The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-04-08

@AaA &c tai h@A Mahg AnAh arr AN aNsi
= prosperl ~ nase: IUr 10 Ilir di,lanrr
she sas 40 lsl.rf ~ llr sarraw Inst 49,
gEnwlng drePsr aud hrarer - rseh a,anlh
wnTe AWAY wish ils Lad II grirI.
Mary and ! wrle plsymales in child
haOd. Her father and mine were nrigh-
haTs IN illr country. and llsal means ss,a.e-
Ihing. They wtTe friends. and Ilneir rl'l-
drsn were friends. going "a the sanlr
sclionl and chuTril. fnnd of llle same =,
musemenls. and laaking laTwanl ~ the
same lilr--llle life II happy farmers IN >
land Of plenty. Mary and grew up la.
geiher. and wire IN he fash "f Youth be-
iaIe we had either II rs Ihoughl az eEer
being anything hat rhildIpn. She Was
handsome; and what was strange, she
did moi know q. or Al least M nne could
think she did, 81 simple. 20 arlless. 50
humble was Mary. Beauty makes girls
vain alien. and il seems pity that. they
should spnil their looks BIZ airs that win
the love nl no one. and make them snly
disagreeahle. But Mary never lanked 50
pretty as WHEN We had been off IN The
field gathering flowers in Jane, and com.
ing home she would fling herself dawn
an the turf hy the well. under the great
elm in the rear aT her fathers hnuse, and
rs she arranged her flow ers in the pitch
FRS TO stand on the manlelpiere in the front
room. would once in a while fasIen nnr
and another earelessly in her hair. iill she
looked like q fairy. but mt fairy fron
the spirit land; fnr Mary's cheek had ior
much If thu rose Of health. and her eye
dark and piercing. Mas too bright for fan
ey work.
Charles Nelson was the son If veal
Thy citizen OF the great metropolis. sni
had been sent inin The country in the hop'
that lie would unlearn and forget som,
wild habits that he had formed in tn
midst nT the attractions Of the city.
was even said that he had been To cnllcg,
and had heeu rusticatpd for a season. th'
his manners might be mended by a fe'
months residence among his country cot
sins. But he was just the youIh To b
happy any where. and when the Piles
sures Of the city were no longer his owl
he entered with as much apparent drligl
upon the new world which the cOunlr
offered.
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"And what IL they say am wild.
said Charles Nelson, and will never d
for one so gentle, and so sweet as va
are. Mary. what then :"
20. but they will not; ! know the
will not; they know that you are not vii
now that YOU will never go away frol
This quiet spot. but will just stay rigI
; here like my brother, and always 10,
Us; will you mott" ~ss" 81. ~
ANY where with you, Mary. ] kno
have been wild. hui that was befnre
knew you, or dreamed there was one q
earth like you. would 1--we TO speu
my life in this country. place, aud lea,
the CITY for those that like H.. have hs
enough of il, and would like tn quit il 70
} ever" How little did he know his ow
J heart, or the power oi early habit.
The next summer Charles returne
from the city, and having made arrang,
men,s for gong into business with his I;
ther. he made serious proposals for NJ
rvs hand, and after no lnlle struggle o
the part Of her parents, the consent va
given, and the young lovers were ma
: ried. Now he brings her 10 this great c
", and she is happy with him anywher,
The fields and flowers OF that rural HON
seemed part Of life 10 her while she W;
there. but her hear, was nov another
and she was willing to quit the swe
home of her youth, and be buried in Il
wilderness Of cily. for The sake Of hi
whom she loved to call her own. -
Nov you will M, 60 to that lecin
10 night, will Won. Charles" said Mar,
as her husband was preparing 10 leave Il
house. s. 80 ..---s. s
IS "Whv mt. what's The harm, dear :"
Much. very much, lear. You a
not as happy now as you were fefnre va
: fell in with those men. You do not ln,
: home as well. and | wish YOU would sta
! and read to me-" sE .~*.s1s
Blu, love you more. Mary. than q
, er. You know do. ] only 90 10 he;
. these men talk. i don't believe half the
say, and | will be home early" "
And off he wen, to hear lecture fror
the Socialists. whose schemes OF in prove
men,s had recently caugh, his fancy. an
y he was determined to hear fur himsel
: Here he learned TO feel that home was
prison, and a husband slave: that hap
piness is 10 be found only in liberty, an
tina, no liberty can he enjoyed where
man must he lied up bv the laws Of DE-