The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-11-07

"sa 1aAlai son with her maintenanrs-
na'af.l lear Of losing easle among he,
nsagnoofs. slTong loFer Of Ihe house
Shieh' iar hEs and lssnIy years. haj
osen hsf hone-a vague hope ia. lime,
would mend, and eli come night again
user persons Than Mrs. Kent, have Inn.
s1 reason 10 sleep. with such an opia,el
-shas above ell. . wanI Of COURAGE 4,
Ieok her difficulties fairly in the face
besides. she liked her oeeupalion-ir,
petty consequence. iis busGle, and h,
eossiPry; and she had . sense of cain +
The small PeddlinR bsrgains-.he penny,
Totlhs Of needles. and balls Of coffin,
snd rows Of pins. and yards of tame,
which she was accustomed % Eend lor
ready money, that oKerbalanced, for The
moment, her losses and her dsb... Sd
thai IN spite Of her sons pressges and
SaThings, the shop continued in full &C.
/ tiViIy.
In addition 10 his fOrebodings respect.
ing bis mother, Robert had another mis-.
ioIIune-Ihe PCor youth was in love-
About 4 quarter Of . mile down the
shady lane. which ran by one side oil
Mn. kenfs Dwelling. was The petty
farmhouse. orchard, and home stead Of
Farmer Bell. whose eldest daug Su.
san--ihe beauty Of the parish-was the
object Of passion almost amounting to
idalsIry. And. in good soo.h. Susan
Bell was ii,Ied 10 inspire such passion.
Besides light, graceful figure. mould
ed with The sxactesI symmetry, she had
. smIllng. innocent couRtenance. a CON
plexIon eolOred like The brilliant blns.
SONS II the halsam. and hair OF shin.
ing. golden brown. like The fruit Of the
hnrss-ehssnut. Her speech was al once
modest and playful. her temple sweet,
and heart tender. She loved Rober,
dearly. although he often gave her cause
to wish tha, she loved him nol-for
Robert was subject TO tie in,ermitling
lever. called Jealousy --eausslessIy-as
he himself would declare, when a 70.
mission Of the disease gave room Tor
his natural sense 10 acl.--eauselessly and
peni1ently, but slill per.inaciously. yea.
Ions. | have said that lac was fine
young min. tall. DARK. and slender. I
should add thai he vas a good son, .
kind brother, pattern Of sobriety and
industry. and possessed Of talent and ac.
quiremeni. far beyond bis station. BGI
there was about him an srdor, vigor. a
6ery restlessness, commonly held proper
TO the natives OF the south Of Europe.
but which may. sometimes. be found a
mongst our own peasanlry. All his put
suits. whether Of sport or labor. took
the form OF passion. Al ten years old,
he had gone far beyond oil his fellow pu.
pills al the Foundation School. TO which
through the kindness Of the squire oi
the parish. his mother had been enabled
TO send him. and had even posed the
master himself; at eighteen he was The
best crickeier. The best hule-player, the
best beIl.ringer, and tie best gardener in
the country; and some old volumes Of
Shakespeare. having conc into his pos
| session. there was some danger srtwen'
~. of his turning out drsmliic poet.
had not The kind encouragement Of his
master. To whom some OF his early scenes
were shosn BY his patron and admirer,
the head gardener. acted as saluiary
check. Indeed so s,rong a. one time
was the poelieal Juror. that such ca
/ tssrophe as an entire play might pro
badly have ensued, Notwithstanding Mr..
I.escombc's judiclous warning, had mol
love, the master passion, fallen about ,hi.
time. in pnor Roberts way. and enrToss'
i ed all the ardor of his ardent tempera'
ment. The beauty ard playfuIncss o.
his mistress. whilst they enchanted his
! fancy, kept the jealous irriiablliiy OF his
nature in perpetual alarm. lie suspect
ed a lover in every man who approach
ed her; and the firm refusal Of her Ia
tIler to sanction their union, ill her i'm
patent wooer were litle more FORWARD
in the world. completed his disqnie;.
! Affairs we're in this posture when
new parsonage arrived a, Hilton Cross.
i In addition 10 her other ways ant
means, Mrs. Kent tried to lessen heI
rent by letting lodgings; and The neat
quiet. elderly gen,lewoman. the "ldo"
Of long deceased reclnr, who had oeeu
), pied her rooms ever since Robert wa
! born. being al last gathered I'd her ialh
ers, an advertisement Of pheasant apart
ments to let in the airy village Of liiltoI
!, Cross" appeared in the county paper
J. This announcement was true as IL II ha'
no, formed an advertisement, in count!
paper. Very airy was the pretty wi
laee of Hilton Cross with It's breez.
: upland. and open eommoa. dotted, as
were. with cottages aud clumPs OF tree;
and very pleasant were Mrs. kents a
par,ments. for those who had snilicien
lime to appreciate their rustic sImPIicl
tv, and sufficient humility to oVerloo
their SIN illness. The little chamber, gilt
,erinp with Wilderness; It's snowy d'mI'
bed, and "iresh sheets smelling oil laven
Il n.