The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-08-26
THE FRIITs OF EouNocArIoN.
Oh. xhal 4 ianglrd NIB We ws.ve,
Whrn kna 80 Praciice 70 srcrises-

was married While gopng. 20 lhe oar
Of ny ehoicei and hos hsppy ny msrrist
life wss. | can hardly bssr 10 think. Mr
Percy sss ---. bot on nsllsr; | nue.
BaI ssnsuFs 10 give wordsIO ny foil heart.
We kEed in Landon. Ny husband,
profession made city rrs.dehee almost
necessary. and confined hIm very closely
O. his ptiice. Bot shat sighted lhs!
Thee are hsppy hears, ndunspsakable
eninymehls, IN The rlose.i ADD most crow.
dsd street Of city; add ours Was shsppy
h..ms.
For len years after our nsuisgr, we
had neser lrfi Londoa, except Tor 40 &c.
easional days q creation. Would that We
had ne'sr thought Of leaving o.. But al
Iaai time We had two ehildrsn-boys: and
l. foolish that vas, lhoughi that they
were deIlcale-lhs, they pIned Tor fresh
country ar. | ssid en-; and urged my
husband; Ior he, too. Ihoughs. was wear.
ing hIa.sli away by keeping so rlOss 10
his Office. ! urged him 10 reue 1 IRON
business and London Zoe q few weeks.
and take Ne III into The county fora ehange
Of air. | had never proposed any plan 10
which Me-. Percy vas net wIllIng 10 &C.
rede; and he now took pains 10 crafty
me. lie could not leave London entirely,
he said: but he would look out for cni.
isge, few miles in the country. 10 shlch
] might take The boys, and he would
come aud zee Us as ol,en ~ possible.
Well. we went into The country; ] and
my children. Ii vac 10 a pleasant sIllage
1t least, | lhSbgh,i, pleasant thenl about
eight miles from our London home; and
two or three times week, my husband
lei. business early 10 the afternoon, 10
spend the evening with rs. aud returned
early the next morning.
One dsy--oh! l shall never forget that
dsy-I received note from friend who
lived three or four miles from our eon.gs,
inviting me 10 spend The day with her:
that friend was the mother Of our dear
Lucy -. I determined 10 GO; add Alter
taking lonch with my poor boys, ] pre-.
pared for the walk. preferred walking
there, and my friend had engaged TO see
me cafe home u night in her carriage. |
hal no expectation ,ha, my husband
would visit us tina, day. IGdeed. ] heIiey-
ed u impossible that he could, a, lkne "
he bad an sPpoin,men, to keep with some
commiiise on that very evening.
had given. directions 10 my servant,
end told her tha, I should no, return until
late, but had not said whliher | was GO
going; and was leaving The door OF our
cottage. when my youoges boy. dear h,-
lie fellow ! then moi quite i've years DID,
ran up To me. add ssked--
" Mother, where are you goirg" t.,
| evsded the question:; for feared the
boys would wish 10 go with me. If should
mention The name Of Mrs. -, and had
made up my mind TO go alone. :.
Bu, Willy chung 10 my hand. end, ~
his winning way. ss,d, "You must no
60, mother, without telling me where you
are going" And then his brother rar
out, and pot the question in another way
Are you going 10 L"nd0r' 10 SCI
fa,her!"
Unguar,ledly, thoughtle'sly. and yet
oh, how crimlnslly B.! | answered, Yes
yes. to be sure, am going 10 London.
Lule did anticipate the tram OF m''ef'e
which followed upon that answer. Ho'
could Ii
More than once, during my walk, n
Thought ob,ruded itself tina, | had deceive
nv children. and l {, Il III a, ease; and u
had, even then. listened to the repfoots
conscience. forgone my anticipated Ple'
sure, and returned TO undece've them, a
might have been ~eIl. Bun ! Quilted my
sell with some wretched sophi'try: ha'
not told an untruth: am gong 10 I.ondoI
though not to-day; aud | did not say th'
vas going to-day.
| had ny pIessure--the last day
pleasure in this world that ever enjoyed
or shall enjoy, though | 1--we to be
hundred years old; and then re'uIne'
II was sbou, nine O'clock. ] found N
boys on, Of their beds; and the first que
ton they put 10 me, WAS
"pid Ia,hsr find OUT"
Find me Father find me What
you mean! and why are you not 10 bed'
replied:
Their story was soon told. MY hu
band had arrived a, the cottage about
hour af,er | lett il. and was told that l v
gone to London; tina, vas walking thu
er even them that | had bad a letter III
morning which | had pu, into my ock'
ami that ! had seemed 10 grea. hurry
60 after The letter came.
On hearing this. my husband, accof
to our servanis's account, seemed ho
bled, and, without waiting Tor re'res
meni or rest. immediately returned; lei
ing word that he would be back IN
evening with the, aud that our boys mit
si, up TIL We came, II u we're not We
late.
All this was mysterious 10 me, exec
that paa VI tie account which rei,'eu
my dece ntion I could understand Ill