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partly letters Iraeeiyed by Stephen find pajtly copies of letters sent by him , and they related principally to some gambling transactions . It appeared from this correspondence that a vile sharper , under pretextof devoted friendship , had made Stephen his m&m following him from one place to another , enticing him and
to the gau ^ littg lable swindling him . Stephen had cofjK fided invithis man , who ws ^ sa wily and plausible hypocrite ^ and the vj ^ tch h& 4 trape s ^ tedly lajd before his victim ^ projected schema for the realisation of fortune , suggesting first one pl $ n and then another , and promising to assist Stephen towards the acquisition , of that which he so much desiderated . And
thu ^ thje pjoor , youth was beguiled , led from one place to another by hopes most delusive , swindled out of all his money , and finally goaded into bitterest exasperation against the treacherous " wolf in sheep ' s slothing / ' who had so cheated him . His eyes ; at length , were opened , and he saw things aright ; he knew that he had been gulled and made a mock } he knew that he . was the victim of his wily associate , sind he
became exceeding wrath against the villain who had betrayed hkm . ' ¦ Stephen was hot-headed and courageous ; he loaded his enemy with abuse—he poured upon him the bitterest execrations—he spat upon him—he struck him , and they JbughU ; ; The letter with the most recent date of all which Miss
Cameronfound in the box , wasaii answer to a challenge sent by Stephen There was nothing whe ^ by she PQuld tvac& tlie history of her brother any further than this . S ^ ie read the bundle of letters to the « ndt—searched the bp # to the yery bottom in hopes of finding some stray light to direct her onward-going , and then , unable to sustain herself any longer , she sank upon the floor and fainted .
The preternatural strength , which had supported her so long , was gone ; it was too horrible , for now was it plain to her that either Stephen had been done to death by the scoundrel who had ruined him , or that Stephen's vengeance had smitten the criminal with a hand of deadly retribution . They found Miss Cameron lying beside the empty box , and a great fear took possession of the sisterhood . ,
# # # # . . :, r ^ But the parents kne ^ v nothing of all this—day after day passed by , and . the sjstera , doing violence to theit ' n ^ r ^ wore ^ n aspect of qo ^ straihed cheerfulness , tiidfmg tfy e' fire that was burning in theif hearts . "iVnat need was there t 6 $ ftficit the old people wiljh the ^ iflElicti ^ n that had cqme upon theniselv ^? jjwt att length a ^ jniti ; Wa ^ viMjSie . " ji ^ i pDL . ^ Jb ^» T ?^ F ^« ifes ^ -T - ^| i Attiijl ? yrimk mm %% t 0 ^§/ ;^ # r
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 375, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/57/
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