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

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shop. 9 All" he thought, " ! have a
key here" H saw Ae rum of his hopes
if Selby succeed d, he should lose Mary,
he should los- her fathers veal h. Could
lie not obtain the means in this shop to
save them True, the scheme was,
perhaps, dangerous but then the risk
was not grca, compared with that oi
losing the lady and her wealth. s. into
the shop be went md purch sed vial
of laadanum.
1t was, of course, then, no surprise
to Christian to observe Selby, after sup
per, (which wss followed by a bottle Of
wine,) grow drowsy and fall fast asleep.
Christian assisted the landlord III carry
ing up stlirs the victim of his vii
lainy, remaining, however, to see the
complete success of it it IN the profound
sIumber of S lby. Searching carefully
the pockets Of his rival, he found let
ter of some length from the merchant at
Han.burgh to Mr. Morrison, stating that
the commissioners of the United States
and those of England were then at
Ghent, to fix upon the terms of P ace,
and perhaps By that time one had been
agreed upon.
1t proceeded to advise him to profit by
the infosmation, by making large pur-
chases of merchandise therein specified,
even to the extent OF his capita, in order
to meat the dem nd on the American
market, which the expected treaty would
create-the profits to be shared between
him and Mr.. selby, who had eagerly un
dertaken to be the bearer Of the news,
even at he ri>k of capfu e.
q Yes, F" said Christian as he rcpl,oed
the letter, ''Mary Morrison is the cause
of thi, undertaken, as she has been the
cause Of heing engaged in this dirty
wo L but IS it not all fais' l was her
suitor before Selby ever dared address
her, and he wouid cat me out-but It's
ali right, now
1t is said by the great bard thai vault
iag ambition eff o'erIeaps ITSELF" and IN
this example he is sustained for selby,
on agreeing TO til proposal of Christian
to st1y oyer night, thought proper to
place in the hands of the driver of the
next coao1, duplicate c. py Of the let
ter which Christian re d, to be handed
70 NJ. Morrison on the arrival of the
coach that night The man was to leave
word that Sc by would arrive next day.
Two Spanish dollars, with the promise
Of more for the faithful delivery of the
letter, had sealed his lips, and secured
his confidence.
The next morning found Selby very
unwell, and physician wcs called. who
saw at once the cause of his illness.
Administering mustard emetic, and ad-
vising his patient to rise f. ON his bed as
soon as possible, the ctor took his
leave S lby. however, who now clearly
suspected the Vi lalny of his rival, resolved
to keep his b d for such length of time
as would defeat, perhaps, his whole de-
signs. The driver who carried his lel>
ter would return at noon, and Selby re-
GU sted Christian to remnin with him un-
til the evening, when he should no doubt
be able 10 proceed with hin to the city
To this the latter consented at once
but, as time would thereby be lost, he
wrote BY special messenger, who would
reach Philadelphia BY two or three o.
clock in the afternoon, instructions to
his chief clerk, similar to those in Sci
hy's letter. His orders were peremptory,
and left the clerk no line 10 hesitate.
On the return Of the coach-driver
from Philadelphia, he informed SeIby of
the punctual delivery of his letter to
Mr. Morrison, within three hours of It's
departure from Chester Two more
Spanish dllars couclueei tie business.
and Selby made preparations to proceed
by the coach In the evening. No sus-
picion having entered the mind Of Christ
ian that all WAS not right, he was ready
at the proper time, and J seven o'clock,
the coach, with both gentlemen,
on its way
Mr.. Morrison. on Feceipt of his old
friends letter, was very much surprised
He retired 10 his chamber 10 Consider
the first couise to BE- pursued in the
morning, and made memoranda of all he
should purchase No one else was the
wiser of the contents of that letter, un-