The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-06-05
From the New York ,Waverly.
(" HUSH MONEY"
OR THE sLANDERER's FATE.
BY JACK.

BY JACK.
"I was one day." said Melville Bronson.
!. bathing some fleshwounds on my fayorite
horse, when Emily Barlow approached me-"
Mr.. Bronson" she exclaimed, I" must
have some rum. shall die il do not have
rum. For Gods sake give me rum !"
| handed her the bottle Of spirits in my
hand, but ! regretted my rash act. for she
soon became intoxicated and started for
home. That night she kept the whole vii
lage in confusion by staggering from house
to house, and shouting in drunken rage, with
her innocent babe in her arms.
A few days after that. she again came to
me for more rum. harshly denied her,
and very rashIy flung her from my door. and
furbid her entering my house again. new
er shall forget the ierceness of her counte-
nance, or the flash .ot her black eyes, as she
shrieked -
Melville Bronson, deeply shall you regret
this
Shortly after this occurrence, met her,
and she deliberately asked me for money.
/" Money, money. and for whatf" asked
in surprise.
There has been some improprieties in
your conduct, which, unless | have pay to
conceal them. shall make public"
/" What are they? should like to know
that" exclaimed.
She then commenced, and narrated as black
a lie, as ever ruined the character Of any
man.
!" You know that is false, as well as ] DO.
| replied.
"a 4 IL al nt
what of thati When you flung me from
your door, swore revenge! And | will
have either money, which will satisfy my de.
sires, or will ruin your character forever"
Wretch! Fiend Demon" exclaim-
ed, "Y You do not mean this: You cannot
mean this! You are merely joking me-"
al was never more serious in my ife,'
she replied, !. than am now. But you can
try me, and see for Yourself
- Even Il YOU should make public your e.
normaus SANDER" said |, no one would
believe you; you, whom all know to be
drnnkari aud liar. All, no one would be.
lieye you."
Don't YOU believe YOURSELF" she exclaim.
ed. Some people love to believe SANDER !;
and many would rather circulate SANDER
than praise. Ii | circulate this, all would
believe it as soon. coming from Inc, as from
any one else. no matter how great their re-
puiatIon. Bot will promise never again to
mention this, il you, within one week, will
pay me lhe sum Of five hundred dollars"
Five hundred dollars" exclaimed,
paw you FIVE hundred dollars to suppress a
lie oi your own making! No, don't do it /!
III see you in tophet irstp
"You are a man Of wealth. she coolly
continued, "and can pay this as well as not.
You are a politician, aud hold high Office !;
but you can never hold another, il this is
told. What is five hundred paltry dollars to
YOU, when compared with the loss Of your
character and honor: One week from to-
might, await your reply"
| She left me left me with every passion
aroused; thought. and planned, and rayed,
/ until | trembled and foamed az the mouth
like madman. This, then, was her revenge.
t The next week. to me was one Oi angulsh;
/ | slept but little; | walked the house by
night, aud thought Of this by day. At length
that dreary, gloomy week, came to an end.
paid the live hundred dollars, and was free
from her prosecutions for a month. AZ the
II 8HApIdLOn " that lutf shI NdhS " mS ~
more "hush money"
But" siad |, "did you not promise
me never to lisp this repor;s paid your
demands; why now do you break your pro-
mise J"
- will keep my promise" she replied,
!" aud will never mention this, but have
written a very pretty manuscript containing
the whole story. and il you do not pay me
five hundred dollars more, will publish IL.
You paid me in the first place, not to mention
ii; aud now, want you TO pay the not to
publish il. Don't you see the difference Il
For once in my life lost all control;
seized her by the neck, and forcibly held her
llll she became black 10 the face. | thought
| had killed her; and cared but little II
had. flung her from me, aud she fell heav-
ily upon the ground. made no effort tore.
store her 20 consciousness, but she soon re-
covered.
Every good, Mr.. Bronson" said she,
eoolly, "here is another fact TO add 10 NY
manuscript; but will now give you smother
opportunity TO settle this. Remember five
hundred dollars now settles this 10 every
shape, and forever"
l will not trouble you with the particulars,
10 this case, but suffice il TO say. that again
paid her demands, aud was again Tree from
her prosecutions for short time but for a
shurt time only for soon she invented an-
other story. equally bad, aud demanded five
hundred dollars more for that. ! now saw
she was determined to ruin me, aud begged
weeks time to think Of it, sold my proper.
y in New England. alta great sacrifice, and
started for the lar West.
oh, how wept as the hour of my depar.
iurs drew near; kissed my vile and dar.