The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-12-02

AHfNN@N
--as beauty and loneliness faded lorerer
but remembered she Is wilh interest.
wiIh IeIv0T. with enthusiasm, xiIh al
lhsi heart can feel and more Than words
can tell. To me lhere has been but one
such. and thai il size whom I describe.
"Was she beauiilul!' you ak. also
will ask you one question. N On angel
from heaven should dwell in any human
form and animate any human fare. would
not that fare and form be l0Velyi She
Was not beautiful except afieF this fashion.
How well renemher her as she used
sometimes 10 sil thinking with her bead
resting on her hsnd-her face mild and
placid, with quiet October sunshine in
her blue eyes. and m ever present smile
upon her Whole rounienance. lremem.
! Der the sudden sweetness 0f her look
when any one spoke 10 heT-ihe prompI
! alienIioP-lhe quiet comprehension NJ
things before Won uttered iLem--ihe
ObIiging readiness 10 leave whsIe,sT she
wss dung fnr Won.
4 To ihOse who mistake occasional pen.
siYeness Tor mechanically, IL might seem
strange to cay. my Aun, Mary was al
ways happy. YET shy iras so---her spi-
rils never rose % bur, aney. and never
sunk 10 despondency; and | know, 10 lhe
Sentimental confession 81 lalih. that
such a character cannot be interesting.
For this impression there is some ground.
The plaruiiy II mediom common place
m,nd is uainlefesling; bnt the plar,di.y
oi a strong md well governed one Dor
ders on the sublime. Variability OF
motion chsrsrierizes infs1or orders Of
belngs--bu, He who combines all inter
esIs--all excilemeni--sll perfection. is
4" the same Yesterday. 20 dsy ard iorevs
er." And if there be any thing. sublime
in the idea Of AZ almighty mind in per-
feet peace with itself. aud therefore al
leisure W brslow al as energies on The
wants Of Others. there is al least refer-
ton Of the same subliultv IN the charae>
ter Of that human being who has 81 quiet
ed and governed the world within. Ina.
they have aoihing 10 absorb sympathy or
attract attention from hose around Such
woman was NV Aunt Mary. Her pla-
| cidity was nol 30 much the result ar
temperament a. II cheice. She had every
I susceptibility af suffering incident To- the
noblesi and mist delicate construction Of
mod: bat they had been 80 d,rpcied. that
ms, I'd al concentrating lhmgh Oh sell.
they had prepared her n understand aud
feel for Others She was hevnnd all
things else a sympathetic person: aud
her character. like the green in land.
scape. less remarkable ("r wha, It was in
itself. than fnr lis beautiful harmony with
all the rnlTing and shading around IL.
Other women have hren talented: others
have been gnod: but no woman that ev-
er knew possessed good aPss sud talent in
union with surh an ln,ulIive perception
of feelings. and such an instantaneous
| adaptation "a them.
The most troublesome thing IT, the
world. is TO h. condemned to the society
of persnn who can never understand a
thing unless YOU say the rhOle Of IL;
making ynur commas and periods as Won
20 along: aud the most desirable thing il
~ live wuh person whn saves you all
the trouble Of talking, by knowing just
what YOU mean tn say before YOU begin.
Something OF this kind ol Ialen, began
to feel To my great rehef when Aunt Ma
" came into the family. | remember
the very first evening as she sat By the
hearth, surrounded BY all the circle, her
eve glanced on me with an expression
that let me know she Sap me; and when
I the clock struck eight. and my mother
. proclaimed il TO be nv bed time. and my
couniensnce fell as moved sorrow fully
, from the back Of her rocking chair, and
; thought how many beautiful stories Aunt
{ Marv would tell after was gone to bed,
: she turned towards me with such look
. ofreal understanding. such an evident in
! sight into the case. that went into ban
, ishmcn, with lighter heart than | eveI
did before.
. How very contrary is the obstinate es'
I timale of the heart. to the rational estl'
= mate OF worldly wisdom. Are there MOI
some who can RENE mher when one word
$ one look, or even the withholding Of 1
. word. has drawn the heart more toa per
$ sun than all The substantial favors in Tie
n | world! Before Aun, Mary had live,
= with US month, | loved her more thar
9 any BODY in the world: sud until,ariaI
e would have been amazed in cipherinl
out the amount of favor which pr"ducet
}, | the result II was a word--s look
sm,Ie-it was that she seemed plesse'
d with nv new klte-that she rejolced will
me when | learned I" spin a top-tha
d she alone appeared To appreciate my pro
# ficiency in playing ball aud marbles
e that she never looked al all vexed whel
u upset her work box. and received al
v nv awkward gallantry and maladrol
e hripfnlne>s, as II il had been in the hes
Y taste IN the w"rId---,hat when she va