The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-13
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Ass sstu - US III FtufAhkiy.
| Me- said PRINT. deeidedIy. and rnugh.
y. Coughing loandly for s.rk nsn.
n figh'ened Pssiils inis making nul he
oil inmsdi.isiy. faE there was some dsn.
ger q ils shakirg his IBienlion.
lie all sss drawn Up IN due form.
latd Without reremony.
AZ Piaitle ssl By the bed. be IhouskI
ldrnng ihe intervals bslween Prerfs
remarksi and. she's PfeEI sid. II feel
leasItrnov. he lheushl go d, T. sIn ny
niad.' sid Prerl.
In my pocket Il.opghi Pr.ille.
"hll leng'hen nv life Iull twelve
hOnrs.' saiJ PREM.
And my Purse fpll twelve shlll,ngs.'
lhoughl Pranle.
Alter hall - hour Mr.. Pnl,Ie went
sHay. and after hin went . werk iron
fhai date.
Not 80 Prem; be GOT BITTER. lie got
% he could 'sil up aud lake ,hines'-so
ihai he could s,snd. .ItIeayts me with
aIheumat1sm.' said Prem: wish il had
len NE alone AIR ranhnaad be, I'm
only iseniv-6ve. buI lie a presenlimenl
tsst lshaniliy long. I'm . single man.
100; nothing 10 mar NY hsppinss.. Why
should die! Ihsse nj done any thing
very had. save that last painting. sW,n.
thought Prsn', il I've got iodis, I'll get
married and have something 10 de for;
will
And he would have done il directly,
ony that the Iheumsiism stacked him
JusI Thea; but 81 the 6rstnpportuniiy, that
Is as soon ss he could. he tank The preli-
minary steps. lie took The steps TO q
ihree-story housr.
MIR. Prenl!' said the waiter. ~~<~
That's me, said Prtnt. walking into
the parlor.
How is Miss Bachelor .. -
Miss Bachelor was a young lady Of
about thirty. with very fresh counien-
apcs and a very red noss-excetdlnely
red; she bore the appearance cf one hav-
ing The inGuenza all her life. and never
using any thing for il but her pocket
handkerchief.
Miss Bachelor was Pretty well ss
eommon, thankee,' and Miss Lstlle,'
ssid Preni 10 a very pretty niece Of Miss
Bachelors, how are your
Very well, she wsrbled.
Prenl was the only gentleman present.
lie sat himself down end in five minutes
thereafter was IN town., as the saying
goes.
!. lie isli happy and he looked happy.
lie thought ptrhaps he would have some
difficulty in getting Miss I.a;elle, but even
that produced a pleasurable excitement.
The reasons for his belief we're good too.
He was not handsome, aud Mss Laelle
had refused three already. But she was
the fist gill of his acquaintance. and he
determined 10 commence al a No. L.
and try down tus etc. with no number.
To his surprise he advanced rapidly;
IRON the weather 10 love in eingle ap;
10 ma timony in one more. How veil
| feel I thought P,eni.
He was abcu, proposing, when Mrs
Bacheloy SAID, in voice to which co..
fee-mill would have been music: Il de.
clare. {, lei quite chilIyr There was no
doubling her veraeity. but it was, Prent
thought, awkward to say so al ,ha, mo-
ment. Surprising she wss!-it WASH,
his fault. lie WISHED her 10 The south |
oi Ftance, or The kiahtn.slovs, r.ther lhan !
there.
Ii is rather chilly said Prent.
Mss Bachelor was troubled with tech. |
Prem, knew il. I'm ,old," said he, hat
a sight chill IN The ar is worse than zeal Y |
cold weather, for the teeth. Have, you
heard of u!
Dear me! No. saii Miss.B--. Il
must MT stay here, them
She assembled the slsi,s ~ih rsridity,
md they heard no more of her for the
evening.
Mr.. Prent wasted no tine, bot proposed
" iIhou, delay. Miss Ls.elle accepted
III comfortably. Now it puzzled Prent
10 know how to act. II struck him IA her
orcibly that he ought 10 say something
'e n,imen;al. Bot what He was new
% the business and felt awkwardly. He
rad heard that acuons sneak louder than
words, and he acted. Acted admirably:
IN the sunpos,tion that she must be lose-
sick, be kissed her, aud repeaied the ,'ose
II intervals; but il had no visible effect;
md afier The very last, she said: On!
Ten o'clock Preut was almost ready to
cave. Hslf-psst-ihe same. Eleven ditto;
half past-ope more kiss. Well then
Oh! Tu elve. A desperate effort, and
Two kisses. 'Oh! obi gone.
. MY dear fellow" said Prst,le. Yon
don't meaa to say you are to be marr'ed'
of courss | do SAID Prent.
Married. eli! Hadn't Pratle eaten
suppers with him all for his pleasure, re-
gularIv, and as regularly TOLD him, The
next day, il was unhealthy. but hundred
him by helping him to eat another every
evening; dfank with him, smoked with
him, and performed various like disin'er-
ested ssrsicesl He had. Well then, there