The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-11-27
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. blss. By . crash which shoak tie hansi
10 ia foundation. IOllo-sd BY . shout q
H.anhPs from The sIswd; snd ihslsall,
= the lees oi The Irfan.lsd mob IVES bssrs
! IN he courtyard belO~.
"fy. fy. never mind the iew.Is--
better life and poverty m q Dc "a By such
hsnds." saId Mmam. rseoaiInR 9Th hor.
raT 81 that shout. aud dragging her lathe.
sSsy IRON b. Ia.k. We ,hall bar. IN
have liae 10 escape mo the bach sIresl
--shIo~ over soUTsrlf lbs cloak: | an
sUdhe'ensly disguised by nv veil"
Taking Ihe Old nsn's bsad ~ hers. sl,s
hurried along lhs corridor. IaIo whIeh Ihs
> raoD opened. Th.H way led los .oas
distance along lie passage winch "a.
sePars.ed from tie court ya'd, nov oiled
with people, Only BY thin WILL; and al
every sep MIR am exported 70 hear The
door Al tue uPprr eud give say, when
Ihss would BE- IWoed.lely s1,bls "a
their pUr.ueIs. Sns could hear The blows
on ~ leasing 10 ra,Idl.y, and urging
hes tembling limbs forward si'h 81 ~
eIeastd pace, she had just gsiOsd The door
ol exi' when The entrance gave way. As
she hurTIedly emerged mo The narros
street. behind the house lie mob rushed
into The eOrrdor.
The door vas hastily closed behind
her snI lheu she Looked up and dos n The
narrow Ihoroughfare, OneeIt.in which
was to proceed, for her f.lher. WHOM
age and terror had readered incapable oil
thought. slooJ beside her gazing Devil
dsred into her lace. Tolhs right, where
thensrros lane sbumed on the nam street,
she heard shouts ss II the mob was in
great iorce IN that qua' Ter; 90 she turned
her footsteps toward The left, and hurried
on, dragging her father with her. She
hoped thai her flight had been nnnarced
by the mob. aud Iilsl she might gain the
end Ol the street undiscovered: then If
ihere was 10 cruwd IA th,t qua,tsr. or II
their dl-gulses proved ehscIi e, she might
escape into another part OF The city aud
mud refuge With some Of their sect until
Tie rioI vas over.
BuI these hopes were OF short 5urs-
ton. Horror, aud regret al leaving his
possessions, had so lar overcome her f.
lher, that he was now az helpless as child,
and Miriam found herself almost comp-I.
there fore, ss-~-~r---.."~iy -, --a.
they we're already considerab e distance
tom The outlet OF the LAM, when the door
by which she had Odd vas o9sned. aud |
r'oler looked out. A glance down and
then up The stree, discovered the iugilivts:
aud Immediately > dozen OF the pob
rushed out yelling, and gave pursuit.
MIrlsm shrieked, and made an stfort to
drag her father forward suli faster; blu, the
efior. was vsIa: ,be rsbble made two Steps
where she advanced one.
"Fsher," she cried despairinely,
&" csun"t you haste. See, they gain on
Us, aud will tear us limb from limb. II
We can ouly gain youdsr outlet before
then. some arch way or open gate may
afford US shelter. A single minute may
be enough 10 bafflr the mob"
~ csnuo, fly fas,er--I feel as if the
angel oi death was pasa,ng over me-my
IiDbs lolser and my heart is STILL" he
said, ''lesse me TO my fa,e-and The
Lord God OF Thy ia.hers and my fathers
ess ,het!'
As he spoke, Miriam noticed ,hs. bis
eyes grew CLASSY, aud ghssily paleness
'spread his counlenance. His feeble
4 "os gave way beneath HIM, and he would a
Ave sunk TO the ground If hls daughter u
lad no. supported HIM. e
This was terrible moment for Miriam. ~
10 desert htr tsther in thus extremity vas II
lot to be thought "l, ye, remaining would q
10 hi0 no good and would seal her own a
ae. Death was uot itself 50 terrible: bu, b
he had head OF the ou'rsges PEI prtrs,ed "
" The rsbble on their victims, and she /,
hrank, with maldenly modesty, from the b
"oaaat'on. These thoughts fuuered m
ap'dly through her mind, as she heard
he exniuog c,y Of the mob. when they b.
aw aIhtr snk dowI: then, all SELL al
III considerations passed rom Ell mind, n
I'D she grew absorbed IN her dy lug pa. pI
ent, iii
Father" she said, knneeling and sup nt
'rIing his dying head. "f,,heI! o.! M
e 70 dying" she crIed sgon z,ngly. look. th
g 10 heaven, "son OF God inlelcede for err
lm." fsl
The old man family opened his ewes Sc
h'ch rested upon bis daughters tea,ful sv
,unlenance. IL was the last glow OF his
cnlues, rsllving from The super OF APP II
reaching death. There wa. all the M
teng'h ofsarlier manhood ,nthem now. IN
The God o! Israel project thee, nv BY
nh" he SAID. II G" to JOIN Abrsham IN
nd The patr'archs OF old. The Lord 10 j.
may yet save my murder et
rs-i see the blessed in heaven and W
'e'e aye Gentle as well as Jew oil
HIS voice ceased, his head fell back. III
nd Mitism felt the weigh, in her arms II
,creased. Bat her heart throbbed with Ii
~ at The words he had spoken-wss
'ere not forgiveness in them for bert ri
NJ! Gould It be that the dying have W
l'mpses OF fu.unsy and learn then a e,