The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-10-08
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The Story or Tom snoops.

me story o. Tom Snoops.
! nsEsr nndsEsaok bot encr. said Tea,
2 so u asnghl he sush0rily u my Hif..
lou knos her way-r0Oi. qaisi, bul de-
isrmiasd ~ ever grew. gnsl after ne
sere MARI ed, and al wss nies and eazy,
she Coz nc lnla the habit Of doing al ahs
shuIhlng. She nessr aid me 10 DO il.
YOU kns.. blI Thea shs-Mhy IL wss
done jul - lhis wsy. She flashed
efsskiasl rather before me ore m0rning,
and si'pplFg away from The table. she o.
ed the rLDfh With cream. and eat il joel
shers ] eoultn'I help seeing What was
ssnad. So IioOk hold. Tsgslstly enough.
and churned All The hu'lsr come. Ste
cid'nI Ihsnk me. hni looked 80 nice and
suteI about il that isli well paid. Well,
ahsB the next ehurning day came slOnE.
she did The same Thing. aud I iollos Cd
suit snd fsishGd The butter. Again and
again IL sss done issI 80, and I Vas re-
sulaFly IN for IL every uue. MOI word
said. You know. Of course. Wei, By and
bye. this began 70 be rather i,ksoms. I
wanted shs would just AK ne. bus shs
never did, and | eouldn't say snyihiag
sbosI u 10 save NJ life. 50 on ~e went Al
iasl l made . resolve that | would mol
ehurn sRo'hsr time. unless che asked me.
ChuEnlng day came, and shsn my bresk-
ias,-see always GOT nies breakfasts
-shsn that was ssslowed. there stood
The shurn. | geI up and. standing few
MINUTES just to give her chance. put
on my hat and walked out doors. stop
ped IN the yard 10 give her time 10 call
me, bot never word said che. and so.
Nth rslPi,sliHs heart, I moved on. I
vent down IowD. up Town, aud all over
town, end nv foot Was as restless 40 wss
ihsI of Nosh's dove. | lsiI as IL | had
done . wrOng--I hldn'i exactly feel how
but there vas an Undesirable sense
ZION Of guilt resting upon me all the fore
noon. II seemed as il dinner time never
would GENE. and. a. for going home ors
minute before dinner | would % soon
have ny ears of. So | zen, ffeIIlng snt
moping around to wn ill dinner nour came.
Home | went. feeling very much a. .
criminal must when the jury il out. ha,-
log in their hands his dssuny-- g or
death. l coaldS't make up my mind ex-
scily how che would nees me. but some
kind Of storm | expsc,ed. Will you
bsle's ia-sbe never grssied me with
sweeter smile, never had a bitter dinner
for me shan on that day; but there stood
The chDrn, just where ! ief u! Not !
word wss said; | fell confound edly cut,
and every mouihiui Of that dinner seemed
as il il would choke me. She i,dn't paw
any regard 10 il, howeser, but went on jusI
% if nothing bad happened. Before din
uer wss over had again resolved, and /
showing back my chair, | msrebed 10 The
;hurn and vent a. IL just in the old way.
Splash, drip. rattle. splash. dip, rsule-I
YER Was so long coming. supposed The
;Iesu. s.sndiDg go long. had got warn.
md go Iredorbled my efforts. Obstinate
ns''er--tbe afternoon wore away while
vas cbufniBg. | paused al last. fron,-re.l
when she spoke for the frs.
in.:-" Cone, Ten. my dear, you have
's'ted that buttsr-niik quite long enough,
4 iis only for fun you are doing il I" II
knew hov il was, in . fash. She had
brought Ibe burlsr in the forenoon, aud
eff the churo standing with the bouer-
mix In. for me to exercise with. | never
el up for UyssIf in household matters,
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