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

lie i'israteTfd lhaiil pnarcedrdlIoma danl
u his responsibility and seraciiy. "a
miller MAS si.rea j oil man. and sieis
mined. heluTe IL was Too late. 10 find o.
whether tie yl,ung suilor migst moi 4
gaiiii'ig IN some 81 The 5aaiiiies &c iiion-i
neesssaEs ia tie girls happiness.
|. The I'D banker vas 4 rIium nf II,
n,it-rs. through whose inslIulneniaiir
he had inFekef large stems in eShriirn
mortgages. lie allowed himself ~ h
pumped by Manhy. with the cnhni,anr,
Of The miller and. consequently. BIZ " ink
ing replies ri his eag-r inquiries. mad
ouI The miller 10 be little ltss Than insol
vent.
.William'saHrciinn sunk rhnwmiozern
although Il had for months been burning
according 10 his own acropnl, like Iwo o.
three .Einas combined. His suspicious
iileh, were Irne. What an escape lhnagh
he. So Il was foI the fortunate girl. Hs
proreede,l Ia his intended ones house. u
bring dark, he crepi over lie garslrlf ia.
hags. and shp.ked up towards Tic shut.
lfr. Here he ssinly attempted 10 peep
through the creyices. And. While en-.
desyorIng 10 mske outs murmure,l ron.
yersalIon. 10 which lac thought he heard
hls own name mentioned, he was pinned
by The miller's,!og, who. pnnr brnle! was
eursed with tie Youth fault Of suspicion,
and siispcr1ing that lie Mas ihlrI. lad
seized him accordingly. Here was r.-her
an awkward dulDntmenf. and he had no
right there: the path IL Tie ,!oor lay anolI.
CT way. III his anxiety. lie had llampled
down the anwer.bed. lie slammrred out
an excuse upon his Release. aud departed
home, erest.iaIlca, hoping that l..ey did
mol suspect his suspicious.
The next morning he received no
lite nnis iiom the miller, begging him moi
to repeat lis Visits. as tile Dig appeared
10 have taken sudden dislike TO HIM, in
which he was joined hy himself and
daughter. Al the same time. 10 ease lis
mind as. 10 the state OF their affairs, he
begged 70 say that any respectable young
man. who pleased his daughters TASTE,
might have ten thousand down on the we'd.
ding da;s. and rs much more at his death. !"
For once William suspected right, viz |:
that he had made sad fool oi'iilnself.
Mot many months al,sr this he lost
his siinple-mindrd mother. Her death
gave him plenty Of exercise Cor his mise.
able fault. for he was continually LAYING
traps Tor the servants, as II they had been
so many mice. 10 catch them in their little
pecuiaiions, until his espionage made all
around him 50 uncomfortable, thai many
Of the old domeslics LEFT The farm in dis.
gust.
Whenever he met me. he was full
OF some deeply.laid plan 10 find out some
miserable suspected une, and often, in the
midsi Of his self sufficient tale, lie would
start of on suddens without any apology.
because a Suspicion lad flashed across.
his mind thai he had not locked the corn.
bin or preserve cup,huard before lie left
home.
Ills wholecccuraiIon seemed TO he to.
end oul things lhal would make him IN.
comfortable. The food preserved for his
nan table he constantly dotted or nickcd,.
that he mightscc.nponlheir being brought
10 table again, whether any ole had ven.
iuled 10 purloin the smallest particle.
lie once gol in his own trap. One
night. hate. he had an engagement, TO go 10
some neighboring dance; so he sent all the
servants TO bed and locked The bark and
front doors, aud 10 make ill secure, lid
The ponderous key. On his return, he
could mol think Of the hldins. place; he
had some hours 10 walk M and
down in the night air befure daytlawn,
wIen The imprisoned servants discovered
him feeling about III hen.roops and under
for the missing Key. Al hist his
hiding. place struck upon bis memory, and
lie had the modification Of Withdrawing
il before The tilleriag servants, who thus
discovered his suspicious. and the re,ri-
button on himself IN his long night watch.
Ills lalher. tho had how grown loo
aged To attend 10 the farm. left IL entirely
under his conllol. Here his suspicious
had nearly finished him ofl.-for he sus,
pecied during his harvesi' that his shocks
we're pulled and robbed in the night. fie
therefore hired clown 10 stpp as d " aich.
man, armed with an cd double-barrelhtt
gun, loaded with slugs. The firsi night
his suspicious would no, lei him sleep.
This watchman might be hrihel, 10 ron.
niyance, and he gel laughed al. lie was
soon dressed, and creeping along the hedge,
where his suspicious were verified BY
hearing low, mGrmuIing Voices. lie crawl.
"a close il their virinilv, aud there dis.
covered that il was the poor fellows wife,
who had brought him something eomsnr-
table for his supper. lie crept back eau.
liously, but stumbling over The root Of
tree, reused the attention OF the walclIman.
who challenged him Immediately. lie
Law still for moment, hoping lie should
escape observation in the darkness OF The
night, but upon his first aiIemp, 10 raise
himself, he received ahoul dozen slugs
in his arm aud back, for his wailiman was
better shot than he suspected. The pick
ing OH desc by the yillage surgeon vas