The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-13

Thea ssks hssis with supper. The
gsaiisnaa hss had Iong rlds. ana I
esss ssy be % hungry az ssll 40 tired
laid kin fell cutie rsfrsshsd. snd
was Dot % al hungry, hsslng taken ihs
liberty a spsaiAg Ghs safe. and hslpias
mysslf 70 saeh ProsislOss - | iound
lhers.'
'Quiie rifhl-qu'ie right. And ielI %
the ns~s uhsn did yoB leassSs.snnahi
What 10 ihs pnes Of salt has do lhsy
sell sugar and irenf and espseissly what's
cotton ~arlhf DO ron think | done q
good business in selling miasi Doa'I you
think ms going 70 rssl''
confssed and smbsrrassed. % well
by The rspidily Of his questions a. by me
nature Of lhem-his having sIpseisd me
yesterday. his ssking when 1 lsii Sassn-
nah. &c. placed ma in quils quandary.
! answered Thar l had little news--,hai I
lsl Saranpsh Eve days previous-ihst
cotton believed. vas Zen cents and TALL
ing.
'Good--good. Mine srsughi ten and
. ball. done well By selling.
sfon osrssinly did, ield him.
'Twsnty-ssssn bales sisa and half
comes 20 hos mnehp
Allowing The bales 10 weigh 500 lbs. .
piece ihsy would cane 10.
But they weighed more Than TIRES
hundred. snme Of then 325--and noae Of
lhsm less Than 3ls.'
'Suppossing lhsa ihey average 800
and | pulled oul my pencil, figured up
The amount and sha~ed u 90 him.
ID comes 10 more Than that. Yen
cant CHAT me. I've cot your leuer.
!, comes 10 $50. So fork over The no.
ney.' -. X. -..s.-.....
told him il vas very probable his
eoilon might come 20 thai. bui could no,
iell ~hs,her II did or net. without know
ing The sssel number Of pounds. And |
ssked him what he mssn, by Jerking
ever the money.
a, this he grew sngry, and used harsh
language. just - il you did'ns knew
what meant Tell you. young man. 10
lo,k over. and nsns OF your barney
In vain | pro,ssi~d nay ignaranee Of
his meaning. that had 10 money sbos,
me---,hs, I had spsn, my last dollar vita
III eoald beros, before rssehsd his
hsme. a.- s.. az.
What ths deuce are ron doing here
lhsni II you did'as come 10 hiring ne my
eoary Tor sy cotton. chat did ysa Gene
foii Isn't that your ls,,sri say that, Of
The same ,ias handing me sn open letter,
which appeared TO be IRON commission
merchant N savannah, and read a. fol.
lows:--
Me. D. s.. ........
"DEAR SIR.-l have just sold for you
"a bales Of Cotton, at l0s cen,s-i, comes
to 1925 10. | shall be in your county
the 6rs, day Of the Supreme Court, and
Will call On you and hand Won The mo
ney. Yours, &c. T. B, Jr.
The Thing was nov plain. We both
had been lsborins under . mistake. |
in thinking | had arrived Al my fathers
house. and Mr.. s. IN supposins ] was The
camnission merchant with his money.
! Told him .ha, vas no, the su,hor Of
iha. letter, that | knew ro,hing ssou.
this, | wss jus. from College on nv
way home. &c. Bu, The more explain.
cd, the more The old man slormsd. He
pretended not 10 believe . word | told
him--aecused me Of trying 10 cheat him
out Of his money, DC. don't know
where his violence would hsv. ended or
wha, nigh, no, have happened. had not
the real Mr.. B. q, This time cone up. in
CURED for Mr.. s. and introduced himself.
Afer which he began to apologize for no.
being punctnal to the day and honr. He
had been detained one day BY the break.
ing down Of .hs stage belors he got to
Milledesville, where he had procured
horse; and he had been delayed sc, eral
hours in consequence Of following the
improper direction OF the ferryman, who
sen, him TO old P.'s, who was expe cling
an absent con. 'and Is | rode up said he.
Il was almost sm0,hersd with kisses and
affection before We discovered our mutual
m,stske.' .......--.
That vas the very place vas going
TO- / replied. and i,'s curious how we
we're both misdirected.'
The old man laughed heartily at the
trick OF The ferryman, Who. he said, he
was well acquainted with, and that il was
just like him-snd with the money his
good humor returned. He begged . thou
ssnd pardons Tor his treatment to me
advised me 10 settle in the ncighborhoed,
and promised to sssis, me all in his power
in getting into practice. The daughter
now made her appearance. and under
standing the joke the ierryman had play.
ed. joined in hearty laugh. though,
| had berer joke on her, bu. chose not
10 tell II ct tina, time. s-a
look my departure for The night. but |
mus, own. With good deal Of reluctance,
notwithstanding my gres, anxiety TO see
my parents and sister. But every day
found me cons,an. visitor. and in rea
sonable time I was blessed with the hand
N.es. 81 ~,,.t .~.f. al