Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-11-03


she Iamented by both tut time and attvl.
t,on to duties IN slIyht degree Injured MIR.
Hcroert to his loss, aud soon after young
Roo, RI, was removed to one oi the best
schools in All adjoining county,
l had Always been constant visitor at
his house during the iiie OF his lady, had
ot.en dined with him since her death, aud
saw, with great uhea>inesS, the chau,e that
was daily lak,ng place III his heath and
spirits, and was not at ali surprised, one
day after dinner, when he n,rniiolird TO me
iu confidence that he had 5, rio,ls notions ut
again marrying. | strongly ad,ls,d him
to do 50, as considered ut the tine it
would conduce to his happiness. I
Ia a lew months after lie was united to a
lady whom / had not known previously,
and, auou! the same time, young Her IT
Was recalled from school, and occupi d a
desk IN his fathers otlce, with the inleii-
tion Of following the footsteps OF his parent.
He had completed his fiji nth year, and
was, IN every respect, such sou as Ia
thr u,isht ue proud of. attended at the
marriage, and Tor sone time alter every
thing went on smoothly enough. Root trt
was very attentive to business, and was
constantly employed during the day at his
desk. Being constantly in the habit Of ser-
ing him, ] remarked, after soue tile, that
he did not appear SO cheerful as before,
attributed it 10 CO III ie ne.r ali t,ox 20
further notice OF it. But | was wrong !:
other circumstances caused il but Of this
knew nothing.
Another son hal been born 10 Mr.. Her
bert, and, about the time when Rou,r rt at
tanned his seventeenth y"ar, | had occasion
to leave town aoout iortni sht, and IN my
return the fir t news my house keeper hai
Tor u- was that y .ung Robert had left his
faith RS house, after having attempted to
rob him in money OF n,'arly ff r,n hun
dred pounds, which had been discovered
concealed in his room, and that h had net
since been heard Of. II hr had been INV
own son the blow would not have fallen
h. aver on me. was brwilderrd, and i
was some time before | recovered compo-
sure tnou.h tvi it my poor friend. ]
found him sitting by the fire when | enter
ed. Mrs. H,rnert was with him ais', the
little boy, her son. H. appeared much de.
jected. Alter thu usual w.Icomr, and some
subject OF his sons absence to his notic,,
wishing to know from himself the truth OF
the case. He informed me that. for some
time previous TO his sons leaving home,
complaints had been mad, ayai st hm, al
though apparently hr was very attentive TO
the duties Of the coun,ing-houst, and sp nj
very little OF his time abroad. His leisure
hours were passed chi fly in the library, as
his fathers study was called. He SELDOM
was with them except at meals. Money had
been lost from his desk before, and, the
nig.t PRIOR to his departure, sum OF mon
ey, amounting to nearly one thousand five
hundred pounds, in notes, had been taken
from his desk. II had been drawn from the
bank that day to meet bills on the house.
"He was the last PRISON in the othce," said
the father, sand had been out for short
time: On his return, he came 10 me and
inquired il had removed it. had mott
1t was SAT-; he said, 'when the clerks left
the office; but he had forgotten to remove
it, We searched the desk it was not
there; From private information, ! srarch-
ed his room and found the money, except
a few snail notes, in box of his. have
not seen him since" | at this moment in
voluntarily raised my eyes 10 Mrs. Her
bert's face she was very pale, and trem-
Dled. knew n i what caused Inc 10 think
that there had been foul play somewhere.
He denied having removed the money, said
Mr.. Hrroert. "Some Other person must
have done it, he said. sat d wn Ia a
chair" continued Mr.. Heroerl, o,rrpow-
cred by the discovery, and; heIore was
aware of it, he had Quilted the housr, and
Is now nine days absent, aud l have heard
noush, about hum" ...
The whole affair appeared very strange
to me. Althoush appearances were asains
him, | believed him innocent, and stated al
much. considered it impossible for on,
reared as he had been, 10 change on th,
r instant from good to evil, and particular,
such person, who had shown such an M
clina,ion to srclusion and work. ...
|, "hav- you endeavored to trace him"
, inquired. .4- ..,o....s
> ",o," was the answer, and we droppc,
the subject, as saw it evidently pane.
him.
+. ! returned home that night in poor spir
4 its, as loved the lad: $40 Vi for him il
: baptism, and believed him inn0cent, an
> d.'t-r,niu-d to leave no stone unturned i
: pursuit OF the fugitive. Suffice il to say,
4 traced him to Chatham, where he enlisted
and, subsequent to his EN- 'arkation, re-
crived accounts OF his safety from The ase.t
: to the close Of the war yet l did not men
lion the circumstance at the time to hi
| father; who was still ignorant Of his s.n
n fate: .... .,.,....'. .........t +.
i Eight years had passed from the date {
|, his departure, when one night ! was CALI
r upon, az curate of the parish, to attend {
y the bed Of dying female. She had, tn
messenger informed me, beg ,-d Of me
m 20 to her, as she had something TO commr
N nicate. Immediately left home, acco'nl;
7 MED by the messenger. On my arri. a.,
N th~ house, situate in one Of the dark Ian,
L. in the city, was ushrrrd into nsera
n. room, where. lay the poor wo.na,. U
!. her s,.riny me-. she thanked me in a feeb