The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-21
a owe You Nothing, sir.,,
pART THE EARI..

ed 81 the cassie, 10 give further direrIions
shout iLe essssrN uRh 40 ecmpanion bul
his LeiF. -%-~ . a. @4sz = So
To this bny : inlsrssl The lsihsr WIS
dedr.lIug his Lire. He had wslrllsd him
tlnTtng Ten years wIIh intense snxitIy.
lie had seen faculties Of the highest NIdeT
Developing ,iIsn,stivss in his character.
sud he resolved 10 train hin Tor The seT-
ice II lLe state.
Rriierl'ng Ihsl much 81 his Own time
had been consumed in The petty raIss Of
. numerous lfushIry. the earl yielded 10
The proposal. Of his factor. divided his
e,la'e INFO large shesp.fsrms, aud eKpti.
led hIs old tenants. Ia this wsy. he
IhuUshi, his sen would find fewer Cares
to trouble hin Shen he gres up. and
more tine 20 realise his destiny.
The arrangements seie nearly COM
plelfd. The isclor sad his officials lad
heen with the earl al the morning. They
were gone 10 eject tie last Of his tenants.
TIE tail c"HuRued Al the wrinng-desk,
aud wtuie ID lis enuutess.
The esIl Ia his letter dwGlis with
deb lIt OF tie spi,it auG boldnes. exhibited
by his sou. aud informs her that he has
just graliisd the buy by permiiing him
. 10 make an excursions alone, over The rocky
and dangerous prseiPices Ina. lie between
the mansion aud tie sea
lie gave the lstltr 10 domestic TO carry
to the neighboring post.i"wn. aud took
, up The plans OF lis ss,sIe. In vain. how
ever, did he attempt TO fix his mind upon
The dry nuIlins u was with NOtl on :he
top &C Hradlshd CTsg.
The bell oi tie castle struck four az he
was thus engaged. lie had calculated on
Nuel's return before this hnur. A psng
uf uneasiness shoI through the fathers
hesr,. lie suove io-subdue il by his con-
fdence in the boys energy. Ii would
not be ,ubdued.- In two hours more the
.un wonld set. Should night oseriske
tie young sdsentuter, what mishaps
night ensue! The esIl rose III reslle.s.
ness. The door IL the library opened
upon 4 lovely lawn that swept down like
a crescent. shaping itself 10 the bay. A
lille 10 the lett, on the public road, was a
I iulling puInI fun which view OF the
| path over the ersg was commanded.
fhhher he beut his steps. In vain, how.
ever. did his eyes range from top to base;
IN VAIN. he searched every turn Of 'he
iIoolpalh through hs poke, glsss. No
I Noel aas To be sern. An old thorn stump
that grew near The summit was. for q
moment. mistaken for the boy, and the
ANXIOUS f.,h,r made reckoning signs with
! his handkerchief. Then q solitary bush,
hall way 10 tie base, was Supposed to be
! the wearied heir resting Tor iiI.le. OBJ
jec,s innumeTable assumed the shape OF
( Noel, but Noel himself came not. lie
was IN the scl Of waving h,s handkerchief
tn one of these dtlusive objects, his uuea-
4 siness passing into fear. when he heard
the approach OF iuo,sIep.; and turning
about To conceal his anxiety b. the as
sump,i"u OF an inditleren, air, and To see
! What stranger was travelling on tina, lone
" road, he beheld one Of The mostslngu.
lar figures he ever chsnced TO lay his eyes
upon. Z .~-
+ II our readers would fancy Samuel
= Johnsoh's head and shoulders perched
, uton short. spare body, aud the very
sllmmes, leg.--Ihese last particulars en-
cs>ed IN d'm shepherd taltsn--a CAMEL
:. cloak suspended IRON the aforementioned
shoulders. and an smph,bious expression
OF youth and age over the Whale, they
: would see for themselves the Traveller
, who now come forward 10 the earl and
stood uncovered IN his presence.
> His lnrdship was IN no mood to bt
troubled al thai time, bet there was some
!, thing in the demesnor of the travelled
(which commanded bis attention.
] ~ You have business with mel, IN
simulated his lordship. as the stranger con
, unued silent. "Msy presume TO know
who you sTe!' VIZ go "54
III was the srhoolmss,er Of your lst'
+ tenants" the stranger replied. g i on
factors servants have expelled one thu
morning from my school and home. al
row houseless and elpless. My VIII
and children are with me-
As he spoke he pointed To the wear!
- group resting On the beach, looking liked
- ~ al the earl and h,mseli. Now II wa
not specially apparent to the es,l that III
poor man who stood besided him was
G victim 10 the policy which he had bee
i pursuing Of late on his estate. Be'wee
tie effects Of tina, policy itself, he la
drawn sufficient veil. go that he coul
look a, the one without being seli.a'
s.. cusiusIy troubled about the other. Ht
. therefore, listened to The statement who
had JUS, been made, as a iormei JUG
- would TO a Passionate plea oil" Not 1u'
- ty." with an almost entire indliierenc
arising on, of The conviction that sue
nc things aus, necessarily occur. And y
y the earl was not a bad man. lie ";
0' simply one who looked upon human II
from The position OF an esrldom. In !.
=. very philosophy which bred this 'nd'lk