The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-05-18

s"sahahOM NC faffns ne only dlllicul.
" lailessi IN he eyes Of the delighted giIIl
Vas, how % gel her brother. unable u on.
dufe, without agony, The slightest iaIt,
over lbs roughly paved village street |, al
ing 10 The church; bui so con plstely had
her desoied eoaduel won on her fellow
servants and their master. thai The whole
distance { considerable one) was found
oy dawn. on lhe esenllul day. so Il.irkly
covered with straw. IS 10 ob.isls The
slightest injury 10 The invalid. From nine
IN the morning. The church path was lined
with Inhabitants Of The village Ilronping
70 sympalhize with the happy girl. ahc,
though declining 10 yield 20 any one the
honor Of drasing her brother "a task
which she accomplished with skill and
genlleness none other could have shown
was yet asionished and bewlldfred by the
admiring looks and Congregations press
ed on her By her kind-hesrled neighbors.
The part, however. ofthe while scene
which went straight 10 her heart. and
touched !. most deeply, was The dlslinc-
ton publicly GO llerred on her by The wor-
Thy cure himself. Who, pointing her oDi 10
bis parishioners as pattern OF Christian
charity and sisierly sffecliOn. and besiow-
ing II" the interesting pair his wsrmesl
bensdietion. said 10 her 10 a voice cf pa
ternal kindness. "Tske courage, my
daughter, God approves Of and rro,ecls
you" ~
What ssolscelsy in these blessed words
for ell the sisters days and nights If toll
and anxiety. responded as they were BY
the fearful glance Of the brother. for
whom she had done ard suffered so much:
and BY bis fersentprsyers, thstshe nigh,
be rewarded by Him who had pu, il IN her
heart so 10 beiriend him! One result only
she fell could fulfil such petition, and,
whispered 10 her il would no,
be denied. But spring had passed away
without any marked amendment 10 The pa
tents condition. May had come and
well nigh gone. aud with j. The hope tina,
fine weather might do something for the
invalid; and. resigned a, length 10 his fate.
the young paraly.ic babe adleu for life. To-
all idea Of regaining the use Of his limbs.
On. cte1i,g when. as usual. his inde-
fatigable sister had drawn him to he scene
Of rural festisity, beneath the old elms al
the entrance of.ihe village, he was sccos,-
ed BY an old soliler lately come on visi,
10 a relation in the place. who. after close.
ly questioning Maurice regarding his in
firmly. gave him 10 return the important
that. in consequence Of
splinter from Q shell q, the battle OF Ey-
lau, he had himself been two yesrs entire-
ly deprived Of The use OF his limbs, and
subject 10 spasms in tie head, which had
nearly bereil hin of reason. or the Va
rious remedies prescribed. none, lie I'D.
ded. had the slightest success, ,illses-bs,h.
ing. persevered in for whole summer
plungibg in head foremost. aud allowing
the natural douche afforded By the success
sive waves tn play freely, as long as
strength permitted, on the affected pert.
had al length effected cure. IL was
carried to the seaside 10 halldying STATE"
said The old corporal. d" in liter lent me
by my colonel. At The end Of a fortnight
strength and appetite began to return. aud
with them my spirits and hopes Of COM
plsie recovery. which took place in the
course OF three months after. Al first |
could only walk on two cru'ches. then |
threw one away, and on The 81 Of Sep
TENDER, "a day | shall never fotge',) Il
walked, without so much as a suck, a
good half mile from the town. TO visit a
couple Of old friends. Back came, still
on foot. TO finish my course Of The baths;
and within three weeks after, was on The
top Of coach for my own country, as
hale and hearty as sou see me before J GU
at this moment"
land where. on earth, are these pre-
cious ba,hes to be hsd!" asked the cripple
with eager interest.
At place called Boulogne, on the Bri.
fish channel. some two hundred and fis-,
ty miles from hence"
1.-Two hundred and fifty miles! II |
must gn so far TO be cured. | am pretty
sure Of remaining i'll to my dying day."
"Try and &c. conveyed there. my good
fellow" said the kindly veteran, !" and
LII be answerable Tor your entire recove.
ry."
What! TO ge, back ms poor legs and
return TO my trade, and be able to gain my
own bread and help my sister! No. no!
such happiness is no. for: me!'"exclaimed
the responding lad.
"And Why Mt! II / was radically
cured atff,y, why should you. a. five and
twenty, give way to despaii!" "a1
"Bm you dom. consider the impossbi
li,y Of my going in any sor, of carriage--
even The smoo,hest voisure-when lain.
dead away. or go into fits. at the slightes,
Jolt. No, no! is the will Of Gnd tina. |
should remain cripple TO my life's end,
and honly pray he may be pleased 'oshort
en- it FOR my own sake and .hs. Of others"
During this conversation Gene We've