The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-06-05

thar shis se1y Agni,y bad made ns fossgo
al inquiry inao shat ! WISHED 90 nseh
20 knox and sstn now ] Is ensd with 81
he mare sssisfaeliaa I0r lhs hinl she bid
lhrosn aui. % u q isgrst for 40, beng
able 20 TEL me herreiL.
.Does shs belong % his place" ask
ked !. aihsr you sssm 10 knes Der 90
wilt"
.res, cir, born and bred in Bsrsirk
bounds. She was . farmers tsughief.
anile osl Of ioxn. and Just THAT FAR
mef's dssghier ought 10 be. Her motb-
e.. clever notable womin. taught her 70
bake snd bres, and knit and sea; 10 short.
ever, thing thai many gitls 10 Der slaisoa
are nos 100 Zoe 10 DO. They think lhsse
oId-lashioned things make ihsm ungen-
rel; bul they never made Mary Fsnwiek
so; Tor am sure. SIR. but Tor Ler suitable
dress and simple msnaer you might have
taken her Cor lady.
"wsli, Mary cams often 10 her isiher's
liz le cart u malksi. 10 cell her butter shd
eggs ty.u besrd landlords ihere'ss most
a'lhsm 20 from here 10 Landon,) and
somehow or other che met with young
nan Of our town. . journey man ssddlsr,
who was taken with her good looks, and
cared Tor very liile else. Ills old father,
howeser. Tihe cid man who pot Mary IN
the coach this morning. made many M
quiries sbou, his sons swtelhesrt; and,
Is he heard morning. bot good Of her. had
The sense TO see that though she Vas one
Of large hard working f.mIly. she soOld
be the very wife 10 reclaim his gay. idle,
. Ihous hiless con, if any Thing would.
"And very idle aud exlra.sgsni be sas,
sir. The only son Of people well 10 do
10 the world and good deal spoik from
child, he neel. cied his businsss when
. ever he could, and loved dress and COM
pany. and horse racing, and oil that. lac
|, TOO well. But he really loved Mary Fen
wick; and no sooner saw that she would
, no, 60 much % listen 10 him while all Ibis
4 went on. than he quite left OF oil his Wild
4 courses, and became new man TO gain
K her favor.
IL, was no, done in hurry; for Mary
3 had been brought up very piously and
hsd o horror for everything evil. But
; Dick Marshall was very clever as we'll as
I. handsome, and. when he pleased, could
. make one believe sny,Ling; and. 10 give
q him his due, as long as he had cay doubts
!, OF Mary's love, no saint could behave bet.
rs Ter, A, last, however, he had fairly gain
4 ed her innocent heart; though believe
4. i, was as much by The aid Of his good Ia
l. iher and mothers constant praise OF bin,
v and doling fondness for Mary, % by his
h, own winning ways. na =.
- "When he saw she loved him-snd 10
was not by halves, though in her own gen
rs lie wayne wanted 10 marry her imme-
he tia.ely; and Mary's father would have
~ consented, for il was capital match for
en- his por,ionless girl. Bot Mary said,
a L. Richard, you have kept fee oicsEds and
lly dice aud folly. one elk months, 10 gain
nd your own wish; let me see you do IL an
other 10 make my mind easy. end iher
r.. I'll trust you till death divides u.s."
in j" Dick siorned. and got into passion
he and swore she did not love him but sht
,ot ans " cred, III is just because do that
n. wish TO give you habit Of goodness be.
NV fore you are your own master and mine
;cs Surely tits no hardship to be forsix months
far aha, you mean 10 be oil the rest Of your
=" life!" - -e.a.. ,-,
az e"Richard as forced to submit. and
10. for three Of the six months behaved bet
he ter than ever. But habit. as Mary said
il is everything, and his had for years ca
4 the wrong way. With the summer came
.lv fairs and idleness. and pleasure parties
mo and wors. OF all, races, into che neighbor
nc hood. Dick first stayed away with bal
e's grace be went, just 10 chow how well b
on. could behave: and ended by losing hi
,hs money and getting into scrspes, just
,ed bad as ever. For a time he was muc
: : ashamed, and Eel, real sorrow. and fssre
,sr Mary would never forgive him. BG
an. when she did 90, sweet gentle sool sev
cen eral ,imes--thesgh her pale sad face wa
Elf. reproach enough TO sny man--hs bsgal
,rJ. to ge, hardened. to laugh at what he call
ed her silly preeiseness.
70 "Msry was twenty times near gisin
we him up; bs, bis parents hung aboas hel
rea,l and ,old her she osly could save him fror
ere Derdil0u. Anu w uusus Suo Aoo6es :
u'll herself /; and those who love rem Ii
rse, heart, know how much 10 can bear befci
il lets 90. That thought. joined 10 u
i've. love for him, which was The deeper for
ord show growth, made her sslA ready to III
IN. her own welfare for his.
his ..h 10 no, to be told wha, she bore
ion, idleness, extravaganza. and foHy Il
re- gull wac never ye, laid 10 bis door. in ,
en- hopes that, when these Wild cats We
my sown, Richard would settle assin into
sim sober working man. A, LAST however.
and crown all, there came plsyetsto The low
bout aud Dick was not 10 be kept from eth
Ber- before or behind the curtain. He Tell
and with gay madam ofsu actress. whop'
un- suaded him ,ha, 10 marry Poes farme
Jour. daughter was quite beneath hsrs' sno
her be KEEP. 10 awe By her more con'emPa'
n me still. :. .--*