The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-14

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Unoa M haanr. SIR. IbeIieyel when
! maniei Miss. MiIlOaghy. that I was :
widower.'
, Your honor, BaI except 10 prove
thar do thoroughly know ausl sppr riale
! The person | am addressing. vii nnl
handy words with you. AIier than terri
. bic disrlosnre-if. indeed. il be a dlsrlo-
ssre. nos an Invention All, you start
! n Aai.''
4 your insoleacf, sir. not Al your
. sensciess surmises.r
Time md law vii show. After.
! rencai. tilis terrible disclosure or invention,
you. not coaicnl siih obtaining liom snur
victims generosity positive promise that
she would no, send rUa 10 The hulks -
Sir, have care.'
i :. Pooh. | say, not e0aien, with ex.
acting this promise from yonl viclm, ,ou.
with your wife. or seromplice, threatened
not only To take her child from her. hn, TO
lock her up in a madhouse. ntltss she
subscribed paper, confessing thar she
knew, when you espous Il her. than son
were a marriei man. Now. sir. do I. "
do not, thoroughly knew who aud whit
the man is nm a,iiressinsl"
Sir" returned IIarlowe. recovering.
lis audaeily somewhat. " spite 81 al your
hecioring and abuse. ! defy You TO obtain
prooi-legal proof-whether what Edith
has heard is true or false. The affair
may perhaps be arranged: Let her return
with me"
" You know she would die first built
is quite useless 10 prolong this converse.
ton; and again request You 10 leave This
house"
Ill Miss willoushby would accept an
allowance
The cool audaciiy of this proposal 10
make me an instrument in compromising
felony exaspera.ed me beyond al bounds.
rarg the bell violently. and desired The
servant who answered il 10 show Mr..
IIarlowe out Of the house. Finding fur
lher persistence useless. The bafiled villain
snached up his hat. and with look aud
gesture Of r &c and contempt hurried oul
Of the apartment.
The profession Of a barrisier nccc'sari-
Is begels habits Of GOODNESS and reflection
under the most exciting circumstances; but
| confess that in tllis instance nv ordina.
~ equanimiiy was so much disturbed,
that il was some time before | could COM
mand Sufficient composure b reason calm.
~ upon the strange revelations made
TO me by Edith, aud tie nature OF the
measures necessary 10 adopt in order 10
clear up the mystery attaching TO Them.
She persisted in her refusal 10 have re-
course TO legal measures with view TO
the punishment Of Harlowe; and 4 finally
delcrmincd--aiier a conference ~ ilh MIR.
Ferret, who having acted for the FIRST Mrs.
Harluwe, ! naturally cnnieriured must
know something Of her history and con-
ncciious--to take for the present. no nsicn.
sible steps in the matter. 'dr. Ferret,
like myself, was persuaded Ii At the sham
resuscitaiion Of his first wife 'Ias a nero
trick, 10 enable Harowe TO ri ] himself Of
the presence Of woman he no longer
cared for. I" will take an opportunity"
said MIR. Ferret, !" Of quietl questioning
Richards; he must have kn own the first
wife; Eleanor Wickhan, emember, was
her maiden name; and if net bought over
by ilarlowe Ia by.no-me ans impossible
purchase--can set us right at once. dill
not understand that the said Eleanor was
al all celebrated for beauty arid accom-
plishments, such rs you say Miss VIII
l0ughby-Mrs. Ilarlowe | rnean-de.
scribes. She was native Of )orselshire
too, remember; and the for, iign Italian
accent you mentioned is rarely, | fancy,
picked up in thatcharming county. Some
flashy opera.dancer, depend upo n il, whom
he has contracted a passing lalncy for; a
slippery gentleman certainly; but, with a
littlc caution We shall not fail TO trip his
heels up, clever as he may e."
A stronger wr sller than either of us
was upon The track of tho u ahappy man.
Edith had not been with US three weeks,
when one of Mr.. Hanowe' servants cal
led al my chambers 10 say that his master,
in consequence Of woun 4 he had nilic-
leu OH Ills lDOt Will dlt a ket WiliiSi dlliuSs
ing himself with cutting or pruning some
trees, in The grounds at Fairdown, was Sc
riously i'll, and had expressed a wish 10
see me. could hot leare town; but as
it was important Mr.. Harlowe should be
seen, | request !! Mr.. Ferret 10 proceed
to Fairdown House. lie did so. and late
IN the evening returned with the startling
intelligence ;hat Mr.. liarlowe was dead!
"Dead !" exclaimed, much shocked.
:" Are you seriou ST.
AS a Judge, He expired, about an
hour after reached the house. of tetanus,
commonly called Iock.Jaw. His body, by
Tie contraction of the muscles, was bent
like bow, and rested on his heels and the
back mart Of bis head. He was incapa-
ble of speech long before saw him; but
there was world OF agonized expression
in his eyes!"
"DreadGnl Your journey was useless
thcn"
:" Not precisely. saw The pretended
former wife; splendid woman, and as