The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-05-25
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The FIRST and Last Quarrel.
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Ioha Thompsan's wife ks6 . bad lash
ioa 81 getting oct Of patience wi.h Der
Servants II mesi times. and locking cross
,nJ lalking rross 10 her domesiies whsn
l,sf husband came home. with ihe pleas.
Ia hope uppefmoss IN his mind % .
oaIss retreat from ihs tolls snd troubles oil
basine.. Joha Thonrson. Ike many
of he John Sniihs and John Jones, had
rsthsf Ifoablesone basiness 70 Enanags,
snd ii eosl him tnany hours sad fhoughls
each Jsy 10 ponderug over The ways and
means II grii.ng safely over three O'Clock.
Bal Ill sLsss pefplsxing cares we're lock-
I'll On in bis osn bosom. and whsn he
infasahisiacs home ards. II was slssys
wi,h strong resolution 70 be cheerful.
and mske. az far as he sas concerned.
hone pleasant spot 70 all.
Bat he wss often sadly grieved 70 fad
thai Iron me cause or other, his wife
bad sundry and great troubles with her
doneslics. Things hardly ever sent
right. sna she aas 0l.en in very anhsp.
~ humor. Patient 40 another Job, John
irhempsan neser protested sgainsi Tho
domssiis pEersgalse of being cross and
scoliing. True, whenever Mrs. John
Thompson would .cui short. and say
..hngs u him in a. unkind lone Of saice,
he would ha his own thoughts about
The mater. Bot he said nothing. lie
would moi, for The world. have wounded
tho feelings OF Mr. John Thompson.
although she seemed 70 have, 81 iincs.
little regard ftr biz.
Nov lhe reader mutt mol for mo
msnl. suppose that John Thompson's
beies hall was nj lsring vile. She
Was afFeciionaie 10 fault. when 10 The
hamor; anil would kiss, and my dear.
and talk lore 10 him by The hour. True.
she would feel li,ile annoyed Al bis
phlsgmsiic temper. Tor be was alwsyss -
even as q lake, over whose bosom no
breeze ever stirred, Her litlls endear-
menls he would receive - patiently as
could be. yet all the while be would be
thinkipg Of some exhibition Of wrong
temper, Of which. may be, day or On
hour before. she had been guilty. Boz
we must introduce them more 10 form Ia
the reader,
One merning 10 May. and IL happened
be ssry snliry marniag. Mr.. Thomp-
son examined bis bank notices. and found
that he had three thousand dollars 10 pay
He did mol look Al his bank book, for b.
remembered too distinctly that lie hat
checked 10 within FIVE dollars the day be
fore.
And now what 10 TO be done! he sais
aloud, o. lie sal down In chair TO coliec
his thoughts.
ANY thing over to day. Mr.. rhomp
sanp said q neighbnr advancing To
wards The desk. near which he was seat
ed.
"Short three thousand iollarsr repl;e
Mr.. Thompson mechanically.
M chance for me, then, said III
nsighbor. withdrawing on the instant.
Hum! should think moi, sol'loqui'
ed Mr.. Thompson. with anironical suil'
'Ba, what musil do! Borrow of course
that's The only remedy. But ohere sha
| borrow! that's the question. ow
two thousand dollars borrowed none
nav, and 10 morrow bali OF that mu
be psid. In hard up with all my DO
rowing friends exc.p, such as are bal
up themselves. VIVA, shall do!
But Mr.. Thompson, like phllosoph'
a, he was, readily came 10 the conclus''
that sitling there was no. getting his M
OUT Of The bank: so he sailed forth, 81
undetermined as 10 how he should raise q
money. Being in The dry goods line,
took the south side OF Market street, al
commenced a line Of calls from Ere
erick street up.
How's ths money market TO day
was his first salutstioa 10 a young nj
he had often accommodated.
.Tigh, enough! | wan. five huudf
dollars
'Nolhing 10 spare Of course!"
Not dollar
Then | cant stop here. Good mol
ing!'
ANY thing over to dayf he asked nj
door.
Twenty dollars, il .hat'l help y
any
Can, you spare hundred by o
o'clock!' *#@ @
Very likely; call abou. tina. time.
if we take in as much, you shall ha
it, @e T.
VERY WE'LL said John Thomps'
entering it upon his memorandum hoo
Can You spare FIVE hundred dollars
day!' was asked at his next place oil
Try.
No; but we can two hundred
.Tnat'il help s'little.'
Blu, i, is in OHIO funds.
sAh! thai il another matter. But 81
keep il Cor me until two o'clock, I'LL CT
do betlerI'll take ii.
Very we'll. ii il al your service.