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

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lowe himsrllnpon ille business bur | SC
! be ailerls 10 have forgotten me. ! 10 ns
know much IT The merits Of the case. bI
hcrording Ia llichards-no great shakes q
fellow. helueen ouTselyes-Ihe lorme
NlIs. llarlowe Vas martyr 10 her bus
pand's calculated ,imlcnce and legal-a
essl not Illegal. great distinction. in m,
lpinion. though no. 50 sci d0wn ii hi
looks-despoiism. he esponsed her q
er wealth; thai secured. lie was desinui
rislding himself II lie incnmbranre d
A common ease and now. IL yol
Tease. % business"
excused my.slf. as did ny wife. iron
hlag present al The wedding; bur every
ltng. | afterwards heard, passed of will
/ geal eclai.
The bridegroom was al ferEor and oh.
sauionsness; The bride sll bashlulnes.
AZ beauty. The " happy pair" saw
u the afternoon newspapers. were Ia
sfnd the honey moon al Mr. lIarlowe's
SCI, Fairdown Park. The evening 81
III maniage-day was anything. remem.
b. but pleasant one 10 me. reached
hone BY no means hilariously disposed
where ! was greeted BY way Of revival,
with the intelligence that my wife, after
lisening with great energy 10 Lady NJ |.
dds description of the wedding festiyi.
tic for Two tremendous hours. had Al last
ben relieved hv copious hys,eria, and
thu Mary and Kate were in fair way
il the exploit could he accomplished BY
peseSerance-of crying themselves Ia
slep. These were our bridal compli.
indus; much more naliering. ] imagine. il
mo- quite so honey.aecenlpd, as The
co,rlly phrases with which the voiaries
and victims Of Ilymen are alike usually
greeted.
Time. business, worldly hopes and
cars. the iriumphs aud defeats of an ex.
citing profession, graduslly weakened The
impression made upon me BY The gentle
virtues OF Edith Willougnby and when.
absut fifteen months after the wedding,
my wife informed me that she had been
accosied by Mrs. lIarlowe at shop in
Bond Street, my first feeling was one Of
surprise. not nnlinged with resentment,
for what deemed her nngraleful neg.
lect
" She recognized you lhen!" re.
marked.
|" Recognized me! What do you
nean,"
81 thought perhaps she might have for.
gotten your features, as she evidently has
BUR address,"
"If you had seen." replied my wife,
how pale, how cold, how utterly desc.
IS she 10 bed. you would think less
,arsSy 6fher. AZ soon as she observed
ne, slight scream escaped her; and then
he glanced eagerly and iremblingly
round like startled fawn. Her husband
lad passed out Of The shop 10 give, !
hink, some direction 10 The coachman.
;he lotiercd towards me. and clasping me
n her arms, burst into passion Of tears.
Oh, why-why,' asked as soon as
ould speak, why have you no. written
D us!' II dare mott she gasped. Bui
b. tell me, do you--does your husband
me with kindness! Can
till reckon on his pro,cclion-his sup
orr | assured her you would receive
er as your own child: The whispered
words had barely p ssed my lips when
Iir. Harlowe. who had swiftly approach.
4 US nnperceived, said, Madam, the CT
age waits His siern, piiiless eve
lanced from his wife TO me, and siiilly
owing. he said, Excuse me for inter-
npting your conversation: but time pres
S. Good day. A minute afterwards,
lie carriage drove off.
| was greatly shocked atthis conlirma-
on Of my worst fears; and meditaled
18th intense bitterness on the fate of be-
% Of such meek tenderness, exposed to
&c heartless brutalities Of stated sensu-
lis, like Harluwe. But what could be
one, She had chosen, deliberately and
Ter warning, chosen her lot, and must
,cept The consequences of her choice.
designation is the sole remedy, and there.
the patient must minister 10 herself.
On The morning OF the Sunday follow
10 Edi,h's brief interview with my wife,
I'd just as we were about to leave the
ouse to attend divine service, d cab drove
Iriously up TO the doot, and violent
lmmons BY both knocker and bell an
Dunced the arrival Of some s;rangely.im-
alient visitor. stepped out upon the
rswing-room landing, and looked over
le banisier rail, curious TO ascertain who
adj honorea me will so peremptory acall.
he door was quickly opened, and in ran
: rather staggered Mrs. Harlowe. with a
aid in long clothes in her arms. !
- Shut-shut the dooI!" she family ex-
aimed, as she sank on one of the hall
Eats. "Pray shut the door, am pur-
led!" i
| FASTENED down. and was just in time
save her from filling on the floor. She
ad tainted. | had her carried up stairs,
nd, by the aid Of proper reslora,ires, she
radually recovered consciousness. The
hid, glrl about four months old. was
,izcd upon by Mary aud Kate. md car
cd of III triumph to the nursery: Sadly
hanged, indeed, as by the sickness Of The