The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-08-05

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Dor. For she 6fss psn a. The essnlng.
they seeRsd shy sfeseh ether: bar. Alter
1hIle. ssre observed 10 be earnestly
Engaged n r0nsersalion. - Ihey pacrd
The ls~n N front 81 che house. backward
aad iorasrd. rndsr NE lnre awsksains
inauenees a bright August moon.
"Wid yos DOT consent" ssld Ora
han becoming mafe snimsied.
" No. John cannot. | lore ycu.
and Ter voice irsmbled and filtered:
.bu,. leave ny f.,Lsrl o. no. no, nss
ell
"Then you do not To-" Bui ne
psssed = iih Ihs sord 1hsI cred. There
sss an embarrassed ell. nee 0I some mo-
msnls; u length The young man said in .
melancholy tone
Then Anna sc had better see each
uihsr mo- more"
John" said shr, looking him IN The
fsce hKedly. " wili you not lfy To-"
Boz sic hssiiaied. and then hung down
Der LEAD.
Try 10 beat your father in game Of
drsushls you would have ssidi Even Il
there was hope, Anna. Of doing that which
there wss none. ! could not give my con-
sent 10 90 hsmiliallng an sei What has
The playing u game skiIlully. TO do xiih
nv making you . good husbsndi"
Bat ibis did not safely Tie mind Of The
maiden. She thought that her loser
ought 10 be willing 10 do any Thing no
matter how unreasonable II might be, Cor
the sake Of gaining her hand. She could
not, however, say mare Than she had.
They paired that evening. glaomily
enuugh. Bui Ihe sight Of her lace, and
The sound ii her voice. had stirred more
deeply IN hrs heart The waters Of sfIec-
lion.
"She must be minsI' he said 10 him
self. passlonalely. Is he strobe home
warts. ~ -
BY degrees, but with great rtluc;ssce.
he bsg.n 10 entertain thoughts Of apply
ing hImsrlf 10 the game II which her Ia
thar was so skiliul; and such progress
had he made by tie next evening in his
ncipieni resolution. that he actually
seni over 10 . nrlghbor's. and siIsr cit.
ing while, proposed game Of draugh's.
-Bui. although lis antagonist was but .
polr player. John Grsham was beaten
every time.
You woultn'i do n play with old
Woodruff" remarked his companian, sl-
trr winning Tor the sixth nme.
Graham colored, deeply. ss he looked
up. Al The remark. but he perceived by
his trends coun,ensnce that II was inno.
Gently made.
Much discouraged. he went home thai
tight and dreamed Thai be- had played
with Nc. Woodruff, Anns's father. and
beaten him. On The next estninine he
vent over sgain. and spsn, Two or three
huurs m PLAYING. Once he beat his an
iasonisl. THIS gave him hope. and as lie
thought Of il the next day, he said TO
himself. - have cera'niy improved y
Iiuls, and Il keep a. il | will certainly
improve more"
And old Woodruff will improve too.
and he is far enough ahesd." whispered
an opposing lh"ugh,. and his spirits sunk
suddenly 70 freezing point. That even
ing he siaid mcalng aud gloomy al home.
Hut on The mex, nigh, he tried drsughis
again. aud f,li an increasing confidence
and sense OF coming skill.
Tares weeks passed away in prsc,icing
almost every evening, when John became
80 much ui an adept as 10 beat his friend
a, every game. This made him feel
quite u,,llIled. and he determined 10 have
a uial wlh Anna's father. SD he dress.
ed himself up and went over.
Anna met hilu al the door. and blushed
with Joy aud confusion. The old man ex-
tended his hand with blunt welcome,
tina, had in II some remains Of his former
cordially.
Before ,ea Woodruff talked With Ora
ham about The weather, Che farm, and the
stock. After tea, al which lIile was
ssid. though many glances were cxehans'
ell beiu cen the lovers, the old man point
ed Significantly a, the checkerboatd. and
Gr.h I'm With 3 face suddenly flushed, nod
ded assent.
Anna's heart beat sud,bly in her DO.
SON, and she tell oppressed with sutio'
eating sensation, as she saw the Two draw
silently up To the table and begin To ar
range their pieces on the board. u beat
quicker still when the moves began. and
sank heavily in her bosam alter brieI
/ passage OF the pieces from square 10
square-for her lover had los, the game.
The pleres were again replaced, and a.
gam the moves commenced. Twenty
games we're pl,yed before the parties Sc
| parslet, in all Of which The old man won.
| Long beiore The termination Of The even,
ms's cun,enliun. Anna's pulse had be-
come qaie,; although red spot upon
| her cheek told that she felt none The less
/ interested. Shs had mol failed 10 pieceise
that, with every renewed game, the peri.
cd occupied in contesline il become Ion