The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-08-26

how be eavls base rome 4 ~ op Inst dsy
leosld not understand. nor shY he shosls
BE- 30 snIinps 20 see me, e. 49,.
| ] did not wail long in suspense. III,
sound Of shrels ass soon heard
hsekney.soash dies up q Ihe door. snt
ny Husband sprang out. His frat exrls,
nslian MAS one Of lhsnklpluess that h
had .. lsnslh found me. HIS first ques.
iioa was, " Dear wife, where have you
i beenl's ... ....s
/ My sreovnl was soon given. Bul."
SAID he. i" The bows Told me that ou we're
j, gone 20 London" s..... .'.....
oh" | said, =" that uss 0 mistake"
+" Bot, molhs'," inisrpostd Henry, our
eldest LOy. you did say you wsrs CO.
ing % Losdan." .a.-.. go -
| dill not reply, for | saw thai my hus-
band l'oked terribly IsI,eued, aud very
snxioss; sad | busted myself in doing
something Tor HE eomiorl; and then pun
abe bays 10 bed. a. .as4-* .~-.*s=..
Add then zane my husbsnd's explains
lion. lie. Ton. had received o letter Ihs,
iaIal morning, Of f.r more importance than
mine--s letter ih.t he thought required
ms consideration as well % his own; and,
setting aside oil other business, he had
FASTENED % consulG me. There ~ss no
a'sIlsbls mode Of conveyance 10 the vii.
lsge 81 that time unless he hsd chosen 20
hire coach; aud, had there been, perhaps
he would have preferred wsking. Az all
events. he dad walk. aud that hastily. Ii
was hot Summers day; bu, this would
not 90 mnch have msIlered had he found
me 81 the cottage. or even had he kDown
certainly where Was 10 be iOund. Even
il | had LETT 10 message - TO wh'ber !
vas going, no hsum might have arisen;
for thea he would have ,houshi Of ouI
friend -, and have sought me 81 her
house. But my unhappy, my wicked
deeeu! Oh ! il was ihsi dad sll the mis-
chief. The instant he was ,oId thai l hid
received letter, aud had almost lm@e-
diairly sfiers ards aried Tor London. he
became troubled. anxious lest some bad
news had arrived from quarter unknown
10 him, and hurried back still more hssii-
iy Than be had walked from London. hop
ing 10 reach the city ss soon as myself.
He wondered thai we had not met; but
il was possible that we had taken differ.
snt paths on some pat, OF the journey.
When my husband reached London,
he found hlmself exhsused and vnwell
v i'm the very hot, long, aud ia,is ulng
walk; and he became nervously excited
when he found that had not reached
home before him. lie waited impaiIen.ly
for some time. too much disturbed, both
hs iha nresslns business WHICH bad ssns-
ell his unexpected visit, aud BY my unsc-
cuuataJle absence, to take the refresh
mem he 90 much needed. After waiting
for some time ~ gres, end incrs asing sus-
pense, he wen, iron one 20 another OF our
, London friends, imagining the possibility
Of my beng thus fonnd, nothing doubuog
The reality Of my journey 10 London.
How was he 10 doubt in he asked. Had
! I no. explicitly told our boys tha, | va.
going tbithe,l and had ever deceived
them or him!
Al length, distressed beyond measure
by The JON, effects Of disappointment,
anxiety. business eDgaeemenls.'snd bod
Iy fatigue and sickness, my husband once
nore reached his office, and, finding shs
had not made my appearance. deiermln
ed 10 take coach. and return 10 the cot
tape, with The vague hope tina. he hst
mlsunt!erstood the poor boys. or that the.
and The sersani had misunderstood me
Thus ended tins terrible dsys-serIible
atIeasi, in lis consequences.
Imust pass over, confined Mrs. Percy
( the remainder OF my history ss briefly q
: I can. dare not dwell upon It.
Tha, night, instead Of enjoying The res
he 90 much needed, my husband complain
ed Of pain and wesrness. The ioilo~,n
=, day hls sufIerings increased: We sen. 10
. a physician. II was pu,rid fever Tn
infection nigh, haze been taken from III
4 coach 10 winch Mr.. Percy Travelled. w
!, never sscer,alned whether or no IL wer
D so; bu, were this the case or not. min
!. was The guilt, and mine has been III
punishment. Ny husband died. Pot
J. it,le " lily was the next victim, and The
his brother. In less than a month fro
the day Of tina, ,ile f.lsehOod, | had nett
o er husband nor son:
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