The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-01-22
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unprincipled scoundrel, and Observes TO ret
10 Jail. Don't talk to Inc about pity and
mercy. when he owed me twelve hundred
dollars, and hasn't been the man 70 pay a
csnt OF It. Ought 10 pity hun! HpmphP !
- You do wrong, my dear husband, in
speaking hsrshly si MIR. Milton tie is IN
fortunate. il is true, but honest. No man
stood higher IN this conluun,ty than he
did. two ears ago. You certainly should
look mnre leniently upon the nisfortune o:
i kind nrighbcr and brother IN the church.
Yes. great nrlghbor and church broth
er he is,--break down and cheat me out oil
my pay. and after waiting on him 80 long
iop. Don't talk to me abou; brother. I'll
have him turned out. see II | don't.
suppusing you were 10 have bad for.
.lase. aud became poor, would you liks TO
BE- denounced asa seounJrel BY your neigh-
bori' ...-. +.
- always pay ny debts. Al honest
man .lE.ys pays his debts. Can't trust
nnbudy IN those tunes. never will sign
ior .uan again IA lopg as | live
II MAS Ia vain that Mrs. Wilson plead
~l,h her augry hasbanI for the dniotluu
debtor, she sadly bosed over her WORK,
sli he passed ID his store. ..-.. -
William Milton had failed. and the lit.
tic village sns as;Ir with tuesness ul the
event. Those mhu were beiuIe ms friends
Gov ;hry remembered that hrs alWays
sa~ something in the naa which ~as not
nght--ihcy had expected something oi tue
kind before lie was certaluly dishun.
e.t man. Aud 80 his Old neighburs turned
IL 10 give hIm a kick in his du~uhiIl
course.
4 more honotable. high.soulsd man Than
William Milton never lived. lie was the
sna! oil hopBt. His ntart, hand. Auias and
parsr we're alrAys epen, aud many we're
the guol.lreds IN record IN his iaYur. Nvr
hal all IN has neighburhood forgotten hIs
pa; gnodues.. White bushes, mrH tlrh.
rl l"'end hitn, there we're poor people woo
deserted Rot.
M.llua waS crushed mGn. MIsiurtunss
bad come tack upaa hIni. and hl. strong
sp,Iil at iast gave say. llis lovely. lie
had disd, aud lay in her grave. with her
yUa"ge.I Guild up"n her breast. His ssn,
sproalsing chIid OF tn summers, hal died
lew wseAs after the mother. His shop
had Caggat iire about the same time an.
burnrd up. Sickness eAIue on 10 paralyZe
the sIroLg arm, anu Ehen Mlltoa again
sluI,i ga h,s feet. everything Eas wreck.
HlIs sell-io.do neiEabar saanued hlm -
thoagh there we're contagi1n IN his pres
ence, and dsDts came upon hun Co huisi
what sleAness had 50 sWsepiugly co,nnene.
ell.
On the morning Of The conversation at
the htad Oi this. he had asked emplu,n ,nent
asa jnurueymau. aud had been taunlinafy
refused. lie nvS 81: IN his house, his greal
heart swelling 9th bitterness sud dark
with gloom. lie insoluntarily cast his
eyes about as II looking Tor i familiar coun.
ssior; his lip qulVered a nuInent. and
tear dropped from hls cheek. The vile
snd two loved ones had passed away, aud
but one VI lis little flock vas LETT him.
While he was HItIDg drsamily By hls
hearth, the donr npehgd. and ragged TORN
tall catered the room. aud ssoUd lookinx
hssIta1ingiy at him. And then Dy sud.
leu Impulse, :he buy went up tu where
Million wac. aud put paper in his half
open palm, quickly disappearing through
the door lstu the street. Milton opened
The paper, and shalf dollar dropped upoa
tic iioot. Milton read:
"fou have clothed and ted the needy /;
,ou lave been 20 d tU the widow and faith
,r!sss. Accept the widows mite IN the
iulr OF your trouble"
The sapcr trrmbled in Mltun's hands,
end he bowed his head aud wepi. Thea.
iiit'ng his form proudly, he arose aud
sfode restlessly backward and forward
through the room. NO thank God, they
sts not diagainst ms--not all. The poor
remember me-" The bankrupt was hap.
pier, and hsd again faith in humanity.
The creditors made short work with Mil