The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-10-29

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slmess unsonscionsly into N exposition
Of her real sentiments towards himself.
and such sweet and unreseFved comics.
sion Of lave rewarded the slrassgem, IS
made him inwardlY bless The esrslessnsss
which had elevated me old timber stick
10 ia neek.breskiag altitude.
! nelslsh vas fairly beaten 81 her own
weapons. Almost ere she had time 10
think. she had exchanged vows and plight
ed her faith iusvoeably. In the moment
Of delicious embarrassment which sne.
eeeded, The accident that brought The ten
der seene about was quite forgotten; and
when she did recall the accident 10 mind.
she was surprised 10 find that her lovers
injured arm bad. for the lat Eve minutes,
been eircling her lislle waist with an al.
fections,e sigor that was perfectly unnal.
ural 10 the fractured limb. ri
"Oh. You vile fellow r she exclaimed,
breaking suddenly away from him wilh a
return 10 her accustomed leriiy; "lI
wasn'l fair-il's too bad 10 be cheated 50
but. won't / pay you The next lime l catch
you-irusl me for hat" and hallpiqued
II The rnse, yet highly delighted with ID
. result, she lripped away TO the house,
leaving him alone among the flowers. Ia
reflect upon the happy adventure.
II might DO supposed that. now Deli
lsh was engaged. The prospect sf soma
day assuming the responsibilities Of I
wife would make her more staid. more
sedate, more digniied. But not so. sh.
was wilder and more mischiesous thar
ever. Just in proportion IS her happi
ness was increased, her propensity 10
practical Joking was increased also. Th'
; very next evening she succeeded in re
taliating upon her lover The cheat he ha
" pracliced. Some friends were psssin
: the evening with her. and a merry part
!. she made Of il, with fun and frolic. Whe
" il was nearly time for her company
!, Withdraw. liIlie dispute ar"se beiwse
her and Walter as 10 the precise hour.
al cit is near eleven o'clock" said he.
/" "No," she returned, "scarce ien."
~ "Wha, will you be." asked he, Pla,
: fully. ...:.
!" "A fp." was the ready reply.
aDone done I" ~
~ The bargain was scarcely thus closs
!. when The silvery tones Of the old cloe
" in the hall tolled ten. ~. =.
y :. I'L.-.. p~s w.n," exclaimed Del
. lab. ~ =, 80, !
y, without manifesling any disposition 10
~ quidate the debt.
ne WELL" cried his little sweetheart,
u. a tone Of sly inquiry. |" amt you gO'
40 10 pay up!" @@
a. walter was staggered. However h
~ ~ nv he might have been 10 pay the VI
no ker fin. "a coin with which the reader
er, doubtless fam,liar,) q. a more fitting .
M ~, private opportunity, he was mortified
'eo her seeming want Of modesty TO dema
VI il in The presence of so many witness
60, notwithstanding The light had been s
ee' out Of the room moment previous.
"why, how can | find you in
ae dark 2" he stammered.
'e' "a pretty excuse indeed. Here J
C. behind the table. ready 10 meet you
o. way over il; and If II is dark, 90 m'
,ny the bes,er-I need be at no pains 10
w. =, my bushes"
eos While the company we're elecirlie'
Ia, this unlocked Tor forwardness, Walt
cd gallan,ry, unable TO Withstand sec
y" srnaal. uroed him reluctantly TO the Ia
- when a loud and unequiyocal buss Y
,sed ned that me ior'e" was WY -"
for paid. -. III, r
~ Smith I" cried Dellah, almost chol
~ with laughter. The young lady ado
ros, sed. anticipating sport Of some kind
,ns mol slow 10 comply, and upon her apI
,hs ance with light, there stood The fun
was ing girl, her fair fingers clinchIng s'g
S the grea. ears of her woolly-headed
,a p gro maid, whose ebony features were
,;nr. held across The table in the precise
' IN Walter had approached TO pay The
" fin. Two rows of gIinning worries
81 -" trayed the deligh, with which Molly
Ia ~. | ttCipateu iH kuG lSSh ~ 1900
I;,,,. fused lover was greeted with convul
~ ,. ~ of Laughter, which he, with lame
e" ~ was forced TO join in, while, at The
...;,,, time, he made an instructive mani
.. " ,ion Of disgust, BY applying his han a
a 10y chief to his mouth. The cream
~. .u Joke, however. Delilah alone enl
So "a while she had determined 10 tur
- f rs laugh on Walter, she had no NOT y
III; losing her dues-but had in reall
~. ceiyed The kiss herself. .s sd.
!, from Months passed on, and Delilah
10 The ued The same provoking. pretty, be
in The inc. mischiev Gus little mad-csp as
ole of with the exception that her jokes
,asion. no. altogether as harmless as tor
no the but became more seriously annoy
SANITY their character. ~ DC sur s"s
a good occasioned pam 20 o'"e.s , aas .a,
v burt. not bitterly lament it, and sorro'
ne tenn her inconsidera,eness with pen',er