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

youFsells " you nau seen her. II was |
al very natural. Lucy had been he
fssonle Of Jim's mother. Olien had She
lskep Iiills presents Of eggs and butter 10
ihz-sseei lady. And Jim and shs had
been 20 school iogelher. romped together;
phlsndsred u parties. climbed the hills
for buckleberries. and all these things
have a mighty effect upon The Sentimental
feelings, you know. SIR"
. Undoubtedly" said I.
--k< youngsters soon saw the sisie Of
the case. and though we doubted ~ long
as possible. yet the end. we all backed
ouI II 10 bard % be beaten in love mat
lers. sir: bot in love. as in horse.rssing.
il i better 10 pay forfeit, than 10 lose the
whnle stake. We saw IL was Of no use
10 rua ~ilh Jim. so We al quit the course.
And Lncy did love Jim dearly. and he
loved her with all his heart. without
makiag much fuss about il. Yet Lucy
irisd-hard 10 keep away from him. and
was ofien unhsppy-lor Why. siri III
tell you the reason. Her father. farmer
Dunmore. vas careful, thrifty, forehsnd.
ed MA, and . rare farmer. lie valued
Lucs as The apple Of his eye. His was
the coilage We have been speaking Of.
He built i, himself. on The same spot
where his old log-cabin had stood. He
was always for going ahead in the world.
He early saw lhs, Lucy had notion for
Jim. but he treated her 30 q mere child.
Hedid no, ,bink her feelings deep-sealed,
and jf he did. he merely said. B." Pshaw.
You silly girl. did not his father GET drunk,
and his grand-daddy 100. and wha, can be
exprr,ed from jimmy Ay.onl Play with
him. child. bui don't LEI him run away
wiJlynu. You wouldn't like TO be like
poor Mrs.. Ayion. would you'll
!. These slanis Of her father cut poor
Lucy 10 the quick. you see. sir. but she
saw ihal Jim vas worthy. and in spite Of
every Thing. she gave her heart up 10 him,
and everybody saw that they must be
married. People in The country soon learn
all about these matters, SIR"
Indeed" said ], " and how do they
Learnt" 9
.IhsrdIy know." said The s,sge.driser.
I" There are some mighty shrewd women
in she caunsxy. They see deeper into
yooBas <nlks feelings. than young folks
,hsmsss. They know all The signs Of
love. nd marry folks long before they
have .popped ibe question. They put
sbrosh reports. sic. and everybody soon
sboa, the love-mssiers Of The
Sl .saaf. -
4" Well, as | was saying. Lucy and
Jim were too dead in love to care much
wha. any folks said. They loved each
other better than all the world, and seemed
to forget every one else. when they were
together. And Lucy soon grew bold
enough 10 take his part with her father,
and the farmer soon saw how the case
stood. and tina, il was OF no use for him
to make any opposition. Farmer Dun.
more was sensible man. sir; he married
for love himself. and he knew very well,
that where such people as Lucy and jim
loved each other, they would have each
other, if all heaven and earth stood in the
way. ! rather think, however, that Lucy
would have broken her heart, rather than
disobey her father; bu, be that as i. might,
she had no reason for doing this, foI
when farmer Dunmore saw that jim
behaved so well. and looked so smart
and kept clear Of rum, and all bad com
psny, he began to take him by The hand
Farmer Dunmore was kind man, sir; HI
looked into peoples feelings. and liked
them for their honesty, and wasn't stuck
up by his riches like some fulks. HI
saw that Jun was fiae fellow, and tha
nothing could turn him, so he welcomed
him TO his house. and took pleasure IN
seeing the comfort of Jim and hi.
daughter. He even offered to take Jiu
on his farm. and give him high wages
but how could Norbury part with hi
liule s,age-driver! This was the name al
the strangers called him by, though a
this time he was tall, straight, and manly
though rather delicate looking to be sure
Jun had agreed to stay with Norbury ill
he was iwen,y.one, and he wssn'I tht
fellow 10 break fair bargain!
$50 jim continued to drive, sir, ant
passed Lucy's house every day. and sisI.
ed her when he could &c, chance. ant
that I guess was pretty often. Lovers
can make chances enough. you know, sir
After a hard days drive. many a nigh
have I known Jim 10 saddle little gray
and gallop of to see Lucy. TO be sure
he had to be back again before daylight
bu. wha, Of that! People in love, got
know, sir. don't care about regular rest.
." believe not" said |.
And as jim every day drove the stag
past Lucy's house, il would have beeI
strange il she had not stood at tn
window to look for bin. and il was yer,
nat'ral for her to be doing some out-ol
door work under that honey suckle, sit
and as jim generally had some message
that we're none Of The passengers busi
ness, il was not strange, sir. that she CAV
him honsysuckles and roses to put in hi
buuon.hole. Oh, he was happy msu
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