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

neee "oatu Mth sac enu your heart
yeaming for peace and Frpase-lhe hsr-
rest q this seed time viii h ready. and
the siekle hare 70 lie taken IN hand 10 reap
y. The hsunlinF ghosts al wrong and
passion tlial romr in old see. Mr. Wiley.
when he mind most needs repnse and \
clear conscience. are The hardest 10 Law Of
any lhsi disturb Us in The whole journey
Of lile."
The eonifmpinous expression that rest
ed on The lawyers counienanre. showed
TOO plainly 10 The visitor. that his words
had failed 10 make any impression. IIr
therefore turned and walked zway. Az
he leii the Office, Wiley mnrersd 10 him.
SELF
a0h. YES. The lashed cur ran whine
now but his whine will rise into a ery
eie long. or | am mistaken" 1881
The cause Of This evil determination on
the part Of Wiley arose as well from UNI
feeling eupidily. as from 4 sellled dislike
which he entertained Tor the individual
now completely in his power. Snme years
before, Porierfeld. who was merchant,
wounded The self.loye Of the lawyer, who
ever after felt towards him as an enemy.
Time did moi soothe The irritation he al
ini experienced. Cor the merchant, who
was successful in business. built himself
an elegant house Immediately opposite the
more humble residence ri the lawyer. and
did il, Wiley was weak enough 10 think.
by way Of making him feel his inlerioIi-
iy in point Of worldly wealth. Year az
ter year the handsome dwelling Of The
merchant stood smiling in the warm sun
shine. bur was never looked upon by WI
lev without his seeing in every part Of il.
from e0rnice 10 pavement. lcer Of tri-
umph. The face Of Porieifield. too, when
he bowed 10 him, had the same express
sion, and il was always an effort for him
10 return the bow with any thing more
Than The coldes, ciriliiy. -. ~a
Az last Wiley began, as the saving is,
To feel his feet under him. lie had tai
ents and shrewdncss. combined with per.
severance and industry, and these gradu-
ally obtained him business. From yield.
ing an income barely sufficient Cor the or
binary wants Of social life. his practice
gave him something over. and he hogan to
accumulate. As soon as he had few
thousand dollars 10 invest, he looked a.
round him for the means of making il
productive. With the mere interest Of
his little capital. he had no thought Of be-
ing content. He expected il 10 yield a
great deal more Than that: So he kssAme
the aid and instruction Of one Of the know
ing and secretly operating ones, success
fnl gambler. He rarely lost, and, not un-
frequently. doubled his investments. In
this school he learned utterly TO disregard
the interests Of Others, and 10 grasp at
money as common property. be obtained
by The shrewdesi and held by the strong
est. lf his neighbor had ten thousand
dollars. and he could get them transferred
into his poke, by means Of some sharp
operation in the money market, he never
stopped TO trouble himself about the mat
ter OF equivalence. When. therefore, he
once got fair start in the race Of wealth,
he advanced with rapid strides. By as
sociaiing with himself, in his profession,
young lawyer OF equal industry but less
grasping cupidity. Wiley managed not 10
have any part Of his business suffer on
account OF the attention he had necessari-
" to pay TO the stock market and his OPP
erations therein. .rs
In the meantime, the large family Of
Por,erfeld was beginning TO make heavy
demands upon his income. His son had
TO be sent TO college and his daughters TO
expensive boarding schools. Added to
this, came along pressure in the money
market, producing disturbances in trade.
and sweeping hundreds Of unsubstantial
merchants from the arena of business
Like almost every one else who had any
thing to lose, Ponerfeld was sufferer at
various points. TheAloss of few hun
dretls Of dollars here. and few thousands
there, repeated with alarming frequency,
loosened the foundation upon which his
prosperity. had been resting and threaten
ed to overwhelm him in ruin.
With the GOODNESS Of man who pre-
pares himself for the worst, Porlerheld
withdrew his son from college ere he had
half completed his education--and his
daughters from their expensive schools
The former was placed in store. and re-
7, ceived salary sufficient 10 furnish his
wardrobe. Blu, preparations for the threat
ened storm did not stop here. His ele.
CANT residence was sold, and the amount
! realized thereon thrown into his business
in order to give il relief; the family te,ir
ing into smaller house, and diminishing
all their expenses.
with our sails reefed and our vesse
llghtened, | think we shall outride ih'
1 Storm" the merchant said TO his wife, al
Ter they were snugly settled in their new
home. "Our expenses have been fou
| Thousand dollars a wear: now thew viii