The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-08

BIS property for the henehi 0l al Va.
Lev. u de fpsl dividend. goi 6liv-hss
erhls IN ihe dullsr. IAHs making sbnal zen
i pr rent. Instead II hnndrrd per cent.
. he had sxpresed Bulhr Was MT run
tent. he had MT lost any hing. aud PoF.
ter6rld Was braken up. rasi and hlssrh.
and bis family rrdaerd n CREST extremity.
i This lnnk place ahen porIeriield Was
.fary-6re years a ace. and Wiley feriy.
1 Three 90 fur months ailer TIE fnsl
breaking up took place. the lawyer mel
his victim in The street. Il was lie firsi
time he had seen him sin-e De had so
hesnlrssly destroyed his business. The
ruined merchant VAS walking slowly a.
long. with his eyes upon the pavement.
and his whole air. one of deep detection.
So deep. that even the cold and selfish
heart of Wiley was touched.
For days The lawyer tried 70 thrust
from bis mind The image of HE victim. but
in vain. u was ever rising up and rebnk.
ing him. with iis bnwed head and aspect
of drep dependency.
81 with I'd had nothing 10 do In The
natter" he said 10 himself. a. he sat y
lone in HE ofIire one night, With ihis i'm
age distinctly brfi re him. cit may he
that went ton far. But il can't be help
ed now, aud I'm. = fool 10 trouble myself
about it,
| While these ihongh,s were passing IN
bis mind. The door &c his Office opened.
and young man, Who seemed heated by
passion ar drink. advanced into the rom.
confronting him with a stern and angry
counienance.
your name 10 Wiley, believe, |" said
the young man.
al is." replied the lawyer. rising %
his feet as he spike.
~ have just learned" said The visitor.
with something OF herccness in his man
.ner, that when my fathers business be.
came embarrassed, you stepped in and
bought up claims against him, al a die.
count Of one half. sued them out. thus pre-.
venting an amicable arrangement with hi:
creditors and utterly destroying has busI'
ness. And thai when an appeal was
made 10 you BY one Of The creditors de,
pnled for The purpose, yon hear,lpssly
and with an expressive Of i'll will toward.
nv father, expressed your Determination
to ruin him. Am rightly informed. sir =
"IRave nv office Instantly !" exrlaim
ed Wiley. his fare red with anger.
.Not yet, sir" returned the yonn!
man, more cnoly. and with an air m re-
:! p p',' ~nrutna s y arcompiisned l Wit
retire. No, before" -@ .T.
i al give you one minute, lf you are
not ont of this room a, The expiration 81
lihat time, upon your own head be lh,
cnnseqnence."
ANSWER my question:" said The in.
ltrnder. sternly.
There was deep silence.
"Base, heartless Wit"
The minute had expired, and ere The
young man could finish his sentence. Of
assume an attitude Of defence. The lawyer
seized and threw him with great vfuience
into the street; his head striking The curb
stone. The young man lay perfectly mo.
,ionless. I, was dark, and M one hap.
pened To be passing al the moment. Wi.
Hey, with instructive alarm. retired within
his Office, closed and licked The door. and
distinguished his lamp. But SHIRT lime
passed before voices were heard without.
He listened with trembling anxiety
Then there came the sound Of many feet
and many voices. A small crowd had
c0llerred.
us he dead I" -
"What's the matter ~
"Who did it!" ~ @
1.-The man is deadr'
These were the words among a multi
tude Of sounds. that fell upon his anxious
| ly listening ear. After while, the crowd
moved away and il was plain, had taken
The injured man, dead or alive, away also.
Hours passed before Wiley ven,ured to
steal forth from his office, and 90 home 10
his family. rendered anxious by his long
absence. They were hours into which
were crowded many bitter reflections;
and many seli-con,lemning thoughts arose
spontaneously in his mind The seed he
had sown, was already springing franfhe
ground with a rich promise Of an album
dan, yield. s ..- ~
On the next morning. when he came
i in sigh, Of his af1ice, he fund small
Icrowd assembled before il. Ills heart
sunk in his bosom. and il was with diff-
gully thai he could force himself 10 all
vance. When he arrived a, the donr. he
saw that there were many marks of blon,l
upon the pavement and curb stone. With
an effort he composed himself. @
/ .There's been sad work here" said q
legal friend who was standing by.
$50 j, seems" Wiley merely answer
ed.
i I'm told The Young man is dead"
"Indeed!" The lawyer with difficulty
depressed his feelings.