The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-17

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IhatoommmpassiOn. purely selfish one
Tie sdmired her beauty. and would b,
} proud Of aEile thus endowed. and will
. mental aepiImenis something beyOnl
those enmnSn io her station. but bis Gun
ning brain TOrked upon Two ulleFior ob
Jeris which sad nothing 10 do with all lhesi
personal qnlilies. u 50 happened, lha
a greai deal,f the business connected viii
The affairs Of the bankrupt trustee had
passed ihT0lgh the Office 10 which Ashton
} Was employed. and he knew enough Of 4
To form an almost positive opinion thai
Lucy would ultimately recover her lillle
fortune. However, he took care 10 keep
Tins knowledge Ia himself. and woOed her
apparently with the most disinleresied nj.
lection, nOtfVen n present limiting Of tie
plan whirh in his own mind was well
nigh maiurei, that OF establishing his wife
ai the wcstend Of the town as fashion.
able milina. well knowing That her taste
and skill, aid superior manners. would be
sure 10 raise her 10 an eminencc that must
contribute G5eaily TO his ease aud comfort.
In short, le planned 10 himself becom-
ing something like that contemplate crea.
tnre, Of de'dhlcss memory, the renowned
Maniellini.
A few seek. passed over. and Ralph
A.h,On and I.ues freezing wrIs eneag.d
TO be ms'fieJ. 10 jus ice to TIE latter. We
mu.i say thai she had only very lately
'uspte;sd the deep feeling. ~hieh Ter
lifelong ronp'hi"n. Jasper Lawson. en-
ierisIned Tor her. aud the discovery made
10 her By his vsIsd aud disappointed
moILer psired Der deeply. u 10 rue
Mn. Lawson had someumss hunted al
her hopes for the future. in phrase, eff.
tieisn'ly incl & bic ia Lucy. but alas |!
jasper had conreal,d hI, slTecuon but
too well. The time had been, she knew,
that he might have won her. but II w,s
gone by. she ssId, and nov che could but
regaid hin as dear brother.
They wers engaged. aud all seemed fair
beio'e them; aud Ralph even seniuIeJ 10
hi"i one day, from intelligence which he
declared he had received but lew hour,
before. that pe'hsPs sf'er all Lucy would
have her money. lie did this sds,sedly,
lor he kns~ u Vas very likely that The
news would reach her in day or tao
IRON an"lher quarter. Sorrow vas com.
IN . ,haYeyef. - i generally doe,. irom
,f her eyes, ; u ~Lish fuc, Gsa c:oiSblghh.
81 as the result Of excessive application
20 her needle, became more d,.,ressing.
md. Oh medical advice beng obisined,
he mus, alarming symptoms were dis-
With al the horrors &c threaten.
d blindness before her. Lucy va. con-
ineJ, for sevrral weeks, TO a daIkt ned
ioom, aud months must slapse before
here was any hope that, under the most
favorable circumstances, she could apply
herself to her ordinary occupation. Du
ing This time Jasper became junior psrt.
isr in the establishment to Which he had
belonged. and. through his mother. his
increased income contributed TO the CON.
Or,s and medical attendance OF the poor
'UH re. How could the poor destitute !
orphan refuse help from him who only
,sked 10 Re called :" her brother" She
lii no. refuse j., nay, she tel. that she !
n ould much rather be assisted by hun
han by her bsuo,hed. How strange ATE
he in,ticscies of human feeling!
During these months Of .ufFer,ng, the |
flare OF Ihe bankrupt trustee had been ,
hrown into chancery, and there was ht>
le hope now Of settlement Of hem for
'ears. Poor Lucy hille Conld she have
hough. tina, The day would come, and
hat coon, 10 which ,he toss ofher money,
non,hs Of suffering. partial blindness, and
personal di.6sureneR,. would appear 10
Ter like go many " blessings IN disguise"
hat had combined TO save her from a gulf
IS misery and ruin.
When ihe cute 80 FAR as il could be ef'
ec,ed was complete. white film sill re-
NAMED ~ mar the beauty aud obscure
he vision Of one Of those deep blue eyes.
,hich had seemed like Stars OF ligh, and
owe 10 poor Jasper Lawson. Moreover
he ocuIls,s declared that the preservation
{ the other eye depended on The most
.reiul ab',sining from anything like
training the visual organs.
Only few days had elapsed 'ince this
la, went forth. and but once had Rslph
Ish,on seen Lucy since the bandsges
we're removed, when abe received letter
rom him. dictated by that one virtue,
shich those Who possess no other. are
yer ready TO pu, prominently lorward-
Prudence. II po,nsed on. some facts
vhlch she really mus, have known before
nd among them The great change IN their
.turs prospects her sill'c.Ion had produc.
d; hinled very intell,g'bly a. the ~lsdom
{ a separation, and concluded BY men.
ioning that. unless she deshed to see
i'm, he should refrain from calling again.
nd signing himself, -" ever her sincere
riend !"
LUCY freezing was for while s.unned
y the blow: but though her young and
useep t,bls heart had been caught and led