The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-08-15

Alice, only that wished you to avoid the
rock upon which foundered. Oh nv child.
obey your father, even if you tear asunder
your heart strings in so doing, for no after
years Of repentance can recall the false step
and the curse of disobedence will rest like
a nightmare upon you, poisoning your every
enjoyment and turning the sunlight Of your
existence into deepest gloom. Never give
your kind pareLt occasion to feel 'how
sharper than serpent's tooth it is to have a
thankless child
= have oyerstayed my time" she contin-
ued, rising You have missed your music
lesson, bul hope that you have received
Iano:her. whose teachings will influence your
lifetime Goodbye, my sweet Alice; pom
der well the tale have told you, and If you
would not. to your dying day, feel the gnaw-
inc Of that worm that never dieth-remorse--
disobey not your father" and STOPPING, Mrs.
Weston imprinted kiss upon the coral lips
Of the fair girl and left the house.
The next morning Alice Herndon called 10
see her teacher, and her beautiful face, though
still wearing pensiye look. was not so
lnrkly shadowed as on the previous day.
The first words were: Ill.,.
"Your timely warning. dear Mrs. Weston,
has saved me from, perhaps, whole lifetime
Of misery. After our conversation Yesterday
4 summoned courage, which had never been
able heretofore 10 do, to make inquiries of
various persons in regard to Howard Tracy,
and my fathers opinion was corroborated by
many. Last night, when Howard called, I
firmly refused him, in spite Of his entreaties
and promises of amendment. With your sad
fate before my eyes, dared not listen to the
promptings Of my heart and act otherwise.
Here is little note which my father has
written you. We had long conversation
after you left, in which communicated to
him what you told me. hope you are not
offended at my doing So"
= By no means" replied her companion.
!" i am but too glad that am instrumental in
saving you from perhaps similar destiny"
Mrs. Weston opened Col. Herndon's epis-
tie and read as follows:
How can | thank you sufficiently, nv
dear madam, for your kindnesss You have
saved my daughter from a fate worse than
death, and her father biesses you for it,
Alice tells me that YOU are without kindred
or ties in the world. Come to US, then, and
let us be as such to you. My daughter needs
some friend whose maturer Judgment will
point out to her the path her youthful feet
should tread. have a superiuity Of this
worlds goods, and my house is large enough
for us all |; come. then, and make il your iu-
ture homo. Alice warmly seconds me in
Z this wish.
Most truly yours,
CHARLES HERND0N."
With tears in her ewes drawn forth by this
unexpected Kindness, Mrs. Weston handed
the note TO her companion, who, after perGs-
ing it. eagerly exclaimed:
Indeed, do second it, nv dear friend.
Come, at once. You don't know how often
| have sighed for snme maternal bosom to
.vmpathize with me in my JOYS and cares
my father is very kind, but then he is
man"
And thus urged, Mrs. Weston at last con-
sentrI to leave her lonely boarding house
anil become member of Col. Herndon's
family. She refused, however, TO give up
her music teaching and allow her friends TO
support her, until Col. lIefndon induced her,
under the title "f his housekeeper, to accept
Fixed s..srs from him.
Aud when, a twclyemon,h after, the lovely
Alice had at length found one upon whom
She could bestow her hand and heart-sane-
iinned by her lather-and Mrs. Weston.
thinking her services no longer needed, was
about u leave them, Col. Herndon suddenly
found that her presence was indispensable 10
hi. happiness. suppose it did not require
mleh persuasion to convince Mrs. Weston
ii the fact, for shortly after Alice's marriage
another tuuk place ii the same stately man
sim. and Mrs. Weston merged the title of
bu,srkecpcr into that Of wife to the noble
hearted man, whn exerted himself to make
her forget. in her happy after life, the misery
Ui her younger years.