The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-05-18
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orphan TuIns OF ReaEce.
A True TALE or FRANCE.

ps.,enis traits ef lsmsle sell-dsyui,on,
lsll,ns l,s eAial.efins course unelsmsyed
6y he didieulliss and trials aiIh xhieh
Psassdsnes l.s Il acre 10 lsnd il sublimtr
lu.tel hss sesa meet tasurrmnh he path;
IslIssIng uneSlsalslinRls iIshigh and no.
fy impnlsss. xnh M otllrr t;isa.lie puT.
e., snd therefore aast irresistible ol 81
an mv.s. me accomplishment ~ come
ssnsross purpose eonaeelsd 1i,h lie 1e.l-
b.ing n sEail.er.
Ilwas ~ she lhrising village or Ansaay.
ahaal 81 cen mites from 0sleans. Ihal
Geas,lesr A,sslla snd her twin brother
N .urier rsmr n,tn The world. sn1 display.
ed fom ihrn j,iGt cradle. a inlsnsiiy ol
lose Tor each other. which il wss The 10y
81 The vastly parents 10 witness aud enl-
ntal-. AL sent well 20 The happy house
II,ld, all ihr father. w.ll.employed janr.
neynan shselur CIR. fell victim 10 aeei-
deaf in the extreise 81 his profession; his
neAi ilJy hrlpnsle quickly followed him
1, The grave; aud Che twin children, then
Iwslss yesIs old. were aiken home by
their Ia e f.iher's masler, and treated IS
lis own, spseies OF adoption common
enough in The slllsees Of Frarce, % prove
thai The dwelisrs hsneath their thsicheJ
ssoo's consider themselves The natural
GUARDIANS ol The oE,phsns lsii among them
Without home or support.
Drisa; mustfys happy years be passed
over, during which The blo,her was in.
sirueied IN his fathers trade, and the sis
ter made herself useful IN ell possible ways
20 the new parent, tenes,h whose. eye
they gres up lovingly iageIher.. Bn,
their PROTECTOR. to, was taken from then
BY death; and The son aha succeeded him
in lhs workshop did not. slasl inherit
with il his fathers confederate tenderness
iJr Tho poor l~ins. The boy he talked
beyond his strength, and exscied from the
GIRL such huInill4,ing drudgery. iha, even
gratitude 10 their benslsclor could moi long
reconcile lhsm 70 slavery with his sue.
eessof.
Abundance Of employment could have
been fund fur the orphans separately; bu,
ioApe apart had become 10 then thought.
more formidable than any extent Of pfisa-
tion together. To work, for weeks. per.
kaps. Of di,tant farms, aud leave Gene
tieve 10 The mercy uf strangers, seemed
10 Maurice deserving both duty and hap
piness; While, II Genesiese Piled her late
ma,hrr's skill with some village semp.
Uress. the idea OF who would care for
Maurice, make ready his simple meals,
ard keep in order his rustic wardrobe,
woull hunt her 10 degree which made
remaining ssunder impossible.
Together. then. like Two sanhngs hom
one parent siem, which The force Of The
blast but eniwines more inseparably, did
the orphans Struggle on through increas-
ing harjships. until arch farmer. compas.
sionatlng their cond lion, and moved by
their rare attachment. once more opeced
10 them joint Hume. on terms which.
since one roai was TO shelter ihem. they
we're too much oserjoyed even 10 inquire
into. -.- M.-.
Here, for five more happy years, the
lad found on the extensive iarm ample
employment--nnw in his original vocal
ton. now as wiling sharer in the l,bors
Of The Gtll;, while The care Of The poultry,
anj all The miscellaneous duties Of JdSse
cour in France. lent robustness 10 The
irame of biz cheerful sister. A passing
smile, or shake of The hand, through the
day. sulFced TO tighten its tolls 10 both;
AMI tn sit together over the FIRE. or on
some sunny bank at i,ss close, was anex-
tent Of happiness they never dteamt OF
exchanging.
But The !" course OF true love'-even
when hallowed,. as here. BY the Sweet
est ties If nature-sellom long" runs
SMOOTH" Hsrvest--in Beauce season
81 peculiar activity and impor,snce--was
progressing araid the mos, strenuous exer.
Tons Of old and young; and Maurice, al
ways earliest aud latest in the field. and
gifted with uncommon strength and sglli-
", was eagerly engaged in sultry after
noon IN placing. before an impending
storm, The browning sheaf OF an iD-
mensely high stack. when one more vivid
lash .h,n ordinary the lightning, which
had long been playing along the unenclo-
sed corn Gelds, struck the exposed PIN
nacle 10 which the poor lad clung,. and
hurled him down. bre ,lhless and senseless.
amang The pile Of sheases, collected for
itesh stack, below. @< ...
When the other wo,kmen. many Of
them stunned by the same shock. gath
cred round their laIe frli8w laborer, they
a iirst concluded him TO be dead. Afaint
SIGH undeceivei them, bu, his eyes. when
they dad open, rolIed,vacsnt!y round. and
,a'nly did be aitempiso n,,er word. by
feeble signs. he pointed to his head as the
sea, Of some fatal injury, Of which no
external traces could, however. be des-.
cried; hu. the effsc,s of which we're mani
lest in his limbs, which. on their attempt.
ing 10 r4i.e him, bent aueIly poweriess