The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-16

phi - w - y luor-
crp.ed ehambers.
" Wen. here an no lnnser slons 10
my asn plser.' sid John Benner. with
bis nsaal sxelsmafion or wonder. Wei!
hire ! an ball elrsred oui Of dis abode.
IN which. shssgh have moi fonnd much
pleasure. still prefer 10 any other. and
yet know not why's il thar I an be-
coming siss. and learning 10 be consenIed
sith uhsi isl"
Bet . very natural curiosity tore the
philosopher from his ssd thoughts.
Well. thsn." said he. /. who can this
disasrsssble person be iha, 10 thus driv
ing me cut Of my own homs-snd viii
nessr lei me into Il sRsia Tor three years.
al least, What fool was never 10 ask
q qussliun absul her. Bat that does not
matter much; . man Ike me. who has
lived III his life IN lodgings. ough, 10 be
able 10 tn great deal Of persons cha
rseter and siIustion in life from their fur
niiure.'
Behold. then. Nc. John Bennett. . We
~ respectable man In Mark lane. enlsr-
ing si,h lighted candle TO inspec, the
mossablss " the lady. who Was sending
her own goods sgain wandering over The
world.
"0h. OH" said he. casting hi. eyes
round him. al this il right down com.
fortsble, andln very excellent taste. There
10 here the value Of four hundred pounds.
Al oil events, and not a surk 10 Il two
years old. But al this belong. evidently
70 . lsdy--s married LADY of course.
Nos, LEI ne see. where's the husband!"
lie caniinusd his review with a close
accuracy aud due appreciation Of The ar
iicles he in.psc.ed that "a auc,ioaeer
would have snvird, and . professional APP
prsiser be sstonishsd 10 behold.
Il DO not 6nd." said he. "a ha, boK.
a stick. an umbrellFcsse. nor anything
that can bslray husband. There is. y.
| am alive. no husband Well! the per.
son who 10 putting me out is alone-le,
Us find out WHISTLER she 10 . widow. or
an Unmarried lady"
The perspicaci,y Of John Bennett was
hers little a. fault. for il 10 sometimes
very difficult 10 Distinguish between a
mad and widow--snd particularly go
when you have only furniture on which
10 found guess. No, finding anything
positive. Mr. Bennett had only 10 beiaks
himself 10 probabilities.
"A single unmarried lady," be re-
marked, "would not take such srart
msnts az these. and pay 80 high rent
Coz shem; the lurniiure 10 evidently that
Of lady settled in life--unlsss. indeed.
u should be an old msid!''
Now. tuhy did John Bennett begin 10
frown when this last idea crossed bis
nindi What iniersiis had he 10 disco.
vering that il vas no, an old maid that
vas the owner Of furniture that be adj
mirei 90 much
IAN old msid!" continued he Z; swell!
that ,couli be really very dissgreeabls!
but here 10 something TO tell me news.
Here 70 .hs only solution I can hnd 10
this riddle"
Az The sly fellow said this. he pulled
open the drawer Of . dressing table
There wss comb and in this comb there
were inteftwined Two or three very loug.
glassy, and very black hairs.
IAN old mad" said Bennett smiling,
" never had hair like that. My unknown
10, then, ycnng-ioo young, perhaps"
And here he lrowned again. Assured
ly il was very diilicuItso please him.
Well. let us reason the matter" he
observed. Fua Of all widows with
handsome fortunes, as this lady evidently
IS. are very rare now a-days; aud then,
a young girl would have furniture with
more gliding on !, than this-it would be
ross wood, aud not all the finest and
mos, solid mahogany; there would, too.
be mn,e louking.gla,.es. The widow
here. then. is not very yeung woman;
but is she a widow al al! Is her hus
band absent! or. is shs married woman
separated from her husband!
Here was = mystery. that the profound
talen, OF the observer could mol penetrate.
swell. yell! we'll" dsspairIngly sx-
claimed IIoanett, :" am distracted with
doub'; but must get al tho secret 10 some
msnner."
lie looked narrowly sronnd, aud he
perceived large picture with the back
turned towards him and defended from
him by a rampar, Of sofas, and chcUaur
dc frise Of chars.
At the end of quarter Of an hour. the
picture was rescued from ITS position, and
il was turned towards The eager look Of
ITS solitary spectator
II vas a portrait, the SIZE Of LIE, OF
lady twenty years Of sga, aud having al
the foi'. in almos, impeteepIibls chsrac-
tiers, the da 1925
What noble head! What charm
ing cteaturs!" cried Bennett IN ecs,aey;
/" bul, a. sure as fate, have seen that la
dy hefore."
lie thought, for some minutes, and then
lie SAID, i" W4I!--yes--I not only have
seen her, but was IN 1--we with heI--
n Ian