The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-15

nnnriallan- and hrlpei her over The hard
~oIis - il he had been al his life =
srhoalnsas'sr. So they got on rapilally:
and mashrT and daughter and lcarhrr
see al very friendly lngrller.
Mary Mas just reprnving The lille Rih
for taking sueh liberty as 10 ask Tie
slIzngrr 10 swing her an the garden gale.
aud he wss exensing il On The ground nf
ils being lsudable desire Tor healthy ex.
eTrise afler study. when tie gate itself
opened. and Marlin SlanmOre himself sp-
peared.
lie started. Is If surprised. whrn lie saw
= man sitting 50 soriahls with hi wife in
The puFrh; but when he had advanced
n. arrr. The surprise clearly became mixed
with sill more II joy. He darled Al once
upon The stranger. seized his hand. aud
shook il with The utmost warmth.
And do ] see you once more. joint"
exclaimed he. Z. linw is il that we meet!
or rather ! should say, why Was il that
we ever parled!"
My dear Martini" said John. return.
ing the hand shaking Of his brother with
equal c"rlialily, the generous reception
ynu have given me removes all fears. I
doubted whether ynu cnuld ever EnrsiFe
my contemplate behavior. why did we
parlr Jon saw. Why, but from my
crawling dread Of comparative paveriy,
even when that poverty was made wealth
by superior elevation of mind! But |
have heen justly punishedT'
/" How punished ?" exclaimed Martin.
What then has happened"
aOnly that have LOST all nv money!"
said John calmly. My whole fortune,
except a mere rifle, is gone. Thank
heaven for loss which has endowed me
with knowledge Of the best par, Of my
self" ..' g
My dear joint" exclaimed Martin
in a tone Of deep sympathy. "How
did this misfortune occur! You poor
Oh dear. this is bad indeedy"
"BadI" said John, all is good-ths
best thing that could have happened to
me. should have remained despica-
BILE. selfish being all my life il had re-
manned rich all my life-ihai feel and
know Nothing hut poverty could have
sofiened my hard heart. Noio am re.
leased from the slasisl. maddening race
after riches; with warmer heart. a clear
er conscience, and sufficient income Of
seventy pounds year!
"Sevenly pounds year," said Martin,
and have you no more than seventy
pounds year!" .-.
81 have no more. indeed" said John;
"and now that my delusion is over. feel
grateful that ventures in cotton. dabhlings
in guano, siork. jobbing, railway lratlick-
ing. and other honorable methods Of gam
bling. have left me so much-or left me
any thing at ALL" ..~ .
"Ah these horrid railways!" said Mary,
~ persuaded Martin To put FIVE pounds in
one. and really don't think we shall ev.
er see the money again. But il serves us
right for Specializing :" SO -.--.f -
II remained in Lohdnn," said John
"for some time after my losses had put az
end to my intoxicalion Of avarice.
could not summon up resolution enough
10 set out for lrwell, aud SEEK for peac,
with you. But ! reached il yesterday
and when | entered The dear old village
on the coach, the events that have passed
since we quilted il boys t'gether. seemed
like dream"
$50 they seemed to me-" said Martin.
"when Mary and and the children came
here" -.@.
/ "But your life has not passed as f.
verish dream, as mine has" said John
sadly. "You have worked with calm
wish to be useful, not with burning lus
TO he rich. You have family that ha:
grown up around you: ! have no wifi,
nor child to care for me. My miserable
strugglings for wealth absorbed my Who'll,
mind. and have left me little more Than
tue memory of their vanity. My work
in the worlds dirty market is over-bu
know no, If | am fl for leisure"
"You shall live with us" said Martin
.and what with books, conversation, plea
SAINT walks. the sight of merry children
and such work as you may please, trus
me You will not complain of dizziness.
have tried all these, and can answer fol
the result"
81 will live near you. but no, witt
you." said John. My good sisterin-lav
is too wise to second such request.
have walked all about the neiehborhoot
this morning. Martin, and have fixed upor
a pretty little cottage not a Quarter Of ;
mile from here. Il is small but il viii
be large enough for an old bachelor will
only seventy pounds year"
.You shall be with us every day." sait
Mary; "every day-mind that! Ant
wei have Ling talks about times gone
by, and longer still about times TO come
Wen make the porch larger directly"
I. And so indeed, il all fell out. JohI
took the cottage. but was every day a
|, the cottage of his brother They read