The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-08-22

wish u we're yoa."
j" Bat Why 10 IL necessary for Won 10
come 70 s1rangeri You should have
made friends before this time Of life."
have friends. ma'am-reaI friends.
mat could 60 10 Ia any trouble" repli.
ed Lucy. her face Frightening With Just
PRIDE. "bu' they are ell q great way OF
Why not 90 10 that onef''
did not feel 50 IL that would be best.
man." she replied. casting down her
eyes. and blushing SO deeply that Mrs.
Hyde. plying her embarrassment, told
her 10 proceed with her story. Lucy
briefly skeiehed what the reader already
knows: her mothers troubles. her differ.
en' serEIee-plaees. and finished by relal-
ing. fairly, every paEliculsr of the unfar.
IunaIe affair 81 Mrs.. Hart.lrs. Mrs.
Hyde listened IS good Judge listens 10
the testimony in The case OF q prisoner
aHaigned before him. anxious 20 get The
truth. and leaning 10 . mereilul inlerpre-
iaIIon. where il could not be fully dese-
loped. But Why. my child" she ask.
ed. IL YOU we're conscious Of innocence,
dad YOU object TO having your trunk open.
ed!"
Alter . little faIIering. Lucy replied
that " there was q picture on the top Of
her trunk she did not wish seen"
"a picIure!-of what! or xhom!"
or that one friend. ma'au, | said |
had In The CITY,"
"And who 's he!-snd how long have
you known him!"
=" Ever since mother was in the deep
est Of her troubles; he was the FIRST per-
son that ~as Kind to Us. and he has been
kind ever since"
But you do not tell me who this
friend is"
Oh. Charles Loye,i. ms'sm."
"Ah. I understand nov; the son Of
those friends you are so fond of" Afer
little more questioning. eross.examins.
lion. and elaboration. Mrs. Hyde asked
Lucy IL she had any letters from her mo-
Their or from Mrs. I.nveti; and finding che
had. she said. IL Lucy would let her see
them. and il they eouoborsied her state.
menis. she would take her. Tor the pre-.
sent. into her family. 81 will nol." che
said. "send to inquire your character al
the places where you lived so long ago.
Suspicion might be excited by your mol
having referred me 10 the last place you
was al"
"rha, was just what thought. ms'sm;
but ! did no, suppose that anybody but
mother and Mrs. Loveti would have
thought So for me-" Lucy was yet 10
know 10 Mrs. Hyde a Christian woman.
one 10 whom the wants Of her fellow
creatures we're claims. and who Judged
and fell in their affair as IL they were her
o~n. TO her might justly be applied
wordsworlh's beautiful description Of the
man Of Christian sympathy.
"By nature turned
And constant disposition Of his thoughts
To sympathy with man. he was alive
To al that Was enj ryed where'er he went,
Aud all that vas endured"
Mrs. Hyde saw in Lucy a young
creature Who, If her story were true, and
truth was stamped on her coun,enance,
was in mos, lorlorn circumstances. Tha
simplicity Other manner and the direclness
and consistency Of her statements were in
her favour. and IL seemed scarcely possible
she could be guilty Of The complicated
iniqui,y in which a superstition Of the
fslsehoOd Of her story involved her. A,
any tate, il was in conformity with Mrs
HyJe's principles and experience 10
"hope all things of,he younR;" and. true
to her theory, she sent TO Mrs. Har.elPs
Tor I.ucy's trunk. When that came she
examined Mrs, Lovetl's and Mrs. Lees
letters sufficiently TO corroborale l.ucy's
statement. and then she permitted her 10
enter upon the duties Of her new situation
A previous duty. however, she performed.
81 cannot" she said to Mrs. Hyde, rest
easy q minute without writing TO Me.
Harle!l sbou. the danger poor little
Eugene is in. II you only knew what
a sweet little fellow he 10, Mrs. Hyder'
{" No child, Lucy, should be left in the
hsnds Of such person as you describe
that nurse. Write yourself to Mr.. Har'
tell ., Richmond. Tell your own story,
will add postscript Perhaps he may
yet ferre, out the truth for you"
Perhaps so. Mrs. Hyde; bu, it's lit,lt
Eugene that | am anxious about. My
conscience is clear, and tina, 10 comfor
enough for me-"
"rhe girl has the true secret Of com
fort" thought Mrs. Hyde. "As this j,
broken day, Lucy" she said. " and
want you to &c. all troubles of you
mind. let US send for tina. " one friend" o
yours, and acquain, him with your change
Of place." Lucy, q, first. feared h,
would be instigs,ed. by The injustice sh'
had suffered, to some rash acI but ,h'
desire To communicate her good and evi
fortune controlled ner. and. with many
thanks. she sssenled to Mrs. HYDE
proposal. Charles Instantly answered