The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-03-17

esss; and ,hossh bar oss.isslms. s.-<s-d
iowsrds The ssisr policy q irtnchmeat. q
esrssin dslirsey Of aind made her ssfy
lshselous ofthrowlhg any weight INTO ihs
sesls Which should be balsncsd sgsiasl
the interest of he elder children. Alnasi
sgslnsi her better judgment. she yielded
lheftlOss 20 her husbands Il.ns. sna Sc
eohdsd him in lhsm BY many an sel of
sell denial. Of which lhs soEld lnlls
dreamed. No other human being had an
idea 81 real state Of The csse. eonsrQuen.
y dear friends snd rslslivss found . great
zeal 20 eensure In some insIsnees Of SEQ
nomy which their pry ING euriousiiy DIS.
e0ssrrd. ID Was 81 .wrslched mean
ness--b0aTdinf Tor ihe ~ks 81 herself
and her miserable little ppny brat. Why.
ind,ed. sas nol Charley 10 have bis asn
horse. 90 he had been promised years
sgoi And 90 well 10 Ellen plsys5. IL
sss shameful they did not give her
. nes Braadsood. irslesd 81 The old
Thing she had bad these seven years."
But silh al their commissersiion Cor Ihs
poor III ustd ehildren-whom they can-
lnsed. Oolh by open remark and more dam
gerous insinuaiIons, 20 make lhuioughly
dseontenlsd. neither grandmother. aunt.
nor cousins. ever ihoug hi Of making these
costly presents themselves.
Ol course the subtle poison worked.
and NEST Of eli upon The peace Of mind
and health Of The slepmoIheL. She had
sufficient cause lH real anxIriy in the state
olshsr husbands pscunisry affairs and The
delicate constitution OF her child; but the
ou.bssks Of temper and petty snnoysnces
-annoyances serging closely on insults.
though scarcely palsble enough lobe re.
ssn,eJ - sueh-frhdered her life very
unenvisble one. From Nc. Barhsm she
usually contested these snnoyanees o.
much % possible; for sad experience had
proved 20 her. that his interference. though
always ererlsd IN her behslf. made mat
lers IN the long run rather worse Than bet
Fer. Sull. % she had completely deseiv
ed. 50 had she always retained, his enlir,
confidence and affection; aud this con
sciousness did u times gisea ligh, iohe
eye, and smile 10 her lace, which els,
she must long since have ceased 10 wear
Bu, alssi these occasional CLEANS Of hap
I.plnsss ~ere noticed and remembered, .
be brought forward ojierpards as prool
OF her unfetling disposition.
Charley VAS being educated for III
. bar, 10 winch profession his talents seen
: ed especially 10 lcss. Ne wss hsnt
some young man. clever and Agreeable
society. generally liked and couued an
jusi The sort oil person Of whom mos, "a
: renu would be very proud; and The slep
mother Mould scarcely have besn hu
man. il che had mol looked on him vii
: something like envy. ~hIls eeuusslin
his position and probable forluuss Vii
, .hese Of her own Ioor. weakly child
. And il CHANGED that circumstances shoul
place their interests in opposition 70 on
an"ther.
. The little boy. instead OF gainin
. strength had grown sci weaker. and I
sIx years old, consumption vas Apr,
hended. Determined 10 have their mind
, relieved and the worst known, the an,
: ious parents consulted separately tire
!, physicians. Two were Of opinion, tina
, with care and watching. the danger m,gl
p he avoided. but the third. who was lndee
= less eminent. but had some gears befer
! attended several members Of Mr.. Ba
/. hsm's Ismily. declared slOully. that. a
far as his knowledge aud experienc,
. or human foresight, could divine. ,h
b child's life could only be spared by RENE
val Tor the next year or Two TO Nader
= or The South Of Europe. For sone heuT
! Mr.. aud Mrs Barhsm remained vii
minds undecided which plan to adopt
n one moment, @esnas with sanguine hop,
10 the Brighter side Of the case; the ne,
] proposing al any sacrifice, TO remove .hsi
. darling child to q warner climate.
After a while, Mrs. Bsrhsm Eel, I'll:
: The casting vote remained with hersel
, but. though her hearI yesrned for the wish
ed for decision. The very consciousness
. ths, i, was in her own power made her hs
: Isltats. Al most. The hesitation would has
4 been but that Of lew hours, yet. durin
. SO short an interval. Mr. Bsrhsm receive
. q letter, which at such moment, was {
: vital importance, fIom his elder cor
. Charley ~as al that time diligently en-
Z gagged al Oxford; aud he vote to his Il
J. ,her. with all the esrnesiu.ss Uf sincerity
. beseeching bis permission TO commenc
{ course Of studies. and keep ceital
q terms, which, though not absolutely n,
4 cessary bciore he could be called TO th
!, bar, would be. he felt assured. an inesI
e Unable Advantage 10 hun. The paor sIeI
. mother watched her husbands count,
= nance; she saw the inward struggle; sh
j. kne,p how fondly he chung 10 The hope I
8 Ibis firsl-born's advancement; she unde
h stood that one project or the other mu
be abandoned; aud she Eel. that in III
4 scale, which before had been so evenl
, poised, a heavy weigh, was .hrowr
{ Certainly il was with .rembllng han'
= and anxious eosnienance, that Mr.. ia
ham har Ia n.,t t.nk al al %