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

hb seeuho mztistt. ne fon wsf lfn f1iG
ed. snd he little Ellen eight.
IL was ~ the country be net Mary
fliliori N The country he married he's,
and not MI he bfoughs her 10 his home IN
London he wIie. and sln seen his chi
zen. Bot che had heard Of their beauty
ard talents Iron their lound fa,her. AID
happy ~ he present. ~ sell ~ in hef
sniisiPaiioas % The future; .Lsy we're "a
iurssly Helndrd IN al her castle building.
For isrling hears (and The slepmoIhsr
had very feeling onsl are always grsr-
isl iOr lose and tenderness. hossssr rich
they MAJ deserve both. and are ever on
she .sleh 10 fepTay ~ ID we're. the debt
that seems doe; or. IN simpler phrase. u
% ohly pleasure 70 rlesse those sho
love. ~hra ne can do 90 with ease, ~,
u 10 pleasure 10 make sseTihces Tor
them. Not that lhere MAS any sseri6ce
10 the eass with regard 70 Mfs. Rashsm
aud her husband's ehilurea. Uaknown.
unseen. sLs fell that she you'd and must
love Them. even IRON ihs impulse of her
osa kindly nsluFe; but her cooler judg-
ment. q sbe consulted IL al III. m1sl have
told her, that 10 wrealhe al their hearts
into one knol Of happiness sad sIsenoa
30uld be The surest means By which 20
bind her hssbsnd's love yel more dearly
10 her. 10 ss night when they arrived
IN London; and though The children were
IN bed. Mrs. Barham.eovld not ~ai hlI
morning ior IN introduction. The nurse.
al old ssfsanl Of the family, preceded
them. with single taper. ss Mr.. Rsrhaal
led he impsiieni bride 10 the chamber Of
his son. The boy wss soBbing in hi.
Sumter; be had evidently crira himself
70 sleep. The nurse seemed grsrs. sns
though there vas an osersRslned clvi:ily
70 hsi msnnsr. sheslooksd a her nsslsl
rom une 70 Time, 90 IL he had don,
something 81 which she f.ll hearth,
sshaasd. They eosfi 70. no elesl
account iran her Of vhy The child he's
been ifs,lsRg; but, when Mn. Bsrhsa
stopped " kss bis cheek. the ehil,
swoks. ssd forming bic head quickly oI
the pillos. refused the prof,rsl caren.
We have frightened him--uh! Isau
sorry" exclaimed Mrs. B.rhan.
I'VE dad not mean 10 wake Won
Charley" said his father; " Lu, now TIA
you are awake. kiss your mamma"
i Tue boys lips & L; but By . strong FL
! lori Of the will. he rssusined Tie tears. an
suffered her TO touch ilis cheek. lie sii
ts,usinsd them. though Nth more diff
Guilty, when his father embrseea hIm; ~
Mr. Bsfhsm. turning 10 the nurse. g,
claimed almost sharply. d" Warren. oh,
|" the matter with the boy! I insist VI
on knowing"
4 Warren sighed. and looked down. On
very le,sutely snuffed The candle. fro,
which Mrs. Barhsm had just lighted saoIs
e.; and had FASTENED on 10 lutte Ellen
chamber. The s,epmolher irod suiiI,
shaded The candle with her hand, On
would not. even by . touch. awaken III
sIumberer. who lay, her doll c'ssped iish
ly IN her arms. in one OF those untaugI
attitudes Of childhood which are slwsy
graceful. As motlonless az The sleepin
child. did Ms. Balkan remain for man,
minutes; and who can tell the ihoughl
that pissed rapidly through her mint
Perhaps she wondered if the mother ha
been as beauiiul as the laug and hs
she been less, or as well, or better love
Than herself Or did she seek TO pierre
snx'ously or hopefully ihs future! G
was che con,en, TO dwell upon The pre-
sent! Whatever her Thoughts we're the
could not be evil. Oh! no; for the fail
, ful glance and sTectinna,e gesture vii
, which she beckuned her husband to al
prosch softly, weie never dictated by
selfish or unkInd thought. lie. howe.e
/, was ruiiied. for he had insisted on an an
: wrr from The nurse. who 10 The @uestio
. oi AHA, allied the clnd, had replied, vii
/. some reluctance, that Mrs. Pearson. The
{ aunt, hsd been there that day. and "hs
! talked u Master Charley about his ow
h mamma and made irrn very unhappy"
: The sorrows OF children, however, al
i seldom very long.l,vid, aud Master Cha
= ley came down 10 breakfast the ne!
morning without any traces Of tie Ia
9 nights tears. Yet IL might have bee
{ observed tina; he very stud ously svo;ds
, addressing Mrs. Barham by The endeanr
!, name which her husband always ust
= when speaking Of her TO his childreI
i, AZ for lutle Ellen. che looked ,imidly u
i IN her face, aud no, oil quite The midd
Of the DAY did she gain courage tn utu
h more than monosyllablcs in the psesen'
= 81 tie s,epmo,her, although Mrs. Barha
v s,rove. BY thousand gentle sTaIagem
!, to gain The confidence Of the childre
e Il was yer, evident tina, Master Chsdey
e hear, was steeled against her: and Il.
: kindnrss aud indulgence. he seemed {
few hours . lit,le subJued. the mildes,r