The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-10-21

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Gi0ns his splendors had lent them. u sas
that gentle season Of quiet melancholy.
that tender and saddened time OF the
year when the heart is in unison with the
gorgeous MORNINGS Of nature; when The
sensibIlitIes are The most vivid in their
emniinn. and the wailing hreeze sweeps q
chord IN every soft aad suffering bosom.
PrneIor was in his library and alone:
book was in his hand. bul It's contents
could NOT h,nish the husy thoughts that
POSSESSED q counierspelI u lhs poets
imagInings. HIS retrospective glance ira
yelled back through the pensiye vista If
twelve solitary years. since The gordian
knot Of his nuptial chord had been sever
I'll by the RELENTLESS hand Of destiny.
whose shears had been sharpened By
human passions, and the wreiched cayil.
l,ngs Of lalIIble and vet unlsgising crsa.
lures. His mind was dwelling upon the
days Of his youth; he recalled the hour.
the scene. when he fret saw Kate: and
ali the fresh feelings Of thai hour. aud The
associations Of that spot, we're renewed
within him. lie dwelI upon al the fond
endrsnnrnls that then agllaled his bosom;
and, he knew H"t wherefore. flush came
upon hIs cheek. pang shot through his
heart. his lip iremhlrd. and why be
knew nor. but he could have wepi Ike a
chIldl Il il true. he was no longer
yaune: bot the world had gone prospe-
rnusiy With hlln. and wealth haL crown
ed his sxerli"ns: he had 0u,iiVed all the
slaaiRrs and lli-sIii Of those Who had
mi<jnlgad ms feelings and knew nothing
of hts motives; and al h,s early impress
SLAMS had been mellowed by the soothing
had Of time. Sni,luIe was uncongenial
IN his nature. and slthnugh il gave quiet
10 hls mind. yet Il lid no; bring happi.
ness to hss hear.
A knock disturbed his reyerie, aud
announced n visitor. liz was eirl io
h. interrupted. and the DOOR VA. lulne
rd,a,ely opened. when hls daughter, now
blo"ning, light hearted. joyous and
lovely grl. between mat uncertain. but
interesting. age Of girl and womanhoOd.
brunded into his arms Ike lawn, and.
as she covered him With her kisses. the
words "deR father" broke from her
ROSY lips.
She had jus, re,uroed from school for
the sea.on. and hsd come TO spend few
weeks wtfh her father: whom she loved
with all the fundness Of her innocent
heart.
In Hates character there was one con.
spicu"us feature: she had educated her
child to love and respec, her father. snt,
notwithstanding the ohloquy tina, was
heaped upon htm BY her own relations.
she never gave ven, TO one single remark
that implied censure Of his conduct. nor
allowed any one To do il IN her presence.
aud least of all. IN her daughters hearing,
Her husband had been verv liberal 10 her:
she had never knOwG want since her
separation from him. and her DAYS oi
reflection. which had guided OH in tran.
Qu,ilrv had the effect Of showing her
the fully Of her former rash undertaking.
While her present lonely condition daily
demonstrated lie discomfort.
What all who knew lhem had in vain
er1r,vrred To effect. their mutual recon.
clla'tnn. which they both proudly and
q Steadily dcrllned, accident at length
brought aaou:. Proctor was suddenly
seized with a malignant fever. and when
,rr hrv,Iucs of his establishment shruuk
fa:n lhe performance Of their duty. the
! drosh'er, pcrcewing her parent immln
en-, ,er',i made her mother acquainted
Suh ,he ii''
Sraa.r AMI ,nscrutlbie feeling Of the
fejnil' hrsom whlcn opposition prompts.
, ani winch hnruhtpS excite 10 the nobiesl
! and mh>, ic,oiel Trris. This woman,
! WI, ~ he vr:S wau,nnness ofprosperity,
when tie swelling waves ut happiness
| hal mriird h"F - launch her bark Of life
unon Iheir tide. hail madIv dashed il
upon the rocks and qucSsands nj ad-
versiv. now that the w,therlag blast was
raging aad the sirUcco breathing poison
around. discovered in the rcces;"s Of her
heart. fibre which now fi;si vlhra,ed To
love and all the Tpnd endearmen;s at our
nature. and came. like a mlnlstering
angel. br,agng balm and comfort To the
disturbed and restless couch. Her long
and assiduous viglls were a! length re-
comPense,l by the restoration To percep-
ton aud consciousness OF the chasteaed
and afflicted father of her enid. the being
TO whom she ever afterwards chung with
a devotion no foes could ALLEVIATE. no
demonstration impair, no time could
change.
They had each discovered that, as in
all similar cases. both had been in error,
aud had learned tina. most important ol
all secrets, that mutual iorbearance is the
tslismsn Of human content, and that a
desire to promote the happiness Of an"Ih'
er is the sures WY Of securing out
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