The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-01-26

7.
:'""H'ai yonng merchant, thong, ..rir-n.
r"rha''S. IL personal g,.ccs aud brightness
~ intellect
Affairs remained in this waY f,r ,lrre
years Or so. when Selhv appeared as W.
ilav" narrated, On TIE ,iec. D: the i,e-cr g.
a; Newcastle.
AS the coach sre.! on. Christian rse.! eve
y "r'if:cc 10 ex'ra"t the secret II s,ro, q.
Srihy )1urn"r. but iii vain To .n.i.,. him
rom hiS reserve. Christian spoke CT Mar.
Morrison. dc>rrit".d her fathers country
seat at Hamilton village. the late tail there.
At which Mary was the belle. &c.. 70 all &c
whirh Shy listened with intere>. forgetting
IN N" pleasure afforded by the rt.irs,, ..is un
gene fous Narrator
, Il was under the influence Of IN. favorable.
impression that he accepted Christians p-o-
t"Sai 10 TAKE supper, and rc>t themselves tor
tn" n,"ht at Chester, (some fifteen or twenty
miles from the citv.) The coach went no
farther; but The mail wou b. taken lv an.
other in III" course Of the evening.
A. Chester. then. they .i,,rp.a and uhi,.
snn?rr was preparins, Christian (whosc ,ori
'''i'''' III regal! tc the un"x,rct,. circ.n,-
Sf!ir"s around him fr>ut-I ln \ d t,.rn,j,,,
non to satisfy himself ;ha; ver; ni,,,, ,..o,k
walk hv himself IL, ne street. Five br,
drcd dollars for his passage" he exclaimed
"and IN our yr>,.l. Why did no, some &c
II" English rrIl>ers fail in with h.r; Th,.
Ga Sca-!oH. taY'ain e.. would certainly have.
f"nchf, aud then we micL, have 90, ri,, If
iai' SERPENT. Wao cor,rs 10 cars. my uis.,v
/ DIR b. l.
of his ta>sa2. Money -
tnrorSri"n-iy he stopped; tr. his eve
wa> attracted hv II" glare O, an apo,b-car, :
shop " Ah." Il" thought. IL have = Key
here. tie saw IN" ruin Of his infes if Sci.
hv sucrrcd"h: he should lose Mary h. should
lose her fathers wealth. Canld n. rot Oh.
tan tn. means in this shoo to save ,.,.-in .
rue N" Scheme was. perhaps. dangerous
but hen the risk was not great rornpar.d ~
that of .o>ing The laiv and her wealth 80
INTO tn" shop he went ana purchased 4 ri,;aI
Of lau!a' um.
" ~H$. Ui course. then. no surprise I,
'hris:ian 70 observe S.liv AFTER supper. .or,w
drowSr. and tai fast a>ler,, >u,t,rr was e.
lowed ~ a hottie OF wine) Christian a..
sisted the landlord in carving M stars ,h.
viriim "t his villanv. rrmaininr. h,w.v.r -
see the "onT'i"te >ur,,>> OF II in thr ,,ro;onu1
>'uinh'- of Netv. S.arrhin- carefully ,;.
packets OF his rival. he found letter or s,r,,
i-.nG'h from The m.rchar, 4, U.m,,nr, 70 n,
-I'i''Epn >tafi"" 'lN the commissioners of
The nl':'i States and those Of ENGLAND w.r.
f;cn d; Gh"n'. TO iix upon tie term. nf ::
treaty "t peace. and perhaps ~ tlr tin,,.
on" had been agreed upon.
II proceeded 10 advise him 70 rr f. nv ~,
information. ~ maxim. large rur, ha>rs e,f
merchandi>r therein specified. even 10 IN. ex
tent OF his capital. in order 10 meet the heav.
demand on the American market, w::i +
the expected trc,fv would crra.p--ih, nrof..
10 he shared between him ami Nr. S-n,
who bad eaS"rl, undertaken 10 h,. the l,.,r
cc 't the 'rw>. r,rr q: HE ri>k Ct ca,:ur.
lcS, sail Christian, a> BE- r., iac,,, III,
ie't"r. Mary Morrison is tie can>. .r a,l
tins ur'i.!'aking. As Sls has i-en the cans.
Of my bong engaged in i:.i- dirty work -
hut i II not AL tar: VA, her >,i,or he.
fore Selhv ever dared ,,i:Ic>s her. i.r wor,d
cu' ;ar od'-fu' II al right. now.
T. l> SAT! hy the Grta, Bard. iha; "vayit
ing ambition of, o'.r.a,s itself" and in
lhS example he is sustained; tor S,l.y. on
acr"rirc :" the proposal ct Christian to ST.,
over ''cht. thought proper TO place in ,hr
h,nd> OF the driver ~ the mex. ,cecl. tip
rii"at" copy "f the Letter which Chri,;i,
read. I" be handed "a Mr. MORRISON on IN,
arrival o! The coach tha. ni.lt. The ,nsr
was 20 leave wor.i that SeIbv would arr;y,
mex. Cav. Two Spanish dollars. WIKI III.
promise Of moro for he faihinl delivery of
the l"t'"r, hal sealed his lips. and scared
his confluence
Tie n"x' morning found Sly very nf..
well. and rhv>ic'an WIS called. who saw a,
once The cause Of his i.nrss Admiui>r.riuc
m"S'arf cmrtr and lvi>;rc his ,a,in,.. e
''Sr from his b,i as soon a. i. shout. c-,rr...
tue doctor took his leave Set., however
who now clearly su>1"cte, tia. ,i,.ainy Of
his rival, resolved to keep his bed tar -, !. a
l"n"th "f tine - wor.l '!cic.' rrrilrrs. IL.
whole design T,- driver Who carried HI.
/, letter woHli return a. f,non. and Seli,y re.
1ne>ted Christian 10 remain with HIN rn.;;
, the evening, when h. should no ,icu;,t i.n a
he I" proceed with him 10 the cit". To TN,
the latter consented at once: IN. a. tim.
woull thereby b" lost. he wrote nv >p.,i-
. messenger. who would reach l'iiila.irip,,i,
bv Two or three o'rlcck in the afternoon. in.
>trnctIon> to his chIrf clerk. similar to t,o>.
in Sc!ty's letter. His orders were. ;er,u,
tory. and lct, the clerk no time t. hesitate.
On In" return Of fe rOach,!rivcr from
. Philadelphia. hr informed Sc,lv of the pune.
tual delivery of his letters 10 Mr. Morrison
, within three hours of his departure from
Chester. Two more Spanish dollars conriu
ded the business. and Selhy made prrpara
tons to proceed: bv the coach in the evening
No suspicion having entered the mind Of
Christian that all was not right h- wa.
ready at the proper time, and lly seven O.
. clock. T. II the coach. with hoti, gentlemen
was on It's wav
Mr. Morrison. On rereiI' Of his frieni'> iet
ter. Vas very much surprised. lie retired fo
ms chamber to consider the frs, course 10 b.,
pursued in the morning and made mrmoran.
ia Of all he could purchase. No one else
was the wiser Of the contents OF that Letter
until he was no longer to be affected by it -
at least SO he thought.
The next morning Mr. Morrison made his
purchases, and by II o'clock. noon. they
were all, as a measure Of safety. stored un-
der Custom House lock. 1t was then tha,
the merchant male known 80 much Of the
letter as related TO the expected Treaty of
Peace, and Immediately all merchandise for
export rose hundred per cent.
The letter OF Christian to his clerk, was re-
ceived about o'clock that evening. and as
no choice remained between di,Obed;ence
and compliance with his employers instru"-
tons. the clerk acted fully up to them, in re-
ceipfing for such a quantity OF goods, AZ at
the advanced prices involved nearly the
whole Of his pmn,orers ca,,it.l