The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-05-19

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sum 81 money 10 send 10 their correspond
enI Al New Orleans, Deposited number
Of bank n0ies N separate place IN the
eannIing roam. 10 enclose IN . letter 10
his agent but while looking over them
the next day, he proclaimed that a fifty
dollar nnie an the brsnrh bank al Cinein-
matt Was missing. Communicating this
fact 10 his partner, ss was 10 b. expected,
he gave out some hints Of suspicion a. 10
The honesty Of their clerk, Ladloek.
towards whom he had often previously
manifested many symptoms Of dislike.
AIMING other particulars % which Mr..
MoTeIuh's attention was called By his
offielous partner, was the circumstance
NJ his young proiegee's having the very
day previous, purchased some new
clothes Of a neighbOring tailor; sndii Was
proposed that they should 90 there to-
geiher and inquire what SORT Of money
I.adIoek had gwen in payments where
upon, who can describe the feelings Of
MoIeion when he found thai fifiy dollar
note, on the same bank and Of the same
appearance nj the one now missing, had
been paid there the day previous, by the
man he had consented should 10 . few
DAYS become his son-in-law.
To proceed legally against the criminal
! was sep which the benevolent DISPOSE
: non nf his patron. aud the kind feelings
which The previous good conduct Of the
thief had implanted in his breast. would
, not suffer him tn do. Mr. MoreIon there
FIRE deprmined On a more Ienlent course.
aud addressed lener b. Lsdlock. inform
| ing hlm of the discovery al hIs crime and
0f his dismlssIon from his seryire, aud
giving him tn understand lhs, the only
return he expected for hIs lenI,y, ~ no.
instituung criminal process against
him. was the favor, thai neither himself
nor his family nigh. hereafter be troubled
| with his presence.
| The feelings of young Lsdlock on the
reception Of Tins letter. can be better
imagined than described. He saw him
. self at once an oulcast, spurnrd by his
former patron and his family, to one Of
whom he had anticipated To be ~ few
! days united BY the tender ties Of wedlock.
In vain did he write both To Mr. Mnreton
and his daughter, atlesung hIs innocence
his letters were returned unopened.
Finding his reputation and prospects
entirely blasted in CinrinUalI. he threw
himself carelessly on board Of steam
nuat bound for New Orleans. and was
no more heard OF unui SIX months after.
when WInoser, stating that he had receive
ed information OF his death, hasteued 10
communicate the news to Emily; who,
ever since his absence, had asserted her
doubts of his guilt, had retired from al!
CAV society. and seemed plnlug under
Disappointed love and broken spirits.
Ladlnck was now entirely forgotten.
and the business in the mercantile house
If Morton and Wlnnver went Oh as usual
fnr another year, aud nothing exuaordI
nary occurred. nil the sad announcement
of Morelon being drowned, as related
abuve. Al The news of the death of the
principal of The mercantile house, business
was carried IN by WInover alone. aud
week after week passed, in which few
things worthy Of relating occurred in The
bereaved family. except some particulars
respecting Mss Emily TIE lovely flow
or. winch had been doomed To receive an
other shock from the news at the death oi
her beloved father. was fash declining in
health, and was seldom seen from home.
| Ahou, three months after the loss Of
: her father, she was si,llng penslely one
evening in her retired room, when a
distant relative, and friend Of her late
/ father, who lived in relIred part of the
CITY, called To see her, and requested she
should accompany him home. 10 his
earnest en,reaties she al last consented
after being told that something OF the
utmost importance to her and her family
required her to accompany him.
=. After remaining few Minutes at the
) house Of this friend. she was conducted Il
back room; and had no sooner raised
her eyes to perceive to what company she
, was 10 be introduced. than with sudder
| shrek she fell to the floor; aud no sooneI
were her aston,shed senses restored iron
the momentsry swoon Of unuiierabi'
| amazement, than she found herself in 'h'
| warm embrace Of whom--her own font
father, who she had entertained no ,ioub
3 was in his wstery grave. How was he
astonishmeut increased, when she behel'
r that the person who now stood beside he
and extended his welcome hand. was ont
long fondIy cherished IN her recollec
r tinns. though also supposed to have beef
, in his silent ,omb--her formerly belove'
: Ladlock. r
As the reader is perhaps now almos
: as much astonished as was Emily, a
!. wha, has been related, he shall be kept u
S suspense no longer than is necessary
e | give an explanations; for winch purpos