The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-08-12

|. cefsa.ly you ought; bot IN lhis in
stance do beg you ~ill lfll ne .hs
uhols truth; Il may be a she almost con-
sequence. bo1h 70 your mother and 10
me-"
Mary looked snxioa,ly al her lal,Ier.
and lhen began her Story.
4" Well. ihen. we take 20 great deal Of
plain sewing; my mother and Eleaaor. and
Isabel. and !. We I'll gel up Al eve eve.
" morning. and shirt 70 sometimes Il.
mo.t made before you breakIas,."
.And do yan lhls for pay!"
"0h. yss; and msmna tells Us 81
ab:'ul The house keeping. and how mach
y saves 70 est such and such things, and
70 wear our common frork.; until some
times she smiles and says. she Is afraid
We shsll become lovers Of money!"
sand what DO you do with 81 that
yuu make and ell that you ss,e!'
Why, 6rsi. there l. Georges srhool-
ing, sbnui which mamma thinks great
deal. and all lie house-ke, ping, and lss-
bells dorlor's bill. ard the wages of he
srrsaRt--lll ihtse take great deal of
money to pay. aud there is also another
thing v hich mamma keeps grea, secret"
/ Frederick was afraid 10 pursue the
suhiec, further. bur Tia child having once
plunged Inlo her mother secrets, thought
u just as we'll 10 tell the " hole az q part.
She therefore went on:--
j al AN sure sou will loSe mamma. as
we al DO. when tell you. thai for years
she has been trying 10 afford 10 keep pony
for you. for she persists in il. that you are
not in good health. though We Ill think
you are q great deal better Than she is her
self. Ye,she says i,would do you 50 much
good to ride on, every day; and that il is
IA hard thing Tor man who has been
accustomed 10 riding to DO without horse;
tha, il would give you more respectable
" in the neighboThood. and many olher
things that we don't quite understand.
However. ne all work Tor this great OBJ
ieci; and last winter We had nearly sc-
complished il. when there came in al
Christmas, that long, long bull from the
cruel vine merchant, for things which We
never knew Of. but which she said must
be paid for before We thought OF the 20
J nv. ] shall never forget how she cried
that day. Indeed. We al cried TO see her
50 distressed; and the worst vas, pour
George could not GU 10 school for q
whole quarter. becsuse there was no mo.
ney 10 pay his master and the wine mer'
chant too. 80 be grew idle and mischie'
, sous. and lost more than he had gained
for three months before"
And thus Tire child went on in her sim
, pliciiy, disclosing more and more Of the
, details OF her mothers economy, hillt
: dreaming that every ord she Uttered wen
I like a dagger TO her fathers heart. He hst
! dropped his knife upon his plate. his cof
> Zee remained untasted, and lie sat will
! his elbow resting on the table. aud BIZ
forehead shaded BY his hand. apparently
occupied will, The pattern of napkin
which he was folding and unfolding. Who'll
, Is unconscious Of what he did.
/ lyon may take away those things
Mary" he said, when he felt he coulC
: bear no more. Aud as soon as The chilt
. had disappeared, he rushed into hs
: room, and boiled the door.
! 4" Have | then bren such wretch!
he exclaimed. Yes. | have eaten my
. childten's bread. and reduced my wife IL
the grade Of common begg't! vlllsgt
, sempsHrss! q tsker in OF plsin wors!
She who was once so elegsn, in all heI
; tastes. and who ought to have been cher
isheI as the only treasure Of my life.
} III they had shut me in dungeons. and
fed me with los,hesome food, could have
, borne il, but lhave been pampered in
, crate. fsuening on the luxuries which
wan, has purchassd!-where, where shall
fluid an ncean tina, will wash me pure
from this solution"
The shadows Of evening we're far adj
vanced ,ha, day, while the miserable man
: was still passing the round Of his ltlls
chamber. Mary had knocked gently
; a, his door many times during the last
few hours. and she now Knocked sgain, "a
/ say tia, her younger brother vas undress.
ed, going TO bed, and wished TO bid his pa
/ pa good night.
! Frederick opened the door. and the lit
: lie cherub sprang into his arms. al the
: same time looking anxiously round the
/ apartment, as Il he had expected to 4 nd
his mother.
HIS father kissed him. and babe him
good night. but still he did not seem sa'
} us6ed to co.
"Whal does he want" asked the
father.
"He has been accustomed" replied
, Mary, Ito say little prayer bef"rs he
. went to bed; and as his mother is no, here
, and he always says it in this room. per
? hsps YOU will Let him keel beside you
, jus, for lev moments; he will no, stay
long"
=. Ii was a novel situation for such a paren
to be placed in; bu, Frederick almost ne
!, chemically seated himself in the old nurse