The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-05-30
Prom ihs Loadon Miscellany. Tor March.
THE WIDOWS FIELD.

einirr Of ihe place which I subsequently
6Isd upan Cor my ''loeal habiIsliOn, !" two
ysaHg women, whose beauty Was their
onlT dawer, hut Il was u 80 rare . DUAL.
ily lhat they had scarcely emerged from
EIrlhaod befare each Vas besieged BY
samrsiiInrs. and some Of no common
rrelensians. for her hand. They we're
sua;le country nliJens. farmers dsugh.
Ira. sad though they might have been
trrnrI risai beaniirs. we're attached
trends. Their lrts in mairim0ny--and
What. sfsr al. as far - the purblind VI.
siaa Of morlals is concerned. 10 mairi.
many bit lottery! were widely dil-
iereni. One married wealthy !reehol-
t.sr. who farmed some Eve or six humid
red arFes Of his own land. and that The
best in the country; his name VAS Ben-
soa. The oihrr damssl essI her Loo with
q small farmer, une Eda ard llulernlt.
whose land, with the exception of q H..
lie PaIsimany consisting OF . homestead
and saHe fort; acres. aas held under q
lease frHm = nohlemIn who resided 10
the neighburhood.
Use rel4Ive position of the two young
women, rs Ear as worldly circum.Isnces
went, was greatly altered BY their mar.
nsgr: but no dImihUtion OF affection fil.
lowed the chsnge; and although compara.
lively speaking. one lived in q palace snd
the other "a . cottage, their intercourse
was - frequent aud As cordial rs here.
inlore. Time ware m; Benson became
the father 81 two children. boy aud
glrl, while liolcrofl's family consisted
but Of one soa. whom he only lived 20
see attain lhe age Of fifteen years. The
calamity tha, made Mrs. llnlcrnli q wi.
dow. appeared 60 have the elTsel Of bind
ing Mrs. henson vet closer 10 the Trend
Vi her youth; and thus II happened that
Young Edward Hulcrofl end Emma hen.
.on ware brought % together. almost as
brother aud sister. know not that there
vas any nIIurai similarity OF tastes be-
iSsen those young persons; indeed. from
wha, ] lave heard. am inclined 10 a
contrary opinion: but sfee,ian--such sf.
lection - that 10 which their constant
enmpanionship gave rise. begeis . SINH.
lsfiiy Of tastes. IL IL docs not imply it,
Thus il happened. that befors--long be-
fore. il may be--,he young people had
sIIsinsd their respective ages Of sixteen
and eighteen. their haar,s were linked 10.
gelher by an affection. to which every
year Of their acquaintance had added
strength. swi,hout diminishing lis Pu.
Iiiy.
Three years more elapsed. and Ed.
ward Holcrofi attained The age Of twenty
one. and wiIh u the palrimonial estate,
which, small though il wsre. gave him
vote Tor The couniry--a fatal privilege
for him. poor fellow % The event prov.
gu: Tor an election occurred shortly al.
forwards. aud, unfortunately, he and MIR.
Benson took opposite views Of the respec-
tive candidates. That each voted aceor.
ding to his conscientious conviction. |
believe there was no doub, in the minds
Of any one who knew them; and FL.
ward, who carried good humor with him
10 The huslings, brought IL away with
him. Not so. howeser. Me-. Benson;
whospiqusd q, the ineilicacy OF his srgu-
meais in gaining the other over TO his
views. and stil farther exasperaieds by
the defea, Of the candidate whose cause
he had espoused. proceeded ID the ex're'
nifty Of fo,bIddlng Edward The house
aud in,crdic,ing sny communication be-
tween his vile and her friend.
|. would have been veil had the mis-.
chief stopped here; bu, Benson. al,ho'
when.unopposeJ, was what IS usually
termed a gnnd. quiet sort Of man. was
perfect Jury vben aroused BY whs, he
conceived insult or injury. There was
certain field which had been purchased
hy.Mr.. tInlcroft. since The death oi her
husband, and,which she cultivated, IN adj
dnion 10 her husbands ps,rimony, and
the land she had rented. Edward, u
should be mentioned 10 his honor. had,
notwithstanding his coming Of age, treat.
ed Tho widow. in I'll respects, as he had
done before that event, 50 that no divis.
ion Of the farm took place, bu. he con-
,Inued to manage the whole. as tho agen'
Of his mother. The field in question
was a very valuable one. and had been
purchased II lower rate than The aver
Hga prics Of tha, quality Of land. IN con
sidcra,ion of there being. as was suppos
ed. link wanting in the tile. Az, how
ever. the right oI possession could neVe
even under this supposed defect, be chal
lenged, excep, BY Mr.. Benson. compar
ed wal,' whose estate il was a drop o
water to the ocean. the risk was cons'd
cred as next TO nothing. and the purchase
was completed.
|, has been well said. that there ar
few occasions Of quarrel which conduc
persons 20 such extremes Of temper
political differences; and thus il was, tina
Benson. not content With the compare
lively massive means of showing his re