The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-12-01

fond sly iu uuhWcr Go liia UrWlfl Qurlttt
aud hH added r0WahluR 10 whisper Wlurh
brought surduuir HWilr 90 tlir lrlinW'H 'liH,
aud uduGrd total cluuFu "a his drmenllpr
toward myhrlL iNH WIS rrnHurrgi toe
though provided Wiih pistols, should, ] irlL
haze llls chance WilI ouch utterly rtrh.rra
rulinns aA those rs - liuul WAS surrounded,
Play vas proposed, und though ~ l,laI nloW'
y refusing, leiprci ~ be- gradually over
come hy Irresistible lemplniinu,grd 600 down
10 blind lu2nfd WiHi ny foreign iirld lor
moderate stakes, ,tuH TruruuHly allowed
90 Wiu, aud in tie end found myself richer
~ lho DEVILS money ly about ten poundf,--
Alr Merton Nuh rnnu uhsuihed iH No cNHU'
COS Of ll,e dirr,uud Loot large suinF,lu which
81 ben lhr money boo bad brought With hiu'
WW EEiiHurWIii TT FHYH WTTifrU HrhHUWlf
Judgements, Tho cheating puclirrd upoh
him Wns really Gudnrinuh; mud any ono boz
u yrp must have repeatedly detected w. TO
however, appeared unl tu entertain ihr
slightest suspicion at tho "hir plHy' of his
oppnuinis, guiding himself entirely by tlu
advice OF hls tiirud aud counsellor, sand
ford, who did not himself play, Tho anna
bile nssemblaRc broke up about tN no mo
morning, each person retiring by ilH huch
way, receiving, a. ho departed, u new pufs-
word fnf lhH neat evening,
4 uw hours Hliptward, waited on tho
commissioner 90 report lhe tlnlC p'HliHir .-'
llcwns delighted with the Fortunate "a. a. =
ind madr,tHt stiii strictly rrJpiurt i'u''rrtu
and caution. II would have been cnsy, HH !
WAs ia porseshion ol tho password, a. laNo
surprised the couiedorucy ~ the oct Of Ruuf-
ing that very evenings bat tbs would only
have accomplished q pnfi oflhe ohlrr' aimed
~, Several Of tho fraternity --sludlprd a-
inOug-t the number -wcfo suspected of Vt
tcrlng iurPed foreign bank u0ira, aud 10 Was
essential Ia wa'ch narrowly for lo- eve
dcuc1 Ga Insure their cOuylcuun u Naa ul-
80 dDfimblg % restore, Il possible, the prop
cdJ aud securities Of which Mr. Morton had
been pillugcd.
Nolhiug ofcspcciul importance occurred
fir seven or eight duys. Gaming wen on aa
usual rlrrj evening. aud Mr Mruuu lccuno
ui c0urfu more and more involved even bis
sisters Jewels which ho had surrcWiupusiy
CHAINED, 10 Jlch depth nfdreradaIuu viii
this iflghliul vice plunge men Otherwise hon.
oruhle-hud been Tnkcl aud l"sli and
hc WaH, los the advice Of Sundurd about to
conclude q heavy mortgage ON his cs.uc, 10
order not only Ia clunr on his enormous
"lrrs OF honor hul to acquire licsi means
OF "N winning back that gHRJdiuUs Of all
rumhlers-iIs tremendous lufrcs! 4 new
preliminary dodge WINS, ! uhscsyrd, now
brought into action, Nr Mgunu esteemed
hiwsrii HknoWiug hand NJ ft1Jis, % was ~
lroduccd; aud hr was permitted 10 Wiu every
game he played, mnch 10 ho apparent n oy-
Bure ahd dtHcumiiturs of the losers - tliit.
Nas pfrci,tly tlr enHr0 into which had
myself iJliru, I at ruri-r the more really
drirrtrd ~, mad trf quite rriistird tt'1t q
nruni coup was wcdiluird. IL the intantiuto
! had not horu idie. Saudiord vas CONT
drutillN iulurUlcd fhui was only waiting
iu London to receive between four mud tiVe
thousand pnuuds--pnrl Of uuclc Pss-groyn's
legacy aud thcn intended 80 hnstru back
To cauuy Yorkshire. To have seen the VIE
lliu's eyes ts incidentally, We,itAscrc, ntt-
uOUuccd Wy crrHud uud iu'rriuu They
titiy la-lrl Wilh Internal glgcl Al, Saudi
ford ypu were, with al your cunning,
but soud.hiud idiot To hclic,c lhr u'uti
Won lad Wruuerd aud ruined could 90 easily
forget the deb, lc owed Won!
Tho crisis came swiftly ON. Mr. Mcr-
TONS mortgage muury was to be- paid on ibn
morrow; aud on ihu day, too, | announced
the fabulous thousands receivable hy me
were Ia be handed over. Mr. Merton clulod
10y Ais repeated iliuuipe at ccarloAnd prompt-
eel by his friend Saudiurd resolved instead
of cnurcling the bands apd obligations ECit
los the ruuspiriiors, 10 redeem his losses ~
stalking ON that cHiuu hi- ready mouoy o.
gniust those liabilities This was at lirst de-
INJURED 10 wiki much apparent cgruUstuUss
10y the winners; bat Mr. Ncrll.s. warmly see
0udct by S'Ur,''furrt, INSISTING uTurr ttru rurT=
ccssion, as lu deemed il, IL WIS fmly ng-
reed tlAt ccartc should hr tho gumr 10y which
lac might hope 20 regain The fortune and tho
TuTru7u, rrTrrt NJ tJuy so rastrty rTtJ7-ytrrrJ'
the last tins should bo succosslul--0ud WIS
hc not sure OF succcss?-hr assured Sand
ford TINT he would ever handle cards or dice.
lie should have heard tho morkiug morti-'
mcut with which the gang hrnrd SdudiLrd
trpcBt this resolution 10 amend his Ways
trifH lac had recovered back hls wohlih
The day so eugorly longed for by Morton
aud the coulrderRtcs---hy the spoilers aud
their prey arrived; and awaited wHh' ir-
vcrsh anxiety The coming. on Qlpigt Only
the chef spifutors-eight IN numbrr--
were To he present; and no stranger except
fnysriC--a iNilrge | owed to the niooushiua
legacy had Just received-was Ia DO adtnii-
ted To this GROWING triumph of successful
fraud. one only hint had veHlured 10 gvo
Mr. Merton. and thu, undGr promise, con
his honor as n gentleman" orinviolaha So
crecv. II was Tile: "l}o sure. before CONF
r4cucing play tomorrow night hat the bonds
aud obligations YOU siguod, tho jewels YOU
have lost, with sum IN notes ur gold Ia
make up M equal amount to ,hNl which you
moan to risk, IS actually deposited on the tn
be" lie promised To insist on tins coudI-
ton. lIiuyolycd much more than lac drcau-
cal OF.
My arrangements were Mt length thurourli-
Is complete; npdn few minutes past twelya
o'clock the whispered password aimHIGri-rHp
into the house. An angry alteration was
going on. Mr. Merton was insisting, Ms
had advised, upon the exhibition nfh sum
ae~al-4. lk..4 which Ice Ind brought with him
for confident of winning, he wns deter
mined to recover his losses TO the last faith.