The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-29

1MAr ei4hS. Mas eiaaiig eteasEs, n
lisst much such uea,hrr -. hsionging Il
lnppnsiie seasons. strangely ellongh. SINE
iisnFs reals snring sne. Tie otter q
mini |; sEa - lise VS. Il IN iis character
O. that d. On whirh we 6rsl intID.lsrs.
Waller Bingham IN Ehe Eea,ler. Ne lsat
heea mere Iiaan snre ianesiail.lg minded
I'd y AMI its rveats. lie called On his
srolsm IN his rrsum home. hoping finally
~ srEange the mai'er helwern Il.fm. in
Mhlei there VS. dispn's atnnt wn NJ
ssihrre hundred pounds. They wsse IN
ssn;fsi conservation in 4 pah6r fronting
The siTre'. ard had drawn nrar the win.
dow 10 examine some mrm0ran.lums dis.
iinguishfd in the deepening twilight. Sui.
denly there Was mise in me STREET.
r.bble 81 men snd h'ys. apparently drag.
ENG along snne Juvenile oilenaer-ssd
fihen h''iG Immediately helnre lie rome.
In m"msn, Bingham recognized in the
enipril ,ar ehili who had interested him
isn much SIX mouths bpfnre!
10 rush inIo The street. anil 80 rescue
the boy itnm the rongh hands whish grasp.
/ ed hum. promising to listen patiently To
any aernsaiinns, VAS the work uf few
seconds; and 4 Similar aet nj impulse wss
IN draw him inrn Mr.. Shmlry's Dwelling.
Most poorly clad. dirty. ragged. mragrs.
MISUNDERSTANDING To Ihe las. degree. The
hoy still retained the expression which
had touched 81 deeply in the heart OF
Walter Bingham. The Blue Eyes, CLEAN.
ing through tears. from time 10 ii,ne l,,eked
upwards ss he answered Walters ques-
liOning.
"How came you inio Ihis trouble :" he
asked.
81 broke Window" said The boy.
"Broke window--on purpose ?" pur.
sued his interrogation.
Yes; | have no home want 10 be
sent to prison.
;" No h"ine-no parents !" continued
Bingham.
IL never had" sobhetl the hoy. ~ am
a workhouse child. was br light up al
NJ workhnusr.
"RG, they hare not TUNED you adrifl
into the streets, surely I"
mo; they put me oft TO shuema.
kcr."
Then why arc You homeless I"
"Becanse sold bit n; leather for two
pence, which thought master had lhrown
sszsas~shsas.-s-s-sas .-ss-s.s z-...ss
boy broke into torrent of tears.
"Come. tell me all about H." said Binr-
ham, IN kind voice, susppcting there was
\ siory OF oppression aud temptation to
hear.
He hea, me for losing penny, and
said | siole it--hui | reser did," sohbe.l
the poar unfortunate. "ahd thrn--and then
they called me thief, ant! the boys
laughed at me, and asked me wha, s,nls
--as-as--I never had half.penre for
PLAY or for cakes-and they would mot
believe me when said | was not thief.
and SOL took the bit nj leather, anil /
never l'ad two-pence before" sop -.
And wha, did you 10 with the mo-
ney I" g..
II bought nuts for the hnvs in the court.
But they sent me 10 prison for thief. and
when | came ont had nowhere to go
master would no, lie. me into his house
and SOL broke the window to go back
to prison; for won't be thief, and wha,
can do? :" j - e~-s<ua .&-s !
Hhat ran Fdo? Oh, question so diff.
ficult for sages and Legislators to answer =
and one which can never be satisfactorily
solved I'LL Charity walks more brayelv
abroad in the world with hand ready |
to raise up the fallen, and Hope shines
as Tod mean, il to shinr--a lshtto cheer
and lead forward even The most wrpiehed. !
Absorbed in the rhild's history, Bingham :
had not noticed his cousin; but now he
looked mp. and was almost alarmed To see
that he had sunk into chair, and tha, his
'ountenance vas Of leaihikc palencss.
ruth to tell. he too had started At the cx.
preston al ihe blue eyes," and when
he boy mentioned the NJ work
house. his guilty conscience told him the
rest. rs es-a 2 ..
Bingham raised his hand 10 his brow, as
4 he would sweep back host of newer
and recall, in NIL their yivdness,,
The scenes OF his boyhonl. ~-~a 4
"lmcy--poor Incv lis il no. so!"
he murmured, appealing to his cousin.
who, with the characteristic cowar,lice of
rruelty, dragged him into an adjoining
roaul. and bcsough; him in the most alb
ec. manner TO Keep his secret. Mean,
rraven souls always judge the MAILER ones
which they are unable to comprehend. by
lhelr own standard. aud Shirley was full
nj dread and suspicion that his cousin
would use his newly acquired knowledge
rs a means Of terror and ,hrea. over
hin. sEsz. .e,sss @zse--,s ISIS. A. r % Is
charles Shirley had a. shrewtisli wife,
with forinne "se.lled on herseli!" +
There was teHible confession wrung
ram him by interroga:ions, and made in
IeaF and.sremhling. x st "a l.
afalseimarr;ags, an awskeningto shame,
ieseFlion, and maternity, and death in q