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- 22 + ALFRED DE ROSANN. for it was the exact hour at which he invariably paid his respects to Eloise. “T will not detain you long,” cried M. La Motte, noticing his partner’s embarrassment. ‘ The fact is,” he continued, “I cannot leave the office to-day—there will be little doing at the Bourse—and I wished you to do me a service when you return home this-even- ing.”’ p With the greatest pleasure,’’ answered our hero; ‘“‘that is, if it be in my power.”’ ‘Oh! ’tis not only in your power, but in the way of business,’? answered La Motte with a chuckle. “IT must inform you,’ proceeded the merchant, in a sort of whisper, although he and De Rosann were alone, “ that our worthy correspondents, Delisle, Gue- rin, and Company, have authorized us to make an im- mense purchase for them—they are the first house at Marseilles, you recollect—and to accept bills by pro- curation, as payment. Here is their letter,’’? added La Motte, fumbling his pocket: then in a moment he cried, “ Ah! I remember—lI left it on my desk; but you can see it presently.”’ “It is not necessary,’ exclaimed De Rosann, whose impatience increased: “ you know I do not often in- terfere in the affairs of the house——and that I have the utmost confidence—as, indeed, I ought to haye—in your management.” “My sole endeavour is to merit your esteem and ~ approbation,’’? said-La Motte, in a modest tone of voice: “ but I see you are in a hurry to visit your in- tended—-eh! eh!—and I will not detain you another minute. All I wish is, that you would purchase stamps for bills of exchange to the amount of three hundred thousand franes, as you return home, and that this evening you would devote an hour to assist me in drawing them up.’”? | “Cannot you send aclerk? I might forget it.” “See what it is to have a young head!” cried La Motte. ‘ Do you know, my dear friend, that if our clerks had an idea that we purchased stamys to such.