The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-14

ons which beard. con nsser Be forgotten.
-shs last soead d parting breath IIwss
small and iow. Tor II was lhs breath Of q
lnlle child-lhe signal lhai 10 pure and |
innocebl spirit wss about % meet its God /
Ia . moment Nora SIS By be side. on |
her knees, inploring with sildssgernsss
Tor 10 young life, and eoysting 10 little
hsnds and face with kisses. The Struggle
wss brief. and when The nolhsr %. that
II wss dead. che lsll ssnselsss. She re-
covered. che knew not how. and 4 seem
ed % though fsslfSl dream had passed
over Der. Oh that sad and ierribls swsk.
sning after affi,cliOnl The dopb'--ihs
frsr Of the reslily-snd thea the gIadusl
and overwhelming belief in The worst!
Poor Nora fel, all this, % gradually she
reused herself into sense and life. IL was
all Hue--her child, her frsi, her only ons
sas taken from her. She could not weep.
hers vas . hard. fearless grief. On o.
Sudden, however. Ibe thought Of her hus-
band crossed her mind, and dim fecol-
lection Of bis last sad moment caused her
10 shvdder. 80 though body and soul we're
parting asunder. Mechanically che rose,
and spproachina his bed, Ieani over ~hs,
she imagined the sensslsss clay Of him che
loved. Her head rested on his breast.
~hen she ihoughl-copld IL be ianeyi
that il ihrobbej slightly and fssbly.
Brssihlessly she listened. II was node
lusion--he vas slive.--DeAh he'd not
claimed his prey. and he might ys, re-
cover. Poor Nora! The eyes which were
diy when heavy affection struck her. over
flowed in s,Iu,sry drops under the sudden
influence OF joy. Her first impulse was
one Of deep and overpo~ering gratitude;
but her ihsnkfulnsss vas. like her grief.
silent and subGued. She sat down beside
the bed, and psiiently awsi,ed I'LL he
should awake. For several hours did she
walch by her hu,bsnd's side. and morn
ing was sgain seaiing over the sky when
he swoke, and in feeble accents whisper.
ed her name; his reason Was restored, and
Nora felt ,hs, ell present danger vas over
Hours sped by--hours spen, BY the grats
, fol wlfs IN minis,sring % his recovery
He was weak 90 an infsn,, and she dared
! NOT tell him Of their loss, and that iheiI
child Isy near them Q lIf.less corpse.
The nex, day, alter Nora had a. Osusl
} been addressing words Of encouragement
, 10 her patient. and carefully coneealine
from him her own deep disuessss. sh,
was startled BY hearing horses footsteps
. ulss. man on horseback stopped 81 III,
) door. and without ceremony entered ih,
: house. Nora did NOT rise, for the hand
: Of her sleeping husband vas elssped ia
. hers, while rilenl tears chased each o,heI
= down her pale cheeks. Her baby lay
unburied near, and for her feeble husband
} where was she 10 find the means OF re
: crui,ing his exhausted strength! She he,
. had but little food for many days, en-,
= how could she seek for more!
She hardly raised her head when IN.
: stranger entered. 90 absorbed was she
with these melancholy reflections. The
. traveller. unconscious Of her sorrows, I'D,
, dressed her with cheerful, hearty voice,
Good morning, marm-how's youI
man! III. I don't doub,--,hsse here dig
/, gins ar'nt wholesome any howl reck,
on."-SsyiDg this, the stranger. who'was
a por,ly mau Of respectable appearance,
. seated himself without ceremony in the
chimney-cornsr. Shelter is never refus-
ed in The prairie. and to that he was vel
. come; gladly also would Nora have set
food IN plenty before her guest. She gave
him, however, of that which she had,
and the stranger soon learned the almost
destitute CONDITION Of his young hostess.
The traveller possessed a kind and
friendly heat, and a well.fiIed purse
wIlhal. Liking the appearance Ofshe young
settlers. and admiring tie cleanliness of,he
cottage, lie pi.ed their misfortunes, end
fastened 10 procure necessaries aud com
forts for the desolate inhabitants OF the
watery prairie. Having then cheered the
sufferers with words Of hope, and seen
The remains Of the dead infant inferred.
he left them, promising to return. Two
more weeks .ped by-M'Lsod had left
bis bed, and sat weak and trembling by
the fire, while Nora, though her thoughts
cfen wandered TO the grave Of her child,
looked al him with eyes full Of gratitude
and happiness. Their talk was Of The
KIND stranger, and Of their hopes thai he
would soon re,urn. And when, soon al
ter This, they again saw his benevolent
counienance, and heard his loud. beatty
greeting. what joy was theirs. The
stranger was a rich l,nd-holder and cot.
ton.gro err. and being 10 want of 40 over.
seer on HON he could depend, he fixed
upon M'Leod to Gil the Office. He gave
his pro,eges pretty house, located in q
healthy clearing not many miles distant
from their own properly. M'Leod was to
be man having authority. and they had
where " i,hsl to i've in comfort and con.
| tent. When Nora entered her new hab-
ita.ion. leaning on her husbands arm. she
looked up IN his face. "Ah, now, jamie"
she sa,d. "and d,dn'. | tell sou there