The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-09-19

slr! i wish you could have seen her. |
| have carried loads Of passengers sir. but
never one like LUCY Sometimes though.
when Lucy did not come out under The
honsysuekls. he knew where she was
siandisg. and 40 she fung kiss 10 him.
would rise upon the looibosrd. and touch
he cap 10 her. just like . Spanish Don
aoalisro ~ once hear lady say. j
know nothing about Caballeros. sir. bot
ms 90 know; that Jim touched his cap
as gracefully and proudly. as any Of the
Hare ups OF Broadway. His mother had
taught him manners, sir, and the lille
stage driver. wss always The genllemsn.
But that touching his cap, sir, was the
death Of him." Here lhs stage driver
delayed . moment 10 wipe his eyes, and
procsedsd.l
/" Let me see-whsre wasI--oh, am
just coming 10 the point"
am glad 10 hear H." said /.
"Well. ss ] was saying, ell things
were going on so well and 50 smiling.
and so happy. Jim and Lucy were -
good as msrrlrd. Farmer Dunmnre had
given his consent. and called him son.
He loved Jim better Than he did bic farm.
and oil his horses. Lucy had recovered
her gsisty. and was more beautiful than
ever. and ell the young people Of the
place were looking out for the wedding,
when. cir, q single slip Of Jim's foot.
made the whole world dark for him. The
ssddesi accident took place iha. ever was
known in This settlement. Oh. il was
awful. sir. most awful. I am all in q fs-
yer when ] shirk Of is-poor jim. poor
JIM"
Large drops appropriation stood upon
The forehead Of The diver. He wiped his
face and proceeded.
I" Poor yim-il was q sharp, cold
morning, when he sci out from Nnrbury's
on his las. drive. lie little thought i.
was his las, drive. ponr fellow. lie was
rs gay as q lark, and ss merry IS Q
cricket. and patlsd his horses, and laugh
ed al everybody. remember i. as well
as IL il vas yesterday. shook hands
with him aud told him to give my love 10
Lucy. just TO tease him like; but nothing
could lease him. sir. he was so good
nalured. He mounted the box, and
whislled TO his horses, and of they went,
while Norbury rubbed his hands. and
looked proud, for Norbury loved Jim,
and was proud Of his slesdlness. Norbury
though, he had the credit Of making &C
fine fellow Of jim, but Jim took care o.
himself, sir. and all through the advice
lot his dead moghsrs
"How well remember that morning
sir. The winds whistled among the higt
trees Of these hills, the icicles hung upor
their boughs. aud the fros. was bitsel
sharp. Norbury had wrapped Jim Of
warm, and I offered him my coat, bu
the llule fellow laughed ., US all. Hi
didn't care for the cold--not he! liz
was not the fellow to finch al anything
He had a warm heart. and warm JACKIE
to boot. and as he pu, his fingers into hi
mitlens, saw his eyes glis.en, for Lucy
had made them for him. She was al
ways doing him little kindnesses. and WI
youngsters always found il out But HI
saw her las, kindness that day, and diet
with his eyes fixed upon III"
go on" said ].
"The morning was cold, as ] said
Some snow had fallen during the night
and the rain had glazed it over. so tina
the whole road was one glare Of ice.
needed careful driving, sir, and Jim Away
drove carefully. Now Lucy had beef
thinking Of jim, and his exposure to ,h
cold, and secretly, with her own fingers
had kni, fur him a bright red mufflrr
TO 60 about his neck. She had said moth
ing to him, sir. bu, meant TO surprise hin
with il. So as this morning was so bi,
ter cold. she concluded TO stand out upoI
The s,oop. and give il to him as he drov
past. What little things may stop
mans life and prospects. sir. That muI
fer was put in Jim's coffin! bu, | am gel
ting befure my story.
"As Lucy had made the muller witt
her own sweet fingers. aud mean, to Civ
it 10 jim, she stood ready al the door. a
the stage came up. Jim was standing
braced against the foo.bosrd. holding hi
horses as only driver knows how to du
As he came near farmer Dunmore's, ih
team had got under some Roadway. an
J he was Just refining them in. when hi
eye caugh, Lucy. holding up the brigh
red muffler. The horses were just pas
the por,ico, he turned towards her. an
raised himself upon the footboard TO touc
his hat, and throw q kiss to her. Th
! love Of the dear CURL probably made hit
,rembls. or the footboard was icy, q
something else sir. for jus. thcn-oh Coz
oh God! SIR, his feet slipped from unde
l him. and down no pitched, head foremos
: among the horses!"
Sand they Irampled him to death!
. exclaimed |.
, L" When jim fell, the shock starte
5 the horses. and they plunged like mat
: caps down the hill. sir. They didn
D go far. however. The ground. as sale
5 was all of a glare Of ice. Either Jim
/. body. or the stacking of the lines. or Oh
u .i.~n..;.... -. I'll .a,a,has mazda al a.