considered as a mere
trade. I h#ve sold my jewels, and, therefore, the money is my
own? #
"Take care, Amelia; do not jest with your father." Thus
saying, the chee]#s of the lieutenant-colonel turned almost purple,
and the hand in which he held tlm bank-bills trembled violently.
Amazed, and unable fo comprehend what if was that caused
ber father so much excitement, Ameli# replied :
"Joke ! how can you believe such a thing, my father # ttow
dare I venture fo jest with my father 9"
"Then if is true; you bave indeed lost your senses. Without
hes#tation, you bave sacr#ced your father’s good reputation, his
credit, his name, and what is still more sacred, his honour, fo
childish whim. What wîll the people say when they hear that
#Iiss de Dressen runs into the country, pawns ber jewels for the
purpose of paying her father’s debts ? Oh, it #s horrible!
this your filial love ? I already see all tongues in mot.lori about
this unheard-of act. Who h#ts loaned money upon your trinkets#
I can hardly think Çho could bave done so."
"The Old Man of the h[ountain lent me the money, and was
rcjoiced that I would be able to help my f#ther out of h#s diffi-
culties."
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