The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-22

snes'fnss.--rsfns me Frsrle al ne llff'
one sss fall ~ inarrssl II h,m.
hrirn sr"ie nI.rn 10 NJ. Howard. an
hrPth'm ~elI-lHiorned - u N shs, y.
" progress smengsl their frisnds sad az
qnlalanr-ss she luld Lln al llssrs =.
communicable sbosi he sh,Idrsr,---,h~,
hesilh, their Improvement. her lsnd a.,
emitting quesilnhs sbasl lhsH isihsr. a.,
Their ihPa'ienes Tor his relara. bal III her
srH che sad nrlhine. ~x~spi 20 aa..s
hs dHsei 'Hqaulss lm her h.sl.h.-.ps
me s's dad an me MS ind+6nstr msa,
nef possible. /" She u.s 40 ~.ll a. usu.
u "hrr health was ouch ne s.m-. !
--ef. I. hire AS % rssshi,sI ehsre, -.
~ss the Whale snInunt IL The mater. Snr
sn fuly ingenious 20 ran,r log % rIo.s
her letters wnh due enurlrsy. aud vel
Hilhaht sny Of Inst lsndYrnsss af sanrrs.
s'on which slss.s p ersdss he slsmsisrs
o. vile. when Writing % The bust aad
'hs lows. In ncrisinr and stilas LEI.
ssrs. ~ aiisnd,nf 70 ter children. and N
reading; IN the occasional call ~ her err
elr Of hiend..-snd N ihs lrrquen, ,i.ll.
81 her ia her and Dr.. Miller. H.l-n's
.Ime pa..rd sxsy ~nhoal wesnnrss nc
dl.coItrnL
But 'hnagh scarcely aware afi herself,
Helen "a. murh altered. Her .tearlh
had 90 gradually derllasd. thai che was
hardly sensible Of ils dimlnuli..n, her
desh had wasied BY such .law degrees,
shai she srsFcely prrc. lived u: and hke al
prisons .bouring under ihe same dissa.-,
she fisiiefed heprli lhst earh day she a
. llllle bsuer Than the lssi. Her trends
laughed - her iar pInIng On scrouni 81
VIZ. Inwstd's absence. and her father
almnsl elld her on The samr eround: hui
Dr.. NJ llsr locked .n with deep s,lic,Iuds
AID snxs,y. Sui, his hoprs we're ., less,
>, strong 40 hrs lssrs. until The bes,nn,.R
Of February. A,lhsi psrInd. Hem .ns
day took drive wilh the children ~h.n
The sir wss very humid from the dis.aT,.
nc snns. aud che ts.k severe cid. las
Is'al -f.cts ~.rr ,onn ob,iens. SHE ~as
A once confined 10 hsr r.am. Srll Hell.
% hrissii as MOI alarmed. hui ralc.is,sd
il be "oi ag.n ~ fec d.y,. |. de.elv
ID on Dr. Muller 10 gee ,he sl.fm q her
a,hef. he pronounced her 10 be in hec-
&c: aud the f-,hsr hr,rss ed 10 his d.ush
~ The Dpcior's oein,cn- Alfr., /, vas
stunning blow 10 her; then she ,houshlI
he ilosss uanseess.rly alarmed; bnt The
nf her ano,hsr. her bro,h-
rs. and hrr sister. rushed up"D her B,nd,
----spv hooked isl,ly nj hero~n y nplnms,
md let that her doom ws. srsled.
The confusion. the rush Of lhaua abr and
ceiling. incident To- the fits, shock, soon
s.sd away. aud Helen calmly sci her
ell To exnnins her pI-,rn, posI,inn.
nd, IS the Scripture expresses u, .. SET
er house % oricr." preparatory 10 thr
al sre,, change. Tue fret thing w.s
, review her past lite. Looking back |
ION sm eng The shadows ii d, a,h whlrh !
~ surrounded her, how bright aud
heeriul appeared her youth. IN The bosom |
her fathers family! hnw sunny aud
;, fnI the irs' wears of her married I,Ir!!
ow dark The el 'uds that had Inae recen,.
"vershstiaaed her! For this last. WHO
!" To blame Her natural irredu,n
ON a sell ju.niy'ng .P'nI. ,gether with
- fearful ,hnnght. t1si she was snon 10
ppssr before her final Judge. disposed
sr To condrmu herself. Sill ju.,,re a.
'iled her right. snd ~. len ass cansclnu.
at TO please her husband, and render
IN happy. had been'h irs, object 81 her
.tr'. Vet. Notwithstanding ini., she
as wiling To believe that she had niirn
ven nm just cause Tor d,splsasute. /
Iih in,enss anxiety she reviewed the
:. year aud a half. aud asked herself, II
hit she had done Tor his h.ppinrss,
hile her affection iu him had been ,iur
ant. She could ind no sprr,.I neglec,
duty of winch 10 accuse hrrseli.-,eti
= uemr inheritance OF duties hrar,lessly /
rfo'med give lule ssIi,fsc,,un. an To |,
ellen the sh lie seemed dark. and trou-
I'd. aud gully dream. Now that she (
IS araking, u lef, most gloomy aud |,
intul impression On The mind. /,
Aud While she nsd. ia. this unfreling
amer. been d sehars,ng her co,jsgal /,
lies. what had been Ar. llpwsrd's, de-
r.Inent toward her! The pr"sprct Of
T avn approaching d,<>oluunn. p,o Ia
crd on Heen's m,nd much the same ef, Z
4 that he death al her husband would
70 done. HIs increasing gentene.s, u
tenderness. his delicscy and i"rbrsr. ID
e.-whIch had hit ,erto rem ,nrd en- =
rly unlrl' anil unnut,ced, cane throny-
on her msm"ty .---snd al oacr, the
lived 1T her youth. the idol oI her ear | =
welded lite. vas res oted To- her in Ill 10
perIrc,I"n! Her heart sweIlrd. aud !
.hed fnr'h IN love. ~ graii'ude. ard IN
nneurc He recent letters were al r
'ugh' iar,h. aud re petu-e : and all thnse 10
press,oas III love and ,endrrness. .lha, | '
. bet"re fallen as on a r"rk, rausrd her q
". 10 thrill with emotion: "Ab," {
'ueat she, "kow cons,an, has tina,
sri been 10 me, in spite oLali my eoi.i- a
Is, nv hcartess md, ference, aud some a
los Il IN.