Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

" A.SFf hi> iiNd4 eNlit a. - We ~'i'
en- to1es2eFation Intense love of gain
spurred him to find out the others Sc
cret, by wnatevef means attainable.-
Love Of Mary Morrison, or the desire
for her wealth, prompted him to the
overthrow Of rival beloved by the lady
though not countenaneed by her father.
Should, however, George selby become
,tch, her fathers objections would vanish
g 1t is very fortunate | happened to
be here" nuttered Christian to himself,
as he paced the hotel parlor, after hav-
ing engaged & Sc t in the same coach
with Selby, his own business at New
castle being settled.
1t was not long till the stage horn
sounded, and in ten minutes more George
Selby and Christian Wernwag were
borne rapidly away.
Slby, for several miles, remained 81
lent, and here we may as well acquaint
the reader with his history He had
heen the confidential clerk of Mr.. Nor
rison, wealthy merchant Of Scotch ex-
traction, but long resident in the city of
Penn, and indebted for most of his wealth
to the wars of Europe Selby had gain
ed his esteem, was admitted to his pri-
vate circle, aud had won the affections
of the merchant'g OILY daughter, though
she was closely besieged by the attentions
of Christian Wernwag To Selby the
latter was no stranger, as they had often
met on business in the counting house
Christians fraction system of account,
and his unwillingness to pay charge al
lowed by commercial usage, rendered
him an unpleasant man to do business
with. Dislike, engend red by these
bickrings, changed, of conrse, to hat. ed
when they became rivals Christian took
occasion to inform Mr. Morrison of his
clerks pFcte asiops, when an explanation
followed, ending in mutual declarations
Of love ahd fidelity between the lovers,
and in Selby's being sent, as assistant,
to an old commercial friend in Hamburg,
to whom be was highly recommended by
Mr.. Morrison, who took occason to say
to Selby he might always count on his
friendship that personally he had no
objections to him as a son-in-law; hat
without some corresponding advantage oi
wealth, n ALLIANCE with his family W 5
impossible
The fair lady vowed cons,ancy to
Selby, so Christian gained moth ng by
the removal Of his rival; her father,
though anxious to discourage an intima
cy he deemed disadvantageous, was not,
however, disposed to control his daugh-
tar's affections. True, Christian grew
daily more a favorite with him, inasmGch
as he esteemed him wealthy, quiet,
practicable young merchant, though de-
fcient, perhaps, in personal graces and
brightness of intellect.
Affairs remained in this way for three
years or SO, when Selby appeared as We
have narrated, on the deck of the R. Q.
at Newcastle
As the coach sped on, Christian used
every artifce to extract the secret of
George Selby's journey, but in vain.
To entice him from his reserve, Christian
spoke of Mary Morrison, described her
fathers country seat at Hamilton Vii
lage, the late ball there, at which Mary
was the belle, &C., to all of which Selby
listened with interest, forgetting, in the
pleasure afforded by the RECITAL, his dis
like of the ungenerous narrator
It was under the infu nee of This ia
yorable impression that he accepted
Christians proposal to take supper, and
rest themselves for the night, at Chester,
(some fifteen or twenty miles from the
city. The coach they we're in went no
farther, but the mail would be taken by
another in the course of the evening.
At Chester, then, they stopped, and
while supper was preparing, Christian,
(whose cogitation in regard to she un-
expected circumstances around him re-
suited in determination to satisfy HIM
self that very night, took walk by
himself in the street. Five hundred
dollars for his passage he muitered to
himself, g and IN our vessel Why did
not some of the English cruisers fall in
with her. The old sea dog, Captain
@ -, would certainly have fought,
and then we might have got rid of this
serpent who comes to cause my misery.
/ wonder does be know he is paying ne