The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-07-01


wiinsss tl.e lasl Hpmenis. - d seeoise
lie las.stlessins Il > parent hui size
alone, The ne II lis bnsaGn. hung nser
liz pillau scnsulad snE sabbing. lie
grasred her hand lie raised his eyes
in,plrfingly--his lbs moved -sles utter
Cd ; few wotsis alhnsl inatlicslsts--and
lley pefe bnrdensd Nth REQUEST
lila, she never wonll Be married 10 snasher.
lie esssysd YET again 10 spe-k.. 10 her
he esse ~ lis waridly goods. and they
were many; and lie CONDITION was. thai
she should meter b married 10 another.
She eonsenled. with hesnlncy oe-
casinned only BY choakiEg subs. Fur The
last time. he louket Up inqalringIy. and
he ssked, .NevsI!' And she answered.
NEFERr Sosshc closed The goad mans
eyes IN peace. AID she srrsyed herself
in he deepest mourning. fnlIowef him
decen,ly 10 The grave. and having pa'errd
il with flood 81 the bil,eresl lesrs, reiurn-
ell 10 her desuls'e house LONE WIDOW.
|, vas the winter tilns; bur no more
cnld Il tie ealllly clnd. Than Tie heart
bfrrl, ol lis beloved She remembered
often lie words winch her eoud maa had
spoken. and oil. she Thoughts IL xas cry
ing sin that widows should be prevailed
on 10 depsri from wiauwhood. lurgtiting
vim lies cpld IN the sernlchte, and TO
hon lhey hid ri, dyed their easly love;
lila, lbey should exchange their WEEDS fer
The gorgeous eoiors and butterfly rnbes If
VANITY, and 90 forth bri,lss--yel nut
brides--a spectacle to the world. TWAS
unsetInly, Il was immo,ltsi. Bur size
would never. never lag aside her rubes Of
| mourning: she would co down weeping
- tie gIase--A LONE WIDOW.
/ Her neighbors Ieltlor her lorlorn estate.
They came 10 console her. and 10 mingle
lleiftsaxs with hers. Their efforts were
well meant bul unaEailing. They could
not slayahe iorrent al her grill. They
knew that time wnuld do wonders, 81
they lei il have full sway. But lhey
spoke 81 al lie good deeds of her good
nan. Pleasing yei melancholy temitls-
csncs. She losed 10 sllude Ia the words
! which he spsksand 10 Ill lie dear wotk:
. OF his hands. There he fret walked IN
the sweet season Of youth; there he used
, 10 Sit when he played on lie ,iol.
Oh! hos sweet were the tunes which
he played on The siul! Bot lie va. gone
The be-, d men. and she wss--A LoSI
/; WIDOW. @.@.-..
When The man Of God spake 81 hi
] bsreassd in lie sacred desk, Or when il
: social intercourse he clasped her hand
| anil tesoughi her to forget her SORROWS
9 (lor lie vas kind aud stTecliona,e IN Iii
!, nature. middlc-sgcd, and unmarried;
9 when lie told her tia, liz who fed III
b rasens, aud did MT let sparrow AL 1
Q lie ground without his knowledge, woul
| care for lie la,herless. and the lone "
II dow. she wepi with redoubled violence
a and III lie midsi ri quick coming sobs va
IS might have heard The echo Of those wora
@ OF biueiness--A LONE WIDOW.
10 She lived 10 her desolate muse, will
:, out friend il fiI up the blank which ht
lr good mans death had accustomed. Ii va
II Pleasant house, and looked upon
% pleasant garden There herbs, and salt
II brious plans. and aawers grew in p't
n fusion: but what is sll the luxury nfswee
1T 10 those who mourn lar The frpar,et
=. Who kept those beds So clean, that nj
re even a weed inuuted! Her good ma'
at Nav she had only lei her ancient ca
4 whirh fullowedher steps when she allie
] 10 tina, pleasant garden. There We
I'd ihnse Who thought she needed a protect
in and iricnd; and when they cast in the
Y minds the many who could supply h
ST need. they couli not fotbear al last r
IN marking among themselves, that il was
m very queer she would remaiI--A Los
rs WIDOW!
m She had heart that was kind al
Or benevolent. and was not unmindful Of Il
10 ponr aRd frientiless. Nor did she er'
~ send The needy from her door until The
e. carried with them the mite OF lone widow
ID She vas not psrsimonious in any Of h
IN ways. Her caps were made ol costle
M lawn; for caps became her maiTonly ia'
be right well, and were not unbecomIng
that prach-iike bloom that fingered Oh d
cheeks Of that-LoNE WIDOW.
Year afer year passed away, and lin
had indeed wrought wonders. But
though the rank grass waved over !,
grave which had been walered with plen
IA, lul showers, she had not forgotten 1
on "vow interrupted only by s"hs," and )
cit sill remained--A LONE WIDOW.
" Many su,ors came to solicit her han
lie They made honorable offers. Thu
Fir would take care of her property. IT.
we would love, honor. and cherish her i
lie ever. But he ,lrove them all, all, into
So. despair. and Told them (they could hard
cir credit her Words that she would rem'
Up. A LONE WIDOW!
But who can ioresee The coutse ef eve
Ter which muck even the arts Of tisinr
nth last n skilful LAWYER aSnired 10