The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-18
Croakers and Cracking.

A0 asgfatsle me lAwAfd gFlrf
Ihat makes her accents 20 forlon. --HooB.
"Don'i you think Il i time Ia have the
mating put down :" said Mrs. " Winthrop
IN . nialnIiEe voice To her eldest daughter.
as they sal u the breakfast lshIe. sIhis
bright snh." she continued monrniully.
80 will soon fade these roi0rs 80 that the
carpci Eill b. rnined-snd--sn lhen /
don'I know what NE shall dn. Tor do mol
expecI ever 10 be able 10 aff.srl snolheT,"
and here she sighed dolefnlly. a@" s
Miss Winthrop made no objection 20
the suggestion, only adding in the same /
sad Key. i" thai people said IL was going ]
I" be dreadful moth year." whereupon |
the melancholy alternative OF leaving the
carpet 10 the sun oI moth was discussed !
a lillle: but finally the fear 81 The sun pre-
vailed, aud Mrs. Winthrop desired her
Youngest daughter llelen. In write a note
slier breakfast 40 The npholslerer 10 re-
quest him TO send up some Of his people
10 take up The carpet" .z.s s=.=.r
Helen. who had been absent lhaying
been educated away lung enough TO he
rather stranger to home WAYS. was lii.
lie surprised al what seemed 10 her the
Inconsistency 0f her mothers never ex-
pecling to he able To afford another carpet,
and yet Of sending 10 The upholslerer 10
have The present one taken up. ..+r
Il" Why, mamma, | should think our
own servants might do il" che said.
.Oh! no. my dear" replied her moth
or, .it's gIeal deal of trouble TO have ].
properly parked away in camphor. These
people understand il, and The expense j:
not much" sa.t
Mrs. Winthrop said This in the same
sad tone, as If the evil was an inevitable
one. so Helen said no more.
a. see," she continued to her eldes
dlugher, that the franklin Bank ha
;ailed." f.s ST.
, HAS ii :" calculated Miss Winthrop
-" Oh that is very bad. : s.-a......~.
f, Helen was startled by the manner il
: which this piece Of news was commnni
ca,cd aud received. and held her breath
minute 10 hear what wac 20 follow. b.,
Mrs. Wiuimop merely asked her daugh
Ter TO pass her the mullins, and said N
, ,nure. Presently Helen gathered com
age 10 say, .H... III s..5.. .
= Have you much stock in tina, bank
y mamma 7" IT,. -....-. @s... .aas. =. ..sar
mo, my dear, I've no stock there 9
Il all" she replied as mournlully as Il
: was quite misfortune TO own nothing j
. broken bank. - -.. ana f., .z5a.z
"Then its failure is nothing to us.
said Helen, though ! am sorry for lhos
whom Il does affect" m..s. r.-a.s 49,.
.,rhere's no telling that" replied he
le noiher ....- ... ....... o..-.
\. !. WHY. mother, how can il :" said III
E. len smiling, "ir yon own nothing there.
C. IL don't know, my DEAR" she answe
is ed, "bul il may. Il il creates pressul
al in The money market. stocks win ga'l."
n Helen looked serious again, not 'h
she understood what her mother meal
lie exactly, but she fell that they were threa
e, ened by misfortune in some way, and b,
d. hear, sank within her. .... r.s....-..
e. How lale The boys are" resume
is Mrs. Winthrop, again in an accent
ne most patient suffering: "did YOU knee
d; at their door, Fsnny! lis time Fran
ne was off to.coIlege. Pray call him again
IN Just as she said this the door opene
e, and fine looking youth of sixteen or
of ycnteen came in and took his place a,
bic. es..a ........s q. L s r,
H. "Do. Fanny" said his mother, "po
II, out Franks coffee at once. It's late. /
as should be off now" "a o.4..s -.
al ais no, eight yet, mother" repli
es the lad. 81 never go I'LL nine" rn..
N Mrs. Winthrop only sighed. .-aa
lis Frank" said his eldest sister. is
o. true that yonng Seldom is suspended =
to YES" replied her brother. "Whe
re- did YOU hear that = -sg
,s- :" Mrs. Ormsbee told me-" she answ'
ad ed, ..a..J j .s.ss. ...... -..7s--,, 81, -
he 3 "Wha, business is il of hers! WI
his an old busy body she is" said The you
ng half angrily, for, boylike. he resent
he any ones repeating school and cole
ed scrapes. Nj ~:e~s a.nss- amf r.. g.ah...4r
at disgrace travels fast, my son.,
he Joined Mrs. Winthrop. ;" Poor Mrs. )
er, don! knew her well. Harriet Forsy,
I'VE she was. And very sweet, pretty CIR
F." lure she was. Her husband too was
md excellent, worthy man. And this is III
/ of son. Poor thing! | am sorry she has
red much trouble with her boys. ..
ere This was said so sympa,hizingly q
EN- Frank flashed up and said .7 .srie
he II don't know Of any trouble that
ier. has with her boys 81, ...a~.gts ri .ssy
the Don't you call this trouble = said
hey mother reproachtully--" don't know
re- anything lha. can wiring mothers he
W a more sorely than sons disgrace.
nst. "Tom Seldon's in no disgrace,
'bes Frank. stou,ly. lie happened 10 &c
per-. a little muss, and the Pre.s found u
D. that's al" ;, 6a,
Pray, Frank, don't talk such Sian
ire. said Mise Winthrop, ina tone rather