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NUMBER
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MOXTROSE PEgN'A...
VOLUME xxi-V.
TAE' REGISTER.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
dimes W. Chapman.
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If paid wohtn the year, 2 00.
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For the Susquehanna Register
The Last Wish.
DT ALTARA TUE SOLITAIRE.
Life is a wilderin' g dream ;
F its reality we wake not, nor
. Pause for once as threititiddy circles, -
onward We pass, to the sleep that knows
No waking,.
I saw a youth upon whose
Brow, the sun of Welted brightly risen,
Whose heart beat joyously as hopes of future
Happiness her blithesome bosom filled.
A maiden! the world was ideal, and
Her imagination oft would stray, and
Gather up some fancied pletsure, till
In her snowy breast the artless phantoin
Lingered, a bright reality. Her spirit
Knew no sadness, for the golden sun looked
Gently down on sinning; fields, on laughing
Rills and singing birds, that warbled forth r
An orison of praise, to the Ruler
Omnipotent of heaven and earth.
And thus she mused nor heede• once, that
Time in rapid fltight was hurrying on
His 'custorned round.--Her, to the bourn
Of all things mortal ,
Her maiden days were past ;
She stood, before the altar a gentle
Bride, and spake the cows of 'constancy
In accents bland with
.youthful love. .
Years flew by in fast careering course, nor
Ls 9 nne trace behind, save the care-furrow
On her ratable brow, to mark the life-wave
Gently flowing on, till - lost in the wide
ocean of wild forgetfulness; her spirit
Pure should hasten to its God. ..
* * * On the lone couch she lay,- and
Thoughts of other days came o'er her hallowed
Soul—in recollection deep and dreamy,
Her mind ran back thro' spice long since traversed
By rolling years, and for amoment, lingered
There a blissful iunile.upor4 her pallid
Check, as tho a wandering thought, was ' .
Playing round some pleasing reminiscence
Of halcyon days. 'Twas past ; the tear drop
Glistened in her sunken eve, her voice
In feeble accents murmured low, a lone,
Lazt wish of earth, When 'neath its cold, cold breast
She'd lay—Arose of beauty rare to blossom
On my-tomb, and lend a fragrance to the
Zephyr's breath, as
° sighing past it. chants a
Morining requiem o'er my dust.
lien day by day the hectic mantled her
Pale cheek with crimson hue, there fading, like
Leaf in autumn air she puled, each pulse '
Throb fainter 'greW ; like pearly dew-drop
On lily white as drives snow, the cold,
Death sweat stood on her calm brow, till Seraph
From the sky descending on angel pinions
Bore her hence to God above:
I stood beside her lone sepulchral home.
Leo maidens fair, in sorrow came. 'perdu-trice
To drop a pensive tear—One ..pirit
Mother I hither. now I come, thine dent
Wish is granted—o'er thee blooms y favorite
gpa t
Flower ; my mother, spirit mother, sleep,
Steep gently on! , i
Montrose, Sept.„-1849.
The Gamester's Revenge.
EECOLLECTICSS OF A POLICE OFFICER.
A little more than a year after the period when
adverse circumstances--chiefly the result of my
own reckless follies--compelled me to enter the
ranks of the metropolitan police, ni the sole means
lett me of procuring food and rainient, the atten
tion of One of the principal ehiefi' of the force was
attracted towards me by the ingenuity and bold
ness which I was suppoied to have manifested in
hitting upon and unravels rig a clue which ultimate
ly led to the convsction and punishment ,of the per
petrators of an artistically -contrived fraud upon an
eminent tradesman of the West End of Loudon.—
The chief sent for me ; and after a scanewhatlcagth
ened conversation, not only expressed approbation
ofuly conduct in the particular matter under dis
cussion, but hinted that he might shortly need inv
services i n other Afrners requiring intelligence and
resolution. -
" I think I have met you before," he remarked
with a meaning smile on disiiiissing me, "when
you occupied a different Position from yourpre:ent
one I Do not alarm yourself; I have no wish to
pry unikecessanly into other men's secrets. Wa
ters is a e common enough in all ranks of snci•
ety, and I ... , you know'—here the cold smile
deepened in in , . ical expression—P be mistaken,—
At all events, .e testimony of the gentleman
whose recommends "on obtained you admission toto
the force.--. 1 have lo? • . into the matter since I
heard of your behavior the late business—is a
sufficient guarantee that n _ more seriouslthan
imprudence and folly can be •'d to your dirge.
I have neither right or inclinati. 'to inquire further.
To-morrow, in all probability, I send thr 3-nn.
I mime to theriOndusien, as I walk • . homewards,
that the chief's intimation of having 'milk met
me in another spliereof life was a random apd =-
founded one, as bad seldom visited Ind m;
prosperou s days,•and -still more rarely min g l e d in
its society. My wife, however; to whom I ofcmirse
related the-substimerief the conversation, remind.
ed me that he had once been at Doncaster during
the races; and suggested that hi might possibly
have seen'and noticed me there. 'Phis was a suffi
ciently probable explanation of the hiat; bat who._
er the correct one or not, I cannot d ecide , -118,- " v
never afterwards alluded toile aubjacklitid hid not the slightest wish to renew t-
Three 'days elapsed - before 1 , - received tbelix
peettli summons. On , • waiting on . him; - f - ',lalts
agreeably startled to fuid that I was . to be , at
employed on sindatitin which the mast.'
and experienCed Aletecill!e officers -
felt honored to undertake- "
" Here is iwr itteti:dracriPtallefthe persons of this gall . of blarldirga,.swindleresadiorfereas-'
chided th e eommieteeier 4 =tuning wigs *deo :
tions. "it will be yout-A reviissir
-object.: to private haunte, anchsecure 3egit Imitkace-ufAheir
iiefarions practices. We have-been hitherto baf
fled, principally, I think, through the too hasty zeal
Of the officers employed ; you must especially avoid
that error. They are practiced scoundrels; and it
Fill require considerable patience, as Well as acu
pen, to unkennel and bring them to ;justice. One
Fif their more recent victims is young Mr. Merton,
ton, by a former marriage. of the Dowager Lady
pvertOn.* Her ladyship has applied to us for as
sistance inextriciting him from the toils in which
The is meshed. Yon will tall on E'er at five o' clock
this afternoon—in plain clothes of course—and ob
tr;ilwhitetentv:mr
beinfrototination
communicate em a 3 direct l y be a b l e
withm i 1 f e
:
and any assistance you may require shall be
promptly 1-endered..
With • these and a few o ther
dinor directions, needless to recapitulate, I was
ismissed to a task which, diffienit and possibly
perilous as it might
. prove, I hailed at a delightful
relief from the wearing monotony and dull routine
of'ordintuy duty.
i I hastened home; and after dressing with great
*arc—the best part of my wardrobe had been for
funately saved by Emily from the wreck of my
ortunes--I proceeded to Lady Eyerton's mansion.
I was immediately marshalled to the drawing-room,
where I fosand her ladyship and her idauglifer--a
beautiful, fairy-looking girl—awaiting my arrival.
Lady Everton appeared greatly surprised at my
appearance, differing, as I dare say it altogether
did, from her abstract idea of ii policeman, howev
er attired or disguised ; and it was not till she had
erased the note of which I was the bearer, that
crhaughty and incredulous stare
became midge
t, dto a glapce of lofty condoseendent civility.
„... Be seated, Mr. Waters," said her ladyship, wa-
Nling me to a chair. " This not informs me that
yea hive been selected for the duty of endeavoring
tp extricate my son from the perilous entangle
meats in which he has unhappily involved him
delf."
I was about to reply—for I was silly enough to
rid somewhat nettled at the noble lady's haughti
ess of-manner—that I was engaged in the public
qiervice of extirpating a gang of swindlers with
Whom her son had involved himself, end was there
tri . procure from her ladyship any information she
Might be pressed of, likely to f;trward so de,ira
tle a result: but fortunately the remembrance of
My actual position, spite of - my gentleman's attire,
itlnshed vividly upon my mind ; and instead of per-
Mitting my glib tongue to wag irreverently in the
presence of a right honorable, I bowed with defer
"ntial acquiescence.
Her lady'ship proceeded. and in substance lob.
Wiled the following information:-
1 - 4 Mr. Charles Merton,during the few months which
d elapsed since the attainment of his majority,
" d very literally " fallen amongst thieves." A pas
itop for °ambling seemed to have taken entire pas
lOsion o f' his haggard and feverish life which was
1
..v.d at play. A run of ill leek, accerding to his
Fyn belief—gut in very truth a ran of downright
4bbery—had set in against hint, and he had not
- ly dissipated all the ready money winch lie had
t i il ilg ieri en te ce d, o a t ti l d is r ia be dz lar tn g o e ti sii ze n t is im wpi u c t li v t l l i l e e d tio ti o n i t i- w h it i l n :,
pt had involved himself in bonds, bills, and other
t ligations to a frightful amount. The principal
dent in affecting this rain was one Sanford—a man'
fashionable and Ensiling exterior, and the presi
'ng, spirit of the knot of desperadoes whom I was
minissioned to hunt nut. • Strange' to my, Mr.
,rton had the blindest reliance upon this man's
ie
1, nor;
been by
now— , t hl.s ri g ck an e g d, _ rhod n des e roiled upn asile
bv htm and
-his
c ;tinsel and - assistance for escape from the despe
'te position in which lie was involved. The Ey
e n estates had passed. in default of male issue,
t a distant relative of the late lord ; so that ruin,
a : lute and irremediable; stared both the wretch
t e
, d s u j p ot. e nt a u n re d l w as as re n la 6 ti t relative lia ty the iar, fac e e. otte L : ad an y
dErheret
s.
Blahscnd had
d which h') been
b e e. permiweretted
xt.
nowt'
' pr s e lt uan o e :tl d ti t er e an dl. l i c l y m harg s ap Nl e ll in ic o s. h t f
h
la listened with the deepest interest to Lady Ev
1 efton's narrative. Repeatedly, during the course
I of it, as she incidentally alludJd to the manners and
c4Il Ilegrance of Sanford, who had been introduced
b Mr. Merton to his mother and sister, a" suispi
n, which the police papers had first awakened,
t the gentleman in question was an old acquaint
' cof my own, and one, moreover, whose favors I
extremely desirous to return in kind, flashed
incre.aseti conviction across my mind. This
ise Pot course kept to m3-self; and
s after ern-
I n
Idp tieally cautioning the ladies to keep our pro
dings a profdnnd secret item Mr. Merton,l took
leave amply provided with the resources re
q s ite for carrying into effect the scheme which I
resolved upon. I also arranged that; instead
ofivaitin e , ,, pemafally on her Ladyship, which might
e4Cite observation and suspicion, I should report
piogress by letter through the post.
llf it should be !" thought I, as. I emerged
bib the street. The bare suspicion had sent the
Vaal through my veins with furioes violence. "If
th Sanford be, its I suspect, that villain Canton,
ss will indeed be a triumph—victory ! Lady
Et a need not in that case seek to animate my
z by promises of money recompense. A• blight
-team., a yowl* , and gentle wife
- by his means
down front opulence to sordid penury, would
- i'vulate the dullest craven that ever crawled the
" to energy and action. Pray Heaven my sus-
L i . we r rt v o e yo w ur n. self, ect ; fo an r d the th a en v ' en ali ger sui is ne a e t n your ,
he s!'
anford, I had been instructed, was usually
. nt at the Italian opera during the ballot: the
he generally, occupied was designated in the
m . da of the police ; and us I saw by the bills
I L ,
a very successful
_piece was'to be perffinned
thdt evening, I determined on being present
I entered the house .a few minutes past ten o'-
cli k, just after the commencement; of the hallet,
. looked eagerly round. The box in which I was
' . i cted to seek my man was empty. The mo
rn •- • disappointment was soon repaid. Five
.. '• , , had not elapsed when Carded, looking
In. insolently triumphant than ever, entered arm
in ~ with a pale anstocratiepung man, whom I
'.' .1 no &Entity,. from his striking resembloniv• to
a ...` rtrait in Indy Everton's draaev-nxim, in de
em .iii . to be Mr. Merton. My course of action was
at niece determined on. .' , Pausing oily 'to master
thei lion which the sight of the glittering reptile
in hose poisonou.s folds 1 ba,d,been:iniolved and
c liso
ed inspired, I- passed to the optasite side cif
thOeuse, and badly' entered . the box Cardon's
ha& was towards me, and I tapped lim lightly do tbO i shoulder. lie ttunedluickly round; and if a
isell isk had
,cceftonted him, be couldacareely have
eaddsited gnpater terror and surpriroe. My aspect,
netierthelesa was studintialibland nr4d eme il i at in g
aratimy out ached hand seemed - to invite a re!
its of our old ftienchhip.- ' - I
~ IW : titers i!! be at last
tigstammerer,: lfeeblJleaePt•-
, Proffered. gnkall—" wlii, would have thought
yogi her r
0 t ,.. i ,...._ , certainly.
since
yotii . :staie
it
ta. , old
as xr acbprere wow frightfalioldi , sbont 'to
Icrarlon. F itiesny"—_,
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naglN*lllied ill this thiiiattive, itie-ki
masons, ittitioui. ' i . ..-.4 4 ,
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Atho l
obt,-=
, ,
An old, friend," be added insanswer to Mr. l!ilerton's
surprised stare.,l " return in an instant."
" Why, what Is all this, Waters I" said Cordon,
recovering his wonted sang friend the instant we
were alone,." I understood you had retired from
amongst pug; were in fact—what shall I say I"
" Ruined—done up •l Nobody should know that
better than vow"
"My u„o d fellow, you do not imagine."
" I imagine nOthium my dear Cordon. I was
very thoroughly ; don—done brorn, as it is written
in the vulgar tone. But fortunately my kind old
uncle"— i
" Passgrove is dead!" replied my old acquaint
ance,-eagerly jumping to a conclusion, "and you
are his heiri I congratulate you my dear fellow.
This is indeed a charming' reverse of circumstan
ces.? "
• "Fes, but rabid, I have given up..the old game.
No more dice devilry for me. I have promised
Emily never even to touch a card again."
•
The cold; hard eye of an incarnate fiend—he um.:
little else—gleamed mockingly as these "good in
tentions," of-a practised gamester fell upon his ear ;
but he only replied, " Very rod ; quite right, my
dear boy. But conic let me introduce you to Mr.
Merton, a highly,connected personage, I assure you.
By the by, Waters," he added in a caressing, con
fiilential tone, "my name, for family and other rea
sons, which I will hereafter explain to you, is fur
the present Sanford."
" Sanford I"
" Yes : do not !forget. .But allons or the ballet
will be over."
I was introduced in due form to Mr. Merton ti;
an old and esteemed friend, whom he--Sanford—
had not seen for many months, At the conclusion
of the ballet, Sanford proposed that we should ad
journ to the EurOpean Coffee house, nearly oppo
site. This was agreed to, and out we sallied. At
the top of the staircase, we jostled against the
commissioner, who, like us, was leaving the hou , e.
He bowed slightly to Mr.. Merton's apology, and
his eye wandered briefly and silently - over his per
son ; but not the faintest sin of interest or recog
nition escaped him. I thought it possible he did
not know me in my changed apparrel ; but looking
back after descending a few steps, I was quickly
undeceived. A sharp, swift glance, expressive
both of encouragement and surprise, shot out from
under Ids penthouse 'brows, and as 6WirtiV rani-sh
ed. He did not know bow little I neededspurring
to the goal Iwo Lad b i 6 to .riow
'We discussed two or three bottles of wine with
much salty and *dish. Sanford eapeeially was in
exhuberant spirits •, brimming over with brilliant
anecdote; and sparkling badinage. He saw in me
a fresh, rich prey,and his eager spirit- revelled 6y° anticipation in til victory which be nothing doubt
ed to obtain over my " excellent intentions and
wife pledged virtue." About half past twelve
o'clock be proposed to adjourn. This was eagerly
assented to by Mr. Merton, who had f 4 some time
exhibited unmistakable syrOptoms of impatience
and unrest • •
'" You will accompany us, Waters r said San
ford, as we rose to depart. , "There is, I suprilkse,
no vow- registerbd in the, matrimonial archives
against looking oh at a game played by others ?"
"Oh no; but deaf ask me to - .
"Certainly' not;" and a devlish sneer curled his
lip. " Your virtnershall suffer no
_temptation, be
assured."
We soon arrivo - d before the door of a quiet, re
spectable lookin g ; house, in one of the streets lead
ing from the stii A : a low, peculiar knock, given
by Sanford, was promptly answered ; then a pass
word. which I did not catch, was whispered by him
through the key-hole; and we passed in.
We proceeded up stairs to the first floor, the
shutters of which "were carefully closed, so that no
intimation of what was going on could possibly
_reach the street.. ' The apartment was brilliantly
lighted: a roulette table and dice and cards -were
in full activity ; wine and liquors of all varieties
were profusely paraded. There were about half a
dozen persons present, I soot) discovered, besides
the gang, and that comprised elevencir twelve well
dressed desperadoes, whose sinister aspects induc
ed a momentary qualm lest one or more of the
pleasant party might suspect or recognize my vo
cation. This, however, I reflected, was scarcely
possible. My beat during. the short period I had
been in the force, was Ea distant from the usual
haunts of such genfty, and I was o r herwise un
known in London... Still, questioningglances were
eagerly directed towards my introducier ; and one
big burly fellow, a foreigner—the rasetals s were the
scum of various countries—was 'very impleacuitly
inquisitoriaL "Jiff reponds," I heard Sanford say
in answer *to his iterated queries; and he added
sotnethingin a whisper which brought a sardonic
smile to the fellow's lips, and induced a total change
in his demeanor towards myself ' This was reas
suring; for though provided with pistols, I should.
I felt, have little chance with such utterly reckless
rut Ems as those by whom I was surrounded.—
Play was proposed; and though at first stoutly
refused, I feigned to be gradually overcome by ir
resistable temptation, and sat down to blind,haz,
-ard with my foreign friend for tuodertae stakes. I
was graciously allowed to win ; and in the end
fOund myself richer in devil's intiney by about ten
pounds. Mr. Merton was soon absorbed in the
chances of the dice. and lost large sums, which,
when the money he had brought with him was ex
hausted, he gave written acknowledgments. The
cheating practiced rupon him Was really audacious;
and any one but a trio must have repeatedly de
tected it. Re, hoWever, appeared not to entertain j
the slightest suspicion of the " fair-play" of 'his op
ponents, guiding hitnielf entirely by the advice of
his friend and counsellor, Sanford, who did not
himself play * Thy amiable assemblage broke np
about six in the !miming, each person retiring sing
ly by the back way, receiving, as he departed, a
new password for the next evening.
A few hours aftervards,,l waited on the com
missioner to report. the state 'Oil, affairs. Ho was
delighted with the, fortiinate deka, I had Made, but
still strictly enjoined patience and caution. It would
have been easy, as II was in possession of the pass
word, to have - surprised the confedemcy in the act
of gaming that ve4 evening; bat this would only
have amomplisliedia part of the object aimed at.
Several/Of the fratepeity--Santord among the num
ber—were suspected of uttering-forged foreign bank
notes, and it was essential to, watch narrowly -for
legal evidenceAisure their onviction. It was
also dcliirabla4 Witore, if psSibte, the Pr°Pc'rtY
an'aged
d securities 4**ich Mr. glngn had been piL
. • i • - , ,- ! i .
~ - ..Nothing of especlal importance. occurred for sev
en or.eight devil. ~.:,4taing,wentlop as usual every
evening, medlar.- Merton. laiemine of course ,more
and more involved :I even his sitider's jewels, Which
he had surreptitiously obtained to auch a depth of
degradation will do, frightful we plunge men nth,
erwise honorible-4uid been st4ed and :lose, and
. ,
he. was, by the advice of Sanfiedi about to conclude
a heat/ mortgage,bn his estate, m. order not only
to_cleim off his enormous "debt). Of honor," .but F 3 .
acqu=sups of “ wino*, hick," l —thafignio
fatfoca f 0! galir.l], , i,B Ml4nanne ksscal 4
or. ._ ". "! st
~- wail. 1 . observed, /10w
hront,ht., into; , aiWorri , Ilr• Met*, esteemed himself
I' InloArkag band at'; rge;. 4141! .1 4.0ice 4 4 . mid
;
be
Much to
, Win eY€TY_Pwler'* -1 / 6 MVO,
much te the appsnlnt annonuanni MA disnwnfiturs
- ' --- ---
; ci the li'-',"• — .'
~n As this - was7'`'`
~ -..i y: e share into
Inch . '" n '.inys If fallen, "ii!if course the. more
reedit ". '' ' til i and felt .quite satisfied that a
gran coy ;was tlitated. In the meantime I had
not beet ' i':,! nford was con d igentially infotinitct
that I -
:. `unty" ! 0 icing in London to receive be
twehn: fair arid.fiNte thousand pounds- 7 -part of Un
utile.
ele PaSSI,7I3VO3 legacy—and then intended imme- , ,
diately to kitten bail( to canny YOrkshire. To
have seen the villain's eye as 1 incidentally, as. it
were, anntitgaiisd ray errand and intention ! - They
fairly flailiOdAith infernal glee; Ah, Sanford,
SanfordnAficene, with all your cunning, but a
sand-Wind idiot tot belie re the man -you had wrong
ed and -ruined could so easily -forget the debt he
owed* you I !.. .
The trisiscameiswiftfy on, Mr. Merton's mort
gage money was O. be paid on the Morrow ; and
on that day, too, 'announced the fabulous then
sands receivable Yme were to be handed over.;
Mr. Merton, elates vv his repeated
: triumphs • at,
O.
ecarte. and pronioea by his friend Sanford, resol
ved. instead of ca uce.llitiq., the I s ind„, an d nugAti ona :
held by the
th conspimtors to redeem his hisses by
tanking on` hat aloe his ready motley against those;
hr.bilities. Thi., was at tirstdenturrcil to Withinuch
apparent earne. 4 .tni-ss by the winners ; but: Mr. Ater'
ton, warmly seconded 1:15 - "Sancltord, insistirrg, upon !
the concession as I lie deemed it, it
: Was finally
agreed that ecarte; should be the game .ty which,
Ise might hope to tiepin the fortune and the peace
of mind lie had sti rashly Squandered ; the last!
Wee, should he lie successful—and was he not sure'
of success 1 :he Asureil Sandford, that he would'
I never again handle cards or dice. lie should have,
heard the Moaking merriment with which the gang
heard:Sandford repeat this resolution to amend his,
way'S--idien he Id recovered back liis wealth!,
the day so cog Hy longed film by Merton and'
the confederates-- , by the spoilers aril their prey—
arrived ; and I awaited with fever4h anxiety the,
coming on of night. Only fill: chieftbrispirators---:
eight in cumber were to be prent ;. and no.
in
stranger except i , self—a prlyilege !I owed to the
moonshine legacy I had just received—was to be
admitted to this crowning triumph of successful,
fraud. One only hint I had ventured to give Mr.
-Merton, and that tinder a prituise, "on his honor as
a gentleman," of inviolable secrecy. It was,this:
" Be sure, befOrecOmmencing, play to-morrow night,
that the bonds and obligations you have signed. the
jewels you have hist, with a sum in notes or gold to
make op u.O ogool*iiiiunt to that which you mean
to risk, is „rictually deposited on the table." He
promised. to insist on this condition. It involve 4
mach more than lift dreampt. of. ! .
My arningements were at length thoroughly,
complete ; and a fhw minuets past:twelve o'clock-.
the -whispered pcisswoni admitted'.me into .the
house. An angry altercation was going on. Mr.
Mertonwes insisting, as I had advised, upon the'
exhibition of a sort equal to that which_ he bad
brough with hint---for, confident of winning, he
was determined tp recover his losws to. the last
Eirthing; and altliciugh his bonds, bill, obligations,
his sister's jewels, #.dd. a large amount in gold and
genuine notes, were produced, there' was still a
heavy sum deficient. ‘Ah, by the by," exclaimed
Sandford as I entered, " Waters can lend you_ the
sum for an hour or - two—for a consideration," he
added in a whisper. "It will - soon be returned."
"No. thank you" I answered coldly: "I never
Tait with my money till I have lostit."
A malignant scowl passed over the scoundrel's''
features ; but he grade no reply. - trltim elv it
was decided that 'ne of the fraternity should' be
despatched in sear li of the required amount. He
was gone. about half an hour, and returned with a
bundle of notes. They were, as I hoped and ex
pected, forgeries on foreign banks, ...Merton looked
at and counted theni; and play commenced.
As it went on, s4i vividly dicl the Scene recall the ::
evening that had- reeled my own ruin, that I grew'
dizzy Keith excitenent. anal drained. tumbler after
tumbler of water allay the fevered throbbing' of
my veins The ganiblers were forninately too notch
absorbed to Reed my agitation. Merton lost din
tinuously—withou4 pause or 'intermission. The
stakes were doubled—trebled—quadrupled ! His
brain was on fire: !and he played, or rathgr lost,
with'the recklessness of a madman.
" Hark ! what's that !" suddenly exclaimed Sand
ford, from whose satanic features the mask he had
so long worn befove Merton had been gradually
slipping. " Did pia not hear a noise below I"
~Ify ear had enfrilit the spend ; and I could better
1
interpret it than ha It ceased.
"louch the signal-bell, ..Adolphe,'! addcid Sand
ford.l -
, Not only the plair, but the very breathing of the
' villains was suspended as they listened-for the re
-
L ply. I
it came. The a - Avering tinkle sounded once
-1 4 twice—thrice. q,l Ai
1 rie:hi'." shouted Sandford.—
Proceed .. The farce i. nearly played out." '
I had instructed the officer* that two of them in
plain clothes shouln present themselves at the front
door, obtain admiw. on by means of the password I
had given them, an immediately seize and gag the
doorkeeper. I had; also acquainted them with the
proper answer to ie signal-ring -r- - three 'distinct
pulls at the bell-handle communicating with the
first door. Their cemrades were then to be admit
ted; and. they were iall to silently ascend the stairs,
and wait on the lad' ing till summoned by me= to
enter and seize the kntraesters. The back entrance
to the home was also sectirely but unobtrusively
watched.• .
One only fear disturbed me ; it ; was, lest the
scoundrels should - take alarm in sufficient time to
extinguish the ligliks, destroy -the forged papers,
and possibly esc. ape by some private passage which
might, unknown to Me, exist.
Rousing myself, as soon as the play was resu
med.. fr.orn the tranre of memory by which' I had
been in some tort. absorbed, and first ascertaining
that the lumdles -omy pistols were within easy
•
reach=for I knew was playing a desperate game .
with desperate men—l rose, stepped carelessly to
1
the door, partially pened it, and bent forward, as
if listening -for are tition of the sound which had.
so alardied the cow any. To imy great delight the
landing up stairs iv re tilled With police officers--
silent-and stem as oath. I drew nac.k, and walk
ed towards the tab - at which Merton was seated.
' The last stale • enormous , one--4=was being
played for. Merton last He sprang upon his feet,
death-pale, despaitiag,"overwhelmecl, and a- hoarse
execration surged Through his clenched teeth.—
Sandford and his a. • tes coolly raked-Abe plun
der together, their natures lighted up with fiendish
glee. -
" Villain!—traitor 1.--iniscreatit4" • shrieked , Mer
ton. self smitten With sudden frenzy. amt.-darting
atSanford's throat•l 'you; detil that you are, have
undone and. destroyed me ft ' " '.- : , - ' .1 '. Z
" No doubt of it, " { calmly !replied - Satioifiird i sha
king off his victim's grasp; " and I think it has been
very artistleallsraricreifeetnally.done too. Pnirel
ling, my tine fllotv,i will scarcely help you ; Muck" 1
Merton glared nyinn the tabuting villain inspeech'
less agony and rag* ' - 1 ' ' -
" Not quite so Tax Cardon; if you plt3ater'rezi
claimed, at the mine tines - taking- tip itCbit Odle of
l ie
forged notes . "1 idoes ,not appear to nielliat
Mertim liatiplive 'against equal 8 takezr: nil"
quesfirinsilay:thk ris not genuine." -..
"Mg !"-* roared . andford, "do you hol 4 1, Jyour
life tio-theaprlladp rwhedl:torirtfit Ins; - • if to
seize the..t forged net ...• ' •'•'.. --, -- - '. -, :
..-
I I was aS quick as heiandl the levelled tube -, 01 . M
pistol sly. Arre'teo -his 'eager onslaught: . The
!en~dregan gathc d near Ls, flaming with ,bici,t. : , „
!Meat. ' Me?to looked bewilderedly from 'One!
Egan
Ito anothe4 appare . Ili 'satreely conscious of Whiit .
was passing aroun . Inin... ' i 1
I , " Wrenah the pa ra dam bii
: ford, reantering . his' energy.
':'strangle til r ~
ti,e
"Look t yourrilf, scoundrel
:equal reh 'rnence. I" Xour hour
enter and o'your dtityr - ' '
In ani', ' t flip room was
and surpriSed, pant /I-stricken, .
denne:sa -ofithe,cataatroplie, the 1 ,
• ed without the slightest . reststa'
them were armed, and marched
• Tlree--"Sandfbrd or. Canton ;
dozed aliases, one -,iof itheirii-4
life ; the rest were sentenced t
imprisonment-My lash was WI
'ed. My superiors Were pleai
:warm coninbndatuist of the, mai '
acquitted'inyself; and the fn-st
!tht which ultimatdly led to m
!another bi-mch of t;., . public sex
wards conferred nie.l M
bonds, obligations,en-els, and
l i i
; him ; and kught isdonk by h
, never ligai entere a gaming. V
!nor his Lac - -mothe t l e was ungratc
I had bee fortuna enough' to
1.
,
' FrnEury.—Nev • forsake a friend. When ene
'mies gather annul, --when. sickness falls on the
' heart—when the world is dark, and cheerless—ii
the time to try tru friendship. I The heart thathai
been toothed With rue gold Will redouble its,of-'
I forts, when thelri dis sad and ;in trouble. Ad;
1 rersity tries real f ndship. They who turn from
I the scene Of distres: betray thir hypvrstcy. and
I prove that interest nly mores them. If you have
a friend who loves - f3u—who has studied your in;
terest and happitu.: 'be sure tb :sustain him: tfad--
versity.
__Let him 3el that his former kindness is
appreciated -and it hifi love Was not thrown
away. Real fi deli ' inav he rare, 'but it exists in`
the heart. 'Who h 'n ot seen nod felt its poWert
They only deny i .wortit cnd power, who have
linever loyid a frien Or labored to make a friend
l' happy. - The good and thetind::--the affectionate
;and the virtuous, sere and feel dig" heavenly piinci:
ple. They would (sacrifice wealth and honor to
li.
' promote the happi4ess of lottionyAma ift . return-
I tlaey,roceiVe the reirtirds.of their love by synapa•
thizing hiert* - and - Conittlibis" fair - ors', When they
have been %relight lots by distreSs et - adversity. ---
"'
j 9 "
.
A scorn' Di CO O T.:A—Thfi•CIEICiIMati -COMMereial
c
cells a good story a scene in a eourt of that city.
We give the story 's that paper tells it:
- Not n bad timed to* is told of . 7.1. Wick Roll: 'A
limeof assault andba ttery Caine. before him some,
lime since. , and die. an vaitsnination of severallv-it
-11,
nesses. one of them 'whom the Squire had question,
ed rather sharply, ' , came highly incensed. and.un
corking the vials of,his- wrath, said he could "Whip
any man that doubted his word under oath?' The
'Squire pulled off Ins spectacles, made .a leap over
the rail and cried," the to stands adjourned . till
the fight's over,"nnd then,irra trice, " harnessed'',
the witness and whipped.hiiiin about as quick time
as might be supposed, tO' be:Agreeable. The , 61-
ligerent witness ingt disposed of, the 'Squire
very gravely continued the , caie, and gave in, his
deck-ion according t 4 the evidence. ',
WHAT IS VANE t
-01 s string,--the edit
Death. it is said',
!lo,:ies it to envy. Al
our midst—whets hi
applause and adiniq
Ins virtues and motif
The death of the'
a sweet symphony cl
dh•eordaut string
of opposition has be.
ale together in song
bospmks a Common
dead:
'Tis the vibration from the
from the distant hill.
opens the door to fame, and
plea a rerson is removed from
ear is ttia longer ally° to the
• tion of, man, then all admire
n aorund his tomb.
ate ex-President - has"produced
in the harp of the nation—the
chanolal its lone—the voice
In healed—anti all now ruin
rf This is right, and .
'espeet for the ashes of the
I tow vain aad tine
Ile that is President'
-the dust to-morrow.
there all human list
Irtaitl is all earthly greatness I
'lto-day may be corroding . la:
I Ile irave is a republic, aid.
action shall cease forever.
WOMAN'S VOICE..
Oppressed by heavy •
able woman! Like!
soul a feeling of cele:
zephyr, refreshes the
and melifltious tones,
the hour-of affliction
alleviate for a time,
angel voice of a won'
lasting effect on the
Cation of delicious Co,
never before experie '
its highest felicity.
:,
'H l ow consoling . to the mind
Borrow; is the-voice of an ami
(sacred music, it imparts to the
'toil serenity, apd, as a gentle'
e
: o arearieil senses - with its soft
Riches ma-' avail much in
the friendship of man may .
ie bitternisi of woe ; but the
an is capable Of producing a'
cart, and commummtes a setP
, posurO, which! the mind- lad ced, evim in the moments of
I
How Taue.--rin th
ter, man courts hap
and the faster 6.4)1
fore him. •Abnost e
at a short distance; z
tone, or maid' for a
to it, we either f:$11 •
our expectations, and
these is the greater
are usually, hi
tpi evil log'
language of an eminent wri-r
mess in -a thousand shapes,
!ws it tie swifter it flies be
efy. thidd g prOmises happiness
chi pitch of estate, snch.a.for- -
hild, but .vlen.*e come near
i
tart of Kr lt ;falls short .of
`t hardt to lay - which7O, f
11Stiptsahitment. Our hopes
can testifrfand
lay never come;
uthlebme." than
is many times
the-evil Risen"
sy - srr., , yrnt:
and heartless,plidgel
elut Tor'eOur
feel ont so)
Bland and apr
fP.SI3TOW, hue
a ad ,
lesser affliction!
Mr7 . 4..irestelp„edi ,spv.
t r
appdanince of .a ißtuinp:
fiiiiod . n . P cineirf'sWtrb
. hitoreiltes'ittAti.
, ram
prefer
• I ~••
, •
ecting
ny the:.
isII uzbt ,
;dun vesult
! I f'? pralcri)
I ' virk
lecal
V' sereamedSand4
-we hiin —.stab;
I"
.slioute4,.Nrith
iscome I Oflliars
1 7 y ed zed w b i y tl th l police ;
a.
.ate were all multi
though most '
'off in eukocly,
likit he had"half
fro transported for
varioui Omits of
,1
tually accomplish
-3 to exprei:s very
ner in which I hnll,
ep in •the promo
present potion in,
'ce was soon after-
Merlon had 'lds
.nev restored. to
rri s ble experience;
quse. Neitherhe
ful for the service
nder them.
;SLtiglop --A correspondent-w
has been ye impartially . ilividedA,
Pathy and ?_pathy, ,sends, the Pro ''
01 - the folio epamdv 'op the .
..•hitive r
lately-gone th iounds or the papara tioa*Angthift
tWO-schools-o medic*: . • :--i - - - ill .r.i --',• I '-'0
Take B
oreen s i - 0-•':1
1 . - The
,you tab, the bah:xi:C. • : -,
Polio* natives laws. : 4l • • '
Tote very lettetr.
i- - -
! • 1
Let th doctors go t
. - °9e_
.
To the Pay of Bis cay, a ,
Letalniie the 'Gin,' . -' • -•:'-'• ' l '' --
.• • ' The pr‘ndy and the Whisitep'
, - Freelyexercise, ). - -
' I Kee nyour spirits chteifut
1 T ' Let no itread of sickness '' • : -f-
I ' - Itlakd you over fearful:. . - :--
', ' Eat th 4 simplest food, ' ••''
• Drinli the pure cold Water,'
t Therty. u will be well,- -
Or al le ast - yon ought:t4',.; -
I ...
•
. - - ..
I. LOVED . Ants. -; , :flapprthought
ing'r e zon ms as e look upon' the ta ; itees, 6o4 - ~
,lain
,in other ys. - those we . vt l _, _
• frimi for yearstd-witio. return ;gala - arii.„
'adages of thne, d thought upoq their lairi6l.
joyous feelings 'that arise on meethaf With- 7
niilliar faces, dial shaking ofhiutds, and
1
•ty congrutulati ins that - follow-:•-•iihO - 1148
member thein - 1 But when thosewe kol: ise "
isk leave us for ver, whew theirspaita ' s ;
frina earth to ven, who wad - not .give
earth for api e, even a faint tesenW
a ;
their -features, ever so - animated ' and '
How many bri eyes grow dirri t het --
grow. pale, h many lovely . forms Sane I.
-the tomb, lea.vi g not a shadow of theirjh
behind I - ' ' .-
1 1"
If
UcirzE Vat •x.—l eannot praise alngitivt
elitistered - virturmexereised - and- =breaths&
never sallies oui Reif sees her sidversary,ihoo
out of the race, here that immortal
ho rim for, not
. - thoilit Ifild and :hat -
thil reason why, •urgage andaeriot
describing true temperance -under ...t
GUion; bnnin . 11 in \ with his-oda:ter'
I
caFe Orlfatit u anti the bower of o
that lie inight e Midi:now and yet
. .
Apra s Dtriwar.rcr.,--IGentrit Taylor
When at.Cluunbburg, Pa., Nlately, thaklik
!while passed thtingh there. When i..yoxiiiir
la the anny,ond on his way, ffoat
••burg, the whole if which distance Jai r::4 1 ,,.
foqt. Now lie es - as the lanitiled PraWeat.
174141 nation. .
!•;. ,•
rom the Chilling
it.so.often mils-.
sY4 l Pathizing:
?.ninl souls that
joys, can ander
'htch actant4 us
lessed -voicesof
it lightens. our
hway kefoie us:
itu hcarti, gull
One of our ba4k-woods poets &smiler*
'scrape, which no , doubt. f ee l_
• Eris brawny. Sit,:intit*l,
' With k batiitfr
ram his warm ittis WittV
-.. And Ahleh4.,tistlft isetr_ki
pt i
.IPray.
' children' st.
'any,
-thehi'Mlighi
in . Osy'riterAl wolidgeT:
thcrn oloarg
king of, the k renera- :
j • ratot, - said fiat'. he
-- his , bald head and
- -.--..
sivA.
ang
of f eat,lle:
a, quit *Ain't'
snitea to bis
.
Jci
'
mktierl replied,
7.-' l 9!,q '3°
nrktmgi
tdy t4!Cniiir
0 1 0.000
•- : The last ticef ii?thitAwiettil Oniiu
thhii.,“ Take two - ' - 'ithitticlq ll4 '
hooboto, mid 2)lOW* oltit6'
divide , theAl.4ko: to 11 1 0 tfirmY
Add atilong 04i :' iiilidliwanPlr '
-,• , -;,„1-. , : --- - --' - IN — ' ~ i
ld
, A;r4:yo!wir. .rii- *go lo
*alb kw - hre h.e a 3 90 4 .4 P ., : z- , 377- -,
t'll-kti:oi4 bier.
I T-Palt. , ltf
ft: ,
kktep , iiorTz7
si ,•-
iu_os~'~"liiie
,~-..
aot.-~s '.z-..
7 - 7 17 7 ::'"
I
The lollownig - though. not new, ihir ' '
least once eVe7seiren;yosni;„ _ , • , i
1 13
One da as ZaCharWi r HodgonLin - 614:
•. daily ' s tiOn after breach*-1W '"'„).:- • - •
ce large codfish, and he sent it lakite, ' -1 .
113 to cook it for dimmr. -, Milo . .. i '
cooking wiPS PrWlibed, the good : .: • -
II
ew whethetsho broiledifoihtithrit '• '-- ,
1
II- T her husband woUldnictdd ber . bi ' ....
1
. me. 'llut she molted:to pleits.bhit. • 1 'if '1
- 6 1 e- and tlietar9vg,eboloki portions slit,*
t'waYs: She alseirithiOtrialittle'. , " -1.
d an amphibious 1111116d' frail' . ii .
e house, and tduniikta AT Into ithat: : ' 'ha , ,
° entitling, thi husband none horn*. ', ~ ry ..f. ,
"Venor..litY.. ol . l _6#4 - Akki ..' ~ril
',‘ Yes,.aiy- ear_ . . - `,. ~- --, : - 1 71. , . 1,3:
. I shonld ke to ktiosilio*'Yiri'for-t-:'
I will bet ' ' ingiteibareepteed P
-1
▪ (taking , , ,the coyeri)ktbatiektee:
4 tun ~- ,-,-• . you to . fry it,
~—I *
I
•,iaWI ed f .g 8 . . ,l ,
Witt- ibyllear I k tboegtaye, bred,... ,
.11
I,' You ' didn't thin any snub *thaw,
I
: ter—l *et* loved fried. - firbriwhy. ,.
1.11 it" . ' ,I J y'' -:
I'' Sky der 'e last time we ~ h ad'. Ai
o i l
'ins' I boil it yeti said yOu ilid '
i , 'ed.` But I 've boiled SIMIIe As& L'
So saving, iihe lifted* corer:and - 1G
. a 1, 5 4 a nic e lj,. boiled, were", 416.4.
4.11 t of whi itiottlifhaits =Mean,'
'''''t which o af ' added to the illy
1 "A' tretty h this . t
1 3
lips and poividge r If irialun,
f ost stupid o woman kindoits
into zhowd ~. . r /
li f
ills wire wi' h a smile im
.'in a tbrreen ' ..titinitig tut
I"My dear„r.nid she, " I
ii.e. Therei your faro&
,Favvrite .. . ndeedi'griarol
.-bsintr, I . sty. it is
s . 3' mess I wild POEtt
the whOl of i : ,
This was a tMm
ootf-i
. en anticipatid by his wife;
u.uprm-bed uncovered is
;A, and the e i wzisithull.
i.ensions, an ugnadic
lliengthl, -
~„,, ' h
ight Of the Ti ezpeeleti
- iiiiiNtier," gala - big . . re 'hr
.ne," I hoperon will at ler.. -
.nut dinner."
•Zachariah of
as cn-ercom I
II e acknotTlet
as wrong. a r
Ca - Slo2l_ to givr
I
uld not Mandl
and he lanai
,9:e41 that his wi
'd declared she L.
I him another law
,acod„M7o4 - atiir;thi;
tataziowilubsilivMl
it ak4; l ll o thing Wareirr
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t ' ,r m...i4F
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tong pit)
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