Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-08-18

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prescribed some cooling medicine and
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fears to Captain McFarlane.
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sure" said 1.
"What is it, then, doctor2"
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say. Nothing that l can administer
seems to do him any good, and he is evil
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rious, to say the least of it. Does he know
Of his condition."
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arrival of the negro Pete, who Informed
Us that Mr.. Grierson had been seized
with sudden and alarming access of
pain, and was apparently dying, adding
that the patient wished to see ME at once
and alone. In obedience to the summons
went below, and having shut the cabin
door and administered the necessary rem
edies, asked the reason for his wishing to
see me.
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l am dying, and can put off no longer
what wish to say, if it is to be said at
ALL" said the patient, feebly; "fetch me
that box from off the top of my sea-chest
and listen"
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box, and laid it by his side upon the
coverlet, and Mr.. Grierson, laying his
hand upon it and at the same time de-
taching key from string by which it
was suspended round his neck, with
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ing his recital, continued:
~ am a murderer. Ayel you may start
and think perhaps that my mind is wan
dering, but it is the truth. twenty-five
years sgo-twenty-6ve years of misery
Il committed the deed which l am now,
in the presence of my Maker, about to
confess. I was clerk in banking
house in London, and the opportunities
for speculation were too much for me to
Withstand, but circumstances occurred
which convinced me that discovery could
hardly be much longer delayed, and
was casting about how to make my es-
cape while there was yet time. Just at
this juncture one of the senior clerks in
the house had to be sent down to Bristol
in charge of a very large sum of money
in gold, and I was deputed to accompany
him to guard the treasure. In those
times We had to take the money in box,
strongly secured and sealed, with us, by
the mail coach, which started from one
Of the old inns in the City, for the West
Of England. There were two thousand
guineas in the box, and the idea suggest
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ga clear ssay by some ship leaving Bris-
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