The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-02-04

tndI'poslllon had rendered hin more sps.
coptbie Of the effects which the scene thai
had so unexPec., Jiy passed before hun Was
Likely 10 produce.
We now took leave, gs tho services OF
my friend were not likely 10 be put ia pre-.
sent requlsIiisH; and MIR. EckuI cordially
shaking hands ~i,h me IN parting, retired
With his sou to the village ION; while ae-
c0mpaaed my friend to ms abode.
We talked over the singular events OF
The morning, aud amused ourselves IN con.
Jectuuug tie probab result o! the present
position OF affairs as affecting The fortunes
Of the Eckars. My friend was OF opinion
that Mr. Eckar would make no clain upon
the estate Of his ancestors nor attempt TO
set aside a vii 70 folly authenticated +; but
thou hi he would return with his son 10
Germany, aud perhaps establish himself a.
gam "a business. Aud al the Circumstance.
considered, Vas myself inclined to be Of
tile same opinion. GA the following ddy
called on Nj. Eckar. He received nc
vilh friendly Warmth, and SAID be was on
the point Ct sending Tor me, that he might
comhuulcate the particulars Of NARRATION
"hl:h he had ATTAINED from Griffith, OF the
minuer 10 which his son had been pteseIy.
ed tiom death, aud protected through
The devoted off elton Of that invaluable do.
mesllc, whose tired fidelity to me end
niue he continued, never can repay
and whom | have just assured, that he snall
never from this hour leave, 10 seek ese.
where a home or proiectioo, while life aud
means are lett ne to defend aud support
him, Amer pause, ~ -I4-d oub emo.
hon: You may perhaps. siIil bear 10
mod the melancholy narrative oil certain
individual whom your beuevoleuce once
rescued from extreme distress. hat 10,
# the packet entrusted by mo to the woman
McGralh, wss faithfully delivered 7
assured him that Il had been given to
me by her and explained the sudden aud
severe Iluess which alone ad prevented
me from again see!ag the unfortunate per.
hon for whose sorrow had felt the SINGER.
est sympathy and inte.est.
He replied that he presumed /; WAS
scarcely necessary 10 say that he sas htm.
sell that uuheppy individual. That, INJURED
10 disappointment Of every kind, he hid
scarcely allowed himself TO hope that he
should see me again lie added, that
atter rendering Tie last sad duties 10 the
remains OF his vie and child, he departed
from England, as he had announced his
intention 10 DO. Arrived 10 Germany, u
was his fortune 10 meet ulth an old Trend
OF his .ather, whom he had long supposed
dead. THIS gentleman had been tor many
years established 10 large and CONNER.
cal CITY, aud after a series Of good and
bad fortune, had succeeded IN realizing &
respectable property. Thai lie had re.
lated 10 this friend, his mIsl0uuues tie
alienation Of his mother, 10 cons, q1ence
OF Als marriage WIKI Miss Anncsisy, and
her having, al her decease, besloaed The
whole Of her property on Arrabei barton,
leaving her child the slcum oil desperate
poverty. That this gentleman, moved BY
recital 50 full OF uuth and sorrow, soil.
clled han 10 remain with hlm, and as
small retutn,' he SAID, for former aad
great obligations, conferred upon hun ~
the lac father OF Richard Eekar, insisted
that he should accept of a share IN his
business and at his death left hrm as he
had 10 near connections OF his own, the
principal part OF his fortune, Mf. Eckar
added, lnat fading he had enough to
supply his wants, which were moderate,
he had closed his business, aud was en-
gagged IN travelling, both for health and
amusement, when We encountered each
~. ~ 81 In ll.3ay, .
that at the time he did not know me, but
when we afterwards met al the inn at
Strasburgh, he remembered me perfectly.
And The sight OF INC brought 'Ividly to
hts recollection the scsnes and suffering
OF other years, and most particularly OF
that fatal night, on which his unhappy
vie had expired, surrounded by clrcum-
STAGES OF such keen distress as overpow'
cred his mind slGh the deepest gloom.
Tune, though It had b'un!ed the edge OF
his sorrow, had not succeeded IN curing II:
II was therr-snI flowing, deep, though
silent: an under current dark and tutbld,
although II reflected al tunes the sunshine
that sparkIed over us surface.
le, he ieli as # he should like 10 make
himself known 10 uie, aud saw, and un.
detstood the Iucertttude respecting hun.
self, which he read IN my Countenance ;
still, he dreaded 10 do It, 50 poignant we're
his feelings on the sulJecI OF the past
Whatever might have been his tinal re-
solve on the subject, our encounter With
the bandit, rendered It Of no avail And
the recognition which took place between
himself aud Michael Rudduck, put mm IN
possession Of some facts which de'eralnrd
hrm on returning TO England with all pos.
sIble diligence.
Michael wounded, and IN great pain,
could ~ilh difficulty make his words IN.
,ellisrble, yet from them Mir. Eckaf learn.
ed that his fret born had been gwen By
Donaldson IN charge OF Ruddoek, either
for the purpose OF destroying hun, OF Q
} keeping hun III foreign country and II
ignorance OF his parents, or the iamtl,
from which he descended, Subsequently
. Ruddock spoke OF long Imprisonment