The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-12-16


RI ] would ! were well out of this curse
! scrape, or out of life itself. can't stan
}n. 1t is killing me by inches 1t is a
aggavalion Of The RELISH ,or,ures of tn
J spanish tnquisiIion. And here have W
been playing most desperate and prec
Gus game Of deception at the old gold
f smiths, deceiving him and the old mothe
to Inrap al inocent. girl, ill the mother
gulliblllIy is all ogape a. our vast estate
in Spain and Portugal, which no eye, say
! hers. ever looked upon--snd what is
cursed sight worse, never wilbur credi
IS out with the money-mongers, and W,
can scarcely raise decent suit, or e9ui
page. or give another entertainment
'Sdea,h! ! would we were back to col
Iege, where we might have been yet, bu
Tor That disgraceluI afiair which you Sc
afoot there. and which resulted in our ex.
pnlsion. And here have we been for two
years, under assun ed names, gradually
sinking from one degree of lurpiIude to
another, ull see no, how we are to es-
cape The honorable preierment of the gal
lows. Should we even succeed at the
goldsmi!h's but one of us can get the girl,
| and what IL to be the fate of the other
! tell you now, Remington, | claim the
privileges ola husband, get her who may
Sand shall have them. croaksr. Are
you done puling7 Have | not assured
you again and again that if | succeed, (and
! am aow like to do SO, as her mother is
strong on my side,) you shall have per-
manent home with me, and all things in
common? Ii is not enough that my SILL
perlor abilities have clothed and fed YOU
Tor months, and have now led you, in
common with myself, to wealth; bu, ever
and anon. in iialf-drunken sort of motley
repentant HI, you must convert me into
confessional, and bore me with your Id
hypocritical winnings ant repininEs. Plsh
Blow them to the four winds. aud listen TO
what have to say. The Post" as |
was going on to say to you, contains an
advertisement Of areward of one thousand
pounds for he detection of the thieves and
recovery of the property. 1t is hue, the
lngols are worth FIVE times thut amount,
but we can scarcely hope to avail ourselv-
es of them without detection"
"Then, Remington, to what purpose
did we peril our necks the night before
last - hastily interrupted Saunders.
"So;tly, my dear fellow you have had
your talk, il is my turn whie--listen to
10 me. Mile that internal Melville is in
The way, plainly foresee it will be in.
possible for either ofus to carry our point
with the girl, notwithstanding ! have al
ready her mothers consent"
what YOU do no. mean to add murder
to your black catalogue p
"There it is again. Why Saunders,
are there not more ~sys iasn on. of doing
disin,errsted and clever tl.ing7 And
would it no, be q clever turn To- give to
certain matters in which We are 80 in,i-
mately concerned. if We can blu, touch the
thousand pounds, by plsusitly fixing the
affair upon him, and thus not only secur-
lrg ourselves, but generously furnishing
him with an outfit 10 Botany Bay, eli HE
expense of goseanment--or, rather At our
expense for do ". not foreso large a.
mountP"
"Dut, Bob, Row is it possible to do all
this and escape with whole bones ~
The easiest thing in life, man. The
house now occupied by his parents and
he, is the one | was born in. OF course
| know every nook and corner in il. In
the garnet there are cuddies, in one of
which propose to conceal and leave the
boxes yel tonight , entering the house in
INC rear, al window over a stoop there.
Then proceed 10 morrow to the office OF
police, procure q search of the premises
and his arrest, by swearing that while pas
sing at a late hour from the theatre to our
lodgings, our attention was arrested by
seeing two suspicious looking mel hur-
rledly carry into the house eac.! a small
box-and describe him us ons OF the
men"
AYE, but what then? That would be
to rum our prospects at the goldsmth's,
2"
"Not SO. It will but serve to humble
and subdne the proud spirit of Agnes to
my purp"se-for, Melville once disposed
of by being disgraced and banished for
life, although she may be soured and stub
born at first, she will ere long yield es-
peclally as she has so long withstood her
mothers wishes. Then it would not be
long in the nature Of things ere | should
finger the old mans cash. But even IN
the event Of onr losing the girl, in secur
ing the reward shall we not each obtain a
handsome sum, on which either to go it
alresh. or turn honest men, and preach
and you clerk the HYMNS and take up coI-
Iectons' in America. where. am told, |
every man does as he pleases %
POUNDS Remington, begin to think |
You would make first rate prime MINIS
ter-a-to his Satanic majesty, mean"
CHAPTER V.
We pass over lapse of three months.