East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, AUGUST i S6l .a..a

evening, Dut tnlS WOuiu only nave dC
compished a part Of the object aimed at
Several of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
amongst the nuniber.--.were suspected o
uttering forged foreign bank notes, and
it was essential to watch narrowly fol
legal evidence to restore, if possible, the
property and securities Of which Mr.. Mer.
ton had been pillaged. aD S0a.t qhH"c
Nothing Of especial Importance occur
ed for seven or eight days. Gaming
went on as usual every evening, and Mr..
Merton became, of course more involved;
even his sisters jewels--which he had
surreptitiously y obtainedto such depth OF
degradation will this vice plunge men
otherwise honorable----had been staked
aud lost; and he was, by the advice oi
Sandford, about to conclude heavy
mortgage on his estate, in order not only
to clear off bis enormous debts Of honor,
but to acquire fresh means of winning
back, that ignasfatiats of all gamblers,
his tremendous losses y new prelimin-
ary dodge was, observed, now brought
into action, Mr. Merton esteemed him.
self knowing hand at eearts; it was in-
troduced, and he was permitted to win
every game, much to tho apparent an
noyance aud discontinue of the losers.
AS this was precisely the snare into which
| had myself fallen, Of course the more
readily detected it, and felt certain that
a grand coup was meditated. In the
meantime bad not been idle. Sandford
was con6dentially informed that | Was
only waiting in London to receive be-
tween four and five thousand pounds
part of uncle Passgrovc's legsey---and
then intended to Immediately hasten
back 10 canny Yorkshire. To have seen
the villains eyes i incidentally, as it were,
announced my errand and intention !..--
They fairly flashed with internal glee
All, Sandford Sandford you were with
all your cunning, but sand-blind idiot
to believe the man you had wronged and
ruined could SO easily forget the debt he
owed you
The crisis came swiftly on Mr.. Mer-
tons mortgage money was to be paid on
the morrow; and on that day too, / an
nounced the fabulous thousands receive
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an equal amount to that which you mean
to risk, is actually deposited on the table.
He promised to insist on this condition.
1t involved much moro than he dreamt of
then.
My arrangements were at length thor
ougly complete; and few minutes past
twelve o'clock the whispered password ad-
mitted me into the house. An. angry al