The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-07

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Z MAS sount as IL his doos uas e.EtSoCsI,
: opened- List, Il MS frur. these wru
sra. ste-ahy hl.istePs % rke earpefs the,
: eanr darrrily ton sr1s me bed ; they paus
I ed II his fsas: the rartafns Ssss aziiased
] there Efre Steps % The bed. screshial
5 eTePt--dd moi the hear. aaI the rerI
: assh of ne ash on ma now creep no.
: -a,li upon him sank pslpahle form,
; paIPsb'e Eon j. PsessuTe. Sac the nishl
I uss assk = an oreo. There Ms hea,
. W srisht on his chest; and IN she SANE
instant scrzesh'ug ain0sticy eOiI losehet
|. his face.
With = su,heu eoavgkive aetsoi he
, I'll nln Eans uP hi. arms. cialrhed n
! the terrible object which ihrs oppressed
him. and sh.etes. with had cry. - |
have gsI h On. have got him.
There r1s sound rs Of deep growl
- vehement strugg.e-but lohn Blsf,uA
held last his hold. and felt that he Ind
soalething uithin il. huge. shaggy. and
powerful Onee more be rlsed his woke
bud enorrh 10 ar0ase the whole hoase /;
bst il Seensed no rrfre II terror. BAT enc
Of triumph and satisfaction. Ia the newt
instant. the farmer usske,l intp the toom
With = lishf 10 his hand. anil revealed
70 Iehn Bisscrd tkat he hal In his arms
the struggling loan of-ahuge NeulounSs
Land dog,
LIT rim ~, sir. in COTS nane," ex,
rlainsd the tanner. on whose brau dreps
Of tezf anguish stood and gllStenel IN the
light &c the candle. Down STAINS. G1-
sar.'' and the dog. released from The bold
Ofthe Quaker, dep0r,ed, IS ifmuch ashala-
eI.
In the SINE Instant the farmer and his
wife. Who now also came IN. blessed. and
evidently never having becu 10 bed. were
on their knees BY the bedsrse.
You knav il al. SIR said the far
mer. : Sou see through il. You were
two deep ami stroEg-nintlsd 10 be mpos-
ed upon. We were theretufe. afraid a
this vheu you asked to sieepin this room.
Promise Us nor. that while we live YOU
will never reveal What ,oa know
They then related 10 him that this
house and cbanbet hal never been haunt
ed BY any o,her than this dey. uhirh had
been trained to play The part. That fof
generations their Einlly bad lived ON this
Eruis bat some years aga their landlord,
having snidenly raised their rent 10 an
amount that they lslt they eo1ld NOT give.
~ta~y ---~ ...-r>ltsf - ,ks-.k -f ssirfins.
the larm. This was To them an t,sspefa.
bic source OF grief Il was the place that
all their lives anil neInories were bound
up with. They we're extremely cast
down. Sadleniy il occurred % them to
give an ill~name to the house. They hit
on this scheme. anil having practised il
we'll they did not want hong IN epportuni-
" Of putting il in pfaciire. II bad suc-
reeded beyond their utmost expectations:
the fears o( their guest, were found 10 be
Of foree which completely blintseh them
10 apy discovery Of truth. There bad
been occasions when thew thought some
clumsy acrident must have stripped away
the deiuSion--but no. there seemed
thirk we'd Of bhndness, fascination Of
tcfror east over the strongest minds, which
r,thing could pietce through. Case alter
case occurred. and the hcasa and Farm ac>
quired s,ieh character, thlt NO money,
or consideration OF any kind, woald have
induced fresh tcrant to live there. The
old tenants continued at their old rent.
and the comfortable ghost stretched hint-
self every night i'm a eapacious kenncl
Without lny need Of disturbing his slan-
bers BY calls to disturb those Of the guests
Of the haunted chamber.
Having made this revelation, the far
meF and his wife again ilDPlored their guest
TO preserve their secret.
lie hesilarcd. Nav" said he, - I
think It would mot be right 10 do that. d
would be to become party in public
deception. II would be kind OF fraud
On the world and tine Llrrllsrd. II would
serve to keep up those snpersiitioas ter,
rars which sheal,l be, as speedily as pos-
siEle, dissipalcd.'
The GARNER was in agony. tie rose,
and strobe TO and fro in the room. His
eountenance grew red and wralhiul. Tie
cast dark slsnses at his guest. whom his
wife continued TO ilnplore, and rho sais
silent. and. as 1T xerc, lost liz reflection
Aud DO you think it right thing, sur,
thus d, forre yourself into a strangers
house and Elmly, and, in spite Of the
strongest wishes expressed To tue CONTRA
nv, into his very chambers. and tbat only
o, do hin 4 mischief? Is that your relI>
gion, sir, | thought you bad something
better in yoa than that. au now 10
thirk your mlldnees and piery we're ON
" so much hypocrisy put on to rul',
me-"
Nav, friend, | don't want to ruin
thee"
Bat ruin me yoa will, though, IL you
publish this discovery. Out Unjust turn,
and be the hughing stock OF the whole
country to boot, Now if that is what
yoa mean, say so, aiid | shall know what
.ort Of nrm you are. Let me know al
cicc whether you are an honest MN or a
cock ilrire."
wv friend, calst tloa call thyself aii
honest lnail ia praeiiciug this deception al