The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-02
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| ~ .. MARIA CHILD.
I Who Heses 0thsn IN his daily dssds,
Mili End the healing hat his sPins nseds
For every Cover N oskers' pathway sfsswn,
coHfsn lie fragrant beauty On 0u own.
$50 you are gDing 10 live in the sam.
building with Hetly Tumpenny," sait
Mrs. Lane 10 Mrs. FairwsaIhss. &c Ya
will find no body 10 envy you. N hel
temper does no: prove too much even fol
your good nature, il will surprise all who
know her. We lived there year. ana
that is as long IS anybody ever lFied i"
Poor Hesy" replied Mrs. Fairwea
Iher, She has had much 10 hardea, her
Her mother died too early Tor her 10 re-.
member; her father was Fery severe with
her: and The oaiy lover she ever had, Dor.
rowed the savings Of her years of toll. and
spent them in dissipation. But IIelty,
notwithstanding her sharp features, and
sharper words, certainly has kind hear,
In the midst Of her greatest poverty many
were the stockings she anti, aad the warn
waisteoa,s she made. for the poor drunken
lover, whom she had too much good sense
to marry. Then you know she feeds and
clothes her broiher's orphan child"
"lf 700 call il feeding and clothing
replied Mrs. Lane. 1.-The poor child
looks cold, and pinched, and frightened
all the time, as il she were chased by the
East wind. | used to tell Miss Turnpen.
ny she ought to be ashamed Of herself. to
keep the poor little thing at work all the
time. without one minute to play. II she
does but look at the cat, as il runs BY the
window, Aut Hetty gives her rap on the
knuekles. ] used to tell her she would
make the girl just such another sour old
crab as herself"
Tina, must have been very improving
10 her disposition" replied Mrs. Fair.
weather, with = good.humored smile.
But in justice TO poor Aunt Het,y, YOU
ought to remember that she had Just such
cherries childhood herself. Flowers
grow where there IS sunshine"
- know YOU think everybody ought to
live in the sunshine" Teioined Mrs. Lane;
" and is must be confessed sha. you carry
il with you wherever you 60. II Mis-.
TurDpenny has heart, dare say YOU
will find il out, though never could, and
i never heard any one else that could All
] The familiss within hearing ~ Ter tongue
call her the neighbos-in law"
Certainly the prospect was not very
encouraging; for the house Mrs. Fairweath.
er proposed to occupy, vas no, only under
the same roof with Miss Tunpenny, but
the buildings had one common yard in The
rear, and one common space for garden
in front. The very first day she took pos
session Of her new habitation. she called
on the neighbos-in-law. Aunt Hetty had
taken the precau,ion to extinguish the fire
; lest The new neighbor should want hot wa
ter, before her own wood and coal arrived
Her first salution was, is yOa want any
cold water, there's pump across the
street; ] don't like TO have my house sloP
ped all over"
II am glad you are so tidy, neighbo
TurDpenny," replied Mrs. Fairweather
1t is extremely pleasant to have pea
neighbors. will try to keep every .hinI
as brigh, as new FIVE cent piece, for ] SCI
that will please you. Icame in merely Il
. say good morning, and to ask if you coul'
spare little Peggy TO run mp and dow
, stairs for me, while am getting my fur
niture in order. ] will pay her sixpenc
an hour"
Aunt Hetty had begun to purse up he
mouth for srefusal; but the promise Of six
pence an hour relaxed her features at once
Little Peggy sat knitting stocking yer.
diligently, with a rod lying on the tabl
beside her. She looked up with tint
. usefulness, as if the prospect Of an,
} change was like release from prison
,, When she heard consent given, brigh. &C
lor flushed her cheeks. She was evident
: ly of an impossible temperament, for goo
or evil. Now mind aud behave your
. SELF" said Aunt Hetty, "and see that yo
keep at work the whole time. If | hea
one word of complaint, you know VIVA
you'll get when you come hOme." Th
rose color subsidized from Peggy's pale face
' and she answered, Yes ma'am," YER
= meekly.
In the neighbours house all went quit
:, otherwise. No switch lay on the table
# and instead Of" mind how you do that;
you don't, III punish you" she heard tn
gentle words, " There, dear, see how care
fully you can Garry that up stairs; Why
what a nice handy little girl you are!
Under this enlivcning influence, Pegg
], worked like bee, and soon began 10 hui
much more agreeably than bee. AuI
Hetty was always in The habit of sayinl
= Stop your noise, and mind your work.
But the new friend patted her on the hea,
and said, " What pleasant voice the htt
:, girl has. 1t is like the birds in the field
e BY and by, you shall hear my music box.
d This opened wide the windows Of II