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ALFRED DE ROSANN. | 53 all the heroes of yore to the divers branches of his family. é “ Tixactly, Mr. Robson; to that point I should have come at last; because, whether I borrow some ready cash of you, and leave these documents as security, or - Whether I deposit them with my notary in Paris, and obtain the necessary funds, which are not very con- siderable, from him, it is the same to me.”’ ‘What is the amount you so generously advanced to my young friend, De Rosann?’’ inquired Mr. Rob- son. ‘Twenty thousand franes,’? was the modest reply. “TY would not give half that money to possess your documents,’’ said the banker in a decided tone of voice. ‘ With four hundred pounds sterling I can terminate the whole affair; advertise to request the witnesses to come forward—pay the French lawyers’ | fees in Paris for collecting as many proofs as possible —remunerate the various agents employed in the bu- siness,—in fine, with half the sum you advanced to my young friend, I shall be able to arrange every- thing to my satisfaction. I speak as a banker, and as a man of business, M. le Comte: you must excuse me, but the security you offer is scarcely worth ten thousand franes to me, and nothing at all to any one else.”’ | “And supposing,— merely a supposition, you know,’’—said Belle-Rose, “that I offered to deposit these papers for that sum, should you be inclined to advance the money?”’ “ Why—lI do not exactly know—there may be no objection: I have funds belonging to De Rosann in my hands; and he has given me carte blanche to act for him as I choose,” mused the banker audibly. “T Jost a large sum last night, at play, to our am- bassador, with whom I am very intimate; by-the-bye, I replaced him at Vienna for a short time, the year before last—’’ | “ M. d’Elsigny is a diplomatist,”’ said Mr. Robson. 5* | OO = a (CO) S (E€©)