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

suppnu a his faulty.
III were rich man" Mas. neat
; a I'm 10 paor for illaL" his ennmane
Z farm Of expression. And ne a. Bss.
called upon 90 expensl dollar. exnepI
. the way 81 husiness. HiIll0nI leeing Z
, relactanee al PAIRING wilh The man-,
am unsing almosl D. pain. Wealth sss
~ has 1srs, ihe greatest gnni. and iss ga,
!. session iile means II bringing lie hirhe,
I earthly happiness. LEI. a. Ear a. las "a
prnenre vent. il eonlIadiclr,I lhls isl.r
ieniirrly inr the heller OF IN lie aoTld h
became. The more Mas lie insarsily disss
Iishesi. and the mere eagerly did he grssi
inr slill larger possessions. Ills rror ~
Ike that III lar loo alany others. lie ma
gined Thai Ncalh ia itself Mauld bring
slate Of nenlal lrAnaRiliIy--a peace o
mind thai noIlling could disturb. And HI
believed also. thai after he he'd b,com'
rich. he would nse his Iirlles for llie pro,
ruTemenl u ~ lhc COOL things for himself
aud family ll,al the earth had 10 nlIrr.
While be Was poor. selfdeEial was fell
To be virtue: wllel he became rich. lac
meant 10 be liberal 10 himself and others.
And 80 The world went on with Mr..
Archibald Preston. yeally he added
house IL house. and ,lollal TO dollar. IInl
he wa. sill. IN feeling. poor man. Il
really hnri him 10 pan viii, a smiling and
almost every luxury his family enJoye,l
was wung from him BY his pride. or yield.
ed 10 an impnr,uni,y that he had not The
moral pnwer 10 withstand. Ills health
was suffering through prolonged applica-
ton 10 business. and lie fell the necessity
for relaxation. q he could have gone
away alone. al the lime friend suggest.
ed, rs has been seen, to visit the sea-sh0re,
he would have gone and taken cheap
boarding in snmc private family in a week
OF two. But that economical way OF do
ing the thing was out of the question; for
his wife had hsen urging him. year after
year, 10 take her % tape Nav. Saratoga.
or some other SIMMER resort aud il he
went for bis health. she must of course GO
along. And this would make the "trip FAR
more expensive Than he felt able 10 asord.
So lie denied himself on this ground.
When he was able. even in lis own eslI.
nation. 10 make his wifi. companion ia
the long-lhoughi nf and desired summer
recreations, another drawback 10 tie en-
joyment was al hand. Three daughters
had come so near To The estate of woman
hood. that the leaving them at home, as
indifferent parties 10 such an arrangement.
was out Of Tie question. Aud 10 take
them along would make the expense en-.
iirely loo great. Their srhool bills. mu.
sic bills, aud bills for various private les
sons ~ The languages, rlr., were really ap.
pallins 10 The father, aud kept him. all The
time. with poor feeling about his heart.
10 add 10 The annual cnsi Of living. alrea.
dy alarmingly great. by fashionable nip
T. the springs or the sea shore, was not 10
be thought Of for d moment.
But" urged Mrs. Preston, who was
more impnrluua,e than usual, I'll is abso-
lutrly necessary for you 10 take some re-
taxation from business. And | am snre
we can afford the expense Ear better Than
The MelvIlles. who gu 10 Saratoga, New
porI, or somewhere else every season."
.As Cor lhai," replied The husband, I"
I'm Of opinion that the Melvilles had much
better stay at home. To INV certain
knowledge. Melville Is always short for
money and rarely succeeds in getting
iole out oi hank wilhou, borrowing from
'ome one. believe | am worth two dol
ars To his one. il the truth were known, but
can't afford the extrasagances in which
he INDUCES" II
"A couple % hundred dollars, once in
Tour liie.,ime." said Mrs. Preston. in re- f,
'ly to this argument, IL am sure, cant
lurt you. For mnIe than twenty years
'ou have been Juggling AT the oar of busi-
less, without az much as week. relax
lion; and think II is pity if YOU cant
axe litle enjoymeninow. What's The
Sc Of money, il not 10 enlarge ON COM
ons!"
two hundred dollars indeed! lit
we're not going Ia cost any more than this
would not say word; though | am not
0 clear that il would be right to throw
ven thai snm away. Blu, live hundred
5 not going TO cover The cost Why, you
md the girls would spend al least two
hundred in new clothes before thinking
ourselves in any kind Of decent trim 10
ppear AT fashionable waiering-place.
now exactly how il will be. I've thought
| over and over and over again. twenty
lines, and can come within dollar Of the
csi.n
"Suppose il were 10 cost thousand
Ioliars." said Mrs. Preston, "What Of
hat! IL is only once in year; and it's
pity e We cant enjoy, 10 some small ex-
EN-. The means in our hands. Id rather
e poor than 10 suffer The tanializaiion Of
mr. present circumstances"
/" Poor Rich Can't make you COM
'rehend, Ellen. that we are nol rich! lf
were rolling in wealth, il would be an.
'ther thing. But am mi. Every cent
can scrape together need in INV bust.
'ess; and. under these circumstances, to
hruw away fveshunIred or thousand