The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-30

eesti yIofsiFe oEe giest fseli, eaa ns,l.
aHtertlsong lempIsta.in: and lorti,n |,
lie rstarai 4 spos,iEn, sllan ! SEXES :
psl'y ne ae,sesses spfif ON .lsoIn snd b
lohgng % lllu rli,lsc,.r.'' -
Fhbs spoke Ilriea Il lassrs Il her s;,,.,
ats, Cshairsian. sadlbe !, e d Of lhei
~ eouse Is tskensp nI.sse sll,st !. ~,
o'sfh. ar. Lsss . .s,sage spo, Tor a,
lhmg Ike zf.eolti,lenlisi' ssor !. sen,imsn
.slF eoas,rssiion 10 hare iaksG place
l'bu, every one mu.i haze ob.esssd. H.
ssbisclsnf in,sus, olien sti,e 10 ne no,
InsxPecisd n.ahner.. 'fhe lwo Iacie, h.t
nlslaktn Ille hpuT al Which : uo,n.n,
fconcsrlswas . eomnenre. had srriyeI
sone~isasIoo early. AMI b % cDnssqnen Is
'assa il,sm seals bslIrs say others were
occaP'eJ. Pe,Lsps, w.im,ns unh lhs
sntjeei under dsrps.lon. ihsy had no,
observed lhe few sifaeglsr. who lso,n
Tine 10 hmr dc pprd ia. AID crl,sinl, h,d
mol lizard the i,.a.l.lf 81 agenlle,nen ~ no
entered. and sealed himself ln,ibsd,.l,ly
/ .behlad ihem. ipsi = he momeIi when
some oftlie allsndsni.uere a,aki,e nro.
d'giods Jan ia The te-srfsns en- or of ,he
btnches nest-llie nrchesrss. 80 ~
could not have msuied man IN
whom Did noltske rrile, replied Mrs.
CnnnirghaG;" Isnvery sous for peoele
Who have ever bstn fed away 10 do any,
hing wrong. bit tliey NUT lake lhe COZ.
hstq1epeespt their own conduci: cerlaiply
anything Ike di.giaee, or tiis world
eensure lslinrg upah ms husband would
crush me To The rar,h.''
mot IL his fault were lheone fault Of a
life, "resume.i Hele6: ..nol II you-l..eJ
hin very dea,h. Nsy.I hunk his very
safaung would draw you more togo Their.
! have a theory, that Tie vrrv h,rpy do
aos l'se so derply - those who have
known snIrow.," .s.
. call such ideas perfect nonsense"
"Iknow yoo Go," replied her sister
with a FAINT snie. and playing as she
spoke anh the fringe Of .htrshawl.
ANY one would think, 10 hear You
'slk, Aha. sou had fallen in love With
some seaPegrsce or another. and were
seeking I'D excuse your iolly."
"Sussn you know there Is uotbiuu oC
any Thing. more lasting Than q passing fan
ey, which one shakes of just as waking
breaks up dream"
"lInw should ! knnwl"
"'Fhen be,iese,-I would not deceive
you. Though Internationally, indeed |
dream old.msidlsm far less ojIous Than an
ill-sssorIed union"
Helen Tssvers turned her head as she
spoke, and tilcngh she did not perceive
The stranger. he caught the rrofiIe OF her
anims teJ counienance. But the audience
were by this time arriving, and the sisters
drew nearer Iogs,her to- make room Tor
new corners. There was an end 10 their
Conversation Of course.
Notwithstanding certain f,mily like.
ness, a look that was caught now andihen.
the sisters ere very different. The elder,
Mrs. Cunningham, was far the more beau.
tiful, If exquia,sIy chisrlled features and
a brilliant complexion coufl make her so.
But though quick and clever, even witty
and accomplished, she was defcient in
sentiment aud the powers Of Imagination;
was a lover of detail: and therefore drs-
pissed, because il was TO her Incompetent
sible, the higher and generaIi.ing mind.
A thoroughly worldly education had con-
pleied her chararter, end rendered her a
cold-hesrted. selfish woman Of The world;
without enough OF heart to feel The neces-
SHY Of affection. aud yetpossessiug an in
satabls vanity tina, Ieyl on universal adj
mtatont Her sister formed perfect
contrast. With features less regular, her
couulenance was as changeful as the sea:
for Il mirrored every thought and feeling.
az ,h+y sweledur from her woman's heart.
Early removed from The influence OF would.
Iy-miuded parents, she had been reared
bv widowed aunt, high. minded being,
who had sought and found the sweetest
solaee Tor her own early beteAvemeut. in
the srless nature Of her Young relative.
Although by no means stranger to the
Metropolis. OF TO society, the country had
been Helen's home. Her yonng bear,
had expanded beneath the Influence OF
! nature; her taste had been refined, her Fan.
cy qulckened BY it; and though she had
read much. she had had time and leisure
+ to think more. @
i In short, she was 6ne natural chsrsc-
ter, as hile warped as possible by the
! preiudices Of The selfish aud The conscn-
,ionallnes Of socieIy. Death had, a year
before. deprived her OF her more than
! mother. and The Independence which this
beloved relative had bequeathed TO her.
While il rendered ber an object Of envy
, 10 her unmarried sisters, seemed to her
own heart no consolation for her lrrepara-
BILE loss.
! Blu, The stranger who had overheard
those few sentences which. 10 thoughtful
mnd, revealed aworld Of knowledge,
what oil hun! He had come 10 that morn
Ling conert simply TO enjoy music in which
he delighted; set so absorbed did he be.
come 10 some all ensrossing thoughts, that