The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-15

and liked Der % vel. shss I gagged her
% come and sew CO ne q couple Of
weeks."
-Do Jon know Who she isf"
Yer name 10 Miss Ponerkeld."
Not The daughter AZ Ponrrheld. The
merchant. Who failed Few years sgni"
aThs same. Mrs. Todd was telling
me about her. She SAYS Thar her father
was broken up i&sonsequence Of one n
his creditors refusing u give him any limr.
and driving him into general assignment
and abandonment IL business. Sinre that
time they have been very poor, and the
dsnghlrrs. vino were raised amid fashion
and eIexsnse. have been compelled 10 learn
Irades snd 10 20 sui into families 70 sew
Tor support. Doesn'l Il seem hardl lf
that uofs~iinT creditor knows Of al this
shai must he his reAeciionsi I would
noi have them Cor the world"
Wiley turned his head 80 Ear away that
bis wife eonId no, see his fare. He had
that day sern Poner6eld. his rlnlhes worn
ihrcadharr. hnrryinr along The sirreis.
with tired anil sifxious look. He knew
his business. far he had enIleried more
lhan one small sscnnni even from him.
In paying them he bad Dot yrnlufed 70
look The ruined merchant in he face.
The lawyer said na<hing more 10 his
wife ahnut Miss Pnn<fheld. For Two
weeks he met her daily u his table. and
fell her presence rs a smiling rehuke. In
thar Time he noiiced that her temper was
gentle and sweet, her deporlmenl modest.
vet easy and lady like. and her whole
character one of unusual excellence
When she left the house on completing
her engagement. Wiley Eel, strong sense
Of relief. and he prayed tina, she might
never cross his threshold again. But.
year after year she came al the desire of
his wife. and year after year her presence
was felt As a stern rebuke. She was
worthy 10 6ll a higher sphere. and proba-
big would have filed II bu, loI him.
Time raised. PolieIfeld continued 10
pursue the business of collector, and Wi.
| ley grew richer from his practice and his
spccnlaiions The heads Of both gradu.
ally LOST their jcuy hue, hut that of Por.
iei6eld whliened most rapidly. The two
younger daughters Of the latter grew ur
and we're married 10 worthy young mer
|, in The humber walks of life. but the tw,
eldes, remained single, and year after yea
patiently walked in the paths that opene'
before them.
made feebef t sf frames or he NO mem EN-
Wiley was rich and gave up his practice
, 10 his son, and himself lived at ease hui
, Porer6eld still irayersed the streets in
, heat and cold. and earned The bread he
eat, daily, By the sweat Of lis brow. From
. his window. where the retired attorney sal
in his easy chair, he daily saw the bent form
, Of the victim Of his malice and cupi,li,y
, go by, his step seeming TO grow frebler
. and fcehler. and his body 10 bend lower
and lower towards the earth into which i,
, must in few years sink. After awhile
Poner6eld moved into a small, and, to
Wiley, il seemed most comforiless house
, that stood opposite his own. and he had
him in still more direct aspect aud saw him
. from nearer point Of view. Il seemed
10 him as If Por,erfipld had moved there
with the intention Of disturbing his peace.
In the day time he saw him come in and
60 out beneath his burden Of years and
care, and at night he dreamed Of him. and
Of the son whom, IN moment of ungo.
; rernable anger. he had killed.
| The haunting ghosts of wrong and pas
sion had indeed arisen in his old age, and
. he had no power TO lay them,
r At last his unhappiness became so grea,
, as to force from his selfish heart consent
5 to make restitution of some kind. and he
: sent for Po,eTield. The old man came
and sat down in the luxurious mansion oi
: the lawyer. He sat firm. aud composed,
while the lawyer Eel, strong internal agi.
tation; and could not look steadily into
, the face of the man he had wronged.
MIR. Poter6el,l," said Wiley, speaking
, with as much confposure as he could as.
j. sumo. /" DO you renember--i. is now al
; least forty years ago-our meeting in New
: York al hotel in Broadway. whittier We
had both gone on business
3 Por,eriield bent his head and thought
] for moment.
a "Yes. very WE'LL" he replied.
81 was then young lawyer. Just som
{ mencing the world. and you merchan
: who could already c"un, your thousands. y
> "Well!" Porierfeld looked wonder
i ingly At the attorney. whose disturbance o
q mind was too great to he concealed.
AS man Of influence and som,
: wealth. who could aid me in the world,
5 desired 10 make your more intimate ac
:, quaintance, and thought this most tii,in.
y opportunity. !, therefore, immediatel,
on your arrival at the. hotel, where | hal
been for some days, me. you with NOR
than usual frankness Of manner, hn, wa
a coldly repaled. | thought, perhaps, ,hs
!: y"u might have been in an absent. or pre-
!. occupied state of mind. al nv first ar