The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-12-24

live. squire. before you or say o,Ler ma.
J glslsr 70 The whole eounlry.''
.Nsil. Ihen. you kno- xhen I ssnl
uP y Boston year ago."
les. yea, squire, and I ksow who
went sllh you. Ioo-Susey B-snd
Dolly r. and her sister Prs.
dence."
"Nessr mind who vent with ue, suu,
Lazy; there sss whole Isl or passen.
) gers-bul, bat"
"None Of your butts. sQuire-oui with
I'LL folks will act so--s uollop-"
"Bui aunt Lizzy la afraid yoa'Il
bring me in . serspe-"
I've told you over and over again,
that nobody never shall know nothing ..
bout u, and your wife kuOws I ain, les
KY"
"My wife! ! roulda'i have her 10
know shas ! Was going 10 tell you for
The world! Why. sun, Lazy, il she should
knees il"
"Wsii. don't be afesrd squire. once
Tor all, III take any oath thar 40 living
eriiur shsn'I never ss long a. I live,
know lisp On'I."
"Wsll, then, If you must kaow i'll
slept wi.h one ihs likeliesl Of your church
msmbcrs nearly half the way up
Aunt Lizzy drew long breath. shut
Up her snuff box. aud pol il into her peck.
81. muilering 10 herself
1.-The ilkelIesl Of our church members!
] thought il was Sussn B., like.
liesI! Ihls comes Of being asiiered-.
irolloP. Well. one thing know, the
way Of Irsnsgressors 10 hard; but hope
you will never tell nobody ont. squire.
far sarlin 30 the world. IL such thing
should be known. our church would be
scattered sbrOsd like sheep without .
shepherd"
Ia q few minutes aunt Lizzy took her
departure, giving the squire smother eau
ton and ely wink, 40 che said good
bye-let me alone Tor secret.
Il was not many days before squire
7. received very polite noie from Par.
con q. requesting him 10 attend meet.
ing Of The church, and many Of the Par
ish, Of the south conference room, in or
der 70 settle some difficulties with one Of
the church msmbers, who, IN order 10
1 clear up her character. requested squire
y. 10 be present $751;.
The paison who vas q very worthy
msp. knew the lrsilly Of some Of the
weak sisters. 90 aunt Lizzy called them,
and ss he was particular friend Of squire
P's, requested HIM in his note to say
uoIhiug Of i, 10 his wife: but the squire
took The hint, and telling his wife that
there was Parish meeting, requested
her TO be ready by . o'clock, aud he
would call for her.
| Accordingly the hour Of meeting came
the whole villsgs Hocked 10 the room,
which could no. hold half Of them. All
eyes were alternately on The squire and
Susey B.. MIS-. P. started, and
Susey looked 40 though see had been cry.
ing . fortnight. The Psrson, 10 . soften
cd tone. aud 10 ss delicate . manner %
possible. stated the story about Sussy b.
which he observed vac in every bodys
mouth, aud which he did not himself be-
lleve . word Of: aud squire Y. being call
ed on 10 stand as witness. after psin,,ag
IN lively eolors The evils Of SANDER. with
which their vill'ge bad been Infested.
and particularly TIE church. called on
aunt Lizzy in presence Of the church. to
!, come out and make acknowledgement for
violating . Bible oath! Aunt L'zzys a,
pology vas. tina, che only told Deacon
Snipe's wife on'I aud she took "a oath
that she wouldO'l tell any one else ont
, Deacon Snipe's wile 1t appears had sworn
: Roger Tooihtsker's sisser never TO tell
!, nobody else ont. And so il wen, through
4 the church, and from thence through The
: village.
The squire then acknowledged, before
. the whole meeting, that he had, az hs
told aunt Lizzy. slept With q church
: member hall 10 Boston. and he believed
! her TO be one Of the l,ksliss, Of theft
= members, inasmuch ss she never woslt
\ hear nor retail SANDER. All eyes yer,
:, now alternately turned on Susey B
tUu eQuitc U Wuus @hut thsSy S'INyS>
/. a kind OF dlabolicsl triumph, which ,hs
;, squire no sooner perceived than he knish
b ed the sentence by declaring that ,h'
r church member 10 whom he slluded Wal
), his own ia,rful wye!
II Aunt Lizzy drew in her head under
:, huge bonnet, as q turtle does under hi
. shell. and marched away in one corns
=, Of The room, like a dog that had seel
!. killing sheep. The squire. as usual
1. burs, gu, into fl Of laughter. in whlc
), his wife, Susey B. and even ih
Parsou, could no, help joining; aud Pal
:. son q. Afterwards acknowledged that III
/, squire had given death blow To scsnd'
n in the village. which all his preachin
If could no. have done.
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