The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-08-31

board in . private family. Quit The
theatre and the open. and pay as yea
GO"
Bat nv debts 7"
:" How much do you owe r
/" About two hundred and 6fty deI>
lars"
Uncle Joe scratched HE bead. con-
t.acted his eyebrows. aud looked de-
cidedly stormy.
.. Bad business. Ned" said be. after
q few moments consideration. 81
could easily get you out Of the seraps.
provided saw any hope Of amendment
on your part. You don't even say that
you will reform.
"To be serious. Uncle Joseph. I can't
see how ! can reform. ] must hss. you
know"
"And you must live within your
means"
At this moment the penny post de-
posted q letter on the table. by the
side Of the ck-broker. the contents
Of which perfectly amazed him.
CHATTER II.
The letter was from the attorney Of
Miss Mary Marker. maiden aunt Of
Ned Murdoch. formerly residing at the
West. II contained the intelligence
Of the spinster's death. The old lady
to have fit Of generosity
when she made her will. and bequeath-
ed to her graceless nephew the sum Of
ten thousand dollars.
Here was god>send. and Ned leap
ed up six feet in the air with astonish-
ment and delight.
But the worthy stock >broker Was
troubled for although he was broker.
he was good christian. and had the
welfare Of his nephew near at heart.
There was something about the youth he
liked. Notwithstanding he went to the
play and boarded at fashionable hotel.
His only object was the reformation
of the young man, whose ruin and pre-
mature decay were foreshadowed inhis
daily habits. His proposition to em>
ploy him ia his own office was merely
a stratagem to obtain hold upon him.
This legacy seemed to step between
him and the accomplishment Of his be-
nevolent purpose.
What are you going to do with
this money, Neda" asked he with
troubled countcnance !; al am named
as your guardian, you perceive"
" Bah, guardian | am twenty one
next week, Uncle Joseph" |" replied the
young man, unable to conceal the ella
tion the astounding intelligence had
produced in his mind.
= /" True but this legacy may be the
ruin Of you. Ned"
You are absurd. Uncle"
81 am very sorry your aunt died so
soon (; l wish she could have been pre-.
vailed upon to live till you had come
to the years of discretion"
eff / had known she intended to re.
member me in her will, | should cer-
tainly have expressed my desire that
she might have lived forever, or some
such hyperbole."
j {" What are you going to do, Ned :
1t is rather serious question"
"Time enough to decide it when |
get the money!"
"Take my advice, Ned; settle your
self down in some quiet position, get
another clerkship-don't 60 into busi'
ness till you are more experienced in
the ways Of the world. You had bet
ter accept my offer, and take your first
! lesson in learning to live within your
means"
"Be an errand boy on four hundred
dollars a year, when have ten thou,
sand dollars in my possession! DID
] they do so in old times :" and Ned be-
slowed a good natured sneer upon hi
, quiet old uncle.
: They learned to creep before they
walked. Ifit will make any difference
. | will, give you the same salary you re-
ceived at Brown and Smiths"
"Couldn't think of it, Uncle JoseRSI
/ A thousand would not procure myssr
vices, no,c." -.
The stock -broker sighed ,ASed wal
as good as lost. in his opI There
was no hope for him, fh al
. lit troubled him, he 9
preventing the r