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

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his grandfather. we would willingly sup.
port him DOT Of our wages: but Jim Vas
TOO independent for that, a. you shall
see. sir.
Gas Jim knew how To drive so vel. he
could not bear the thought Of lounging .
bout and sucking his fingers, so be propos-
ed To Norbury TO drive . stage. Norbury
tho, he was TOO young, and wanted him
about The house. but Jim couldn'l bear
this. He asked 10 be put upon trial. and
took hold Of The reins with such readiness
and good will, that we oil had 10 yield 10
him. No driver ever managed . team
better. for his whole heart was upon IL.
He was proud of showing his spirit. and
we were all proud If him. for hadn't
we taught him ! Il would have done
your heart good. sir: 10 have heard the
passengers on the route. particularly The
ladies. ask for The iite siage-driUsr.-
Jln was rather small. sir, but he had a
mighty spirit. and yeths was IS gentle as
lamb. and tina, is the reason Why The
ladies' liked him so. And The horses.
too, got to knowing Jim, as well as you
do your christian name; and they would
seem TO spring Of the sound of his voice,
and curve their neeks al the sight ofhim,
like reasoning creatures. Horses know
more Than some people think ihey do.
and soon get 10 knowing who is kind 10
them. Don't you think horses reason,
slri"
"Mueh better than some men do" said
].
IL knew you was q man Of sense,
and understood human nature" rsspon.
ded the driver. "bul | must 60 on with
nv story.
"Jim soon got 10 be veil known on
this line. 0 Every one slang the road
liked him. They trusted him with their
errands and messages, and used to think
The girls made messages in order to
speak with him. But he kept straight
forward in the line Of his duty; he was
always gentle aud obliging; he was glad
to do every body a service /; but why
should tell you Of all these ,hings-ihs
truth is, he was devilish clever fellow.
and every body though, sol" (tIere the
stage-driyar brought down his hand with
an emphsuc slap upon his knee. which
left no doub. Of the truth Of his ssser.
ton.
$50 you see, sir. Jim become a
regular s,sge-driver. For upward of Eve
years. he drove without any interruption.
Hot or cold, wei or dry, /, was all The
same to him. he keptto bis business, and
Sc. Us all fine example. In the whole
FIVE years he had never been heard TO
swear. His mother. who is now 10
heaven, sir. had set his mind against this.
He had never drank drop Of liquor. for
there was the warning Of his father and
grandfather, before his eyes. Oh. sir. |
have seen the blood hy 10 his cheeks. and
his limbs tremble, when strangers have
urged him 10 drink with them. We
sIage.drivers know better, yes. bad as
some Of US are, we never could think oil
insulting him. He took no par, in Out
frolics, sir.
Well, sir, now I come TO the pilh ri
the story. jim was abou, fifteen year.
old. as was saying. Al this time Of life,
il is naI'ral for people to think of love
matters, bu. no one had thought about
Jim, or joked him. He was polite Il
every body. Every girl on the road
or in the settlement. knew he thought
we'll of her, and every girl thought well
Of him, bun he dId not run after any oI
them. He stuck TO his business, as
said before, sir. But. sir, we soon had Il
confess that we had all been blind, Will,
love was wide awake. as the song goes
Would you believe il, without turning
on, of his way at al. the pre,liest girl ia
all Johnson's settlement. was found 10 b
in love with jim. dead in love, over hest
and ears, as the folks say.
This girl. sir. was Lucy Dunmore
My heart always beats quicker. when
speak Of her. You may have seen city
beauties. but you never saw one like her
sir. She was the roundes,, rosiest
brightest girl that ever blessed Who'll,
neighborhood. Everybody loved her
and praised her, and all the girls gave
way to her, and yet she never seemed Il
care for her beauty, and was far more
unsuspicious Of 1t, than many Others who
were not worth one OF her brlgh. blu,
eyes. She had red cheeks. and III,
sweetest dimples, and seemed to b
always laughing. till every body laughe,
with her. Il was astonishing how sh,
made her way into every body's hear,
and vet no one could blame her. Every
young man, for ten miles round, wa
proud Of her smile, and would have gon,
round the world on foo. to marry her
bu, pshaw, she did not think Of marrying
not she! She would have made a wife
for the President. SIR.
"Bu,. sir, love. like murder. will CONF
out. Lucy suddenly lost all her fre'
hearledness-she was in love with Jim
and she could not conceal il. She hat
no hypocrisy. Every thing she did Il
hide her feelings. only showed them NOR
and more. | don't know if this is III,
! al. -. Il