The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-10-29
49, MARRIED IN JEST;
Or the Tables Turned On q Practical
- Joker.

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Or the Tables Turned On q Practical
- Joker.
~ AUsTIS sPKRRT. Il
Drlilsh heois Delilah Moore 4
you'll be essshl in your own trap some
day. oh. you'll change yeur tune. III
warrant. You'll PLAY . loks. some Of
these iimss. that all be sorry joke for
you: and old - am, TN live 10 see il,
too $3.50 a'*@ +@#@@
But Iissle did DtIiIsh hfed the warning
shsks Of the finger, or The asfully pro-
phelic verbs u aunt Marcia, % she dam
ced around the room in an scslacy Of Fun.
holding her graceful sides and filling the
house with The merry music Of her laugh
TER. And what. think you, was the ccra-
sioa Of her extrsvsgans mirths Why.
she had csugh. aunt Marcia composed
" DOING in her rocking chair; and we
doubt whether . drowning man ever
I caught more eagerly a a straw Than did
this mercurisl girl a. one which lay. sug-
ges.iye Of sly mischief. upon The floor.
Moving on liptOe 10 ihe back Of The old
lsdy's chair. she extended the stray and
lickled her sgel cheek the least biz in the
world. Aunt Marcia gave hei head a
shake. NJ If 10 dislodge saucy ny. and
Delilah compressed her pretty lips 10 re-
slrsin her merriment. The straw was
again applied. and the old lady raised her
hand quickly, but without opening her
eyes, To brush away the annoyance. A
third time was the provoking ,i.ila.ion re-
pea,ed. when aunt Marcia, though no. a
psssionsle woman. began to lose patience
al the pertinaeily Of The supposed insect
in disturbing her repose. and. in mere
self.tlcfence, resolved upon ils destruction.
: Accordingly she raised her hand cautious
Is to within six or eight inches OF hei
face, and then brought II suddenly dowr
with such force as to leave the red marks
OF her fingers there. and cause her cheek
: 10 Jingle with Ins pain. Delilah could con
= tain herself no longer. but fairly screamed
with delight; while her aunt. thus made
aware of the source of the annoyance
: with ominoss gravity, delivered ihespeeel
above quoted.
Lively rs a cricket, and quite as noisy
was Deiilah Moore. She was very pref
", loo--indeed bewilehing. Auburn hal
thai lluated in ringlrts of gossamer light
meas ABOUT me soiiesI snassIresI cneek--
r. Iigh. blue eyes. a ligh. step and l'ghse
y heart. and rosy lips. ,ha, smiled incessan'
> Iy. even in sleep---ah. what lump .
o. mischieyous sweetness, she was! Blu, sh
n was mos. incorrisibly addicted 10 prae'
We cal Joking. | dare say there was not
hs individual in the village who had not.
some time or other. been victim oil IN
propensity Of hers; and yet nobody eou
be seriously angry with her. Very ne
yous people were afraid Of her, but tor
Of her TOO and BY such she was 'reat'
something after The fashion in which oh
dren treat a playful pet ki,ien--fondie
y. and caressed, bul always with due resPe
law 10 her claws.
~ n. Many a village youth addressed b.
re. bu, she proved will-o'..he wisp 10 n
ing wooers. She was never serious long
up uoupR 10 hear proposal, so that most
of Them soon wearied in the butter'
'na chase she led them. But even q butt
ay is caught sometimes; and il is not
be supposed that Delilah could rove !
G. ever free. Her mother often said 7
ius, in proportion as she leased. ammo!
and riiiculed particular persons, she !
ed them; an,, If this was a true criser'
aity, Young Walter Lake must have posses
offer a very large share of her affections /;
!, on IL there was any one she delighted
nun ". plague, and play tricks on more than
,wer other, il was himself. A.. ~. -
- Walter was son Of one OF The N
Il be wealthy and respectable farmers in
country, and was steadily pursuing
profession Of law in the village. tie
y. one of her earliest admirers, and had
de- severed in his addresses, when his n
fainthear,ed rivals gave up the seem
~ vain pursuit; and yet, even when
clear field. his endeavors TO bring HI
putty, a mark" seemed hopeless; and ne.
|, o asr was beginning to despair. when i''"
u n S c;den, with a little ruse. betrayed Inc
les, castle of her heart which he had bee
k and long besiegiug. into his hands.
k Ro- lie was walking in the garden
ing to Delilah one evening, striving despsr
! ln nes TO bring abou. little bit OF serious
twelve versa,ion, which she. with equa! per
proved rance, evaded, by bursts oil mefrimen
Sc mo- strokes of ridicule, when one oil ner
Nv movements brought her loot IN
. sion with large beam. standing up
'u' ~ receiving very precarioas support
SO 4o the bough of tree which oye,hu"
walk. Il ,oppled over, and Walter
effort to shield her, caught the WIT
~ and the blow on his right arm. II occ
my ed but a slight bruise but perceiV''
ent. alarm which Delilah's features ms
DO exhibited, he turned The affair TO a
account, by affecting 70 be seriousl!
49, .sy# 20 Il, x.eorio those of n ganuuin