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


has bern long IN this World. 70 necessarily
eloggrd with 50 many interruptions al
ihnught. 50 many sss0cisllans and recni-
lfclionr, thai q seems 81 bssl boz q slrng-
ele 81 The soUl io make issell heard. Bui
the prayer OF . child q Ike The pnsophis-
iieasfd voice Of nslarr. passing from i.s
pure bosom 20 the skies.
There ave Few hears 50 hardened n 10 /
resist The impression made by this hmm
cenl and srilrss appeal: end Frederick |
Bond sas peculiarly disposed. on the night
ne hare described. 10 be soiiered into
more ihsn common tenderness. lie laid !
his hsnd upon the shining iresses Of his |
clIld. lie bent his head oser him. and |
his lips also nurred On involuntary pray
err sgainss which the gasrs mercy were
not closed.
| Hesle2lnolihe whole ofIhatlong night:
yea restless. ANXIOUS, spprehrnsi,s as he
was. he vas enabled. IN lhe midst Of hosi
ri midnight horror. 10 abstain from his be-
setlirg SIN. The NEXT morning he break.
tasted with his children around him; and
IL he diinoiju them in their humble fare,
u Was simply because, alter many una
vsillng attempts. be found he had lnsi the
power 10 do 80. This day appeared. il
possible. sill longer Than The night. lie
could no. read. lie rould NOT even think
10 any purpose. lie could only feel. and
I feeling had lately been The bsne Of hls life
Ills children were al busy with their DIFF
lferenl occupations. lie knew not what
70 do; but slill he was able 10 abstain.
! On the following morning he was 50
fnrlunsie as 10 from q scheme with which
; all the yeung spirits around him were 81
! Glazed that he could no, refuse TO rejoice
IN their glsdness. lie projected az ex
cursion to q neighborhood hill. dinner
in the wood. and a walk home in The
: cnol Of the evening. All this, however,
was only happiness for others. This
braugh, little satisfaction to him. The
third was one &c peculiar trial. The re
: membrane Of Lady Murnfords death
zane freshly back upon him with the frs,
dawning of the morning, and hunted him
Through The whole day. Still, however.
he resisted, for though he believed il would
be impossible, with his load upon his
mind. TO support the burden OF conscious.
: kness through the whole of his future life,
yet having already passed three days with.
} out his accustomed stimulus, he determin.
: ed 10 avail, The return Of his wife. and thus
20 prove how much his affection Tor heI
could enable him 20 accomplish.
In this manner the time was passed
sometimes hoping. sometimes even pray
ing; but far more frequently sinking int,
e a state nf utter despodency and horror. un
g I'll neatly the expiration Of the time h'
I vile expected TO be absent. II wante,
j now but one DAY 10 that of her return, ant
!. the children rose early with the happ,
b word Ito morrow peIpetually on thei
$ hps: Even he himself felt secret spring
v oIiay, as he walked with them in the It'll,
d gar,lenwhich surrounded their cattage. ant
/. watched them plurking ou, The weeds thai
might otherwise offend their mother
/. sight, peepIng With expectant eyes a
! fruit, which they hoped would be fully
! ripened by the hour Of her return.
5 In this manner they we're all engaged
when their attention was attracted By The
sound Of a carriage wheeling dowa the
: lane. and round BY the corner Of the gar
q den. until i. stepped a, their own cottage
e door.
"It is my mother. ! Ii is herself come
{ day soener," was echoed BY all the hap
= py voices al once. And so indeed twas.
She sprang from the chsise, embraced as
] m any of her childrea as her arms could
3 contain at onre. and, walking up Ia her
husband, looked again and again into his
} face, for the eye of affection Is not easily
deceived, and she could not but preceivs
p tina, some blessed change had taken
lplsce.
, "come with me. Frederick, wiltyou!'
she said, "and help me 10 unfassen my
} trunk"
! They went together into The bedroom.
She then boiled the door. and. placing her
, arm aifsciionately over his shoulder, said
. lin vsee Of subdued ecstacy. IL have
: seen Mr.. West, and have welcome nd.
ings to Tell you. The good man is on his
: Lea,h>bed. In few days nigh, have
, been too late. We had a long conversa-
, ton about you. He was surprised and
shocked At your suspicious; and babe me
assure you. in the mus, solemn manner,
, tha, you had nothing to do Whatever with
the death OF Lady Mornford. Indeed"
said he, II took care IN, self that no in
E Jury should be done. for when saw the
situation your husband was in. | under.
! took The operation myself Butlke case
3 was wotss than We anticipated, aud hcI
:, previous habiis-her spirits having been
= for some time almos, entirely supported
by stimulan,s-wnuld, under any circum,
= stances, have rendered her recovery doubt
Iful."
Il "Tell your husband" he added. "he
= has nothing to fear from the past. I, is
with the future he has 10 do. Aud mas