The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-14

cause.
I "come farwsrd." demanded The ma
gisirale. sand take the book"
A pale and deliellely beautiful girl,
one on whom care and sorrow seemed 90
have made an early dspredsliOn-like The
fret shoots oi springs nipped by a Turk
ing ffOst--slepped boldly TO the stand,
and received the holy book from his hand.
=. " You do swear" commenced The ma
gisiraie. but ere he could proceed farther,
Wild and piercing shrek from the de-
feniiani-a deaIll-like ullersnce Of the
name Of ELIZA" and a lUrg drawn
breath. were but the instantaneous prere-
dents Of deep sWoon into HIGH she had
fallen; While the daughter stood notion
less and fixed in Wild and vacant gaze
upon The Proseeutrix, and striving. in in
distinct articulation. to say " sister"
I With the assistance Of those who stood
near me. l hurried The apparently lileless
pair 10 the parlor from whence ! had
brought them. and leaving them TO the
minisIsIions Of those who could afford
more tender and appropriate relief. has
tened 10 the office. resolved TO probe al
once the mystery that accumulated a.
round me.
As soon as | again appeared. the alder
man informed me thai the witness for the
commonwealth, who stood alone, unmoY-
ed bFiOre him. prosecuted for the purpose
Of recovering some valuable papers,
which she had stated upon oath were sur
rePIitiously taken from her By the defend
ant, nearly year since. and which were
the sole assurances Of handsome patti
nony belonging to her. 4
requested to examine the witness
personally, which was of course permit.
ted. Recalling her 10 the stand. | asked
her, with as much composure as my own
agitation under the scene would permit.
her name.
4" Eliza -" she replied. in the
same firm tone in which she had first
spoken.
&" How long," continued, shave you
known the defendant"
| AS long as | have a recollection of
any one"
lis she related 10 your
Yes-she is my moiher!"
"And you would bring your mother
befnre the .hronged tribunal Of justice, as
a criminal al the BARR
"lwant my papers aud my property"
was her cold Indifferent reply. ! could
proceed no farther with my interrogation.
aud. after moments consultation with
the magistrate, we exercised our united
energies. by the invocation Of all The PEE
naIlies ol her ingrale purpose-by the
strongest appeals 10 the virtue Of lilial
love, and by all that was sacred in hu-
! man,iy, 10 induce her TO desist from her
unnatural course. But all was Of no a.
vail. aud |. in the last extremity, asked
permission To enter my name upon the
docket. for the future appearance Of the
defendant, TO enter into recOgnlzance 10
appear at the next sessions Of the court,
If necessary, Ia answer The charge alleg-
ed against her.
! / now returned To my client, and found
her so Ear recovered as TO be able, under
the guidance OF the minisieTing angel that
had attended her throughout, TO enter her
, carriage, TO which handed her, after Civ,
J ing her the mast positive assurance Of
follow ing her in very short period, 10
her residence.
. As soon as | had made the necessary
arrangements al my Office, | FASTENED 10
fulfil my promise. The card that had
been left with me, referred me To one Of
those beautiful private residences in
! row, in - street. | rang
the bell, and in an instant was welcomed
in, hy the fair one who had already ex-
cited my hveliest sympathy.
In the back parlOr, reclining upon a
rich lounge, found The afflicted subject
of my solcitude; she requested me To be
seated by her, and Ia bear patiently with
her, while she endeavored TO imparl 10
me the circumstances connected with the
unnatural scene had witnessed. Eliza
had been lavorre daughter, and was ed
ucated in the tenderes, aud most sGmp,u-
Gus manner. She had ever been duli-
full and alleciions,e child from her infan-
- cy. 10 an unfortunate moment, howe
. yer, she formed an acquaintance with
wretch in human shape, whose prepos-
.sessing exterior. suasivc manner, and as
siduous attention, soon won the poor
girls affections. and SO completely coiled
his serpeniiue Establishments around her.
as To render her needless Of every tie that
;, bound her in her fidelity. Under the
most snlemn assurances of marriage, he
induced her to desert her home, her wi
bowed parent, and the fa,herless compan-
ion Of her youth, and with the means OF
obtaining large portion of her li,,le pat
rimony-the savings of fathers indus
try, whose remains had long since been
consigned 10 the narrow charnel house
to elope with him, and consign herself TO
a bed Of infamy and shame. ...
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