The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-04-25

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: his character lad beeume pr.n, NJ
j. Known.
Z " Thus he went on. mill his father
dtaih ], q MN -niir.ly alone. .ar llis sns
rlci"i,s mind never allowed Inn 10 form
friendship. vl:eh can only be true an,
valuable where there i / mutual rnnfi
iirHee and an openness 81 character. lie
by liz saspirinas naiare. h d lacked Linn
: sell within himself. which i lie mos
icaIinl nf lmpr,onmenls.
{" His faIhcI's wealth enaIled HIM Il
please his fanny. 80. 10 sei lis mind ]
! ease. he .nit liz farm. lllll he might. 4,
ise thought. be free fr,m lnsl of pil
irrcrs. lie built himself house IN III,
rrali mentioned al lhe beginning of III,
tale. the very Prototype ofhmsell Il had
III most sus,arions lsnk--ii hal but onf
dnor. hul windows were plIcea So thai
he could see all that was going on on eve
n side.
lie lfsi hui one domestic, and old
cripple. Without Relations. Win was too
lame 10 - uni. aud Of course. had no
visitors. II was well knoan III lie neigh
horhnnd that he hal uiilrawn large sum.
from the different country hanlefs, where
II had been invested bs liis faiher, aud Ii
@as strongly b,lieved that he kept il IN
the honse. as be susperied iIlai these
speculative gentlemen might. one fne
moining, turn out Ia he insolyeni. Ills
walks were confined 10 within SIGH, ofhis
solitary mansion, the precincts of which
he was never known 10 leave, as age crepf
an him. but wandered ahn,a Ike an un.
qni"i spirit around his self imposed tomb.
In The course &c Time. his old domestic
was conveyed TO The village church ward.
much less solitary, ihan.lh abode nhicll
she lad iefi.
" Fol a moment. tie old man stood and
glzed alter the bearers. his White hair
blown about BY the cold winlry ind, and
his slifiselled hand shading his eyes. lie
turned slowly from the sight, ard closed
The door.
Many were the Kind offers frhm the
simple people Of The village. bul al offers
he rcsolniely declined. rs lie suspected
that his age and wealth we're calculated
upon 10 nicely, and dumping legacy
locked lDrssatd TO a The reward 0l sOlfIe
irllilng attention. Distant relations lie
gan 10 hover around him, and make Ten.
der inquiries. These he always met on
the doorstep, which was his onIy audience
chamber ioI srfh callers.
"Tha, solitary old man sat as long as
daylight lasted, al window overlooking
the high road. Here lie passed his life
~ reading and wairhing. The same win.
dow showed light burning during The
hours Of darkness. for he always appeared
on his guard. as upon any person approach.
ing nearer Than usual to The premises. his
ears were saluiel by tie deep growl of
his dog, which never leii The house any
more than his master.
"Ahpui Two years after the dccease Of
his house keeper, the nightly light was
missed from the window, Tor il had be
conc quite guide 10 many coming 10 the
village. This, OF course, caused some of
The mnre curious 10 approach the house.
IN the daylight, and reropnoiire. But there
sat.lhe solitary, apparently deeply occupi.
ed.wiih bis book, aud also the dog perrine
through the glass. 'lfiis satisfied them,
and they departed.
"A week had elapsed. and the village
was alarmed by the appearance Of Nav
hy's dog carceiing III a wild manner
through the village. Upon being noticed,
he sped back 10 The croft. Many follow
ed him. and upon approaching lhr house,
and looklng up at the windIw, they PER
ceived the oil man, still sitting unmoved,
although The glass frame had been broken
by The Digs exit. After repeated calls
which met with no attention, they forced
their way into the house.
Everything in the chamber was nea,
and comfortable. There sa, The poor old
man IN his large armchair, dead and
alone. Df what value were those riches
now which had closed his heart against
al the pleasures Of this beautiful void,
against the possession Of wife, children,
kindred, friends! There was no will, for
he suspected the moment he made il in
any ones favor. that would lie his last
momen, Of security. Il therefore spread H.
self for more evil, and was spill up into
inr,y lawsuits, for the bcnefil every one
but the righful heirs"