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

mrni Of %. ecslome nth szsi dsl,sht.
shea ihe lady ssksd s@safy. qsesuon
~hlch hsd laag hossrsd On her lips--
!" Why, Ellen. Do yoa sIwsys call me
ms'amg" The ibid eol0red o. her sm
plss. shaded - they were b. her sOfs
esfllng hsif. bus did not answer.
"hhy DO yau nos cali me lnsmnsl''
continued Mira. Bsrham, pressing lhe li
tls hsnd that rested upon her knee.
The child aurned Der head sway a.
she nurm1fed-s beesese CHARLEY told
ne net N, .nd said he would MOI love
ae. and sunl would not love me d !
did"
1'he.hssrl.of The slepmasher was Zoo
Toll % snswsr; her husband found her in
tear; ans nd il wss impossible posi-
iiseiy 10 refuse bis young wife 90 simple
rsquesi, and he had promised lha The
children should be allowed 10 address her
cay By ihs term their own feelings should
dictate. Little Ellen soon began 70 call
her " msmns." and called her 90 Tor
yssrs; Master Charley dad The sane q
lnssrssh. shen more Than usually good
lempe'ed. or JUST after some indulgence
she had been lhs means Of procuring Tor
hin.
One olher scene Of this period. and
ss sIll pass on Tor years. Miss Pear.
son and other rslsusss had been intro
dursd 70 Mrs. B.rhsm. and had paid lhs
formal wedding sisii. Alihsir 6Ht meet.
ING the merits ol the bride xrre Ufcyurse
dirusssd.
1.-The idea Of calling her prsilyI" said
one.
ITO pretend she 10 only siT.snd isen.
ly!slcl.lmei snclbeE - shell nsseIses
thirty sEsin."
"NO money. / believsi" asserted The
hrsi. IN the Turn Of interros alton.
Obly sboa. Istlye kundaed pounds, =
rplird some bsJy very yell informed OF
The subject: .sui Carries has made i
VI Eve thousand, and settled ihe Who'll,
rpon her. continued The lady. 10 ersseea
10 ions Of ,oice.
More .hss ever he did Tor my poo
sisier." observed Miss Pearson. with
, agh; /" though she had money" (Mos
uue. Miss Pearson; bui Charles Bsrhsm
,ssl's yeats sss, did not possess H.,
. thousand pounds in Tho ~orld.)
1.-THE poor ck,ldreni" a+.
&" Ffghwned 10 death 81 hef!'
] (" could not brl,e,e he would hav
/ @s,risd ,gain," chimsd in Mics Pearson
. IN . tons u jus. indignation al .he Iniqu
{ " Of mankind.
/. "Chsrley 10 fine boy;sks can reeo
I lect ha mother. srd has q spirit Of hi
ovn:" con inuej HE ssserler Of iausrrog.
ivss. .
"Yss. bu, ihsy slk Of ssnaing him
n school," said the "sen infoimsd" Il
d.
8 81 told you sol" exclaimed The sun
;. proud of her wonderful sIft Of proPhee,
j "Her dong. Of couIss."
e Aud they all sighed, aud shook the
+ heads. and and joined in sort Of chorul
Il TO the affect that second marriages wei
Q "dresdtul."
Z "Alss" for tie poor siepmelher! Ca
), there be any qoestion that her Office va
9 a mosi lhsnkless one!-wIthoull The auth,
I u,y Of q muther. ye, with mothers rel
4 porlbilily-nol with her husband slor
4 10 please, but . whole family 10 cone
d late, and that family pred,sposed TO COO
Q denim all her actions. But 30 The dropin
Il Of WAFER ~iIl wear away . stone. 50 Mr
= Barham's correct judgment and in'srii
Y BILE sweetness OF disposition. dId a ltd
= smooth down the sspeIities wnh whic
h abe bad been met, when ., the end Of ~
= years, The prospect Of herself becoming
q mother. was looked upon as a new an
I, mosl aggravated offence. Her infant dle'
}. and instead Of sympathy or eompsssiO
n for the mothers sngui.h al the loss Of b,
b FIRST born. there were women who locke
II almost acknowledgement rejolcins
d Yes. women. who csrted themselves Il
n minnie and Ienderhearted. and have turl
ed away. probably. rather than have zee
e an insect crushefE
! Another yesr sped on. and again Mr.
Il Rsrham was q mother; but this time sh
!, was more blesseG-her infant lived.
u proved. however. a delicate boy; and 81
d additional care and tenderness which th
q circumstance naturally drew from its p
j ren,s, were looked on almos. as ijuri,
!. 10 the elder and healthier children.
p seemed even conjec,ured sha, po'r Mr.
e Sathsm must have used some undue u
70 fluence over her hu.bsnd--some sort I
o dome,tc witcberair, TO make him
m strangely anxious about the well bsing
), a sickly, troublesome infant. Meanwhile
.. Charley and Elem were growing up-'i
5 former a shrewed clever boy. the latter
y very beautiful girl. But the time, how
,r ever, ,ha, Charley was about seven'ee'
E. Mr.. Barham. whose connexions wei
- with the mercantile world, had met vii
ID several severe losses. and, without his
10 nsnces being reduced TO such state th
II il vas absolutely necessary for him
s cur,a,l his expenses and general mode