The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-02

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sas = Ittis afraid The Kind LADY would Tor
get 10 show il 10 her. She kept n work.
however. and ssked no questions; she en-
fy looked very eusi0uslY a every lhingFs-
sembled ! boz. kthsi. Mrs. Fairwealh-
&c said. /" ] think your little feet must be
tired. by this time. We viii rest awhile.
and eat some gingerbread The child
took the offered cake. with . humble liz
le courtesy. aad carefully held out hes
apron 10 prevent any crumbs from falling
on The floor. But suddenly the apnn
dropped and he crumbs were all suewed
about. =" i that q liale bird!" she ex-
claimed eagerly. "Whefs is he, j. he
in the ROOM The new friend smiled,
and lid her that was the music box: and
aGier awhile she opened il and explained
what made the sounds. Then she took
out pile OF books from one Of the has
kets Of goods, and told Peggy she might
look a. the pictures, ill she called her.
The little girl stepped forward eagerly
10 take them. and then drew back As il
afraid What is the maltcr." asked
MFs. Fairweaihsr; Il am willing 10 trust
you with the books. fkeep them on pur-
pose to amuse children" Peggy looked
down with her finger on hsT lip, and an
swered, in a constrained Ssiee. Z" Aunt Turn
penny wont like IT if I play" Don.
trouble yourself about that. ! will make
10 all right with Aunt Heny," rephed The
friendly one. .Thus assured, she gave
herself up to the full enjoyment Of The pie
ture books; and when she was summoned
10 her work, she obeyed with a cheerful
slsrriiy that would have asionished her
stern relative. When the labcrs of The
day were concluded, Mrs. Fanweather ac-
eompanied her home. paid for all lhe hours
she had been absent, and warmly praised
her dociliiy and diligence. @li Is lucky
for her that she behaved so well, replied
Aun, Hetly; " II had heard any com
plant, should have given her whipping,
and sent her TO bed without her supper"
Poor h,lIe Peggy wen, to sleep that
night with lighter heart than she had
ever felt. since she had been an orphan.
Her FIRST though; in the morning was
whether the new heighbor would want her
services again during the day. Her De-
sire that il should be so, soon became ob-
yions to Aunt Heny, and excited an unde-
fined jealousy and dislike % . person who
so easily made herself hal0sa.l u;.i...si
exactly acknowledging 10 herself what
were her own motives, she ordered Peggy
10 ga,hes all ihe sweepings Of the kitchen
aud court into small pile, and leave !, on
the frontier line Of her neighbours premis-
es. Peggy venturedto ask timidly wheIh-
er the wind would no, blow il about, and
she received box on the ear for her i'm
per,inepce. Il CHANGED that Mrs. Fair
weather, quite unintentionally, heard the
words and the blow. She gave Aunt Het-
TVS anger time enough TO cool, then step.
ped out into The court, and after arranging
divers little matters, she called aloud to her
domestic, d" Sally, how came you to leave
this pile of dirt here! Didn't I tell you
Miss Turnpenny was very neat! Pray
make haste and sweep it up. lwouldn''
| have her see il on any account. told heI
| would try to keep every thing nice about
/ the premises. She is so particular her.
self, and il is a comfort to have tidy neigh
bOTs." The girl, who had been previous
I ly instructed, smiled as she came out with
brush and dust pan, and swept quietly
away the prle, that was intended as a. dc
claration OF frontier war. But snothei
source ofannoyance presented itself, which
could not be quite so easily disposed Of
Aunt Het,y had a cat, lean scraggy ami
NAL, that looked as il she were often kick
ed and seldom fed; and Mrs. FMrwea:het
had d fat frisky little dog, always ready 70
a caper. lie took distaste TO poor power
" stricken Tab the first time he saw her
and no coaxing could induce him to alte
his opinion. His name was Piuk, but h,
was anything but pink Of behavior in hi
neighboriy relations. Poor Tab could ne
yer set foot out Of doors without being sa
luted with growl, and short sharp bark
that frightened her out Of her senses, ant
made her run into the house, with her fu
all on end. II she even ventured to dog
little on her own door step, the enemy
I, was on the watch, and the moment he
: eyes closed he would wake her with bari
and box on the ear, and off he would run
!, Aunt Hetty vowed she would scald him. |
was a burning shame, she said, for folks Il
{ keep dogs to worry their neighbours cats
= Mrs. Fairweather invited Tabby TO dine
: and made much Of her, and patiently en-
deavored to teach her dog to eat from tn
same plate. But Pink s.urdily resolves
, he would be scalded first; that he would
, lie could not have been more finn in hi
t opposition, if he and Tab had belonged I
:, different sects in Christianity. While hi
> mistress was patting Tab on the head an
!, reasoning the point with him, he would a
c times manifest degree Of indifference
b. amounting to tolerahon; but the momer
y he was left to his own free will, he woul
e give the invited guest hearty cuff wit
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