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

Aflxr many biner tears, snd fsw hours
of sell eamBuning. The ssfpmaiheF hsdr
ons masessen6cs The grrsiesi she ilrli
u 10 be. thar fsis had yet demsndrd.
She ressnued Cor once - Il 10 hard fas
Inc yarn hearted % do. BY posiing feel
Ing oui Of he Gus siion: aud since she
drrided 81 last from pnneiPle. she might
efiese. bui she dad moi repent. The ae
liesie child 2as nursed carefully and anx
iously for The succeeding honihs 20 Lon-
don. and young Bauhsm remained q Oz-
ford. be ardent wishes srsii6rd.
Boz death. thai dass indeed cone hks
= shlei IN the night" ~ss Ie.I. snd The
fond is.Ler Vas not psrm.llsd 20 realise
the day dream be bad INDUCED ~
his suh's success. Mr. BsThsn died
suddenly. leaving he widow IN some
messurs provided i0f BY hermsrrisgs SET
ilemsnl; but on The winding up his Affairs,
o. MAS discovered that only . mere pit
lance renamed lor the eIdrr children
not more Than les hundred pounds each.
Mn. Hzfham's semlemrni 1ss secured
alter her, on any children she might
leave; for being very rich man when
he had married second nne. Mf. b.
irlt hat u Vas in his power 10 equsiiss b,
will his chlldItn's fortunes. his &c.
serses had changed Tie state Of the cast;
boil suil he seied As justly - % Vas IN
hls power 10 do, BY Lequealhing The LILLE
be- dad possess 10 his elder children. The
relatives. however. could see no justice
90 The affair; aud one II them being exec
u:or. and judging The poor sIspmoiher's
disposition by their owl Ill feelings 20
hereof. he removed Ellen Bsrham IRON
her care and took the management Of .he
young people. 10 well a. ol the properly.
upon himself.
kissawh,lr, the younger son. the pool
sick child. had grown worse aud worse,
and the beresved and afflicted widow wsi
in The very depths Of misery a. desola,iou,
lie vas, indeed, beyond the reach III hu
man aid; aud i've months after hsr bus
bands death. the widows cop Of ANGUISH
over faweJ. and small grey coffin ws'
placed in The silent vault, upon that OF Mr.
Barham. Not ull the FIRST stunning blow
was ossr--not llll she had time ~ Zee
her drssulsuon, aud reflect, did the de
, serted stepmoIher know that her owl
days were numbered. The Insldlous dis
ease which had slumbersd 10 her bloo'
, through the brIgal seasons 81 youth an,
earl, womsnhovj, had desIoyedher child
|. aud strengthened IN herselL, most prob.
n bly, BIZ affection, aud had begun its rssa
i ees. She believed her own case 10 b
hopeless, and ielI indeed. that death cou.l
. scarcely claim one WIN would meet hiu
|. with less reluctance. she had little incl
i nation or spui. 10 jim sgaln her own &,
. iauons, from whom years aud distance ha
\ IN g,eat measure esiranged her. and sh
deiermlued 10 remain ia London among
1 Few tried trends she had made there. lie
. husbands children teslJed Al some DIS
lance from The quiet dwelling Mrs. Bar
0 ham had chosen, but they certainly ,Islie
i her frequently. Naturally, Ellen was ol
. ,enes, her guest aud instead Oi relaxing Il
$ her attentions, they gradually Increased
nll Al the time Of she poor 'chlld's death
e she vas seldom day absent ], was fsV
!, weeks si,er lhIs even, that Mrs. Barhan
i first observed . marked change in Ellen
! manner, 10 her must bIlssiul Que
E tenderness AMI atf.cupn she had neve
: experienced before. Must the truth b
6 owned! Yes, Tor u was owned al las
!, 10 her ,hey had so mush wronged; theI
Q altered circumstances aud new home hs
laugh. the s,ep-chiidren 10 appreciate III
a kindness. dulgence, aud prJtscslon. the.
s had 30 liule valued. They had d'scoSe'
b tina. relations, who as guests Of their IA
= Their, or hosts al hume, had only caresseI
!, aud pe,led them, could be, when" dress
4 ed IN a l,lile brief authority" exactlng
g or iyrsnlcsl, or csprcsuus.
The young have almost always kinil!
i leelrags and impulses, unless these gao.l
/. ~ seeds are choksd by evil cul urr; ant
}. u vas moment when tue heart ruled. tina
s Ellen B.rham with streaming eyes, threw
herself upon the step moIher's neck, ant
Q imaslerea permission 10 remein with her
. 10 be her nurse. her companion. Sh
1 addressed her by ihe endesrIpg name sh,
4 had asedin childhood. aad called To nln'
/. these tedious illnesses through which Sh
!. had been so teuderly watched. IL wa
!. trying scene, aud yet The widow Iel' I
as bugh. CLEAN oil happiness. the "e
e welcome that q had been unexpected
n EIlsns prtiIion vas granted, Tor her owl
relations had become loo indifferent. to Op
e pose what was evidently her own wish
!. la the afleclionslr confidence whicl
> henceiutlh subslsied ke,w cen them. eEIle'
= oI.en spoke OF her brother, his trials an
Q di.appoin,ments; waning yet a year q
C his majority, he could 1os touch iar'h
J. ing oil The nl,le properly de would Inhe
u iii. and his guardian differing from hlu
q ,n has views, refused To advance The mo
y ney he required 10 complete that course &
J. study for which already Que sacr'hee liza
!, been msde.
i l, was after conversation Of this klUt
!. thai Mrs. Barham. Who WAS now by o.