The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-30

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.TEen uill guess"
: Az, &c."
With . shaailrr Is she pul each fearful
question. she brg.nw-
Have YIN sard human bird rro.
irc.ed by HE lass Of hanor. and iesi 'hsi
n0~ you are . nBsJsIsri"
InsserIasei ny arm IN anger against
ought lhai ha. brs alb; never 50 murh =
kicked shsrhng cur from my path"
:. lave ypn b'ea ishe friend. deeeiF-
ing where you we're IIBslede'
"IcannOt resai 10 mind lie ] ever
lid"
Once more Erlen's hand sought that
II her lover: bat sic wilhdrsw u a. . 'e,-
nbls thought rushed IN Der mind. She
paused ere she could give il words. Al
LAST she sad. " Haze you been guided hy
The code oil msn's mnTsliIies, and Woa
heart only /, fling IL from y0u!-O1-Or
teen gull y Of The desPsr, darker Wong
still -
My conscience il singnlarly free from
al such sl,ins. They who da these
thing. speak TO, Of EN- IS crimes" And
IN looked ~ aud met tie lesIful gsze
ni Helen Trsvers, without his Own lids
droofng.
"fhen will wed ,yo1." she exclain'
ed, after moments pause. - and only as
your wife learn this dreadful secret"
! "Y"u wilIf' and w,liam Johnson
started 10 bis leel as Que Who had received
aud electric shock.
"Iwi,l." .-.
For moment she yielded 10 his EN-
brsce. but he released Ter quickly. " You
would so wed me-" he exclaimed, "but
you shall not. The dear memory of your
words is a happiness Fate cannot take
+ from me; il gives me strength to complete
the tragedy. Listen. These limbs have
borne the manacles the law furnishes 10
the convicted thief; this form has quailed
in the felon's dock, beneath the callous
stare Of the stranger multitude; bur even
then, did moi lie. l owned that had
stolen the means to purchase food for a
furnishing mother. The name have ia
red 10 ask you to bear. is forever enrolled
in the chronicles of crime. The convict
crossed The seas. and was slave fer the
seven brightest years Of his youth. lie.
len-Miss Travers, you do not scream,
or faint, or wiiher me with look. On
Woman or angal ~, ----- .-~-~r Arc you
abe calm, and Ten mv-,-..------
L" You will believe meant 10 replace
the note I-l-s.o!e, though the Judge
would not credit my story. This is all
have to tell; for why should picture
the haunting presence OF memory, and
the worlhlessness of that wealth which
descended TO me from the relative who
exposed my youth to temptation, and left
my mother 10 perish p
"rhe future; the happy future. May
it make you forget the past:-Wiliiam !"
Helen"
Al her feet once more; but now with
,chiid-like sobs, and breathing passionate
explanations, and fervent blessings.
It was The next day and that burst of
wild tumultnous joy had given place TO
serener happiness on the part of William
johnson, while softer and more thought
ful expression reigned on the face Of He
len.
Ihave compact TO propose" said
she, laying her hand upon his arm. and
looking up calmly yet alfectionately in
his face "let us for the future speak not
Of this dark thing, except indeed there be
Just necessity and occasion for renewing
the subject. Let it be sacred deposit,
Eof which each has the Key. bat do not
suffer i, to belong to our lives by frequent
discourse or thought of it. Thus may
time heap bright realities to hide and sti-
lie these smoukdering ashes. You tell
me that your common name has been to
YOU shelter from suspicion; that your
secret rests with one tried and trusted
friend; and that the world among its com.
tmon blunders deems your love of retire.
ment the spirit of pride and exclusiveness.
! will but look a, the result of the leisure
chat retirement has afforded, the cu!tiva-
ted intellect, and the habits Of simple en-
ioyment. Yet whence came your enlar-
ged sympa,hies with humanity! These
are not fos,ered by hermit.like retire.
ment."
"Can you ask! You are silent. |
need mol tell you how much is known in
toitively b. one who has erred and SUI
fered."
And expiated!"
Ali, deep the meaning of that word
which burst spontaneously from the heart
which felt Alright! Deeper and higher,
more world-embracing such Wisdom than
auuht that was ever extracted by the cas-
uistry of the schools. The Mercilul God
by His instruments, the mysteries Of in,
|, exhaustib!e nature, heals the wounds and
r lesser ills Of the body until it becomes
, whole again. And must the wounds oil
} the soul tester forever! What is Man
that he dares pluck Hope from the breast
: of his fellow? And is not the punish
ment he iniicts for crime but Satan
: work on earth. except so far as it prevents
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